";s:4:"text";s:39772:"According to Stewart Lee, the five-second opening jingle that plays when the milk of the week is announced comes from a piece by avant-garde composer Harrison Birtwistle. Obituary for Michelle Marie Herring. In the later series, the character was renamed from 'Peter Baynham' to simply 'Peter'. Michelle was born on May 14, 1968 in Cold Spring, NY, daughter of Herbie Lee and Dianne Marie Pavelock. Lee and Herring was a British radio series broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in 1994 and 1995, named after the comedy double act who hosted it, Lee and Herring. Michelle Marie Pavelock Herring, a life-long Beacon resident was called home to be with Her Lord Jesus Christ on her birthday May 14, 2020, she had turned 52 years old. Lee & Herring's Fist of Fun. Richard Herring would use this segment of the show as an opportunity to swear live on Sunday morning TV. By the final episode, he had mutated into a tyrannical character reminiscent of Doctor Who's Davros (though "just different enough not to infringe any copyright laws"). For example, he would chant "There's only one King. Jesus and Satan trade accusations. In the third series, he took on the persona of an apparently angry but mediocre anti-establishment comic, often denouncing the government as 'fascists', to the mockery of Lee and Herring. A man with 'an extremely small face', called Trevor (comedian Trevor Lock), and a woman called Nathalie, played by Nathalie Brandon, would appear on each show in non-speaking roles as slaves, often to bring in props or to usher in guests or other performers. "the businessman, in his suit and tie, having sex with the same woman, his wife, every day of his life for 40 years." Proposed programmes included: Ian Roll is a driving instructor, Ian Reversall is a baker. In one sketch per week a disciple would pose a question to Jesus (Lee), usually on a topic of importance that would split Christianity (e.g. The name was a satirical reference to ITV's This Morning which was at the time popularly referred to as This Morning with Richard and Judy. Michelle attended Beacon City Schools, and graduate from Beacon High School, Class of 1987. (The aims were different every week). The final episode saw Brian Cant ranting at his duty of being the narrator saying I'm Brian Cant!. The show ran for three series and a total of nineteen hour-long episodes. At the end of the first series he was unmasked as a hair-obsessed alien and was killed by some Immac hair remover. From Wikipedia (accessed Oct 2010): Stewart Lee (born 5 April 1968, Wellington, Shropshire) is an English stand-up comedian, writer and director known for being one half of the 1990s comedy duo Lee and Herring, and for co-writing and directing the critically-acclaimed and controversial stage show Jerry Springer - The Opera. In series 2 the Curious Orange was replaced by the Curious Alien as Stew became increasingly frustrated with the Orange's behaviour. In an attempt to attract custom each week he buys a different giant pie which goes wrong and ironically scares the public away. Lee & Herring perform at Comic Relief's Drop The Debt show at the Brixton Academy in June 1999. Adam and Eve are next; they are reminiscent of Chucky and Shawntel. He would end with the line "Remember, there'll always be milk". It was structured by the often strange obsessions of Richard Herring; examples include his rating of the milk of all creatures and attempting to popularise the acronym of the show (TMWRNJ) (in the style of Tiswas). [3] However, in February 2015 he announced that the release would now not be happening, saying "It's not happening and I doubt it ever will, Nothing you or I can do about it. During one episode Richard obsessed about cress for a whole show, as a spoof of product placement deals. "Look at his little face, it's almost as if he understands. Simple but brilliant. However, irony was often used, even though the citing of irony as an excuse was mocked by the show's stars in one of many self-referential jokes. At this point Trevor would invariably be mocked by Stew for having "a small face". At the end of the first series, having been revealed to be Richard Herring's illegitimate son, he was crushed to death and "juiced", but he was later reconstituted by a mad scientist. Stewart Lee and Richard Herring in their Fist of Fun days. Portrayed as a lonely, 30-year-old unemployable virgin living in a bedsit in Balham, he was an unlikely choice for 'lifestyle guru', and was continually bullied by Herring. She confessed Christ and was a faithful member of the New Hope United Methodist Church. This is like Shakespeare!". Jeremy Paxman goes round the country on a moped playing the early arcade game Pac-Man. Lee and Herring discussed the laziness of TV executives after Rich received an offer from Channel 5 to make a programme about fishing due to his surname. The Ian News. In contrast to his comic partner, Herring's persona was that of a cheerful, optimistic and naive character. This Morning with Richard Not Judy (TV Series 1998–1999) Richard