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Sketch Comedy Saturday: Big Train
by Annie Wu, posted Jun 6th 2009 2:10PM

Hey, gang! It's time to get your sketch comedy fill and kick the Saturday Night Live summer break shakes.
This week, I'm here to educate you on a little British program called Big Train. It was created by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan, the brains behind Father Ted, and ran two seasons/series in 1998 and 2002. Most of the sketches were surreal and played with the most beautifully serious deadpan expressions. There are people in giant cat and mouse costumes getting in fights, professional evil hypnotists lurking in hallways, as well as jockeys being preyed upon by Prince, so it's a wonder the actors could ever keep straight faces.
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