Chewin' The Fat
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Genre	Sketch show
Starring	Greg Hemphill Ford Kiernan Karen Dunbar
Country of origin	Scotland
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One
Original run	January 13, 1999 (Scotland Only) , June 23, 2000 (United Kingdom) – 22 February 2002
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Chewin' the Fat is a Scottish comedy sketch show, starring Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill and Karen Dunbar. Comedians Paul Riley and Mark Cox also appeared regularly on the show. Image File history File links Chewinthefatdvdcover. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Gregory Greg Hemphill[1] (born 1969[2][3]) is a Scottish comedian. ... Ford Kiernan (born 1962) is a Scottish comedian. ... Karen Dunbar is a Scottish comedien and entertainer. ... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity(English) Wha daur meddle wi me? (Scots)[1] Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots[2] Government  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I... BBC One (styled BBC1 until 1997) is the most watched domestic channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 22 is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity(English) Wha daur meddle wi me? (Scots)[1] Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots[2] Government  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I... Comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humour with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Ford Kiernan (born 1962) is a Scottish comedian. ... Gregory Greg Hemphill[1] (born 1969[2][3]) is a Scottish comedian. ... Karen Dunbar is a Scottish comedien and entertainer. ... Paul Riley is a Scottish actor, best known for his roles in the Scottish comedy series Still Game and Chewin the Fat. ... Cox as Tam in Still Game Mark Cox is a Scottish comedian and actor. ...

Chewin' the Fat first started as a radio series on BBC Radio Scotland. The later television show was first broadcast on BBC One Scotland, but series three and four, as well as highlights from the first two series, were later broadcast to the rest of the United Kingdom. Although the last series ended in February 2002, annually, there has been a 'Hogmanay Special' shown on New Year's Eve and regular repeats of the series are shown throughout the year. On 18 November 2006, it was announced that 'Chewin' the Fat' would not be shown at Hogmanay 2006, instead a Hogmanay special of 'Still Game' will appear. This signals that the show may now have officially ended. BBC Radio Scotland is the BBCs national radio network for Scotland, broadcasting since 1976 on 92-95 FM and 810 medium wave. ... BBC Scotland is home to Reporting Scotland, the daily news from Scotland, which shows on the BBC 1 network every day at 6. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Hogmanay (pronounced — with the main stress on the last syllable - hog-muh-NAY) is the Scots word for the last day of the year and is synonymous with the celebration of the New Year (Gregorian calendar) in the Scottish manner. ... Hogmanay (pronounced — with the main stress on the last syllable - hog-muh-NAY) is the Scots word for the last day of the year and is synonymous with the celebration of the New Year (Gregorian calendar) in the Scottish manner. ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Chewin' the Fat gave birth to two spin-off shows: Still Game, a sitcom focusing on the two old men, Jack and Victor, from the series and The Karen Dunbar Show, which is another sketch show featuring comedian Karen Dunbar. Still Game is a Scottish sitcom, a spin-off from the sketch show series Chewin the Fat. ... The Karen Dunbar Show is a television comedy sketch show that airs on BBC One Scotland, starring the popular Scottish comedienne Karen Dunbar. ... A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ... Karen Dunbar is a Scottish comedien and entertainer. ...

The series was mostly filmed in and around Glasgow and occasionally West Dunbartonshire. For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... West Dunbartonshire (Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Iar in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary authority areas in Scotland. ...

Recurring characters

• Alistair and Rory

Two eccentric documentary presenters from the Scottish Highlands, fascinated with Scottish history and nature. They are constantly harassed by two Neds, who often play practical jokes on them and taunt them. The characters are based in part on Scottish history programmes such as Weir's Way. Look up ned in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Tom Weir Tom Weir (December 29, 1914 - July 7, 2006) was a Scottish climber, author and broadcaster. ...

