"Foster's Lager, and aired beginning 14 November 2011; the trailer was released on 9 November on Foster's YouTube Channel. New episodes featured the original cast with the exception of Mark Williams, who declined involvement in the project due to scheduling clashes. ""You Ain't Seen These, Right!"" was a one-off programme, shown during BBC 2's ""Fast Show Night"", featuring various sketches which were filmed, predominantly from the third series, that did not make it onto the final show. Some of these were: An extended 50 minute version of the original 30 minute special was included in the UK edition of the"
"sketch show ""The Fast Show"" is based on Stock, told by George Best in his autobiography. This was also confirmed by comedy actor ""Paul Whitehouse"", who played Ron Manager, in the documentary, Suits You Sir - The Inside Leg Of The Fast Show. Alec Stock Alec William Alfred Stock (30 March 1917 – 16 April 2001) was an English footballer and manager. Alec Stock was born in Peasedown St John, Somerset, and played as an inside-forward for Charlton Athletic and Queens Park Rangers before the Second World War and guested for several other clubs during the hostilities. He joined Yeovil"
"Fast Forward (TV series) Fast Forward was Australia’s highest rating and most critically awarded commercial television sketch comedy show, broadcast for 90 one-hour episodes from 12 April 1989 to 26 November 1992. The show was produced by Steve Vizard, who was also the Executive Producer, writer and performer, and starred Jane Turner, Gina Riley, Magda Szubanski (the three of whom went on to star in ""Kath & Kim""), Marg Downey, Michael Veitch, Peter Moon, Alan Pentland, Steve Blackburn, Geoff Brooks, Ernie Dingo, the Rubbery Figures satirical puppets, and numerous guests and supporting stars, such as Gerry Connolly and Brian Dawe."
"Fast Track (U.S. TV series) Fast Track is an American action drama television series created by Gary Markowitz, and executive produced by Larry Gelbart and Markowitz, which starred Keith Carradine. It aired on Showtime between August 1997 and March 1998, and was cancelled after one season. Set in the world of NASCAR stock car racing, the show follows orthopedic surgeon and former racing driver Richard Beckett (Keith Carradine) who is hired to be the track doctor of Eagle Ridge Speedway by its owner, Christian Chandler Jr. (Duncan Regehr). Chandler's unhappy wife Nicole (Guylaine St. Onge) is Beckett's former lover, while"
"The Fast Lane The Fast Lane is an Australian television show that aired between 1985 (Season 1) and 1987 (Season 2) on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). It was created by John Clarke and Andrew Knight and starred Terry Bader, Richard Healy, Debra Lawrance and Peter Hosking. According to Debra Lawrance on The Conversation Hour in ABC 774 radio 15 October 2015 (at about 26 mins into the file), the ABC taped over the master Umatic tapes. This comedy series follows two private investigators, Bryce (Terry Bader) and Ken (Richard Healy), who run a firm known as the ""Excelsior Research"
"management themselves. Patrick Wymark proved particularly popular as the anti-heroic Managing Director John Wilder, who was ""a bully and a boor"", who ""is forgiven only if he gets results"" . Wilder's nemesis in the boardroom in the third series was David Corbett (Alan Dobie), though he was supported by his long-suffering wife Pamela (Ann Firbank, standing in for Barbara Murray from series 2), his Sales Director and confidant Don Henderson (Jack Watling) and ever-reliable secretary Miss Lingard (Norma Ronald). In the first two series their task was to manufacture and sell their aircraft, the Sovereign, to an international market. In"
"management occurred in ABC, they requested more heroic, save-the-day-type episodes. As agreed originally between Cannell and then ABC executives Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner (who would later form the Carsey-Werner Productions company), the powers would be in the suit, not the man (though the suit would only work for him) and Ralph would try to solve ordinary-type problems, such as trying to stop corruption in Major League Baseball (""The Two Hundred Miles-Per-Hour Fastball"") or an assassination attempt (""The Best Desk Scenario""). The series initially emphasized what Cannell referred to as ""character comedy"" based on human flaws such as envy (in"
"New Boss ""New Boss"" is the twentieth episode of the fifth season of the television series ""The Office"", and the 92nd overall episode of the series. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on March 19, 2009. In the episode, Michael Scott is disturbed by the arrival of his new no-nonsense superior Charles Miner, played by ""The Wire"" star Idris Elba, making his first of six slated guest appearances with ""The Office"". Meanwhile, Jim struggles to make a good impression on Charles, and Angela and Kelly both develop crushes on their new boss. The episode was written by"
"feeling that they did not want it to go downhill and tarnish its legacy as one of Australia's best ever sketch comedy shows. The show was adapted for German television under the name ""Switch"" by order of TV station ProSieben. It was aired for the first time in 1997. Fast Forward (TV series) Fast Forward was Australia’s highest rating and most critically awarded commercial television sketch comedy show, broadcast for 90 one-hour episodes from 12 April 1989 to 26 November 1992. The show was produced by Steve Vizard, who was also the Executive Producer, writer and performer, and starred Jane"
