Sunshine on Putty: The Golden Age of British Comedy from Vic Reeves to The Offic

图书信息

作者	Ben Thompson
出版社	Harper Perennial
ISBN	9780007375530
出版时间	2010-05-06
字数	85.5万
分类	进口书,外文原版书,文学,自传,回忆录

读书简介

The definitive history of a golden age in British show-business, Sunshine On Putty is based on hundreds of interviews with the leading comedians of the era, as well as managers, agents, producers, directors, executives and TV personalities. In the 1990s, British comedy underwent a renaissance – shows like The Fast Show, The Day Today, Shooting Stars, The League of Gentlemen, The Royle Family and The Office were hugely popular with critics and audiences alike. Just as politics, sport, art, literature and religion seemed to move towards light entertainment, the comedy on the nation's televisions not only offered a home to ideas and ideals of community which could no longer find one elsewhere, but also gave us a clearer picture of what was happening to our nation than any other form of artistic endeavour. From Ricky Gervais' self-destructive love affair with dairy products to Steve Coogan's suicidal overtaking technique; from the secrets of Vic Reeves' woodshed, to the stains on Caroline Aherne's sofa; from Victor Meldrew's prophetic dream to Spike Milligan's final resting place, Ben Thompson reveals the twisted beauty of British comedy’s psyche.

目录

Cover Page

Title Page

Epigraph

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chronological Timeline

Part One

1 On the Launchpad

2 ‘Don’t Mention the War’

3 Morris, Iannucci, Coogan, Lee, Herring and Marber

4 The Great Mythological Armour Shortage of 1993-4

5 Constructing the Citadel

6 The Illusion (or Otherwise) of Spontaneity

7 It’s Frank’s (and Chubby’s and Jo’s and Jenny’s) World

8 ‘Sensation’

9 A Class of His Own

10 Cry Harry for England

11 That Would Be an Ecumenical Matter’

12 The Chat Nexus

Part Two

13 David Baddiel Syndrome

14 Vic Reeves Welcomes Us into His Beautiful Home

15 A Grove of His Own

16 The Royle We

17 ‘A Little Bit of Politics’

18 Morals

19 Equal Opportunities, the Ones that Never Knock

20 Families at War

21 The League of Gentlemen

22 Ceramics Revue

23 Script for a Jester’s Tear

24 The Office

25 ‘I Told You I Was Ill’

Conclusion

Afterword

Bibliography

Acknowledgements

Index

About the Author

Praise

By the same author

Copyright

About the Publisher