Bill Young
- Actor
Press clippings Page 7
Terry Jones talks about writing Python sketches
Just how did they come up with the classic sketches such as the Dead Parrot sketch, the Lumberjack Song or the Spanish Inquisition?
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 23rd February 2012John Leguizamo cast as American 'Del Boy'
More often than not, there exists the possibility that 'pitches' will never make it to the casting stage. Well, not so, for both ABC's Only Fools and Horses, who have announced that John Leguizamo, who is currently touring the U.S. with his hit show, John Leguizamo's Ghetto Klown.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 20th February 2012Python's 1974 pre-'wardrobe malfunction' bit of lunacy
If you're a broadcaster or producer, you just thought your clashes with the FCC began back in 2004 and Janet Jackson's infamous "wardrobe malfunction" incident. A full 30+ years prior to that special Sunday, one of the producers of the brilliant Python film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail was approached by a member of the British Board of Film Classification after a screening in Twickenham of the then unreleased soon-to-be classic.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 11th February 2012Patricia Routledge talks Hyacinth, KUA and comedy 101
As the great Patricia Routledge inches closer to her 83rd birthday on Friday, 17 February, I'm reminded of a point in time in the late 1990's that we had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to interview Ms. Routledge for a salute to British comedy program for broadcast on public television in the States.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 9th February 2012Anniversary of Steptoe & Son and the US version
An article celebrating the 50th anniversary of Steptoe and Son and the 40th anniversary of the American version of the show Sanford and Son.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 17th January 2012Python's Terry Gilliam - DIY animation 101
Ever wonder how that giant foot came down at the beginning of the classic opening to Monty Python's Flying Circus or how any of the other buffer elements between show segments were created?
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 10th January 2012Remembering losses from British comedy world in 2011
While wishing everyone a Happy New Year and prosperous 2012, I wanted to remember some 'friends' the world of comedy lost in 2011.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 1st January 2012'Twas the night before Christmas - John Cleese style
It was 2007 when one, John Cleese, set his Pythonesque sights on the traditional reading of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 24th December 2011It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas - QI style
If you adhere to the QI principle that everything in the Universe is interesting if looked at closely enough, for long enough, or from the right angle, you'll go far in the world.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 23rd December 2011Celebrate life, the universe and everything in 2012
Sunday, 11 March, 2012, Douglas Adams's 60th birthday, is the day to celebrate the man who gave us life, the universe and everything.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 17th December 2011