Herring as Histor, Matthew, Self, Various Roles On another week, imitating a trumpet, "Fa fa fa fa, King! During one episode they also brainstormed lazy comedy ideas for the BBC. The series details Ian Myy's contrived and failed attempts to get back the cup that is rightfully his. listing under cut Keep reading. Series 2 Episode 3 Intro from Stewart Lee and Richard Herring's First of Fun 1996. Based on Aleister Crowley (evident in the costume's triangular hat). Throughout the second series his behaviour became increasingly sinister, and for a while he was replaced by The Curious Alien (in truth due to Putner's commitments elsewhere). Others Named Pedro Acuria. having a broken glass shoved into his face by a "lager lout" Saint George). Peter Baynham reprised his tragic comic persona, first heard in Fist of Fun, for the new series. A short item in which the details of an entry in the book of the same name would be read out. He would compare his activities to those of Lee and Herring had written for Chris Morris’ seminal radio show, On The Hour (which has led to a contentious point/running gag in the years since about their part in creating Alan Partridge), plus a number of their own radio shows. Towards the end of the double act, Herring also worked as a writer, producing four plays. Wan King. Hosted 10 episodes of a chat show about poker on a satellite channel which subsequently closed down! (For example, Pliny would say 'Egg feather bird oeuf tit' in place of 'I've never heard of it', or 'Feather me wingers' in place of 'Shiver me timbers'.) He returned in the second series with little explanation and resumed his role. Leave your condolences to the family on this memorial page or send flowers to show you care. The Unusual Priest, played by Kevin Eldon, would present ethical dilemmas, dealing with them in increasingly ridiculous fashion. Ostensibly the straight-man of the pair, Lee's character was that of a passive, sarcastic and often pretentious curmudgeon. Due to some kind of accident they are forced to swap jobs. This would often result in Pliny being physically attacked by Histor or a third party (e.g. Despite the name no solid food was ever featured in this piece (although Golden Grahams also featured elsewhere on the show several times, apparently to ensure this unloved cereal did not go unnoticed in the UK). Mrs. Cora Lee Burr-Herring was born on September 9, 1923, in Odenville, Alabama, to the union of Dave Burr and Janie Hammond Burr. The rest of them (particularly the "Man Corr") he didn't care for, a joke based on the similar looks of the Corr sisters. The actor Kevin Eldon also reprised two of his characters from the earlier Lee & Herring series Fist of Fun, Simon Quinlank (the "King of Hobbies") and his portrayal of "the false Rod Hull" as a jelly fanatic with a false arm and giant chin. [NOTE (2): In the last show of the first series of Fist Of Fun, Lee and Herring did their live favourite ‘Jesus Behind You’ (a pantomimetic charade featuring the Lord flicking the V’s behind Stewart Lee’s secular meanderings). This was the year of the broadcast of the first TV series of Fist of Fun. They offered this role to Alistair McGowen but he turned it down as he apparently didn’t wish to be on the receiving end of accusations that he had anything personal against Jesus. Pedro Alberto Acuria Rivera. Fa fa fa fucking!". This Morning with Richard Not Judy. The item would involve a comedian (either the portrayal of a real life person or a generic stand-up) reminisce about the "amazing times" they had, while shamelessly exaggerating their trailblazing influence. The show seemed to oscillate between the intellectual and puerile. Recently I’ve been re-watching Stewart Lee and Richard Herring’s 1998 series This Morning With Richard Not Judy, and it’s fascinated me that two of the most ‘offensive’ and challenging stand-ups in the country had a LIVE show on Sunday morning TV. – A feature of a recurring theme in the series, where someone would be laughed at (in a surreal fashion) due to a misfortune. • Rebecca Front provided character voices for recorded segments and also made some live appearances. The item was ostensibly a satire of The Modern Review, with the journalists being in bitter competition to see who could write the most "ironic" article. Pliny's idiocy drives Histor to insanity and, eventually, he murders him by stuffing him with eggs until he bursts, as he keeps using the word "egg" so it has no connection or relation to the context of what Histor was saying, (only for Histor to be subsequently haunted by Pliny's equally pun-obsessed ghost). It followed on from their previous Radio 1 series, Fist of Fun, and was one of a number of comedy and music shows being produced for Radio 1 at the time: other notable examples being shows hosted by Chris Morris and Armando Iannucci. A running joke in this segment was that despite Pliny's apparent idiocy, he would occasionally counter Histor's right-wing views with extraordinarily eloquent and well constructed left-wing arguments. Other. #playlist #lee & herring #fist of fun #tmwrnj #i spent So Much longer on this than was in any way worthwhile tbfh but yk how it is #long post / #/do/ honestly have a Tonne to be saying about it ? Highlights of the reunion show included a performance of the TMWRNJ theme song by TV's Emma Kennedy's band Vaginal Tap and the return of Paul Putner as The Curious Orange. He also provided a great deal of the music for the programmes (as the show was made by the Light Entertainment department, and the duo had to bring in their own records), and his rather idiosyncratic tastes made for some interesting musical interludes. Fox and watches him go about his daily ablutions. Superstar! Wanking!" The start of the segment would look at the previous week's predictions: if they were not correct, Nostradamus would be punished by a nipple cripple, or something similarly pseudo-sexual, by Richard. The phone-in was hosted by 'Jo Unwin and the actor Kevin Eldon' and tackled issues which dominated the week's news. Once saved a spider that had become trapped in his bath, only crushing three of its legs in the process! Their approach to the material was characteristically sarcastic and self-referential, with both comedians ruthlessly deriding their own classic routines even down to points of language and grammar – despite Herring insisting that "You can't question the text! Rich becomes obsessed with Robbie Williams as a result of his alleged relationship with Andrea Corr. A spoof of the well known This Morning With Richard & Judy, by Lee and Herring. "My expectations were confounded and from thence the humour arose.". ", "Saying it in a staccato fashion doesn't make it any more true. The Jesus sketches were much remarked upon on Points of View due to the time of broadcast and uncertainty as to whether they were making fun of Jesus or people's take on the scriptures themselves. Jesus Rojas. [1] Like Fist of Fun it remains a cult series fondly remembered by fans. Ian Pie is the landlord of the Sky pub. Each week it would be varied. Lee studied at Oxford where he met Richard Herring. Lee and Herring wrote a great deal of the material for On the Hour, the radio programme that became The Day Today, but they didn't appear, nor did they contribute to the TV version, so most Morris/Iannucci fans are unaware of how much impact they had. It was always concluded by Lee that Herring was clearly the more sick. Based on a character called Monsignor Treeb-Lopez originally created by Lee and Herring for the satirical radio news show On The Hour. Mr Ian Kennedy (Lee) is a rogue teacher who constantly attempts to rock the establishment. Saviour of mankind! Jose Azcona is on Facebook. A question posed by Herring throughout the first series to justify his outrageously inappropriate and perverse personal anecdotes such as: Both comedians fell into their old double act with relative comfort. A fly on the wall documentary focussing on two teachers and their attempts to teach English at a secondary school. The last episode of this segment, in the first series, saw The Lettuce Family attacked by a slug, which Evigan points out is a mollusc and not an insect. ", "No, listen to the question and the words in it...", Stewart Lee and Richard Herring reformed their act after a period of eight years to perform a brief selection of their old material at Tedstock 2007, at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London. Lee and Herring were keen to pursue a fourth series, but Radio 1 ceased its comedy output at the beginning of 1997. "[4] In an interview with Mustard magazine, Stewart Lee explained that the DVD's cancellation was due to a financial decision and his reluctance to fund what he considers a vanity project at this time. At one point, noted as the least popular part of the show, but kept in 'until it becomes so popular, it gets its own series'. Lee and Herring would discuss lazy comedy clichés, such as jokes that end by revealing an incongruous fact and jokes designed to play on the audience's sense of nostalgia for the 1970s. Pedro Acuria. After being crowned, they would be offered various items from a trolley; these items would all be linked by the current theme of the show. The show was produced by Chris Neill, Sarah Smith and Kathy Smith. Richard Keith Herring is an English stand-up comedian, writer and ventriloquist whose early work includes the comedy double act Lee and Herring. Their ideas would usually include characters called Ian – a running joke which also featured in Sunday Heroes, with one of the disciples being called Ian. She also fellowshipped at the Baker Zion Baptist Church under the leadership of Bishop Rodney Herring. Everyone turns against Jerry, who hopes for a miracle. Angus Deayton himself did not appear. Lee and Herring's views upon each other in the Sunday Times Comedy: Two men and some jokes Stewart Lee and Richard Herring have done Edinburgh for more than 15 years, much of it as a double-act. Listen - youtube / soundcloud Download - drive. After OTT published its retrospective on Lee and Herring in September 