See Craig Charles disfigured!
Man, two Craig-o-cusses in as many days. I'm going to hell. Anyway, Craig stars in Celebrities Disfigured, 9:00pm, Monday 17th May, Channel Four. Craig and supermodel Caprice (you remember her) undergo heavy prosthetic make-up and then, erm, go out. Hidden cameras film public reactions to these deformed freaks. And then they show them what they look like with the make-up on, aaaaaaaaaaah.
Can't find much info on t'internet, but my broadband modem arrived today and I want to show off the speed at which I can browse. So, here's some links: Channel 4's listing, a mention on TOS, and one on Craig's site. Both of these feature the original name for the project: Changing Faces. Not sensationalist enough for Channel Four, presumably. Ta to Talkie from BTLi for pointing this out.
Comments
HA! They made a mistake on the C4 site - they've accidentally credited Charles as being 'an actor'!
What a remarkable oversight.
Posted by si at May 12, 2004 09:41 PM
FACT: Craig Charles's "Yeah, I'm appealing" in Krytie TV is hilarious.
Posted by John Hoare at May 12, 2004 09:44 PM
It takes a big man to say something like that.
Posted by Cappsy at May 12, 2004 10:26 PM
I also like "The post's arrived" joke too.
Posted by John Hoare at May 12, 2004 10:29 PM
I've killed men for less than that.
Posted by Chris the Dolochimp at May 12, 2004 10:49 PM
I like this:
Lister: "What's your viire Hol?"
Holly: "Right up your nose when you lean in like that"
The things I like about Series VII and VIII. There's an article in that, you know.
Posted by Cappsy at May 12, 2004 11:04 PM
You bastard. I was going to do that article. Along with "Things I hate", of course.
Although I might just do the episode reviews.
Posted by John Hoare at May 12, 2004 11:13 PM
Or I might just do bugger all, of course.
Posted by John Hoare at May 12, 2004 11:15 PM
http://www.blueyonder.co.uk/blueyonder/getContent.jspx?page=159958&group=tv_page
The bit about the convention sounds interesting.
Posted by Darrell Jones at May 12, 2004 11:51 PM
For god's sake. As if Craig Charles and Caprice were celebrities enough to be spotted walking around in public these days, let alone be chased around like Beatles in mania. So basically the programme isn't "do people still recognise them?", but "how to the public respond to grotesquely disfigured freaks?" which is pretty distasteful to say the least. Why not put Charles in a wheelchair while they're at it to see whether people open doors for him?
Posted by jesley carrion at May 13, 2004 12:34 AM
They already did a programme like that, didn't they? Did it have Sean Hughes in it?
Posted by Ian Symes at May 13, 2004 12:39 AM
I remember there being something about blind people wandering about. And Gail Porter crying.
It might have been a dream.
Anyway, this programme sounds like a noble attempt to do something serious. Or it would be, if it didn't have two c-listers and a sensationalist attitude.
Posted by Pete Martin at May 13, 2004 12:27 PM
"if it didn't have two c-listers"
NO, IT ONLY HAS ONE!!!!!!
Posted by Cappsy at May 13, 2004 12:53 PM
It has a c-lister and a D. Lister.
Posted by Ian Symes at May 13, 2004 01:35 PM
Better.
Posted by Cappsy at May 13, 2004 01:53 PM
I can't believe I missed the opportunity to use that pun...
Posted by Pete Martin at May 13, 2004 02:46 PM
'It has a c-lister and a D. Lister.'
That is the single greatest sentence I have ever read. Fact.
Posted by overmydeadbody at May 13, 2004 08:03 PM
Can I just ask, what is it that everyone seems to loathe about Craig Charles?
Posted by Kamma at May 13, 2004 09:06 PM
He seems to have a dig at the red Dwarf fans for being 'sa'd and 'geeks' at every oprtunity he gets. he doesn't seem to understand that we are the sole reason he's got lots of money and can host shite television programs.
Plus, he's annoying and adds nothing to commentaries.
And he eats kittens.
Posted by Cappsy at May 13, 2004 09:21 PM
And he's a crap standup and poet too.
Posted by Darrell Jones at May 13, 2004 10:01 PM
He is, however, vastly underrated in Red Dwarf.
Posted by John Hoare at May 13, 2004 10:05 PM
I will admit he's superb in Red Dwarf (circa 1988-1994).
I suppose he's not got much of a chance when compared to veritable Gods such as Bobby Llewellyn and Chris Barrie, though.
Posted by Cappsy at May 13, 2004 10:28 PM
I wrote: "What's your viire Hol?"
I dunno what brand of crack I was smoking that day but I meant "view" obviously.
Posted by Cappsy at May 13, 2004 10:30 PM
Early Red Dwarf Craig Charles is far better than early Robert Llewellyn, although admittedly Robert had the harder acting job to do.
I always find it amazing how much Robert progressed between III - IV. Although I suppose he's quite good by The Last Day, it's still an amazing jump from being potentially a bit of a flaw in the series into one of its greatest strengths.
After all, can you imagine Camille with a Marooned-style Kryten?
Posted by John Hoare at May 13, 2004 10:33 PM
That's a very good point and something I've not really thought about until now.
I think it was just a combination of Rob and Doug getting used to writing for Kryten and robert 'nailing' the character. Those two factors put together created a billiant character.
Arn't you planning an article on the evolutions fo varios things, John? I'm surs I remember you talking about it.
Posted by Cappsy at May 13, 2004 10:45 PM
Gah! My typing is shit!
Posted by Cappsy at May 13, 2004 10:46 PM
Yes, I was planning to. I'm going to try and really get into my article-writing this weekend, as it's far too long since I've done any...
Posted by John Hoare at May 14, 2004 04:39 PM
I realize That this old news, but it's on today...
AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA!!! I hate the way people get judged on Looks!
Posted by MJN SEIFER at May 17, 2004 09:26 PM
Indeed. It's on now. I've been watching Dead Ringers, so I have only seen a little bit.
Craig didn't look THAT different to me...
Posted by Mr Flibble at May 17, 2004 09:40 PM
He fooled Chris Barrie though!
(Not really an achivement Concidering Chris thinks strange things like the 2nd episode of V was called "Executioner"
Posted by MJN SEIFER at May 18, 2004 07:51 PM
(Not really an achivement Concidering Chris thinks strange things like the 2nd episode of V was called "Executioner"
Yes, what an utterly thick fuck he is.
Posted by Cappsy at May 18, 2004 08:32 PM
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