Sean's Show where Sean Hughes performs Jelly Pop Perky Jean by Julian Cope

[luckyberlin]

The selling it to the Americans was a constant gag that Sean Hughes used throughout the First Series. He used this comment quite often in one episode, where at the end of the episode he desperately asks Tony (the next door neighbour that you can ask to build a shed (but sometimes that's just not enough)) what the moral is. Unsure, Tony suggests "don't smoke" which Sean rejects as too simplistic before calling Bill Cosby. He is then told to smile inanely at the camera while the credits roll.

[TomthatiscalledTom]

Julian Cope? Very discerning song choice, Seanie

[ar4216]

Who is this kid? He has amazing taste to choose that song- restores my faith in the youth of today.

[GallifreyGirl]

He's hardly a kid anymore!

[luckyberlin]

@GallifreyGirl yes, but he's aging quite gracefully - as on his DVD of a couple of years back - The Right Side of Wrong - "people aren't sure if they remember me from Buzzcocks or if I'm a neighbour and they need to tell me to put my bins out"

[OleVanDole]

@ar4216 This was 1993 you ****

[ar4216]

@OleVanDole do you post on stern fan network? And fuck you you limey cocksucker.

[OleVanDole]

@ar4216 Holy shit, a fellow stern listener? :P - No, I'm not on Stern Fan Network.

[ar4216]

@OleVanDole I saw you're listed as being in Norway. Surprisingly, there were a number of Norwegians on there, which is why I asked. There can't be that many people in Norway who even know about him. Anyway, yeah, I'm a fan. :)

[OleVanDole]

@ar4216 Thats awesome!

I'd like to get in contact with some of the Norwads there, just to talk.

Awfully few Stern fans here, but considering it doesnt air here its a good number.

Me and my friends at my high school listen to it, been busy converting people :P

[onlynorris]

I remember this when it was on. I think they were trying to sell the show to the Americans so they were trying to put in as many American references as possible.

If I remember correctly everyone dies and Sean is left sitting all by himself in the dark with a recorded message on his answer phone from Samuel Beckett.

A very brave sitcom. It did try to push the boundaries, sometimes it worked, sometimes it missed, but a very brave show.

[Trikervix]

The bloke who comes in at the end....is that Bradley's dad from Eastenders???!

[MimiVanTassel]

It is! It's max branning, the ginger penis. So called because he is a) ginger and b) looks like a penis!