Smack the Pony (1999)
- Genre
- sketch show
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 3 seasons, 23 episodes
- Rated
- 14+
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 25 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a sketch comedy show with three main female performers. The sketches often deal with relationships, workplace rivalry, and sometimes surreal situations. It includes recurring bits like dating agency videos and a closing musical parody.
comedicwittysatiricalsillyfast-pacedplayfulabsurdobservational
What happens
Smack the Pony is a British sketch comedy show that was originally broadcast between 1999 and 2003 on Channel 4. The main performers on the show were Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan and Sally Phillips. There were also regular appearances from Sarah Alexander, Darren Boyd and Cavan Clerkin. The show's theme tune was a version of the Dusty Springfield song "In the Middle of Nowhere", sung by Jackie Clune. In addition to the three principal cast members, the show was written by many writers, the core of whom went on to write Green Wing and Campus. Among the show's regular themes were unsuccessful relationships, competition in the workplace, and latent lesbianism, but sketches would also dip into the surreal. Two regular strands involved a series of different women making dating agency videos about their general likes and dislikes, and a musical parody that would close the show. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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