Wouldn't mind seeing a new series made of this! (That Peter Kay Thing)

Member Name: dangaroo

Product:	That Peter Kay Thing
Date:	05/04/09 (86 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Really entertaining comedy

Disadvantages: That last chap is a bit irritating (Marc Park)

That Peter Kay Thing is a 6 part documentary, I first saw it when it first came out and re-watched some episodes recently. Released in 2000, it was one of the first times we got to witness Peter Kay on TV. In one of the episodes we get to see The Neptune Club in action which is basically like a pilot for Phoenix Nights and therefore you will see the same characters in action as you do in Phoenix Nights.

Staying true to his roots, the whole series is filmed in Bolton and laughs at numerous humorous characters and things that Bolton has to offer, many of which he came into contact with on a daily basis. Kay's disguises are hillarious in themselves but it's his talent for spotting those funny parts of people's characters and then reproducing and exaggerating them perfectly.

The funniest episode is undoubtedly "The Ice Cream Man Cometh" which I basically laugh at all the way through. This features a grouchy ice cream man and his side kick whose sales are suffering, his family has been in the business for years but he's struggling with competition from the flamboyant Signor Whippy! Another two classics are "Leonard" (the oldest paper boy in the country), a cracking look at an old man's life during his rounds in Bolton and "Eyes Down" which to some extent surely influenced Paul O Grady's show of the same name which followed some years later. This episode features the hillarious line "He bums dogs" as we see Kay as a young, surly but comical teenager! The worst episode for me is the last one - "Lonely At The Top" which features a Mick Hucknall look alike and his day to day worries. It's spot on but the character is so irritating that it annoys me a little!

This is a great little series and deserves all the praise it gets!

Summary: So funny!