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Oblivion Boys: "Pot Snooker" (1986)
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This is an undiscovered gem from the first series of "Saturday Live". The Oblivion Boys (Steve Frost and Mark Arden) serve up an inspired sketch filled with surreal and (largely) silent slapstick based around the phenomenom of televised snooker, which was becoming omnipresent on UK TV by the 80s. An interesting 80s pop culture moment occurs when the sketch briefly morphs into "Robin of Sherwood", ( http://tinyurl.com/n8zqn ) a popular 80s show on ITV with music by Clannad (From their album "Legend"). The name is a play of the title of a popular snooker show at the time called "Pot Black".
(By the way, anyone that's played snooker, or even watched it on TV, will tell you that the Oblivion Boys deliberately break nearly every rule in snooker right from the start of the sketch onwards. Not one move, even the seemingly non-jokey bits, is legal. :) )
80s POP CULTURE REFERENCES:
* Snooker ( http://tinyurl.com/8l2xu )
* Steve Davis ( http://tinyurl.com/kax5v )
* Robin of Sherwood ( http://tinyurl.com/n8zqn )
* Clannad ( http://tinyurl.com/gvm9k )
Tags for this video: 1980s 1986 boys comedy oblivion oblivionboys pot silent slapstick snooker surreal
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| afff q idiota ( 2 years ago by slug182) |
| afff q idiota |
| Thank you. Me bruv ... ( 2 years ago by DennisElbow) |
| Thank you. Me bruv and I used to look out for these every week on saturday live. Brilliant. |
| pathetic ( 1 year ago by Kruluk) |
| pathetic |
| Not really sure ... ( 1 year ago by agbar713) |
| Not really sure whats going on here, but what's "pot snooker"? We just say pool in the U.S. |
| snooker and pool ... ( 1 year ago by hindsy) |
| snooker and pool are very different games |
| and we just say ... ( 1 year ago by UKspitfire) |
| and we just say pool in the uk... when the game is actually pool. |
| Do I recognize ... ( 1 year ago by quadputer) |
| Do I recognize these 2 from those cops on a Young Ones episode? And those 2 skins trying to make the party in another episode? Funny - I need to search up more from these |
| lol ( 1 year ago by Hukkie123) |
| lol |
| Click the "more" on ... ( 1 year ago by alephnaughtpix) |
| Click the "more" on the description for more info about snooker (Which is slightly different to pool), and the "Pot Snooker" reference... |
| Yes, you're right, ... ( 1 year ago by alephnaughtpix) |
| Yes, you're right, that was them. And they featured a number of other times in various guises througout the series. |
| clever guy! ( 1 year ago by Moppurin) |
| clever guy! |
| This sketch is ... ( 1 year ago by eledgaragain) |
| This sketch is great! I didn't even know these guys; i just googled for them after spotting them in a Young Ones episode. They were cool! :D |
| did it realy pass ... ( 1 year ago by mabbrey) |
| did it realy pass as comedy all those years ago? |
| pot black not pot ... ( 1 year ago by markking2006) |
| pot black not pot luck |
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| There are so many ... ( 1 year ago by acetremendous) |
| There are so many great jokes packed into this clip, thanks so much for posting it. It's so hard to find ANYthing featuring these two great comics! Didn't they have their own show for awhile? I'd love to see that. They were always my favorite part of the Young Ones, and they're both great when they pop up in things like Comic Strip and French & Saunders. |
| LoL wtf. ( 1 month ago by FilmPA) |
| LoL wtf. |
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