Fiona

[Fiona]

# My body may die but my heart will keep loving you baby, oooooh!

It’s funny to remember the lengths we used to have to go to for one song. There’s not much else on there I like. The Charlatans thing is OK, the Theme song’s pleasantly rousing and the Emiliana Torrini song is an interesting sort of museum piece – I dunno if you remember, but it was about a lot that year (1999?) on the radio, in adverts, in hard-hitting documentaries, in soppy dramas… and then vanished from the radar and took Ms Torrini with it. I’d have forgotten all about it if it wasnt for R&H. Anyway, it’s nice to have the CD on my shelf even if it is getting a bit dusty.

Fiona x

[Fiona]

And here I was thinking I was the world’s only Randall & Hopkirk fan (I’ve even got the soundtrack!). I’m not anti-Higson as a writer, director or performer (so long as he keeps his clothes on), but his audio commentaries tend to be on the technical side and fit only for insomnia treatment.

Fiona x

PS I was devastated as well, but the pain has eased with time. A couple of episodes in the second series were a bit thin, so at least we were spared the potential horror of a feeble third series. And maybe they could still do a feature length Christmas special to round things off.

[Fiona]

I?ve heard some of the commentary tracks and it?s very?frank stuff.

Can you elaborate at all? Cos if it’s Charlie “Frank” Higson all on his own, I don’t think I’ll bother!

Fiona x

[Fiona]

I’ve got series 1-3 and the Last Show Ever best-of, so I too was wondering if it’s worth it. This was on Play.com:

“Packed with some of television’s most memorable comedy characters and catchphrases, this 7 disc boxset is the definitive Fast Show collection including an unabridged version of The Last Show Ever series and You Ain’t Seen These, Right? A must-have for fans and connoisseurs alike, this DVD also features brand new recorded audio commentaries, exclusive behind the scenes footage, two new-to-DVD programmes about the show itself and comes with an exclusive booklet containing original extracts from the first draft script written by Charlie Higson & Paul Whitehouse for The Fast Show.”

All very tempting except, perhaps, the script booklet. But then I can always use that to line the cat’s litter tray. Nice!

Fiona x

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