American Reacts | THE FAST SHOW | Suit You Sir | JOHNNY DEPP | Reaction

[@mfrost71w]

Depp spends lots time in England. He's also bought a big house there. He's a close friend of Ricky Gervais too. He also spent many months touring small UK venues with the Jeff Beck Band until Beck died

[@SirHilaryManfat]

You definitely should dip into more Fast Show. There's so many great characters and sketches, that you can't go wrong.

[@dannjp75]

Ain’t King Boomer brilliaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaant?

[@martindunstan8043]

@@dannjp75 😂😂👍

[@chriscjad]

I was very very drunk…

[@gaz-atolla7519]

Definitely... personal opinion of course but Fast Show was the last genuinely great British sketch show

[@mrjinks5641]

Poisonous monkeys.

[@solidsimon3501]

Before you watch The Fast Show, I can't stress how important it is that you know that ''Chris Waddle'' is an English football player.

[@oldmangaming9259]

Voy en la playa. El mejor playa es Chris Waddle. Playa extraordianrio! Playa World Cup Playa! Gol? No. Pero Chris Waddle.

[@oldmangaming9259]

Voy en la playa. El mejor playa es Chris Waddle. Playa extraordianrio! Playa internacionale! Playa World Cup ninteen nonety! Gol? No. Por que es Chris Waddle. BIG HIT! CHIP KEEPER snoochy snoochy. Pero barrrr nooooo! Bueno. Butras butras Galli.

[@majpanik]

I think Depps appreciated here as he just "gets" the British sense of humour (he's quite chummy with Ricky Gervais as well I believe)

[@Whippy99]

I think Johnny Depp is actually more comfortable in Europe than in the USA these days. We absolutely adore him here in the UK. ❤

[@seppingtondestamina9398]

Jazz Club, Swiss Tony, Dave Angel: Eco Warrior, Rowley Birkin, Jesse's Diets, "Scorchio", Monkfish, "Brilliant", Ted and Ralph, Cheezy Peaz...The Fast Show was just awesome, a real highlight of the 90s for me.....

[@Amileo350]

Johnny Depp loves British comedy, he was a special guest star a comic relief sketch based on the bbc tv show The vicar of Dibley with Dawn French. It’s very funny

[@tonygriffin_]

The idea of The Fast Show was, so its creators Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson have said, to create a show where only catchphrases and punchlines were used but it grew beyond that, although most of the sketches did only last for 30 seconds or so, some only for 10 seconds! The first series was not the strongest but was still hilarious and, by the second series, many, many characters were well-known, their catchphrases used on the street (like "Suit you, Sir"). Once you know they were using this new comedy format of (mostly) very quick sketches, it's worth watching a whole 25 minute episode some time - you'll get it and enjoy it!

[@aaronmicalowe]

Sounds perfect for KZbin shorts - ooh, Suits you Sir!

[@MrTombre]

Fast Show was legendary, Johnny Depp was a huge fan and he called Paul Whitehouse the best actor in the world =) David Bowie was also a fan, he did a impression of one of Paul characters in a backstage video from one of his concerts.

[@johnmorris1764]

Brilliant!

[@anitahargreaves9526]

Paul Whitehouse's such a lovely man, he would only have good, people around him, imo. He came to Bob Mortimers aid after his heart surgery and introduced him to fly fishing which they now do a show together.

[@jonathanlewis1981]

Johnny is an Anglophile he loves Britain and its comedy he requested to be in this as he loved the fast show

[@paulapex2261]

Mark Williams is the actor's name who played Mr Weasley in Harry Potter. Yes Mark & Paul do play the same characters in The Fast Show in different sketches and Mark did work with Harry Enfield in Harry Enfield Television Programme series.

[@CrazyInsanelikeafox]

Peterson!!!!!!

[@Smithjones12]

He was briefly in 'Bottom' as well, miss Marple.

[@simonharper4199]

Johnny Depp was a big fan of the fast show, particularly Suit You Sir skits and asked to be in it. Which is why he opens up by saying he is 'radiant' as that was one of the menswear gents catchphrases

[@P5YcHoKiLLa]

5:03 Mark Williams and YES he's been in comedy for YEARS and was a major part of the Fast Show, I think he instigated it with Paul Whitehouse. You definitely need to watch some more Fast Show, the whole point of it was that there were a collection of tiny sketches, if you didn't like that one then there'd be another right after it with different characters. I think my favourites were Jesse and Jazz Club

[@fourutubez7294]

Jazz Club , Nice.

[@valerieh84]

Jesse’s fashion tips and Jesse’s diet tips have made me the woman I am today

[@mattmid7012]

This week I will be mostly watching The Fast Show.

[@michellesaunders9037]

He often visits Tim Burton who lives about 10 minutes away from me. They often pop to the local pub and are treated as normal people.

[@offal]

Johhny Depp loved the show, as do most who watched it, there will never be another Fast show, it`s sad.

[@christinestromberg4057]

I love that Johnny Depp is such a good sport and how he manages to keep a straight face I don't know. The show has many characters but these two recur from show to show.

