h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I remember that phrase, actually. With that ugly lady saying it to a bicyclist who was just passing through and trying to buy something. And then she tries to seduce him.

Another show I really like is Trigger Happy TV. Nothing quite like seeing 4 guys in giant squirrel outfits pulling a guy out of a phone booth and beating him up. Or seeing a guy stand in front of a giant picture of himself with the caption "DO NOT TRUST THIS MAN" and ask people passing by to donate to his charity.

Trigger Happy is good in small doses, but I prefer Jackass for the long term week after week stupid humour...people get hurt in that one

I have a buddy who was really a fan of Jackass. We even got him a license plate holder that has the MTV logo and "JACKASS" written nice and large on it. I'm sure it makes lots of eyebrows go up at his office.

In fact, one of their earlier episodes was filmed a few miles from where I used to live. They said it was a beach in Mexico, but anyone around where I lived would recognize it as nearby Oceano Beach, California. One of the more prominent Jackasses is the son of the coworker of that buddy of mine with the Jackass license plate holder.

How's that for a tenuous link to the rich and famous?

Um...well...I was once standing in Forbidden Planet (I think you have those over there - comic book/sci fi stores) and I overheard someone who had met Bam Margera.

That's tenuous.

Biography for Bill Bailey

Birth Name-Mark Bailey

Trivia
Edinburgh Festival Critics' Award Winner [1996]
"Time Out" Magazine Comedy Award Winner [1995]
Best French Actor - Institut Francais awards, UK [1986]
Perrier Award for Comedy Nominee, Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Bill was shortlisted and was the media favourite to win. The award went to Dylan Moran, but Bill came "second", in the closest vote in their history. [1996]

Date of birth (location)
1964
Bath, Somerset, England, UK. [now Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK]


Actor - filmography

"Never Mind the Buzzcocks" (1996) TV Series .... Team captain (2002- )
Bill Bailey: Bewilderness (2001) (Video) .... Himself
"Black Books" (2000) TV Series .... Manny Bianco
"Head on Comedy" (2000) TV Series .... Himself
Saving Grace (2000) Film .... Vince
"Top Ten" (2000) TV Series .... Presenter: Prog Rock
"World Cup Comedy" (1999) TV Series .... UK Team
"Is It Bill Bailey?" (1998) TV Series .... Himself
"Space Cadets" (1997) TV Series .... Himself

Writer - filmography

Bill Bailey: Bewilderness (2001) (Video)
"Is It Bill Bailey?" (1998) TV Series(writer)

Composer - filmography

Bill Bailey: Bewilderness (2001) (Video)

Notable TV Guest Appearances

"Rove Live" (2000) playing "Himself" (episode # 3.1) 12 February 2002
"Micawber" (2001) (mini) playing "Willis Gates II" in episode: "Micawber Meets the Americans" (episode # 1.3) 6 January 2002
"Jonathan Creek" (1997) playing "Kenny Starkiss" in episode: "Satan's Chimney" (episode # 4.1) 26 December 2001
"Have I Got News for You" (1990) playing "Himself" (episode # 21.2) 27 April 2001
"Spaced" (1999) playing "Bilbo Bagshot" in episode: "Change" (episode # 2.2) 2 March 2001
"Clive Anderson Now" (2001) playing "Himself" (episode # 1.5) 2 February 2001
"Room 101" (1994) playing "Himself" (episode # 5.3) 18 August 2000
"Never Mind the Buzzcocks" (1996) playing "Himself" in episode: "Christmas 1999" (episode # 6.8) 29 December 1999
"Spaced" (1999) playing "Bilbo Bagshot" in episode: "Chaos" (episode # 1.5) 22 October 1999
"Spaced" (1999) playing "Bilbo Bagshot" in episode: "Beginnings" (episode # 1.1) 24 September 1999
"Never Mind the Buzzcocks" (1996) playing "Himself" (episode # 5.7) 2 April 1999
"Have I Got News for You" (1990) playing "Himself" (episode # 17.3) 1999
"Never Mind the Buzzcocks" (1996) playing "Himself" (episode # 4.1) 1998
"Hey Hey, It's Saturday" (1971) playing "Himself" 1997
"Day Today, The" (1994) in episode: "News" (episode # 1.5) 16 February 1994

Well, you did ask.

Not seen a damn one of those things.

Must go and watch NMTB now.

My mate used to have the entire series of Is it Bill Bailey? taped off the tele. We used to watch it continuously, but it got to the disturbing level where my mate could quote, word for word, most of Bill's routines. And most of his songs...

you could have set up a Bill Bailey karaoke.

Well, actually, now that you mention it...

That's how my friends and I are about American comic Mitch Hedberg. When he did a show at our university, he found that people were laughing at his jokes before he got to the punchline, because we had memorized his CD and were laughing in anticipation of the joke.

A sample: "On a traffic light, green means go, yellow means yield, but on a banana, it's just the opposite: yellow means 'go ahead,' green means 'hold on,' and red means 'Where the f#$@ did you get that banana at?'"

*walks out of the thread shaking her head*

Banana...

~#The Locust squats upon the leaf.. he's just biding his time.. the spiders.. are not insects.. but in the war, they will side with the insects.. spiders traitors traitors spiders.. #~

ahem..

(*thinks that Bill Bailey karaoke is a brilliant idea*)

"Why do they call corn on the cob 'corn on the cob'? That's the way it comes out of the ground. They should call that 'corn,' and call every other version 'corn OFF the cob.' It's not like if you cut off my arm, you would call my arm 'Mitch,' and then reattach it and call it 'Mitch All Together.'"

Okay, that last joke didn't transcribe well.

The banana one was good

I rather liked his "What if Darth Vader had a wessex accent" sketch, myself. (since the person who played Darth Vader did, but didn't do the voice)..

Please recite.