2000, both Stewart Lee and Richard Herring got in touch with the site. After Lee and Herring went their separate ways he co-wrote … Every week, Rich and Stew discussed five aims they wanted to implement before the end of the series, a parody of New Labour's pledge cards from the 1997 General Election. The other Apostles were played by Paul Putner ("Doubting Thomas"), Trevor Lock (Thaddaeus) and TV's Emma Kennedy (the fictional Ian, who only started following Jesus as he misunderstood the phrase "fishers of men"). Essentially Herring's infatuation with Andrea Corr. Richard Keith Herring (born 12 July 1967) is an English stand-up comedian, writer and ventriloquist whose early work includes the comedy double act Lee and Herring.He is described by The British Theatre Guide as "one of the leading hidden masters of modern British comedy". These sketches tended to cause some controversy given the time of the show and the day of its broadcast. and the effective lack of a television career for either comedian since. Music by Ryan and Justin Turner Dr Fox hides a secret camera in the toilet of small American actor Michael J. They decided to submit some ideas to Channel 5 themselves, which included: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall tours the country in a gigantic mink lined stall granting peoples' wishes. "Curse you, God, for making me this way!" This would take the form of a tacked-on ending for a different film each week, for example as extra final scene for Blues Brothers 2000 which saw Dan Aykroyd and John Goodman laughing and urinating on the grave of John Belushi before driving off in the Bluesmobile. Lee and Herring were a British standup comedy double act consisting of the comedians Stewart Lee and Richard Herring. One King. At first sight they have little in common. Much humour was drawn both from the passage of time since TMWRNJ came to an end (Rich opens the set with "Old Mr Lee! Indeed, Herring once points out that the same joke is always told every week before showing the latest episode, shortly after Lee told him that telling the same jokes soon wears off, with the episode of "Histor's Eye" being focused on that topic. He is described as 'a fuckwit' by the head teacher. The gag was less frequent in the second series. His upstairs neighbour borrows one of his cups and then doesn't return it. (Stewart Lee has since returned to the screen on Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle on BBC Two). The fact that the bulk of the show was live, and to some extent unscripted, gave the programmes a more relaxed feel, with the presenters somewhere in between their genuine personalities and the comic personas adopted for their act. A satirical version of a BBC series that explored the boom in alternative comedy in the 1970s and early 1980s. Interview from offthetelly.co.uk from the year 2000. Abraham Moreno - Vídeos, Nando, GrizzlyDude, Aliany Garcia, Conociendo Per ú, Darío Gómez, Ari Gameplays, Diannis Quinterito "La Paisa", Gaby G, Sandra Itzel, Paola Castillo, Body by Gia, Kimberly Loaiza, Leebrise, Maria Hering, Kelly Lee Dekay, Yanet Gutierrez and more. It was really my project, but we realised it was a good vehicle for Lee and Herring because Fist of Fun hadn’t been recommissioned. The producers doctored the frequencies to make the already abrasive noise sound much louder than anything else, to be jarring to hungover viewers. Self-mocking and sarcastic as ever, the pair opened with a pastiche of the Mitchell and Webb PC vs. Mac adverts shown that year, which then led on to a rant by Rich that "It should have been us Stew! FistofFun.net - Comprehensive Lee and Herring fansite - download all three Radio 1 Series. The characters would always be seen drinking from an SDP mug, a reference to the political party famously supported by John Cleese (whose picture appeared on the title screen) during the 1980s. Each week the show staged a phone-in which was purely designed to make money for Lee and Herring. He is described by The British Theatre Guide as "one of the leading hidden masters of modern British comedy". Michelle Marie Pavelock Herring, a life-long Beacon resident was called home to be with Her Lord Jesus Christ on her birthday May 14, 2020, she had turned 52 years old. It bore some resemblance to the real children's series The Garden Gang in which all the characters were fruit and vegetables. Photos. "Who is the real sick man in this so called society?" Indeed, many of the sketches that On the Hour fans cite as "classic Morris" were written by Lee and Herring. She confessed Christ and was a faithful member of the New Hope United Methodist Church. (see … Lee and Herring (radio series)-Wikipedia. Also known as TOG, in keeping with Richard's unhealthy abbreviation obsession – A spoof children's series, drawn by Joseph Champniss and narrated by Brian Cant, in which the characters were all organs of the human body, they would have some adventure and end up "laughing for a whole five minutes." Ostensibly an extremely low-budget children's television programme featuring