[@benw9343]

The Fast Show was fast-paced skits, that basically relied heavily upon the characters catchphrase for the skit. Back in the late 90's it was one of the hit comedy shows here in the UK.

[@adwarrior]

Swiss Tony on the fast show is gold.....The Jazz guy also.

[@PHDarren]

Last episode of The Fast Show, Johnny Depp was a big fan and asked if he could appear. Rumoured more than 1 house in the UK.

[@annicecooper8105]

Johnny Depp was filming Sleepy Hollow in England and his girlfriend at the time, Kate Moss, gave him some Fast Show tapes for him to watch whilst he was here and he adored it.

[@shirleyhenderson9978]

Each week was a series of different sketches with the same characters playing various outrageous scenes ,so hilariously of its time

[@DoubleVisionSoundSystem]

One of my fav sketches of the show alongside other greats like John Thomson’s ’Jazz Club’, and Simon Day’s ‘Competitive Dad’, but there are so many more! Definitely worth watching the full shows and getting to know the characters and their catch phrases. The more you watch it, the funnier it gets.

[@craigevans8912]

“Smoooth and niiiice”

[@ginjamutha]

Jazz Club is one of my favourites

[@Trag1cVision]

Competitive Dad was my favourite.

[@Gavrev]

The earliest memory I have of Mark Williams was his character of Olav Petersen, one of Lister's ship mates before the disaster in Red Dwarf.

[@chrisbirch4150]

Peterson was always the character Lister mentioned the most

[@jonathanrees1071]

So much gold to find in the fast show! Lots of different sketches in each ep repeated across the series.

[@williambell8282]

The Fast Show is what is says on the box. Several quick shortish sketches in every show.

[@TonyStrongman]

Fast Show was the best thing on telly for a while :) It's lots of sketches with repeating characters

[@anthonygraham2938]

The Fast Show was basically a sketch show that did away with all the bullshit and went straight to the catchphrases deliberately. For my money, the best is Johnny Nice Painter who goes into a violent depression whenever he sees the colour black.

[@xxPenjoxx]

Omg yes, love the Fast Show. I remember reading an article back in the day that Johnny Depp always had Fast Show series dvd in his dressing room on movie sets

[@cymro6537]

7:23 'right up my alley ' Oohh! Suits you Sir!

[@LordRahl1975]

It is a sketch comedy show. The “Suits You, Sir” Taylors are characters that appear repeatedly. It is well worth watching full episodes even if you don’t/cant react to them.

[@alexmousley7213]

Aparently those characters are based on a tailor they saw in a shop in Brighton!

[@shaneord7527]

Suit you sir, they never pronounced it as suits. Or at least what they said in interviews.

[@LordRahl1975]

@@shaneord7527If you are going to insist on being pedantic do at least try to get it right. The reaction was to the sketch - not interviews about the show - and in the sketches they clearly say “Suits.” Another clue was my use of quotation marks 😜

[@kevdoe3360]

@@LordRahl1975 ,it"s "suit you"!

[@shaneord7527]

@@LordRahl1975 yes I was being pedantic and yes I am right. In the interview they said the words they said in the sketch were suit you and not suits you. I remember the original airing and I too thought it was suits, I was wrong.

[@paulsmith9418]

Johnny Depp regards Paul Whitehouse acting as second to none.

[@jgmediting7770]

Harry Enfield had a show called harry Enfield and chums. Some of the cast from that show created the fast show. Both are sketch shows and well worth watching. Some of the best sketch shows ever made, and both very popular in the nineties.

[@stevemcmosh4271]

Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse co-wrote a lot of Harry Enfield & Chums if I recall correctly.

[@kramalbion]

One of my favourite of the characters Paul plays in the Fast Show is Rowley Birkin 😂

[@jamiewulfyr4607]

The Boomers absolutely have to check out "Sir Rowley Birkin". In my opinion it's one of Paul Whitehouse's finest and funniest characters. It doesn't matter how many times I've seen those monologues they always make me laugh. There's a good video on YT of all the "Sir Rowley Birkin" sketches edited together. I'd love to see them react to that!

[@davidsmith7653]

There's an episode of the Fast Show where Sir Rowley is reminiscing about the lost love of his life many years before. They broke up because of his alcoholism. In my opinion it's the finest bit of acting I've ever seen and it brought me straight to tears and still does every time I watch it again. I can understand why Johnny thinks that Paul is a great actor. The pathos and regret Paul managed to convey in a couple of short minutes was extraordinary. Even just thinking about that scene after having not watched it for years makes me incredibly emotional. One of my current favourite programmes is Mortimer and Whitehouse Go Fishing which is just so feel-good and life affirming. It's ostensibly about angling but in my view it's more a love story about two great mates who adore each other.

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

D'you know, I can no longer watch that bit of "Return of the Jedi" where C-3PO is telling the Ewoks the story of the Rebellion, with sound effects and everything, without adding "but I'm afraid I was very, very DRUNK." at the end of it.

