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Encyclopedia > World Shut Your Mouth (TV series)
World shut your mouth
Genre
Running time 30 min
Creator(s) Dom Joly
Starring Dom Joly
Country of origin Great Britain
No. of episodes 7
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

World Shut Your Mouth was a hidden camera TV series starring Dom Joly. Bold text:This article is about the written record of a meeting. ... Dom Joly (full name Dominic John Joly) is a British television comedian (born 15 November 1970). ... Dom Joly (full name Dominic John Joly) is a British television comedian (born 15 November 1970). ... Hidden cameras are still or video cameras that film people without their knowledge. ... Braun HF 1, Germany, 1958. ... Dom Joly (full name Dominic John Joly) is a British television comedian (born 15 November 1970). ...


Dom Joly made his name on the similar series Trigger Happy TV on Channel 4,and it is from its great success that he was hired by the BBC to produce new programming. His first effort was an unsuccessful spoof chat show named This is Dom Joly. The lack of success in conventional comedy prompted Joly to go back to his hidden camera roots and started to create a new series which was very similar to Trigger Happy TV, with short stunts overlayed with a soundtrack. Joly was the main participant in these stunts. As with his previous work, the programme had an emphasis on surrealism, with sketches such as a spying gnome and nerds taunting skaters and Joly dressing up in aluminum foil like a superhero, being a partner of a traffic warden who is technically ignoring him. Trigger Happy TV is a British hidden camera television show, created, produced and starring Dom Joly. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC, sometimes also known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, founded in 1922. ... In contemporary usage, parody is a form of satire that imitates another work of art in order to ridicule it. ... A talk show (U.S.) or chat show (Brit. ... This is Dom Joly is a BBC3 TV show with Dom Joly. ... Kay Sage. ... A gnome hiding behind a toadstool. ... Look up Nerd in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A skateboarder performing a frontside lipslide. ...


The main difference between Trigger Happy TV and World Shut Your Mouth was the scope of the show. Where Trigger Happy TV took place in various places around the United Kingdom, the larger budget of World Shut Your Mouth allowed for international travel and filming, and many of the stunts took place at, or near, major international landmarks. Trigger Happy TV is a British hidden camera television show, created, produced and starring Dom Joly. ... Trigger Happy TV is a British hidden camera television show, created, produced and starring Dom Joly. ...


There were subtle changes in directorial style too, with zooms and close-up shots of the public's reaction to the various pranks. The team working on World Shut Your Mouth was also larger. Trigger Happy TV was mainly the work of Dom Joly and Sam Cadman, Dom doing the stunts and Sam filming. Trigger Happy TV is a British hidden camera television show, created, produced and starring Dom Joly. ... Dom Joly (full name Dominic John Joly) is a British television comedian (born 15 November 1970). ...


In World Shut Your Mouth, Dom Joly did the stunts, and produced the show with Richard Webb. Janet Knipe directed and Al Campbell filmed. The show also starred Danny Wallace in minor supporting roles for some of the stunts, and he also helped develop some ideas for the show. Dom Joly (full name Dominic John Joly) is a British television comedian (born 15 November 1970). ... Richard Webb (September 9, 1915 - June 19, 1993) was a film, television and radio actor. ... Daniel Frederick Wallace (born 16 November 1976; also referred to as Leader and King Danny I of Lovely) is a British writer, living in London, best known for his work with the comedian Dave Gorman and for starting both the collective Join Me, and the micronation Lovely. ...


Perhaps as an Easter egg for serious Trigger Happy TV fans, at the end of each show when the credits had finished rolling, a credit is given to "The Gund Corporation". The name Gund is a psuedonym used by Dom "whenever [he] is lying" according to his audio commentary on the "Best Of Trigger Happy TV DVD. The name Gund is often used by Joly when a character requires an identity. A virtual Easter egg is a hidden message or feature in an object such as a movie, book, CD, DVD, computer program, or video game. ... A pseudonym (Greek: false name) is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to their legal name (whereas an allonym is the name of another actual person assumed by one person in authorship of a work of art; e. ... Trigger Happy TV is a British hidden camera television show, created, produced and starring Dom Joly. ... All DVDs - replicated (factory pressed), recorded (burned), video, audio, data, or otherwise — are DVD-ROM discs, though many refer to a DVD-ROM as a pressed data disk only. ...


In January, 2005 World Shut Your Mouth began to be shown at 10.35 Friday night on BBC One. Despite its critical success it only ran for one series, which was released on BBC DVD. The DVD featured an entire extra episode that never aired, plus audio commentary on all episodes. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest television station in the world. ... All DVDs - replicated (factory pressed), recorded (burned), video, audio, data, or otherwise — are DVD-ROM discs, though many refer to a DVD-ROM as a pressed data disk only. ... All DVDs - replicated (factory pressed), recorded (burned), video, audio, data, or otherwise — are DVD-ROM discs, though many refer to a DVD-ROM as a pressed data disk only. ...



 

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