"This programme makes me wish I'd never paid my licence fee!" said one disgruntled viewer when this was first transmitted. Made by the same team behind 'A Kick Up The Eighties'; 'Laugh?' gave Robbie Coltrane one of his first series. Amongst the characters he played were smarmy quiz master 'Ted Todgers' ( host of 'Lucky Bastards' ), the Orangeman 'Mason Boyne', the leader of an alien race ( the Nimmons ) out to conquer Earth, and an Edgar Lustgarten-style criminologist whose tales of murder tended to be incredibly gory ( not a patch on Stanley Baxter's version, alas )
Another cast member, John Sessions, was one of the players in 'The Comedy Store' in London. Louise Gold had performed on 'The Muppet Show' and would play 'The Queen' in 'Spitting Image'. Amongst the sketches were 'The Master Of Dundreich', a serial spoofing Robert Louis Stephenson's 'The Master Of Ballantrae', and an American porn film spoof called 'Sex Kitchen Starring Jayne Thomson'.
'Laugh?' was not well received, and has been virtually forgotten, apart from a U. K Gold screening in the '90's. However, it paved the way for the rather more successful 'Naked Video'. Elaine C. Smith, the future 'Mary Doll' of 'Rab C. Nesbitt', appeared briefly in one episode.
Another cast member, John Sessions, was one of the players in 'The Comedy Store' in London. Louise Gold had performed on 'The Muppet Show' and would play 'The Queen' in 'Spitting Image'. Amongst the sketches were 'The Master Of Dundreich', a serial spoofing Robert Louis Stephenson's 'The Master Of Ballantrae', and an American porn film spoof called 'Sex Kitchen Starring Jayne Thomson'.
'Laugh?' was not well received, and has been virtually forgotten, apart from a U. K Gold screening in the '90's. However, it paved the way for the rather more successful 'Naked Video'. Elaine C. Smith, the future 'Mary Doll' of 'Rab C. Nesbitt', appeared briefly in one episode.