Post by Annie V on Dec 18, 2014 13:19:38 GMT
Actually it is not the whole interview with Pat - only parts about creating scripts and working alongside Matt King.
So... here we go:
The reason we're talking now is Still Reeling, your new Channel 4 Comedy Blaps episodes. Perhaps we could ask you to introduce what they are about?
It's about a young man, Ricky Day (me), and his father Les (Matt King). Ricky is a naive young berk with dreams of becoming a TV fishing star and Les, having been dealt a few harsh realities in life, is the would-be wiser old man.
There are elements of me and my father in the characters. I decided to try and be a stand-up comedian, which is about as deluded an idea as becoming a fishing star, and my father is indeed a funny older man in a wheelchair. But in reality dad is very supportive of my stupid ideas, unlike Les, who tries his best to bring Ricky out of dreamland.
However, the kitchen being covered in tools and fishing equipment is about as true to life as it gets. I once walked in to find my old man making a life-size replica of a terracotta warrior on the kitchen table. He's great.
Has your dad seen it yet?
Dad's got no internet so I'm showing him a DVD of it this weekend. I imagine he'll be fine. When I talked him through it and said 'do you mind if I stick a sort of version of you in a thing?', he said "do what you like, throw me out the bloody window if you want" (I must stress he meant in the Blap).
What was it like working alongside Matt King? He's also a stand-up who moved into acting of course...
Matt's brilliant. He was perfect for Les, chucking new titbits in, throwing himself willingly out of the chair, happily working with blood sausage on what was one of the hottest days of the year. And having a writing/stand-up/acting background, he was a great brain to have on board. He seemed to share our view of the Blaps from the off and he would instinctively throw in a noise or a line to make it more 'Les'.
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So... here we go:
The reason we're talking now is Still Reeling, your new Channel 4 Comedy Blaps episodes. Perhaps we could ask you to introduce what they are about?
It's about a young man, Ricky Day (me), and his father Les (Matt King). Ricky is a naive young berk with dreams of becoming a TV fishing star and Les, having been dealt a few harsh realities in life, is the would-be wiser old man.
There are elements of me and my father in the characters. I decided to try and be a stand-up comedian, which is about as deluded an idea as becoming a fishing star, and my father is indeed a funny older man in a wheelchair. But in reality dad is very supportive of my stupid ideas, unlike Les, who tries his best to bring Ricky out of dreamland.
However, the kitchen being covered in tools and fishing equipment is about as true to life as it gets. I once walked in to find my old man making a life-size replica of a terracotta warrior on the kitchen table. He's great.
Has your dad seen it yet?
Dad's got no internet so I'm showing him a DVD of it this weekend. I imagine he'll be fine. When I talked him through it and said 'do you mind if I stick a sort of version of you in a thing?', he said "do what you like, throw me out the bloody window if you want" (I must stress he meant in the Blap).
What was it like working alongside Matt King? He's also a stand-up who moved into acting of course...
Matt's brilliant. He was perfect for Les, chucking new titbits in, throwing himself willingly out of the chair, happily working with blood sausage on what was one of the hottest days of the year. And having a writing/stand-up/acting background, he was a great brain to have on board. He seemed to share our view of the Blaps from the off and he would instinctively throw in a noise or a line to make it more 'Les'.
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