Is it true that Timmy Mallet invented Screwball Scramble? I've been quoting that as fact for years!
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Quote: Griff @ March 11, 2008, 4:28 PMI used to have a mate, everywhere we went, people used to say to him "You look like Timmy Mallett". I'm sure they meant no harm but he used to get so cross.
Yeah, its better than "You look like Timmy's Mallett"
Quote: Phill @ March 11, 2008, 4:20 PMThe Head of Production for a fairly major prodco advised me to remove the Timmy Mallett thing. Personally, I'm very proud of that.
Aw!
I'm with you.
I like a bit of Timmy Mallet!
Quote: Griff @ March 11, 2008, 4:28 PMI used to have a mate, everywhere we went, people used to say to him "You look like Timmy Mallett". I'm sure they meant no harm but he used to get so cross.
And he was actually Timmy Mallett.
I was actually christened by Timmy Mallet's dad. True.
Timmy's not actually the star of the film, he was just the first person to confirm - in the context of the film it's a genius bit of casting. He plays the good side of someone's conscience - this guy is so f**ked up, instead of the angel and devil on the shoulder, he has Timmy Mallett and (originally) Keith Harris following him around as life size hallucinations.
Quote: Phill @ March 11, 2008, 5:00 PMTimmy's not actually the star of the film, he was just the first person to confirm - in the context of the film it's a genius bit of casting. He plays the good side of someone's conscience - this guy is so f**ked up, instead of the angel and devil on the shoulder, he has Timmy Mallett and (originally) Keith Harris following him around as life size hallucinations.
I love it! Keith Harris and Timmy Mallett - genius. I would watch it.
Bloody hell, you turn these scripts around pretty quickly. Do you have a magic formula or writer's diarrhoea*?
*Diarrhoea as in 'constant production', rather than 'constant shit'. That can be taken the wrong way, as the vicar said about the choir boy.
That one was written a long time ago, but speed is a big part of working in on low-budget films.
Sometimes quality suffers, sometimes it doesn't. So it's 'constant production, intermittant shit'.
It's the smallest part of the film, an aside if you will. This is the pitch:
"JULIAN needs to get laid; DECLAN really needs to get laid, or locked up for the good of humanity.
Taking their movie obsession too far costs them their jobs at the local cinema. Realising there's no one to blame but large breasted actress, Pandora Reynolds, they head into town to find her and kill her.
The friends venture into the world of weekend night clubs, where they encounter abusive doormen, malicious girlfriends and receive advice on murder by fish. Along the way, their friendship is pushed to breaking point by Countdown, bus drivers and a lost frying pan.
GEEKED is a tale of obsession, lust and the pitfalls of listening to imaginary TV presenters."
I wanted to call it JULIAN AND DECLAN AND THE FRYING PAN OF DOOM; but the producer wouldn't have it.
Thanks Phil brilliant CV......so that's why my writing never gets anywhere with competition like that