S&M
(Slattery & McShane)

WHAT IS IT?

Improvised sketch comedy starring Tony Slattery and Mike McShane, both of Whose Line is it Anyway?. Sketches are made up on the spot, based on a given topic, and sometimes using music, sound effects or simple props.

WHO ARE THE STARS?

TONY SLATTERY - British comedian and star of shows such as WLiiA?, This is David Harper, and Just A Gigolo. His movie appearances include The Crying Game, Carry on Columbus, Peter's Friends, and Up & Under. He has also appeared on TV in Red Dwarf, Give Us A Clue and Clive Anderson Talks Back, and in many stage productions. For a good filmography look at Shell's TS pages.
MIKE McSHANE - American comedian who has starred in shows such as WLiiA?, and Brotherly Love (as Lloyd). He has also appeared on Seinfeld playing FDR., and in the All New Alexei Sayle Show as Al Capone's prosecutor. He has been in movies including Robin Hood: Prince of Theives as Friar Tuck, Richie Rich as Professor Keanbeen, and Tom & Huck as Muff Potter.
RICHARD VRANCH - Not really an official cast member, but if some of the music sounds familiar to viewers of WLiiA?, it's because Richard Vranch provides the music for both shows. He may also be known to those who have seen the Comedy Store Players perform (either at the Comedy Store or on TV in Funny Farm). He has been a writer, actor and presenter on shows such as The Paul Merton Show, Jackanory, The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball, and his own Channel 4 science series Beat That Einstein, and made guest appearances on shows like Just A Minute and Tibs and Fibs. On stage he has appeared in the Paul Merton Show at the London Palladium, children's shows, fringe theatre, improv shows with Eddie Izzard, The Impro Musical, Live Soap at the Donmar, and The Impro Panto. Oh yeah, and he has a PhD in radiation physics from Cambridge.

THE SHOW

After the theme music (comprising of a series of photographs of Slattery & McShane shot quickly to give it an animated look), a caption explains that "Everything in this show has been improvised". Then a series of sketches follows, each with a caption preceding it which gives the subject of the scene, for instance "Memorial Service", "The Exorcist", "Tony and Mike sinking in quicksand"/"It's Tony's fault" or "The Doomed Planet". Mike and Tony then improvise the scene until they get to a sensible ending point... or make a good ending joke... or run out of ideas!
Some sketches are used a few times, including "Two Peas In A Pod", which has Tony and Mike face against face, lit in green, as two peas. This sketch usually has a subtitle, such as "The Breakup".
Viewers of Whose Line is it Anyway will notice a few familiar games. WLiiA?'s "Hats" is done in various forms (commercials, phone in lines, etc.). Narrate-type sketches have been done once or twice. And there are a few more examples.

SOUNDS FROM THE SHOW

Hopefully quite a few Realaudio files from the show will be here soon.

COMING SOON


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