The second edition from the second series of 'Scotch & Wry.
Supercop stops before a very flashy looking car crumpled against a lamp post. The driver, who happens to be drunk, is accosted by Supercop who intends to fine him for driving under the influence. However, the man reveals himself to be a Chief constable and also points out to Supercop that he has performed a number of felonies such as driving a bike with an expired tax disc and parking his bike on a double yellow line. Supercop reluctantly lets the Chief off with the fine. As the drunk Chief reverses away, he collides with another lamp post. ''That does it!'' says Supercop ''I'm going to book that lamp post!''
A drunken, scruffy looking man accosts a middle aged woman in a posh dance hall and whisks her onto the dance floor. She susses out he is a gigolo and intends to spend the night with him until an older but smarter and better looking gentleman approaches her and steals her from under the man's nose. ''Look at that, my own father stole my bird!'' says the gigolo to the audience.
A cowboy stands nursing a whisky in a saloon bar whilst 'High Noon' blares on a radio. ''It's high noon Tex!'' says the barman to the cowboy. The cowboy then marches out of the saloon doors like a brave man about to meet his fate. Seconds later he returns. ''My dinner is not ready yet!'' he meekly says to the barman!
A curler headed harridan starts nagging at her husband as he arrives home from work, demanding he perform household chores such as hoovering and cleaning the dishes. Eventually, he has enough and removes a tarpaulin from a howitzer he has built. Totally oblivious to this, the wife continues to carp on at him until he lights the cannon and fires it at her, killing her!
A bowler hatted city gent walks into a grocery store and expresses a wish to purchase a new egg, however he treats the situation as though it was a new car he were buying. When he finds an egg he is satisfied with, he asks the greengrocer: ''how much will you give me in exchange for my old one?'', to which point he opens his briefcase and releases a stench so great it knocks the greengrocer unconscious!
This edition's 'Last Call' is delivered by Mrs. Ida Closeshave, a prudish middle aged woman who has returned from Africa with her husband Gervais and informs the congregation of her and her husband's hair raising time spent in the jungle doing missionary work.
Good second episode, even if some items do tend to drag out a bit. Gregor Fisher gets far more of an opportunity to shine here than he did in the previous episode and Claire Nielson ( who at that time was one of the sexiest women on television ) proves yet again her versatility, going from gorgeous dolly bird to middle aged frump at the drop of a hat.
Barbara Dickson sings here 'Come Back With The Same Look In Your Eyes'.
Funniest sketch - the 'egg' sketch, which clearly originally started life as a sketch from 'The Two Ronnies'. I could easily imagine Ronnie Barker as the city gent and Ronnie Corbett as the greengrocer!
Supercop stops before a very flashy looking car crumpled against a lamp post. The driver, who happens to be drunk, is accosted by Supercop who intends to fine him for driving under the influence. However, the man reveals himself to be a Chief constable and also points out to Supercop that he has performed a number of felonies such as driving a bike with an expired tax disc and parking his bike on a double yellow line. Supercop reluctantly lets the Chief off with the fine. As the drunk Chief reverses away, he collides with another lamp post. ''That does it!'' says Supercop ''I'm going to book that lamp post!''
A drunken, scruffy looking man accosts a middle aged woman in a posh dance hall and whisks her onto the dance floor. She susses out he is a gigolo and intends to spend the night with him until an older but smarter and better looking gentleman approaches her and steals her from under the man's nose. ''Look at that, my own father stole my bird!'' says the gigolo to the audience.
A cowboy stands nursing a whisky in a saloon bar whilst 'High Noon' blares on a radio. ''It's high noon Tex!'' says the barman to the cowboy. The cowboy then marches out of the saloon doors like a brave man about to meet his fate. Seconds later he returns. ''My dinner is not ready yet!'' he meekly says to the barman!
A curler headed harridan starts nagging at her husband as he arrives home from work, demanding he perform household chores such as hoovering and cleaning the dishes. Eventually, he has enough and removes a tarpaulin from a howitzer he has built. Totally oblivious to this, the wife continues to carp on at him until he lights the cannon and fires it at her, killing her!
A bowler hatted city gent walks into a grocery store and expresses a wish to purchase a new egg, however he treats the situation as though it was a new car he were buying. When he finds an egg he is satisfied with, he asks the greengrocer: ''how much will you give me in exchange for my old one?'', to which point he opens his briefcase and releases a stench so great it knocks the greengrocer unconscious!
This edition's 'Last Call' is delivered by Mrs. Ida Closeshave, a prudish middle aged woman who has returned from Africa with her husband Gervais and informs the congregation of her and her husband's hair raising time spent in the jungle doing missionary work.
Good second episode, even if some items do tend to drag out a bit. Gregor Fisher gets far more of an opportunity to shine here than he did in the previous episode and Claire Nielson ( who at that time was one of the sexiest women on television ) proves yet again her versatility, going from gorgeous dolly bird to middle aged frump at the drop of a hat.
Barbara Dickson sings here 'Come Back With The Same Look In Your Eyes'.
Funniest sketch - the 'egg' sketch, which clearly originally started life as a sketch from 'The Two Ronnies'. I could easily imagine Ronnie Barker as the city gent and Ronnie Corbett as the greengrocer!