Channel 4 Top 50 Comedy Sketches No.13 Silence Of the lambs

this was a programme from 2005 where channel 4 viewers voted for their top 50 comedy sketches. French & saunders silence of the lambs spoof came in at number 13.

here's the full list and I think it's shocking that little britain's lou & andy was number 1.

01. Lou and Andy (Swimming Pool) - Little Britain
02. Petshop, Dead Parrot - Monty Python's Flying Circus
03. Tubbs and Edward (Road Men) - The League of Gentlemen
04. Vicky Pollard (Swimming Pool) - Little Britain
05. Four Candles - The Two Ronnies
06. Going For An English - Goodness Gracious Me
07. Acorn Antiques - Victoria Wood, As Seen On TV
08. Breakfast - The Morecambe and Wise Show
09. Ted and Ralph (Drinking Game) - The Fast Show
10. Good Aids/Bad Aids - Brass Eye

11. The Slobs (Brown Baby) - Harry Enfield and Chums
12. The Spanish Inquisition - Monty Python's Flying Circus
13. Silence of the Lambs - French and Saunders
14. Papa Lazarou (The Circus Comes to Town) - The League Of Gentlemen
15. Ministry of Silly Walks - Monty Python's Flying Circus
16. Previn Plays Greig - The Morecambe and Wise Show
17. The Only Gay in the Village (Daffyd's Coming Out) - Little Britain
18. The Pool - The Day Today
19. Michael Jackson's Crib - Bo Selecta!
20. Suit You! Tailors (New Job) - The Fast Show

21. Masterchef - The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer
22. Singing Match - Smack the Pony
23. Job Seekers (The Interview) - The League Of Gentlemen
24. History Today - The Mary Whitehouse Experience
25. Mastermind - The Two Ronnies
26. One Leg Too Few - Beyond the Fringe
27. Two Soups - Victoria Wood, As Seen on TV
28. Gerald the Talking Gorilla - Not the Nine O'Clock News
29. Mr Cholmondley-Warner (Women Know Your Limits) - Harry Enfield's Television Programme
30. Stoneybridge Olympic Bid - Absolutely

31. Nudge Nudge - Monty Python's Flying Circus
32. Craig David on Tour - Bo Selecta!
33. Constable Savage - Not the Nine O'Clock News
34. Singing in the Rain - The Morecombe and Wise Show
35. Alan Partridge (At the Races) - The Day Today
36. The Dagenham Dialogues - Not Only But Also
37. Thatcher and Cabinet - Spitting Image
38. Damn It! - A Bit of Fry and Laurie
39. Saying Goodbye - Smack the Pony
40. Class Sketch - The Frost Report

41. The Pandas (Japanese Tourists) - Who Dares Wins
42. Cissy and Ada, Babysitting - The Les Dawson Show
43. Two Flies - Alas Smith and Jones
44. Jockey Safari - Big Train
45. A La Carte - The Tommy Cooper Hour
46. The Four Yorkshiremen - At Last the 1948 Show
47. Slade in Residence (Xmas Day) - Smell of Reeves and Mortimer
48. Rod Stewart's Bum - The Kenny Everett Television Show
49. The Lumberjack Song - Monty Python's Flying Circus
50. Smashie and Nicey (Radio Quiet) - Harry Enfield's Television Programme

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• dawn
• french
• jennifer
• saunders
• sketch
• spoof

[psprog]

Rubbish - their "clever pastiches" were never funny at all. Overrated!

[AbFabFan09]

@psprog They are not rubbish and certainly not overrated,this sketch and all their other ones are so well done to the exact detail and they manage to look exactly like the people they are doing a spoof of while at the same time making them extremely funny.

They are legends

[xAmphipolisChickx]

Cant beat them :D

Jen's impression of Jodie Foster is spot on! They always get their movie parodies incredibley accurate but still make them hilarious

x

[catcc003]

Dawn: "I never did keep my trophies"

Jennifer : "No you ate yours"

LMAO gets me every time XD

It is so true what Sanjeev said that no one could do a Jodie Foster impression before Jennifer Saunders :)

French and Saunders = Comedy Goddesses :D

[vanillaorchid]

Vic and Bob's Masterchef should have been in the top 3.

[83RockaRolla]

Personally I prefer the "Silence of the Lambs" parody in "The Comic Strip presents Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase" to French and Saunders version, though it is great too, but I like some of their other sketches even more. I wonder if there was a list of Sketches of which the viewers had to choose. IMHO this list should look almost completely different (more French & Saunders, NTNOCN; Smith & Jones, At Last the 1948 Show; some of Do Not Adjust Your Set and Stuff; Little Britain not in the top 30)

[FortisConscius]

"...he's sniffing my ring".

Hillarious.

[vivinski]

That Lord of the rings skit is HILARIOUS!!!!!!! still laughing my guts up

[MagicWhizzBangs]

2:40

[davidedkins]

I used to like Little Britain until I learned League of Gentlemen came first!

[Idnarmadur]

It's great, this spoof really deserves acknowledgement :D

But I am sooo disappointed that the Little Britain sketch came first. I used to watch this show quite a lot and it did have some nice moments, but it's absolutely nothing special in my opinion. And the later series were just boring >.>