SMACK THE PONY (TV)
Summary
One in this series of fast-paced sketch comedy programs. In this episode, sketch subjects include the following: a swimmer that's very serious but not very skilled; a man asks a woman to marry him, then hears her tough stipulation; barking dog-walkers; a woman receives an incredibly new-age massage; a hiking group is shown "Poet's Leap"; a press conference in which a mother struggles to tell everyone about her missing son; women in dating videos that have unique requests for their suitors; two packing clerks try to enjoy the radio by singing along to its songs; a sexy window cleaner outside a women's hair salon causes a stir for the clients; pairs figure skaters give a great performance and go a bit overboard in celebrating with their coach; two woman at a bar discuss the shape of the glasses; a dentist and her assistant, both without the best manners, try to perform their jobs; more dating videos; a bus goes into the river and police try to learn what happened from the confused driver; a commercial for "People Who Look Irish"; a woman tries to return a broken camera; another dating video; a music video for The Cornflowers' "Dressage"; and two women get competitive in a ladies room while putting on lipstick.
Details
- NETWORK: BBC (United Kingdom)
- DATE: 1999
- RUNNING TIME: 0:24:53
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:58894
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; International Collection - United Kingdom
- SERIES RUN: BBC - TV series, 1999-2003
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Peter Fincham … Executive Producer
- Victoria Pile … Producer, Writer
- Arabella McGuigan … Associate Producer
- Dominic Brigstocke … Director
- Ben Fuller … Direction (Misc.), Additional material directed by
- Sally Phillips … Writer
- Doon Mackichan … Writer
- Fiona Allen … Writer
- Georgia Pritchett … Writer
- Jane Bussman … Writer
- David Quantick … Writer
- Robert Harley … Writer
- Simon Dunn … Writer
- Nick Dwyer … Writer
- Kevin Eldon … Writer
- Marie Findley … Writer
- Emma Williams … Writer
- Linda Gibson … Writer
- Tessa Hudson … Writer
- Mark Love … Writer
- Driane Messina … Writer
- Fay Rusling … Writer
- Richard Preddy … Writer
- Gary Howe … Writer
- Russell Young … Writer
- Jonathan Whitehead … Music by
- Fiona Allen … Cast
- Doon Mackichan … Cast
- Sally Phillips … Cast
- Sarah Alexander … Cast
- Darren Boyd … Cast
- Cavan Clerkin … Cast
- Juliet Cowan … Cast
- Tamzin Griffin … Cast
- Robert Harley … Cast
- Michael Wildman … Cast
- Anna Goodson … Cast