two pirate crows: the titular Histor (who concealed a multicoloured spinning eye beneath his eyepatch) and his hapless first mate Pliny Harris. by a vampire biting jesus (vampires biting jesus) Lyrics and rock/rap vocals by the Powwow Poet (David Lee Herring), Female vocals by Kim Turner. "Wanting to make love to an animal with the body of Natalie Imbruglia and the head of an ant." "; "No, not 'ahh' – you can't just say 'consider the lily'"; "Ahh! Two series were broadcast in 1998 and 1999 on BBC Two. 1995. A regular feature in the second series, medieval seer Nostradamus (played by TV's Emma Kennedy with a false beard, a "flighty" horse called David Collins and, for no adequately explored reason, a Welsh accent) would give his predictions for the week ahead, which would often be either completely absurd or extremely vague. He apparently contributed less music to the show, but occasionally poured scorn over Lee's odder musical selections. Histor's ability to transport himself and Pliny through time ("as the crow flies") to view past events would be used to satirise current affairs, and the script would be peppered with deliberately weak but dense nautical- and bird-related multiple puns, which would increase in volume and weakness as the series progressed. Richard Herring - Son of Keith, a retired headmaster! Another running gag not featured in the fictional show, but would be part of its introduction, would be a sketch in which Herring naively complains about a recent report in the media, only for Lee to try to correct him before realising the best way to make him understand better is showing him "An educational film for the under fives" he taped from cable TV. We did two more series of the radio Lee and Herring show, with a series of compilations coming the following year. Instead of answering directly He would make a vague comment (such as instructing them to "consider the lily"), pause, then say "ahh" in a mysterious manner, causing all but Matthew (Herring) to "ahh" along with Him, leading the disciple to become frustrated with the evasion ("This isn't an 'ahh' situation"; "Ahh! Mary, mother of Jesus, who resembles Irene, condemns Jesus. He is not allowed to leave any town until he has clocked up the highest score for that machine. With Stewart Lee, Richard Herring, Kevin Eldon, Paul Putner. Two babies live in a piece of wood. Their first TV break came with Radio 1-turned-BBC 2 show Fist of Fun, which ran for two series between 1995 to 1996. A fly-on-the-wall documentary about a so-called cutting edge magazine. Or do they? In 2014 Richard Herring wrote that he was attempting to acquire the rights of TMWRNJ from the BBC to release the two series on DVD. The show featured (and acknowledged its use of) repetition, with regular and vigilant viewers being rewarded by jokes that would make no sense to casual viewers. Men of Achievement 1974 was first mentioned in the TV version of Fist of Fun as an item Richard Herring had shoplifted from a charity shop. 09.26 EST. The victim of the ridicule would always say this, while shaking his or her fists at the sky. Lee does not however, rule out its future release. The show was a reworking of old material from their previous work together (radio and TV) along with new characters. Questions about life from a gigantic talking orange, played by Paul Putner. During the first series he would regularly break into the programme to outline his latest absurd plan for world domination. She also fellowshipped at the Baker Zion Baptist Church under the leadership of Bishop Rodney Herring. Can Stewart come out to play?") The name is derived from the album I Am Kurious Oranj by The Fall (itself a reference to the film I Am Curious (Yellow)), which was used to introduce each Curious Orange segment. Jesus Christ - Son of God! https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lee_and_Herring_(radio_series)&oldid=816188771, Articles needing additional references from March 2015, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Other characters based on real people and played by Kevin Eldon during the third series were, The animosity between the duo and 'respected playwright, This page was last edited on 19 December 2017, at 21:03. Another was made for Titanic, in which Leonardo DiCaprio's character swims to the surface after Kate Winslet is rescued to celebrate finally escaping her clutches. ", Lee and Herring performed a 40-minute selection of their TMWRNJ material at a 'reunion gig' at the Lyric Hammersmith in November 2008. A parody of the show When Animals Attack!, with a voice-over supposedly by actor Greg Evigan (actually Mark Gatiss). With hilarious consequences. Find the obituary of Anna Lee Herring (1935 - 2019) from Centralia, MO. Jerry must faithfully read the cue cards, which introduce Jesus, the next guest, who resembles Montel. LEE & HERRING : THE RADIO YEARS Mr. Stewart Graham Lee and Mr. Richard Keith Herring are well known to us as the cheeky funsters who made appearances on Sunday Morning telly with their hilarious parodies of the holy