Onyanserat med Trigger Happy Tv
Inlägg av Christopher Panov den 7 maj i
Dom Joly
När Trigger Happy Tv började sändas på SVT runt 2001 och presenterades som ett ”tokigt dolda kamera-program som alla i England talar om” så var jag väl inte helt supersugen på att se det. Dolda kameran är nämligen inte det bästa jag vet. Trots det satte jag dock min fina gamla VHS på inspelning i min lägenhet i Hallonbergen.
Jag glömde bort inspelningen men minns att Måns formligen tvingade mig att se det. För som han sa – ”Det är inget jävla-gömma-sig-i-papperskorgen-och-skrämma-gamla-tanter-dolda kameran program. Det här är genialt.”
Jag tittade på inspelningen och skrattade så mycket att människor som joggade runt Råstasjön förmodligen hörde. När jag sedan åkte upp till Luleå för att spela in Hundtricket fick mina VHS-band hänga med. Jag avslutade mina filmdagar med Trigger Happy-sketchen med den enorma telefonen.
Dom Joly hade för evigt reserverat en plats i mitt hjälterum.
Så jag fortsätter mitt korståg gällande mina hjältar. Här är mitt samtal med Trigger Happy Tv´s skapare och komiska geni Dom Joly;
HELLO!
- God dag.
What are you doing right now?
- Eating lunch- lemon chicken, rice and petit pois…
How does a day in the Dom Joly life look like?
- Every day is different that’s what I love- tonight I’m going to the BBC general election party, tomorrow I’m going to my daughter’s rounders game, Saturday, I’m spending all day re-writing my screenplay.
Tell me about your life story.
- I was a journalist first and then fell into comedy after getting a job on a satirical comedy show as a political researcher- first day I drove a tank through a McDonalds drive thru- then I worked on Paramount Comedy Channel and spent a year with Sam Cadman making weird little things for in between shows- that´s where we learned what was good and what was bad- when Channel 4 came looking, we were ready.
How did Trigger happy tv come about?
- We just started filming things that made us laugh- we were lucky that cameras had just got so good that we could buy one for a grand that was good enough to show on telly. this meant that we didn’t need ”professional” crews, we were on our own, TV punks.
The format of trigger happy is a classic hidden camera show, but in my humble opinion it´s you that make it great. You are brilliant.
- Not really a question but thank you.
How much material do end up in the show?
- About twenty percent of what we shot got shown.
Has it ever turned ugly?
- I try not to make people angry, I want them confused. I was attacked by a nun once when I was doing the sketch in the supermarket with the tannoy announcing that somebody was shoplifting…
Will there be any more Trigger happy tv?
- No, but we are maybe doing a hidden camera show in States this year.
Would you call your humour typical British?
- No, I think mine is actually quite European- i grew up in a french speaking country- i think i have more surrealist tendencies than the average Brit.
What is British humour?
- Normally it’s men dressed as women- at it’s best it’s a mixture of surrealism and sarcasm.
Do you know Swedish humour?
- I’m aware of the groundbreaking work of the Swedish Chef in the The Muppet Show, apart from that… no.
So ”Stefan and Krister” doesn´t ring a bell?
- No. But they sound like a pair of gay life-coaches.
Tell me about your new book ”The dark tourist”.
- It´s put out in September and it´s me going on holiday to weird countries like North Korea, Iran (skiing) weekend in Chernobyl…
Were you ever afraid?
- I was nervous in Chernobyl when the Geiger counter was beeping like a bastard.
Would you comeback to any of the ”dangerous” countries you visited?
- All of them- they were all great.
Short Q and A:
Favourite Tv program: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Least Tv program: Any soap opera
Favourite tv personality: I hate personalities
Least Favourite tv personality: Most of them
Most underrated tv program: World Shut Your Mouth
Most Overated Tv program: The Office
Tell me your best pun: I can’t pun, it’s a medical condition
Dom, before we end this interview I have a final question;
Do you like Romantic Comedies?
- No.
So you haven´t seen a movie called ”the Dogtrick”?
- No.
Okay, I will send you a copy of a brilliantly written and directed movie.
- AHA, I have fallen into your cunning trap!
