A moped and an overweight, bald-headed, thuggish looking man in a cast-off suit which looks as though it has shrunk in the wash. Put those two together and what have you got? 'Alexei Sayle's Stuff'. The outspoken comic from Liverpool would each week kick off a show whilst giving a rant on a varied selection of subjects, whether it be on The Royal Family, politics or religion. We would then move onto surreal sketches penned not only by Sayle himself but also by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick, who had earlier written 'End Of Part One' and 'Whoops Apocalypse'.
'Stuff' was an entertaining vehicle for Sayle. Though not the world's biggest fan of all of Mr. Sayle's work, I liked the show for its fast moving, zany humour which was brought to life by a talented cast.
In the first series, Sayle's regular supporting cast included Mark Williams, Tony Millan ( Tucker from 'Citizen Smith' ), Angus Deayton, sexy Harriet Thorpe, sexier Morwenna Banks and, in my opinion the sexiest of them all, Felicity Montagu. Among the funniest sketches were Alexei as God jumping frantically around the street, leading a female passer-by to remark ''I see God is moving in mysterious ways!'', a group of waitresses being interviewed on a current affairs show and replying to questions about affairs as though they are taking orders, a playwright holding a self-defence class teaching students how to defend themselves against thugs by using witty ripostes, innuendo, waggish comebacks and so on.
In the second series, Williams, Banks, Thorpe and Montagu departed and were replaced by Owen Bremnan and the gorgeous Jan Ravens, however it wasn't the same and as a result the last two series lacked the same vulgar verve as the first series.
After 'Stuff', Alexei's next comedy show was 'The All New Alexei Sayle Show', which was followed by 'Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round'. No classic, but good fun, at least at first anyway.
'Stuff' was an entertaining vehicle for Sayle. Though not the world's biggest fan of all of Mr. Sayle's work, I liked the show for its fast moving, zany humour which was brought to life by a talented cast.
In the first series, Sayle's regular supporting cast included Mark Williams, Tony Millan ( Tucker from 'Citizen Smith' ), Angus Deayton, sexy Harriet Thorpe, sexier Morwenna Banks and, in my opinion the sexiest of them all, Felicity Montagu. Among the funniest sketches were Alexei as God jumping frantically around the street, leading a female passer-by to remark ''I see God is moving in mysterious ways!'', a group of waitresses being interviewed on a current affairs show and replying to questions about affairs as though they are taking orders, a playwright holding a self-defence class teaching students how to defend themselves against thugs by using witty ripostes, innuendo, waggish comebacks and so on.
In the second series, Williams, Banks, Thorpe and Montagu departed and were replaced by Owen Bremnan and the gorgeous Jan Ravens, however it wasn't the same and as a result the last two series lacked the same vulgar verve as the first series.
After 'Stuff', Alexei's next comedy show was 'The All New Alexei Sayle Show', which was followed by 'Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round'. No classic, but good fun, at least at first anyway.