"presenter/singer Richard Blackwood and former ""Page 3"" model, Samantha Fox. 49 percent of the audience voted him the best manager and he won the £15,000 prize. An ITV2 spin-off show also aired for the duration, and a highlights show aired on Saturday nights on ITV. Dooley's Vodka Toffee sponsored the show. The show was based around three celebrities and their various bar staff. Each celebrity was given a separate bar to manage in a two floored club named Nylon, a retro-themed nightspot in London's square mile. The celebrities included: Each celebrity had to recruit their own bar staff, known on"
"prison, “thinking that Dirty Den would be impressed”. As well as the inmates, prison officers also become regulars for the duration of the storyline, such as officers Crane (Raymond Trickett), McLeish (Neil Daglish) and Stone (Jeremy Young). Outside the prison, members of the Firm were also heavily involved in Den’s exit storyline, including Joanne Francis (Pamela Salem), the manageress of Strokes; Gregory Mantel (Pavel Douglas); and Brad Williams (Jonathan Stratt), who had appeared intermittently since 1986, but is seen on a regular basis during this storyline. Investigating police officers included DS West (Leonard Gregory) and D.I.Bob Ashley (Robin Lermittee), who"
"According to the Nielsen ratings system, the episode was watched by 6.8 million households during its original broadcast, and received a 3.1 rating/8 share among viewers in the 18–49 demographic. The ""TGS with Tracy Jordan"" crew have finished taping their fiftieth episode and decide to celebrate. Their boss, Vice President of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming for General Electric, Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin), goes to the writers' room and tells the show's head writer, Liz Lemon (Tina Fey), about how the whole company is undergoing cutbacks. After an unsuccessful presentation about ""TGS"", Brad Halster (Roger Bart)—one of the"
"newly appointed network president, Jordan McDeere (Amanda Peet), has to scramble to make things right by hiring back two former prized employees to become the new executive producers of her network's flagship program. In doing so, she appoints two former members of the team: writer Matt Albie (Matthew Perry) and former sketch producer, now director Danny Tripp (Bradley Whitford), who had left the show years before on terms that were not amicable. Meanwhile, Albie and ex-girlfriend Harriet Hayes (Sarah Paulson) come to terms with having to work on the show together very soon after their breakup. The episode scored a"
"Fast Times Fast Times is an American sitcom based on the 1982 movie ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"" that was produced by Amy Heckerling, who directed the original film. It ran for 7 episodes on CBS from March 3 until April 23, 1986. Cameron Crowe, who penned the original ""Fast Times"" novel and film screenplay, served as creative consultant. Moon Unit Zappa participated as a technical consultant. She was hired in order to research slang terms and mannerisms of teenagers, as she had just graduated from high school at the time and had a much better grasp of then-current high"
"J. Gillen - President/Owner Karl Kaufmann - Original Program Director and morning show host 1981 - 1985 (PD for WGVL '79-'81) Returned as Sales Manager 1992-96 Jeri Banta - Program Director/Morning Show Host - 1984 - 2003 Kevin Quinn - program Director/Operations Manager/ Morning Show Host - 2003 - 2010 Mark Page - Sales Manager Christian Chase - Sales Manager Joshua Drake - Account Executive Matt Frey - House Account Manager/On Air Personality Rondre Adams - Air Personality (Midday's)/Production Director Nick Vance - Air Personality (Afternoons)/ Assistant Program Director Tom Collins - Air Personality (Nights) Brett Douglas - Air Personality"
"new manager was offered. On June 27, 2011, co-creator and executive producer Ricky Gervais announced that James Spader was to join the cast on a permanent basis. Spader subsequently appeared in this episode, having previously made a cameo in the aforementioned seventh season finale. He would go on to appear in 15 of the eighth's seasons episodes, and throughout the season he served as a replacement for Jo Bennett, the former CEO of Sabre (who was portrayed by Kathy Bates, who had left the series due to her commitment for the NBC drama series, ""Harry's Law""). In addition to Spader"
"Think Fast (1989 game show) Think Fast is an American children's game show which aired on Nickelodeon from May 1, 1989 to mid-1990, with reruns airing weekly until June 29, 1991. For the first season, the show was hosted by Michael Carrington, and announced by James Eoppolo. When the show moved to the new Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando, Florida for season two, Carrington was replaced by Skip Lackey. While Eoppolo was invited to stay on as announcer, he was contractually obligated to another project by that time, and was replaced by Henry J. Waleczko. The show's theme music was composed"
"Samantha Sharp in 2005 and they have two daughters; Olivia (born 2002) and Sophia Melody (born 2010). John Thomson (comedian) John Patrick Thomson (born Patrick Francis McAleer on 2 April 1969) is an English comedian and actor, best known for his roles in ""The Fast Show"", ""Men Behaving Badly"" and ""Cold Feet"". Thomson was born in 1969 in Salford, Lancashire, to Mary McAleer, who gave him up for adoption six weeks later. He was adopted from the Catholic Children's Rescue Society by Andrew and Marita Thomson, a businessman and a bookseller from Didsbury. He has one younger brother, Ben (born"
