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| "Take it away, Clive." |
Channel Four
15 March 1991
Improv Game Show
DVD
B-
After a slow start, with too much from the Colin episode (including Mike accidentally elbowing poor Sandi in the crotch during Tag), this Best Of picks up. In fact, the best game from that Colin episode appears here and is also Mike's best solo Song Styles: a folk song about a banana. He performs another sweet, funny duet with Josie, about a stapler.
The "things that didn't go all right on the night" sequence has some classic moments, including Sandi and Paul teaming up against Clive, who deserves it for that episode alone. We see Sandi trying to coax Josie through Alphabet but they only get three letters in, on two tries. And most memorably, Mike tells Tony, "And I haven't stopped kissing men on the lips!" and proves it!
Best of all is the American Musical, with Josie as Greg's girlfriend Sally, who gets pregnant and mugged, in that order. Not only does it have Tony Slattery of all people explaining the facts of life to innocent-playing Greg, but Jim delivers bad news in the worst way possible. Listen for Greg's name-slip and recovery. It's almost a post-ship game for him and Josie, although their relationship is far from over in terms of WLIIA.
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