• The Big Man

The Big Man is an extremely tough, hard-faced Glasgow gangster, and a stereotypical representation of an "Alpha Male", who turns up to solve people's problems by means of intense intimidation and violence. Keeping with the "hard man" theme, he has a very deep voice. The Scottish author William McIlvanney's 1995 novel was called The Big Man and like all of his books, was based on hard-living characters whom solve most of their problems by brute force. It is unknown if the creators took note of this. The character first appeared in a parody of Scotland Today's "Call The Lawyer" section , in which people having problems could get legal advice. The writers knew that most of the Neds the show often parodied would be likely to call the assistance of the Big Man. The character was so popular after his first appearance, he appeared in other sketches; his catchphrase remaining "Is there a problem here?". An alpha male or alpha female is the individual in the community to whom the others follow and defer. ... William McIlvanney (born in November 25, 1936¹ in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, is a writer of crime stories and other novels. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Scotland Today is the flagship news programme on STV, in Central Scotland. ...

• Bish & Bosh

Bish & Bosh are two very dodgy decorators who are usually stealing things from the houses of people hiring them. Their real names are Tony and Wullie. In the sketches, they are normally seen having a tea break talking about something inconsequential that one of them drags into depravity, only to be told by the other, "You've taken that too far". Tea culture has many uses asian tea culture tea ceremony Influence of tea on Chinese culture external links http://directory. ...

• The Banter Boys

Two camp men that are regularly found nearby places where Glaswegian banter is common, taking great relish in experiencing the Glaswegian accent and patter in a variety of situations, including hiding out in a football locker room to hear the coach shouting at the players and taking a taxi ride in a complete circle back to where they got on, paying out £100 for "the banter" they received from the driver. The two characters appear in the form of the stereotypical Kelvinside housewife, with the same pretensions and turns of phrases. Their catchphrase is "we're paying for the banter". This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Glasgow patter or Glaswegian is an anglicised urban Scots dialect spoken in and around Glasgow, Scotland. ... Kelvinside is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. ...

• The Lighthouse keepers

Two men that work in a lighthouse, usually featured at the start of a show. One of them endures pranks from his work-mate while pleading "Will ye stoap that?" and "Gonnae no dae that?". They may have been based on two bored lightkeepers in an "Alas Smith & Jones" sketch during the 1980s. The pranks gradually escalate in severity as the series went on, going from simple jokes to excruciating torture of the psyche, including drawing bras and undergarments over the unfortunate man's pornography (seemingly his only form of sexual gratification available) and pretending that he has hung himself. The final sketch ends with the lighthouse being blown up, the trademark "Gonnae no dae that?" phrase being spoken as the unfortunate lighthouse keeper watches his work-mate sail away before the lighthouse explodes. Pornographic movies Pornography (Porn) (from Greek πόρνη (porne) prostitute and γραφή (grafe) writing), more informally referred to as porn or porno, is the explicit representation of the human body or sexual activity with the goal of sexual arousal. ...

• The Lonely Shopkeeper

A lonely, bored middle-aged woman working in a village grocery store who constantly attempts to be over-friendly with her customers, usually inviting them for "individual fruit trifles", and invariably frightening them off.

• The Depressed Taxi Caller

This sketch features an extremely unlucky woman working as a taxi controller, who is always shown crying down her headset to the drivers about her terrible life and how her new boyfriends keep dying in bizarre circumstances. She generally smokes many cigarettes and drinks large volumes of whisky throughout the sketch, in order to "dull the pain".

• Jack and Victor

Two OAPs that get up to mischief, featuring the characters that were later to appear in the series Still Game. Still Game is a Scottish sitcom, a spin-off from the sketch show series Chewin the Fat. ...

• The Sawdust Pensioner

A pensioner who uses sawdust, he thinks it makes things better. Once he has poured the sawdust over somebody or something he walks along singing.

• The Boy That's Just Started Masturbating

A 14 year old boy that is constantly embarrassed by his by parents who announce proudly to anyone they meet that he has just started masturbating.

• Betty the Auld Slapper

A female OAP that has an obsession with recounting her x-rated memories of the war; usually sits with her legs spread and skirt clearly open.

• The Community Mobile van

A van that brings various cultural amenities to the car park of a council estate. Ranging from things like swimming pools, to an art gallery, to a theatre. The staff of the van are often harassed by a ned or two walking past. In reality, such vans would contain something like a Mobile Library, or the "Bionic Bus" councils would send round the council estates to keep local children amused.

