While I couldn't definitively say that they did appear on the same exact episode, both Craig Ferguson and Rik Mayall regularly appeared on Saturday Live back in the mid- to late-eighties. The show was loosely based on SNL, and had a range of comedians on it, drawing heavily from the Comedy Store where both had also performed over time. One way or another, I'm pretty certain that they'd have known one another, although Mayall was, and remained, far bigger in the UK than Ferguson ever has been in a country where LLS has never aired.
Adam On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 7:29 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 1:37 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Craig has been taping more shows in advance of late, probably due to his >>> press obligations for How To Train Your Dragon 2, opening on Friday. I >>> haven't seen Monday's show yet, so I don't know if it was taped pre-passing >>> or not. >>> >>> I'm not up to speed on Craig's pre-LLS, but he comes from a similar punk >>> background and is just a few years younger than Mayall. I'm not >>> surprised to hear Mayall may have influenced Craig, even if it's >>> unconscious. <[email protected]> >>> >> >> I wouldn't call the borrowing unconscious and we know the American >> audience would not know the details of an early Mayall bit without YouTube. >> I would compare it to the way Carson was influenced by Jack Benny except in >> Carson's case the audience would recognize the Benny mannerisms. >> >> I'd liken it more to Bill Maher borrowing from Jack Benny > > > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
