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''Scotch and Wry'' was a Scottish television comedy sketch show produced by BBC Scotland and starring Rikki Fulton and a revolving ensemble cast which over the years included Gregor Fisher, Tony Roper, Claire Neilson, Juliet Cazdow and John Bett. Initially running for two series in the late 1970s, the show went onto become a top-rating annual one-off Hogmanay special for over a decade.〔Jolly good show, Rikki: Reputations Rikki Fulton. The Observer (1901- 2003); 31 Dec 1989;〕 The series also gave early exposure to up and coming Scottish actors such as Gerard Kelly and Miriam Margolyes; in later years cast regulars from sister BBC Scotland comedy show ''Naked Video'' would also make sporadic appearances. ==History== ''Scotch and Wry'' developed from ''The Scotched Earth Show'', a one-off special based on Scottish humorous writing, broadcast on New Year's Day 1977.〔http://www.retrojunk.com/content/index/4965/scotch-and-wry〕 Fulton starred in the special, having made sporadic television appearances since the end of his ''Rikki'' series for STV. ''Scotch and Wry'' first aired on BBC1 Scotland at 10.30pm on Saturday 30 September 1978. Its comedic focus was on predominantly Scottish (and in particular Glaswegian) humour, although the series also included material from London-based writers, including rejected scripts from ''The Two Ronnies''〔http://www.retrojunk.com/content/index/4965/scotch-and-wry〕 Overall, the viewer had to be familiar with the Glasgow Patter in order to understand many of the jokes. As a result, much of the humour was constructed around distinctly Glaswegian themes; such as the city's suburbs, its football clubs, and even its famous sectarian divide was also played for laughs. The programmes (and some personalities) of rival ITV station STV (most notably ''Late Call'') were frequently parodied on the show. In the later Hogmanay specials, a greater emphasis was placed on major news events that had happened during the previous year as their basis. Another regular target in many sketches was Lanarkshire singer Sydney Devine, who later became one of the show's many guest stars, appearing in a parody of ''Phantom of the Opera''. In later years, it became customary of ''Scotch and Wry'' to include a post-closing credits sketch, which was usually a dig at ''The Hogmanay Show'' that followed immediately afterwards. The best remembered skit involved Fulton interrupting a party to throw his television out of the window just before the show started. For several years, ''Scotch and Wry'' also aired on BBC1 Northern Ireland but was given only one full networked airing by the BBC - the 1982 Hogmanay special aired outside Scotland on New Year's Day 1983.〔http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2004/jan/30/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries〕 The last episode aired on Thursday 31 December 1992. Comedy specials have continued to air each Hogmanay on BBC1 Scotland, including ''Chewin' the Fat'', ''Still Game'' and ''Only an Excuse?''. Fulton also revived his Reverend I.M. Jolly character for a series of spin-off Hogmanay specials during the 1990s - ''Tis' the Season to the Jolly'', ''A Man for All Seasons'', ''I.M. Jolly: A Life Less Ordinary'' and ''It's A Jolly Life''. 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「Scotch and Wry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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