"them, since they burned the only copy. In the interest of company morale, both CONTROL and KAOS have their own bowling teams. In one episode where Smart takes over as Chief, it is noted in a conversation between Smart and Larabee that CONTROL has a delicatessen. ""Get Smart"" used several familiar character actors and celebrities, and some future stars, in guest roles, including: Both Bill Dana and Jonathan Harris, with whom Adams appeared on ""The Bill Dana Show"", also appeared, as did Adams' father, William Yarmy, brother, Dick Yarmy, and daughter, Caroline Adams. The series featured several cameo appearances by"
"constantly challenged by his boss, Tim Deale, played by Maurice Godin. Other characters included dim-witted Jimmy (Dana Gould), under-appreciated secretary Hal (Sarah Knowlton), overly perky Abby Cosgrove (Arden Myrin), acerbic Delaney (Steve Hytner), and no-nonsense manager Evelyn (Yvette Freeman), that Matt makes friends and work with. Due to faltering ratings, the network attempted to breathe new life into the show during the second season with some cast changes. This included writing out the characters of Jimmy and Hal. They were replaced by Debi Mazar as the ruthless Liz and Rebecca McFarland as Val (As an in-joke, when Matt first sees"
"The Manageress The Manageress is a television series about a woman who becomes manager of a professional football team. It ran from 1989 to 1990 and had two seasons. The series starred Cherie Lunghi as Gabriella Benson and Warren Clarke as the chairman of the second division club. It was independently produced for Channel 4 by Glenn Wilhide and Sophie Belhetchet at their production company, ZED Ltd. It was written by Stan Hey and Neville Smith and directed by Christopher King. The series aired for two series of six episodes on Channel 4 in 1989 and 1990. The first season"
"Juror"", ""Hard Ball"", ""The Collection"", and ""MILF Island"". The episode was directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller, making it her fourth for the series. ""Reunion"" originally aired in the United States on December 4, 2008, on NBC as the fifth episode of the show's third season and the 41st overall episode of the series. Actor Rip Torn made his sixth appearance on the show as GE CEO Don Geiss, after appearing in the episodes ""The C Word"", ""Corporate Crush"", ""Jack Gets in the Game"", ""Succession"", and ""Sandwich Day"". This was actress Marceline Hugot's sixth guest spot in the series as Kathy Geiss,"
"Think Fast (1949 game show) Think Fast is an American quiz show that ran on ABC from March 26, 1949 to October 8, 1950. The quiz show revolved around a group of five panelists (three regulars and two weekly guest panelists) who would compete to see who had the most to say about a particular subject. They sat at a large table, each getting a chance to sit at the ""King's"" throne by out talking the others on subjects decided by the host. The regular panelists were Leon Janney, David Broekman, who was also the show's musical director, and Eloise"
"Hot Pursuit (1984 TV series) Hot Pursuit is an American television series starring Kerrie Keane and Eric Pierpoint, which aired from September 22 to December 28, 1984 on NBC. It was written and directed by executive producer Kenneth Johnson. James Wyler (Eric Pierpoint) and his wife Kate Wyler (Kerrie Keane) are an upper-middle class couple before the events in the series begin. Kate is a successful automotive engineer, while Jim is a practicing veterinarian. But then Kate is framed for murdering her boss, Victor Modrian (Bradford Dillman), and sentenced to prison. In reality, Victor Modrian's evil wife Estelle (Dina Merrill)"
"of operations is the ""Candy Store""—a warehouse containing a fortune in confiscated cars, clothes, weapons and everything else needed to blend into the seedy criminal underworld of Los Angeles. Given criminal covers, the officers use all of the resources at their disposal to apprehend dangerous criminals while walking the line between cop and criminal. Over the course of its run, ""Fastlane"" featured cameos and guest appearances from several known figures, including Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Mischa Barton, Jenny McCarthy, Krista Allen, Jake Busey, Bokeem Woodbine, Hudson Leick, Jaime Pressly, George Hamilton, Eric Mabius, Michelle Forbes, Navi Rawat,"
"to maintain control of the station, with regular conflicts with his secretary, Mahalia, the janitor, Heavy Gene, and most strongly with sandwich bar attendant Dexter, who had been turned down for the position to which John was appointed. Adding sexual tension to John's life was high class escort Carly, who was a friend of Dexter's. The show was unusual for having a multiracial cast, unlike most American sitcoms in the 1990s. Over the course of its run, the show also featured cameos from a number of celebrities. Bobcat Goldthwait guested for one episode, playing an assistant to John who was"
"he was brought back to The Link to replace his own replacement, Elizabeth Fagan, after the comparatively poorer performance of The Link under her management. Wood quickly made his mark, applying an easier to understand commission structure, placing ""live"" models of phones in stores, and expanded the product range to include MP3 players and Satellite navigation systems. The Link also replaced their long running advertising campaign (featuring a specially rerecorded version of ""Speak Easy"" by Shed Seven) with new comedy sketches, featuring the Ken and Kenneth characters from ""The Fast Show"", filmed inside the Waltham Cross store of The Link."
