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Stuart · 13-04-2010, 15:08

Russ: Agreed. I saw (on video only, sadly) some of Robin Williams earlier work. The one I was thinking of in particular was one night when he asked for subjects and a style. He got Studio 54 (the old club), Three Mile Island and as the style, someone suggested Shakespear.

He managed to improvise a short, and quite funny sketch about both subjects and did the whole thing in Shakespearean style Iambic pentameter. Of course, he was on drugs at the time which probably helped, if anything.

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Guys, while Paul Merton does do satire in one show (although his humour on HIGNFY tends toward the surreal rather than the satirical), can we keep the politics out of this thread?

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Stuart - Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Somewhere Services: Virgin for TV and Internet, BT for phone Posts: 26,546	Re: Paul Merton says that Improv is dismissed in this country. Russ: Agreed. I saw (on video only, sadly) some of Robin Williams earlier work. The one I was thinking of in particular was one night when he asked for subjects and a style. He got Studio 54 (the old club), Three Mile Island and as the style, someone suggested Shakespear. He managed to improvise a short, and quite funny sketch about both subjects and did the whole thing in Shakespearean style Iambic pentameter. Of course, he was on drugs at the time which probably helped, if anything. ---------- Post added at 15:08 ---------- Previous post was at 15:06 ---------- Guys, while Paul Merton does do satire in one show (although his humour on HIGNFY tends toward the surreal rather than the satirical), can we keep the politics out of this thread?