Brass Eye

[Pink Gregory]

Morris awkwardly rotating the clock to point to the workings.  Brilliant, better than if he'd nailed it.

[Mr Trumpet]

Does the phrase "nut brown ale" precede Morris and Brass Eye? Or is it another turn he came up with?

[famethrowa]

Does the phrase "nut brown ale" precede Morris and Brass Eye? Or is it another turn he came up with?

I'm pretty sure I heard Rambling Syd Rumpo saying "the foaming nut-brown ale" from back in the 60s.

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

"... while searching for a man who'd buggered a heron."

[Glebe]

"When I was seven, I got dressed up as a little city gent and walked into the Bank of England shouting 'Fuck the pound'."

[sevendaughters]

yes - in the short term
but there's been absolutely no research into the long term effects

[extraordinary walnuts]

I love seeing the names of real people reappropriated in comedy. Was watching some Veep episodes the other night and caught Carlos Ezquerra (2000AD comic artist) and Max Geldray (Goon Show harmonica player) used as character names.

[The Mollusk]

Iggy Pop Barker is a good one

[Glebe]

Another The Day Today one, the woman who videos the 'Chopper of Doom' is called Maureen Tucker, after The Velvet Underground's Maureen 'Mo' Tucker!

Also Beck listed in the credits of one episode a BE (the 'Sex' one I think)!

[The Mollusk]

Maureen Tucker

The little "M. Tucker" copyright mark in the corner of the screen of her camera footage always cracks me up

[Glebe]

Heh!

[Glebe]

"You haven't got a clue, have you? But you will do... if you watch for thirty minutes!"

[kalowski]

I always says 'justice' in the style of of Martin Sheen

Ha. Whereas I always say it in the style of Louis Armstrong.

[Mr Banlon]

Clotheslessness

[Glebe]

"It's not cool to be weird!"

[Stuclara]

"UK used to mean United Kingdom, but ask anyone today and they'll tell you it stands for Unbelievable Krimewave"

[iamcoop]

The driving, even the way he turns the steering wheel is funny.

When I saw Oxide Ghosts I asked the question "Who in the team was obsessed with the work of Richie Blackmore?" because during his drive in that scene he's playing I Surrender by Rainbow on the stereo, and later in Oxide Ghosts there's a bit where some credits roll and the production team are listed as being the members of Deep Purple. I can't remember Cumming's answer exactly but he said he'd never been asked that before and he hadn't even realised the connection. I'd find it hard to believe Morris was a fan, but maybe he was/is? Either way it's so brilliantly realised. The fucking trousers he's wearing, all shiny silver nylon. Just so on the money.

[Pink Gregory]

Does the phrase "nut brown ale" precede Morris and Brass Eye? Or is it another turn he came up with?

"a right physical discourtesy"

[The Giggling Bean]

Too many to mention, every episode is a goldmine.

The eye contact to the offender, when she's defecating on his carpet, is hysterical in the Crime episode.

Where in shitting crikey is my nose? Its in a jar mate! Never fails to make me laugh.

One thing I don't find funny any more is the end of Moral Decline, where Morris asks "have we really come to this" because that's exactly where we're at, although proper worse than he ever imagined.

[Glebe]

Been watching Minder on ITV4 recently, Arthur Daly says "GBH of the ear'ole" a couple of times!

[paddy72]

Wash it all down with a cup'itcha cawfeee
 

Wash it all down with a cup o' jerkoffee

Did you miss the joke there? :)

[GMTV]

Wash it all down with a cup o' jerkoffee

Did you miss the joke there? :)

Fuuuckkkkk yessss..... Did they really mean it like that though? Anyways, mind blown.

[paddy72]

Fuuuckkkkk yessss..... Did they really mean it like that though? Anyways, mind blown.

I think that's entirely intentional, given the subject. Now you can enjoy it a bit more!

[Dragon]

Fuuuckkkkk yessss..... Did they really mean it like that though? Anyways, mind blown.

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

What's a cup'itcha cawfeee?