A follow-up to the special from 2020 - which wasn't bad and pretty decent. This 'sequel' is on another level to that. Some brilliant guests and some hilarious jokes. Fair play to the Kemp brothers for not allowing their ego to get in the way. I honestly hope they continue making these, and if they do, make them as good as this one. Very surprised by the quality in the writing and the boys' performances. Loved it and a great late Xmas surprise. I wouldn't even worry about seeing the first one, if you haven't seen it. I would just jump straight to this. They do explain any continuity from the first one in the form of quick flashbacks. But again, the first one was pretty good.
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The Kemps: All Gold
Prismark1031 December 2023
If The Kemps: All True was a mockumentary made to poke fun of the serious but inadvertently hilarious one made by the former boy band Bros.
The follow up by Rhys Thomas is to take a sarcastic look at the word of music in 2023. Especially the antics of once famous pop stars from the 1970s and 80s.
Mirroring real life. The Kemps have had an uneasy relationship with the other bandmates from Spandau Ballet since they split. At times they are like Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. Bickering then putting aside their differences for monetary value. In the bands case a reunion tour.
The fictionalised documentary has Martin Kemp getting kicked out by his two wives Pepsi and Shirlie. Moving to his brother's Gary home in the country.
Only Gary is not too pleased to see his brother after Martin's explosive tell all autobiography (a dig at Prince William and Harry)
Gary is busy doing a ballet about the Spandau Ballet years but there is an chance to jump on the rock biopic bandwagon.
A movie about Spandau Ballet directed by Dexter Fletcher who also did We Will Rock You. CGI would be used to make the Kemps look younger. Only Gary is not happy that the true story is heavily fictionalised.
Also they band do not own the rights to use their song since they sold off the rights to a music corporation. With the help of music producer Luke Dunmore (Christopher Eccleston) they attempt to steal the master tapes as the alternative is to do a Taylor Swift and re-record the original songs.
Their manager John Farrow (Michael Kitchen) always with an eye on a quick cash grab. Hopes to get the Kemps to do a televised live concert on New Years Eve with Harry Styles a guest vocalist. A mashup like when Dire Straits hooked up with Chris Rea and called themselves Dire Rea. However they end up settling for Francis Rossi who reworks all the songs with the familiar Status Quo guitar chords.
Everything is all set for a live televised concert on the BBC. There is just a small matter of a river getting polluted with Gary's vegan meat products that had unfortunate side effects.
Rhys Thomas does well with his low budget. He always manages to get an all star cast. The Kemps fully throw themselves into it and that's why it works. At times hilarious and also taking potshots at the the music business.
The follow up by Rhys Thomas is to take a sarcastic look at the word of music in 2023. Especially the antics of once famous pop stars from the 1970s and 80s.
Mirroring real life. The Kemps have had an uneasy relationship with the other bandmates from Spandau Ballet since they split. At times they are like Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. Bickering then putting aside their differences for monetary value. In the bands case a reunion tour.
The fictionalised documentary has Martin Kemp getting kicked out by his two wives Pepsi and Shirlie. Moving to his brother's Gary home in the country.
Only Gary is not too pleased to see his brother after Martin's explosive tell all autobiography (a dig at Prince William and Harry)
Gary is busy doing a ballet about the Spandau Ballet years but there is an chance to jump on the rock biopic bandwagon.
A movie about Spandau Ballet directed by Dexter Fletcher who also did We Will Rock You. CGI would be used to make the Kemps look younger. Only Gary is not happy that the true story is heavily fictionalised.
Also they band do not own the rights to use their song since they sold off the rights to a music corporation. With the help of music producer Luke Dunmore (Christopher Eccleston) they attempt to steal the master tapes as the alternative is to do a Taylor Swift and re-record the original songs.
Their manager John Farrow (Michael Kitchen) always with an eye on a quick cash grab. Hopes to get the Kemps to do a televised live concert on New Years Eve with Harry Styles a guest vocalist. A mashup like when Dire Straits hooked up with Chris Rea and called themselves Dire Rea. However they end up settling for Francis Rossi who reworks all the songs with the familiar Status Quo guitar chords.
Everything is all set for a live televised concert on the BBC. There is just a small matter of a river getting polluted with Gary's vegan meat products that had unfortunate side effects.
