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#TheFastShow is still one of my favorite shows. In this episode, I think it was The Last Ever Fast Show, there’s a Jazz Club sketch where John Thompson speaks Finnish. Sort of.
He announces an actual Finnish musical act, Trio Töykeät, and an actual song composed by Juha Vainio, Vanhoja Poikia Viiksekkäitä. But his pronunciation of the last word causes hilarity 😂
Video is just recorded on my phone from my computer because I can’t find this skit anywhere by itself.

Tänään olen enimmäkseen kuunnellut #MariaCallas'ta. #ooppera #musiikki #TheFastShow
https://youtu.be/9bbrVLyrlm8?si=0ZZkhkepWfiRmFHW

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I came across this long forgotten sketch by accident today, and love this brilliant avant garde freeform jazz parody from “The Fast Show”. The way the host’s expression suddenly changes from enthusiasm to confused despair never fails to get me, and the final trumpeting scene is fabulous!

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The best standing joke from “The Fast Show”, and one that never fails to get me laughing. Filmed in my local area too!
Johnny… the elderly, gentle painter who suffers an existential crisis at the mention of the word “black.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAERxf4yYaw&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD