[pressgang] Series 1 - Episode 4 DEADLINE

[Rachel Connor]

A little bit of trivia: Jim Sweeney's long-time comedy partner is Steve
Steen, who played Angelo in *Food, Love and Insecurity* (S5, E4).

Cheers,
Rachel

On Tue, 8 Feb 2022 at 08:09, Vince Deehan <vince.deehan at gmail.com> wrote:

> PRESS GANG
>
> Series 1
>
> Episode 4 - Deadline
>
> Watched Mon 7/2/2022
>
> This morning I watched the 4th episode of Series 1, DEADLINE. It’s been
> ages since I saw this one and at first it seemed totally unfamiliar, until
> my memories of it came back to me.
>
> I liked the scene where Kenny is sent to Mr Sullivan’s house to interview
> him about his sewage problems. The way he stands outside the door repeating
> his opening line in different ways, reminded me of myself when I get
> nervous and have to go and ask someone a question but don’t feel confident
> I will be able to get the words out correctly and in the right order.
>
> Just before this scene, Kenny tells Lynda that Mr Sullivan “hates me”. No
> way on earth could that be true. Kenny is completely adorable and no one
> could ever hate him. Maybe it was just Steven Moffat’s way of showing that
> Kenny has a low opinion of himself?
>
> Laura mentioned bad acting in this episode, but the only offender I can
> see is the actor who plays Sarah’s boyfriend, Gary Morris. In the scene
> when they are walking along the street together, his voice is clearly
> dubbed. I assumed this meant that a different actor#s voice was used to
> replace the actor we see on screen. However in a later scene at the party,
> the actor playing Gary Morris is shown speaking and it really does appear
> to be his voice. His acting is really, really off. Kelda Holmes has lots of
> great scene and delivers her lines brilliantly! I will always stick up for
> Kelda, sorry Laura.
>
> Just looked up the actor who plays Gary. Turns out to be a very
> interesting chap.
>
> “Tristan Mark Maguire, professionally known as Mack Pádraig McGuire, is an
> Irish/Portuguese artist, specialising in performance based character
> study.” https://www.mackmcguire.com/biog
>
> I enjoyed the scenes at Tommy Anderson’s house. Tommy is played by the
> actor/comedian
>
> Jim Sweeney who was a regular on the show WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and
> other comedy shows around this time. Very funny scene when Colin’s
> grandmother turns up and tries to get
>
> Tommy to give her a lift to the shop. I love the way she says the line “Ya
> rumbled me”, like she was in a black and white 1950s gangster movie and the
> way that Tommy then replies “That’s right, sweetheart” in the style of
> Humphrey Bogart.
>
> I love the look of Tommy’s house. He has a Grandfather Clock! Very classy
> and cool.
>
> The whole thing about ‘what is it that Tommy is famous for’ is funny but
> also kind of odd, as others have pointed out that it’s so similar to the
> ‘what did Spike do at the school disco’ scenario from the first episode.
> For some reason, I always assume that Tommy Anderson is a famous wrestler.
> Though the actor Jim Sweeney doesn’t look at all like a wrestler.
>
> One thing I noticed today that struck me as odd, is the brutal haircut
> that Frazz has. I guess he probably had it from the start, but it really
> caught my eye today. What’s funny about it, is that particular haircut is
> very much in fashion at the moment. At least in the UK. It looks absolutely
> awful on 99 percent of men, but for some reason many men really want to
> walk around looking like someone just gave them the worst haircut ever. It
> appears to be a mass delusion, but I digress. Mmoloki Chrystie was
> rocking this haircut back in 1989.
>
> This was another great and enjoyable episode.
>
> I look forward to watching episode 5 next week.
>
> Thanks for reading.
>
> Vince
>
> https://youtu.be/h7HpqiFqKGU
>
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