Rhys Thomas does well with his low budget. He always manages to get an all star cast. The Kemps fully throw themselves into it and that's why it works. At times hilarious and also taking potshots at the the music business.
Take your seaside wonge...
owen-watts6 April 2024
Saw in 2024 with another slab of playful Kemp madness from Rhys Thomas and it was utterly wonderful. This wonky bit of mockmentarianism has everything thrown at it with knowing cameos up the wazoo and occupies the kind of warmly foolish spot on the beeb that folk like Vic & Bob and Harry & Paul used to. That it's the Kemp brothers doing that manner of caper now is still authentically very strange and the more you know, the more you get out of this barrage of silly larking. Eccleston, as in Dodger, is the real force here and even gets a bit of revenge on his Let Him Have It co-star Paul Reynolds. It's... gloriously niche.
Cut a long story short
frukuk30 December 2023
The comedy equivalent of dad jokes. It's unsubtle, not actually funny and Rhys Thomas really needs to give it a rest.
I thought some of the Brain Pern "mockumentaries" that Rhys Thomas made were, by comparison, quite creative and entertaining -- and Simon Day's deadpan performances added a lot.
Perhaps it's that, although Brian Pern was played by Simon Day, here the Kemp brothers are actually playing themselves? It's not that the Kemp brothers are bad actors, but that Rhys Thomas seems unable to find the right "distance" from the people he is caricaturing. (The marriage to both Pepsi and Shirlie was an interesting idea, but other than joking that they would jointly get 100% of their husband's assets on divorce, little was made of it.)
I thought some of the Brain Pern "mockumentaries" that Rhys Thomas made were, by comparison, quite creative and entertaining -- and Simon Day's deadpan performances added a lot.
Perhaps it's that, although Brian Pern was played by Simon Day, here the Kemp brothers are actually playing themselves? It's not that the Kemp brothers are bad actors, but that Rhys Thomas seems unable to find the right "distance" from the people he is caricaturing. (The marriage to both Pepsi and Shirlie was an interesting idea, but other than joking that they would jointly get 100% of their husband's assets on divorce, little was made of it.)
This is Not GOLD
GoldenGooner045 January 2024
Warning: Spoilers
How many digs can you make at Tony Hadley.
I watched Spandau when they started off a very small place in Finsbury Park. I am sure it was not far from Highbury
Bits of this were worth a smile, but it was mostly pretty yuck Has anyone mentioned the Kray titles, a clever little nod to the film and of course the Tom Hardy mention The dig about 60 year old blokes still singing the same old songs from 40 years back, that is nearly every band you can think of I wonder if they tried to get the Real Ross Kemp to play the brother, maybe he was to expensive The cameo stuff was true to life, they are all doing it From a business point of view it would really make sense to "sort it out" with Tony.
They used to be so tight sitting at the Arsenal together, now Gold is used for Bold or sung at the Arsenal to a player who is a lot like this program, has good bits but the bad bits are very @@@@ Did Martin plug every program he was ever in, as for Enders they brought Bobby back and Den Watts anything is possible But the ending was "interesting" Did Tony have a hand in this? Is it all a work about their breakup?
Are we being feed a load of Tottenham (S@@T)
I watched Spandau when they started off a very small place in Finsbury Park. I am sure it was not far from Highbury
Bits of this were worth a smile, but it was mostly pretty yuck Has anyone mentioned the Kray titles, a clever little nod to the film and of course the Tom Hardy mention The dig about 60 year old blokes still singing the same old songs from 40 years back, that is nearly every band you can think of I wonder if they tried to get the Real Ross Kemp to play the brother, maybe he was to expensive The cameo stuff was true to life, they are all doing it From a business point of view it would really make sense to "sort it out" with Tony.
They used to be so tight sitting at the Arsenal together, now Gold is used for Bold or sung at the Arsenal to a player who is a lot like this program, has good bits but the bad bits are very @@@@ Did Martin plug every program he was ever in, as for Enders they brought Bobby back and Den Watts anything is possible But the ending was "interesting" Did Tony have a hand in this? Is it all a work about their breakup?
Are we being feed a load of Tottenham (S@@T)
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