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''Bruiser'' is a TV comedy sketch show that was produced for BBC Two. It premiered on 28 February 2000 and ran for six episodes ending on 15 March 2000. The main writers were David Mitchell and Robert Webb. Additional writers included Richard Ayoade and Ricky Gervais. The BBC writes "And if the series itself is not widely remembered, it's notable not least for bringing together an immensely talented group of young performers who have since joined the 'A' list of British comedians." Cast members were Olivia Colman, David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Martin Freeman, Matthew Holness and Charlotte Hudson. ==Recurring sketches== * TV executive producing programmes for Alan Titchmarsh (Mitchell with Colman and Webb). Colman and Webb's characters constantly come up with new surreal ideas for television shows, some of which Mitchell's character likes, but he usually wants involvement from Titchmarsh. * "Outdoor Wee" in which an interviewer (Holness) conducts his interview with a celebrity e.g. a camp tap dancer/panto star (Webb) whilst having an 'outdoor wee' i.e. urinating outdoors against a tree, wall or hedge. * Hapless, paranoid man (Freeman) who over-analyses the situations he has stumbled into in his head, and begins to worry that said situations appear to make him look like a pervert, stalker or paedophile, and then shouts out loud that he isn't, to the bewilderment of people around him. * All Pile On Man (Holness) in which an overweight man seizes any opportunity to launch himself and a group of others onto an unsuspecting victim * James Bond spoof in which inventor Mitchell shows his new "weapon" (actually an ordinary pen, watch, etc.) to spy Freeman, but then "demonstrates" it on a dummy by punching and kicking it, not using the "weapon" at all. * Sparky the puppet (voiced by Webb), a mischievous puppet who disrupts his human friend's (Freeman's) efforts with the bank manager, a romantic date, etc. * Womanizing Australian man (Holness) who boasts about the best places to seduce women including over a game of bowls, archery and during choir singing, calling it "pussy on a stick." He often makes innuendos or references to sexually linked imagery, but then points it out and explains exactly what he meant, for example "I like to put two medicine balls either side of me, stand bold upright and pretend I'm a penis. The girls soon get the idea, then it's back to the changing room for another strenuous workout, i.e. sex" or "all I like to survey are a couple of walloping boobies slash jugs i.e. tits" * Builder (Holness) who is extremely touchy about being called touchy, and attacks the man (Freeman) who constantly calls him that. * Married couple Gary and Samantha (Freeman and Colman) who bicker about Gary's faddish new interests in areas such as converting to Islam, stating he is gay, or constant fear of being murdered. He usually wears a Tottenham Hotspur shirt. * Ellis, the vulgar IT technician (Holness), (seen to be the precursor to Simon in the sitcom The Office, also played by Holness), who calls everything a wank and describes things as twat and various other things. * American TV anchorperson Sasha Solomon (Colman) who mispronounces Worcestershire (as "Woort-cesta-shy-a"), and viciously offends actors and actresses, while backhandedly complementing the UK as being enlightened enough to embrace actors that Americans would never accept. She describes one actress she is interviewing as 'fat' and explains that fat actors and actresses don't appear on TV in the States. * Hollywood celebrity interviewer (Mitchell), who makes irrelevant opinionated remarks and constantly fears offending interviewees. * Steve (Webb), a cautiously exploitative man who asks his friends and coworkers to explain how they would react in certain situations, or when asked certain questions, before drawing logically extreme conclusions from their responses and taking gross advantage of them. * Group of French artists, who carry puppets and remark about dead artists. The sketch is a parody of French new wave films. * Poison-seeking husband (Webb) who barges into different businesses saying "Do you do poison?" (or in the first episode "Have you got any rat poison?") and asks incriminating questions, but then upon questioning proclaims his innocence, but is obviously struggling to conceal the fact he wants to kill his wife. In one episode he goes to a poison store, and asks a man who behaves just like him for a lilo. * Female friends (Colman and Hudson) discussing sexual habits, finishing each other's sentences until Colman says something different or unusual, causing Hudson's characters to be disgusted. * Man (Freeman) in the pub who tries to impress a woman (Colman) by doing silly things, then eventually injuring himself in the process. * Inconvenient office pranks including giving someone a wedgie * Frustrated, angry and sarcastic plumber/paramedic/farmer/burglar/etc. (Mitchell), who says he's had a bad day. He appears as condescending, often repeatedly insulting the intelligence of whoever he is