"implicit moral about the impact of a particular activity. When the show originally aired, some episodes were followed immediately by public service announcements featuring cast members. The show starred: Jeff Yagher was originally cast as Officer Tom Hanson in the pilot. He was replaced after the original pilot episode was filmed, and his scenes were reshot with Johnny Depp. Midway through the first season, Frederic Forrest was replaced by Steven Williams. On the show, Forrest's character Richard Jenko is killed by a drunk driver. Johnny Depp left the series at the end of the fourth season, but was credited in"
"Italian Fast Food Italian Fast Food is a film directed by Ludovico Gasparini, and written by Carlo and Enrico Vanzina, Lorenzo Beccati and Ezio Greggio. The film was inspired by the TV show ""Drive In"", a popular 2-hour show of the 1980s. A few of the characters were actually lifted from the show: Sergio Vastano reprised his desperate student role, while Enzo Braschi gave a three-dimensionality to his Paninaro. Other roles were created for the movie, using actors from the TV show - Carlo Pistarino became a delivery boy, the Trettré were the owner and two workers at the fast"
"joining the cast, ""The List"" also revealed that Andy (portrayed by Ed Helms) would ascend to the position of manager; the series' executive Producer and showrunner Paul Lieberstein revealed this information to Ed Helms during lunch in June. Prior to their decision, the writers had gone through the main contenders for the job, Darryl, Dwight and Andy, and concluded that Andy would be the best choice. Finally, this episode opens with the announcement that Pam is pregnant with her second child. Pam's pregnancy was written into the show so as to correspond with Jenna Fischer's real-life pregnancy. The Season Eight"
"minutes to work might take 30 seconds instead. We compressed time. A 12- to 24-hour shift gets pushed into 48 minutes. But we learned that being accurate was important for more reasons than just making real and responsible drama."" Woodward was replaced as showrunner by Jack Orman. Orman was recruited as a writer-producer for the series in its fourth season after a successful stint working on CBS's ""JAG"". He was quickly promoted and became an executive producer and showrunner for the series' seventh season. He held these roles for three seasons before leaving the series at the end of the"
"Monty as Executive Producer and gave her 13 weeks to increase ratings. Monty had much experience in the genre from directing ""The Secret Storm"" for years. Monty is credited with increasing the pacing of the series, and introducing action adventure storylines, which ""General Hospital"" was first among soap operas to do. Reportedly not agreeing with the increased pace and also not wanting to relocate to Los Angeles, California where ""GH"" was produced, Marland left the series and was replaced by Pat Falken Smith. The introduction of the WSB spy agent Robert Scorpio (and later fellow agents Sean Donely (John Reilly)"
"Fast Show"" internet specials, sponsored by the lager brand Fosters, which reunited most of the original principal cast; only Mark Williams was unable to participate. Aherne wrote the 2013 one-off sitcom ""The Security Men"" along with Jeff Pope for ITV. The episode starred Paddy McGuinness, Brendan O'Carroll, Dean Andrews, Bobby Ball and Peter Wight. Aherne's final role was as narrator of the Channel 4 comedy reality series ""Gogglebox"", reflecting her character in ""The Royle Family"", who would frequently be watching TV and commenting on it. Cash filled in when she was unavailable and took over the role permanently in April"