The ‘Smack The Pony’ comedy troupe are reuniting – greater than 20 years after their comedy sequence ended on Channel 4.
Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan and Sally Phillips are reviving their comedian sketches for the Edinburgh Fringe pageant on the Gilded Balloon this summer time.
The three comedians say they’ve a lot of new concepts for skits and may’t wait to reunite 24 years after the present got here off air.
In an announcement, the trio mentioned: “That is barely surreal as a result of it is 24 years since we completed. We’re not previous comedy, we now qualify as classic, which is cool. Is it?’
“As a result of we at all times discuss sketch concepts after we get collectively, on some stage it’s virtually as if ‘Smack the Pony’ by no means actually stopped – that it simply saved entering into some parallel universe.
“So it seems like Gilded Balloon is a few sort of portal and we’ll be popping into meet up with Sequence 26. We’re very grateful to have this opportunity to hang around and take the p*** out of ourselves once more – we’ve missed it!”
Their present, titled ‘Again within the Saddle’, will even characteristic broadcaster Kirsty Wark and will likely be a glance again on the TV sequence with basic sketches revisited in addition to their new materials.
‘Smack The Pony’ – which was created by Victoria Pile, who additionally wrote surreal hospital sitcom ‘Inexperienced Wing’ – ran on Channel 4 for 3 sequence from 1999 to 2002, and concluded with two specials broadcast over Christmas 2002 and New 12 months 2003.
Again in 2019, ‘Two Doorways Down’ actress Doon, 62, revealed in an interview with The i newspaper that the trio had written a number of contemporary sketches for a possible TV comeback however executives weren’t involved in bringing again ‘Smack The Pony’.
She mentioned: “It’s simply been actually troublesome. We’ve pitched to a couple locations and it’s not taking place. I don’t know whether or not it’s [because it’s] older ladies nevertheless it’s not taking place, which is, to me, astonishing. You assume, how humorous does it must be? With the model?’”
Doon, Fiona, 60, and Sally, 54, beforehand reunited for a sketch for Crimson Nostril Day in 2017.