• Miss Goolie, The Chemistry Teacher

A highly-strung teacher that gets overly offended by just about anything her class says, who take pleasure in winding her up as a result. Her catchphrase is "That's enough of that!" Apparently based on a chemistry teacher Karen Dunbar had in her own school. Karen Dunbar is a Scottish comedien and entertainer. ...

• Ballistic Bob

A man that attempts to do a normal task, fails multiple times and ends up trashing the surrounding area in a frustrated rage. This was featured as an advert for broadband where Bob smashed up an office when a file took an infuriatingly long time to download from the Internet.

• The Nightshifters

Two men who tried to get some sleep for their nightshift but too much noise. They follow the noise and when they find the person whos making that noise they go "Ho you's, we're on a nightshift!".

• The Smoking Family

A family of serial smokers, that only spend their money on their incredibly heavy addiction of cigarettes. They have all lost their voices (due to throat cancer) so they have to rely on voice boxes to communicate - including Snowball the cat (who was white, & now is nicotine brown) and their nephew Wayne (who hasn't lost his voice).

• The Sewer Workers

Two sewer workers that find strange ways of amusing themselves in the sewer, including playing with faeces.

• Ronald Villiers

The world's worst actor, with a monotonous voice. Registered with the agent "Widdecombe and Pump". When presented with any script or concept, he invariably responds, "Ah can dae that", but he is incapable of remembering simple lines, often completely misunderstands the directions of the director, and attempts inappropriate ad-libs. His character is quite similar to Pam Doove from The League of Gentlemen^{[citation needed]}. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

• The Sniffer

A man with an extreme fetish for sniffing other people's shoes, he usually distracts them and then sniffs them in a surreptitious manner.

• Bob & Alan

Two overbearing salesmen in an electronics store who frequently try to put their "sales pitch" on expecting customers. They will usually attempt to completely confuse the customer, often using entirely fictional or inappropriate terminology to describe everyday electronics equipment. They also end up insulting the customers by using offensive and overly familiar terms, such as distorting the person's own name until it becomes a personal insult towards them.

• Oo-oo-hh, fancy!

A sketch featuring a different group of people each time. The group will be comparing items (packed lunches, drinks bought at a bar, etc.). All but the last item will be stereotypically "normal" or "working-class" - but the last person will have something considered "posh". On hearing this sophisticated item everyone else in the group will put their hands by their cheeks - wiggling their fingers - and chant 'OO-OO-HH Fancy!'. The most infamous example is the "Cheese Baguette", as being slightly more sophisticated than an ordinary cheese sandwich.

• Eric the Activist

A deranged animal rights activist who would do to a person what he/she is doing to an animal, such as pour salt over a man who is salting slugs - followed by "Now you what it feels like eh? 'Mon The Slugs!"

• Harry, Linda and George

An abusive husband Harry often gets unjustifiably angry at his wife Linda whilst doing the simplest of things like playing Monopoly or Countdown and ends up being verbally abusive to her. George - a family friend with a soft spot for Linda - always gets caught in the middle of these arguments while trying to stop them. The final sketch with the characters, based on a Hogmanay party at the couple's house, Linda and George end up kissing passionately in front of Harry after he makes a fuss about some sausage rolls she said she'd made herself but had in fact bought meat and pastry and "put the sausage rolls together" which, Harry tries to make clear, are not the same thing. In economics, a monopoly (from the Latin word monopolium - Greek language monos, one + polein, to sell) is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only one provider of a product or service. ... A countdown is the backward counting to indicate the seconds, days, etc. ...

• Brenda

Brenda repeatedly injures (often seriously) her husband, she then shouts "HELP HELP, there's been a terrible accident!", in a very bored, insincere manner. Her husband then usually replies with "Brenda, ya bastard!".

• Rab McGlinchy

Rab is a stereotypical shellsuit-wearing, chain-smoking, hard-drinking glaswegian ned in who is employed by the television company to translate the Scottish news, narrated by a newsreader, into the dialect of the Glaswegian working class. He is introduced "...and here is Rab McGlinchy, interpreting for the Neds."

External links

• Chewin' the Fat at bbc.co.uk
• Chewin' the Fat at the Internet Movie Database
• Still Game at The Comedy Unit