with, before proving himself utterly incompetent at the task at hand, and then angrily berating himself. * An irate Satan (Webb) on the phone taking wrong numbers, as people call 666 asking for Steve, instead of 669. After a series of wrong numbers Satan finally loses it, exclaiming "How would you respond if some berk kept ringing you up ..." * Bass Guitar Player "Jimmy De Rue" (Holness) who gets none of the attention lavished on his fellow band members, e.g. while the other members of the band make out, he does a code breaker, when bras are thrown at the other members, an egg is thrown at him, and when the audience loudly applaud the other members of the band, they remain silent for him. * BBC schools revision programme presenters (Webb and Hudson) giving banal A-Level revision lessons (entitled for example, "BBC Knowledge Fun-Size" and "BBC Digital Active Online A-Level Fun-Size Choice Dot Knowledge") on subjects such as French, Geography, Philosophy and General Studies, giving useless or incorrect information, e.g. "Eureka! Which is philosophy for 'hiya!" in the Philosophy episode. During the French programme, during which Webb fatuously repeats the phrase 'Tres bien!', viewers are advised to immerse themselves in French culture by watching the DVD series of "Allo, 'Allo. * I Love Ballet Man (Freeman) who tries to convince his friends he loves pursuits which he clearly does not, such as Jazz, Ballet, and Modern Art. During the Jazz episode, Martin Freeman tries to demonstrate his love of Jazz by scatting, whilst in the Modern Art sketch Freeman exclaims "Boy would I love to have a painting of a big pancake watch!" * Time-Team type Archaeologist (Freeman) on an archaeological dig whose enthusiasm far outstrips his knowledge. * A man hosting a party (Holness) who overreacts when people make mistakes e.g. a guest arrives and he introduces her to all the guests. He then quizzes her on the names of people and tells her to get out when she makes a mistake. He then sends out a man (Mitchell) because he claimed he knew Samantha Janus but actually only knew of her. He then gets angry when another man (Webb) refers to Frankenstein's monster as simply Frankenstein. * White collar worker (Mitchell) who paces around in a field in the middle of nowhere whilst asking various questions on the phone e.g. "Where's finance?", "Where's personnel?", "Where's back-up?" and "Where's support?", who acts distressed and is confused that nobody is around. His business suit deteriorates further into tatters with each successive appearance. * Salesman (Holness) on a courtesy call who is sitting at a man's (Freeman) table when he arrives home. The salesman offers Freeman's character a dance as part of the company's new deal, to which he accepts. He then asks if the man uses another service, which involves a short play on a banjo and then asks if he wants to upgrade to the same service, but with a party blower, calling it 'Banjo and Blowers Plus'. * Old Man (Mitchell) who is not enjoying life and tries to convince his daughter (Colman) to kill him. He asks for bleach in his tea. When she arrives home later, he is asleep in a coffin and she thinks he is dead but he wakes up and asks her to close the lid. * A man (Freeman) paying for photos in a photo booth, who, when he collects the photos, realises that there is another man (Webb) standing behind him pulling a funny face in each picture. The final pictures still feature Webb, but, for some reason, he finds they are sufficient. * A pimp (Freeman) who responds very childishly whenever anyone mentions anything remotely sexual. Even when a customer (Webb) mentions 'kissing on the lips' he starts acting awkwardly. He usually ends each sketch by saying 'ooh dirty! I've got to go!' and leaving. * A teacher (Holness) who tells inappropriate jokes to a group of Year 6 children on the bus who are on a school trip. * Two Northern policemen (Mitchell and Webb) who are chasing or interviewing people, but have great difficulty explaining to the viewer what is happening. Mitchell's character repeatedly ends Webb's character's sentence, with Webb's character often saying the wrong thing even after Mitchell's character has told him what to say. * Pixel Guy (Freeman), a man with a pixellated face who gets out of a Campervan with a group of American friends at the beach and refuses to surf with them. He always thinks he is being discriminated against because his face is pixellated and then shouts 'My name is Ray!' * Two people (Hudson and Holness), who are experts or fans of something. Another character (Freeman), tries to prove he knows what they are talking about, but ends up talking too much and making too many things up. * Four friends (Colman, Mitchell, Webb, Hudson) discussing how sad it is that someone close to them has died, when another man (Mitchell) enters and they tell him, resulting in him finding it funny and hysterically laughing, then saying 'Oh, come on!' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bruiser (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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