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The Glam Metal Detectives (1995)
Loved it and wish there was more of it
This was a short lived comic sketch so that was a product of its time. Designed to feel like you were channel surfing through the dreadful satellite and cable TV shows and adverts of the time, some sketches were hilarious and others you just couldn't get at the time. The whole thing was held together of course by the Glam Metal Detectives - saving the planet whilst provide a great rock & roll sound.
Even now, if I am in a rush to do something I would regard it as Betty's Mad Dash, and if someone is very self-obsessed I would refer to them as a Morag Evans, star of the The Big Me - a spoof chat show where the hostess Morag could always steer the conversation back to her. A ladies, if you husband was watching the football, you could always call on the services of Mickey to give you a good time.
The Comic Strip Presents...: Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown (1993)
Hilarious, or at least I thought so
If you like the Comic Strip type productions and have any knowledge of TV detective shows, then this is tremendous fun. There are so many little references thrown in to the detective shows we have loved over the years - The Sweeney, The Professionals, Jason King, Spender and so many more. The action is interspersed with the occasional song and dance number too, which adds to the fun. The Guv is in charge of the murder case of the Gourmet Detective and employs the talents of all kinds of TV detectives, using their different methods, to solve the case.
It'll get you running about in your underpants splashing in puddles...