Original Vic Reeves Big Night Out, The Review


by Simon Crook |
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Now happily distanced from its bloody-student following, time’s been kind to Vic Reeves’ first

shot of televisual hallucinogen — it’s as genius-or-bollocks as it ever was. A Milligan-inspired variety show that never seems to get past the dress rehearsal stage, it’s like comedy as action painting; random gags are splashed about until, magically, everything connects. Ultimately, as fan Terry Jones once so sensibly concluded, “It’s just very, very silly and there’s nothing wrong with that.”

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