bible, and their blasphemous claims to be the new Jesus Christ. Two series were broadcast in 1998 and 1999 on BBC Two. This Morning With Richard Not Judy or TMWRNJ /təˈwʌmrəndʒə/[note 1] is a BBC comedy television programme, written by and starring Lee and Herring. Lee and Herring was a British radio series broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in 1994 and 1995, named after the comedy double act who hosted it, Lee and Herring. Michelle was born on May 14, 1968 in Cold Spring, NY, daughter of Herbie Lee … Josiah Herring is the son of Jason and Suzanne Herring. A run of sketches featuring Eldon as the false Rod Hull was filmed for the second series, but dropped when the real Rod Hull died just prior to the start of the series. Numerous fictional characters were introduced during the series, many of whom later transferred to television. But behind all the fun, there is a history. Ian Myy lives in a flat. 1 talking about this. In the second series this was replaced by When Things Get Knocked Over, Spill, or Fall Out of Cupboards. Richard Thomas played keyboards every week on the show and in series 1 would play a hymn at the end of the show. Transubstantiation vs Transignification). This Morning With Richard Not Judy or TMWRNJ / təˈwʌmrəndʒə / is a BBC comedy television programme, written by and starring Lee and Herring. A weekly segment in which Richard Herring would taste a different milk (shrew, tapir, blue whale, Jesus milk, American beaver milk, the milk of human kindness) and give a rating out of ten. With hilarious consequences. The crown and trolley would be brought on by the normally mute ("We can't afford to pay you to speak") Trevor and Nathalie (Trevor Lock and Nathalie Brandon[2]) who would sometimes be dressed in outlandish costumes. After the segment Lee would ask Herring if that cleared the matter up for him, with Herring praising the crows for this saying he now understands. A series of sketches featuring Jesus and his disciples as the main characters, parodying a schoolteacher and his class. Mrs. Cora Lee Burr-Herring was born on September 9, 1923, in Odenville, Alabama, to the union of Dave Burr and Janie Hammond Burr. They argue with Jesus, and Eve eventually attacks him. Old Mr Lee! A longstanding Lee and Herring contributor, Kevin Eldon read out the Listings as well as playing numerous characters in sketches. Stewart Lee (born April 5, 1968 in Solihull) is an English stand-up comedian, writer and director probably best known for being one half of the 1990s comedy duo Lee and Herring, and for co-writing and directing the critically-acclaimed and controversial stage show Jerry Springer, The Opera. (Rod Hull had taken this in good humour and had featured in one episode of Fist of Fun as a guest, pouring scorn on the false Rod Hull.). They were most famous for their work on television, most notably Fist of Fun and This Morning with Richard Not Judy but had been working together on stage and on radio since the late 1980s. Join Facebook to connect with Jose Azcona and others you may know. To display his love for the former Take That member Rich draws a felt tip pen tattoo on his stomach in the shape of Robbie Williams. Presented in a daytime chat show format in front of a live studio audience, the programme also featured a number of pre-recorded location sketches. In a review of the comedy of the previous decade, a 2009 article in The Ti A shrine to the Corrs or more correctly 'The Corrs Shrine'. Herring believed their love to be forbidden since both were "men". Peter (Carlton Dixon) would insult Matthew for not understanding, insisting in a smug "class swot" manner that he "got it right away", and Judas (Eldon) would also laugh at double entendres, only to be admonished. "; "No Jesus: Not 'ahh'.") In each edition, a member of the audience would be crowned "King (or Queen) of the Show", either at random or as a reward for sending in an especially entertaining letter. TMWRNJ was the subject of many complaints on Points of View, largely due to the surprisingly adult content for a programme shown at Sunday lunchtime. The phone-in would present viewers with three options to the topical question, of which one would be phrased in a style similar to "I agree, but trivial phone opinion polls about such important issues are morally offensive.". Denise Van Outen goes out in a van and meets other people with 'Van' in their name and outs them as homosexual. Whether they are or not. The self-styled most evil man alive, played by Roger Mann. A new sketch was filmed as a tribute and featured as the closing item of the last programme in the series. Learn how and when to remove this template message. The series served as a testing ground for new ideas, and many of the characters and items introduced in the series were adapted for later television projects. As the series progressed, it became clear that there was sexual tension between Herring and Nostradamus, the latter openly enjoying the physical punishments handed out by the former. 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