The second 'A Kick Up The Eighties' edition starts off with a group of seamen rushing out in a raging storm looking as though they are heading towards their ships to embark on an urgent and dangerous voyage whereas they are really rushing out to retrieve their washing from the drying line.
A group of workmen stand digging holes whilst another group of workmen stand filling the freshly dug holes back in. One of the men turns his back to the camera to reveal the words 'Job Creation Scheme' sewn onto the back of his jacket!
A man in enters a job centre and follows several signs directing him to an information desk down a succession of corridors until eventually he gets directed back out into the street!
Kevin Turvey this week appears to apparently discuss the ethics of work but instead veers way off the point and ends up telling the viewers of how he saw someone in Tesco that was a dead ringer for Noele Gordon!
In 'Toyah Wilcox's Masterclass', Wilcox ( played convincingly by Tracey Ullman ) gives a lesson to a pupil on how to sing just like her. After attempting to sing several times 'It's A Mystery', the pupil says in despair: ''It's no good Toyah, I'll never be as bad as you!''.
Ullman also as Toyah performs a musical item entitled 'I Am Angry' which was a parody of Toyah's brilliant chart hit 'I Want To Be Free'.
A secretary sits working on a letter at her typewriter when she is then approached by her boss who starts sensually running his fingers through her hair, much to her displeasure. A narrator's voice can be heard saying: ''Don't suffer harassment at work, get a helping hand!''. The woman then presses a key on her typewriter which then sends a boxing glove springing out of the side straight into the man's groin!
A decent second episode. Ullman is indeed the standout here, mostly due to her talent for mimicry and her ability to be able to sing. Ullman the same year this went out utilised her visual and vocal talents on another BBC sketch show - 'Three Of A Kind' - which also starred Lenny Henry and David Copperfield.
Funniest sketch - the 'job centre' sketch. What has changed, I ask you?
A group of workmen stand digging holes whilst another group of workmen stand filling the freshly dug holes back in. One of the men turns his back to the camera to reveal the words 'Job Creation Scheme' sewn onto the back of his jacket!
A man in enters a job centre and follows several signs directing him to an information desk down a succession of corridors until eventually he gets directed back out into the street!
Kevin Turvey this week appears to apparently discuss the ethics of work but instead veers way off the point and ends up telling the viewers of how he saw someone in Tesco that was a dead ringer for Noele Gordon!
In 'Toyah Wilcox's Masterclass', Wilcox ( played convincingly by Tracey Ullman ) gives a lesson to a pupil on how to sing just like her. After attempting to sing several times 'It's A Mystery', the pupil says in despair: ''It's no good Toyah, I'll never be as bad as you!''.
Ullman also as Toyah performs a musical item entitled 'I Am Angry' which was a parody of Toyah's brilliant chart hit 'I Want To Be Free'.
A secretary sits working on a letter at her typewriter when she is then approached by her boss who starts sensually running his fingers through her hair, much to her displeasure. A narrator's voice can be heard saying: ''Don't suffer harassment at work, get a helping hand!''. The woman then presses a key on her typewriter which then sends a boxing glove springing out of the side straight into the man's groin!
A decent second episode. Ullman is indeed the standout here, mostly due to her talent for mimicry and her ability to be able to sing. Ullman the same year this went out utilised her visual and vocal talents on another BBC sketch show - 'Three Of A Kind' - which also starred Lenny Henry and David Copperfield.
Funniest sketch - the 'job centre' sketch. What has changed, I ask you?