[@margaretflounders8510]

Yes KB, Johnny has indeed been seen quite a few times around our neck of the woods, in Suffolk..UK..

[@19MrSam87]

Mr weasley is Mark Williams, he did a lot of brilliant comedy in the 90's. He was even in one episode of a great British classic called "Bottom" with Rick Mayall and Ade Edmondson.

[@Wagoo]

Red Dwarf, too! Olaf Petersen in a few eps

[@SpartasEdge]

Johnny Depp said he was a huge fan of The Fast Show, which is why he agreed to come on and do a sketch when asked. Johnny Depp also described Paul Whitehouse as the greatest actor he's seen. Perhaps he meant as a character/comedy actor, but a hell a a compliment regardless. They would play lots of different characters in The fast show, and the characters were recurring in all the episodes. It was a sketch show, and as such didn't have a story or anything.

[@philipocallaghan]

It gets its name from the idea that all the sketches will be short and quick but over the season they may tell a story. Johnny caught the show in his hotel room while filming in England asked for a dvd compilation and loved it so much that he asked Whitehouse if he could make a guest appearance, the rest is history.

[@mentaldavethefirst]

Mark Williams plays a priest in a delightfully lighthearted TV show called Father Brown - basically like Father Dowling Mysteries but instead of 1990's Chicago it is set in 1950's England.

[@Phil3756]

It's a sketch show. Mark Williams was mainly known for sketch shows (and Harry Potter) but over the last 9-10 years has had the staring role of detective/vicar Father Brown set in the 1950's Cotswolds.

[@riadoc7001]

Johnny Depp was correct in describing Paul Whitehouse as 'the best actor in the world', as proof, look no further than Paul's portrayal of the character Rowley Birkin in the Fast Show - definitely Oscar material in my personal opinion

[@bobbyboko6317]

This sketch is a all time classic , about time 🤣🤣 lots of Fast sketches with different characters

[@TheCornishCockney]

A truly great British comedy,The Fast Show is genius. A series of shorts skits with brilliant writing and even better performances. Paul Whitehouse is fantastic in everything he’s in.

[@honestbob45]

The actor who plays ron weasley's dad is called father brown. He used to be catholic priest back in the fifties.

[@helvete983]

The Actor is Mark Williams, and he has done a ton of stuff, comedy and serious. His first comedy role was a bit part in Red Dwarf playing Petersen.

[@ross8884]

SOOOOOOOOO many great sketches. I'd recommend any "Roy and Renee" clips (RIP Caroline Aherne) and one of my favs has to be Ted and Ralph - Drinking Game

[@stuartarnold64]

The fast show is amazing. So many hilarious characters…. It’s from the mid 90s when we could say the word minge on TV 😂

[@jimmyjohnson7027]

The bloke with the hair is Mark Williams. He was Peterson in Red Dwarf and is Father Brown and loads of other stuff. He also did a brilliant documentary series about the Industrial Revolution.

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

DEPP guest stared on "LIFE IS SHORT" WITH GERVAIS!!!! PRETTY DAMN FUNNY!!!😂😂😂😂

[@shaunlincoln-roberts8270]

This is Johnny’s favourite show and was desperate to get on the show he also says that Paul and the others are the best actors in the world this show will crack you up there plenty of minge,muff and clung words in this show so ya gotta watch more ya MUPPET 😂

[@TheGarethLusk]

Cracking reaction. Dont normally do this but gotta recommend a BBC series. Its called the League of Gentlemen. Dark and twisted humour but I think you would appreciate it and find it outrageous. You would be out your seat constantly

[@mikkdc]

This is a local shop for local people!

[@mral8145]

Arthur Weasley, I think. Played by Mark Williams. Lots of comedy, lots of straight acting and has even presented a game show.

[@jonathanstaley9522]

The Fast Show has similar characters each week and each week those characters get a little bit more mental. Harry Enfield likes to do the same so it's worth checking out a few clips of the same characters e.g. the American tourists (you've not seen the gay or peekaboo sketches yet). They're all good fun. Johnny likes the UK and Ireland because he can chill in a pub and not get hassled (his words not mine) :-)

[@barriehull7076]

Since 2013, Mark Williams has portrayed the title character in the long-running BBC series loosely based on the Father Brown short stories by G. K. Chesterton, yes and Mr Weasley. For the Fast Show, Various characters in 23 episodes 1994-2000.

[@gavinblackwell8224]

Hopefully you will read this. I can answer a lot of your questions. I live in the northeast of England. Jonny Depp lives up here in the countryside not far from my hometown of Redcar. The fast show was filmed around this area... Teesside and north Yorkshire. Jonny was a massive fan of the fast show and asked to be on it. That's how him and Paul became friends.

[@adamcashin4021]

The Fast show is a Sketch show with the premise that the sketches would be quick. Paul Whitehouse had previously starred and wrote for the Harry Enfield show along with long term writing partner Charlie Higson. For some reason Enfield didn't like Higson and normally vetoed his ideas. But Enfield loved Whitehouse's work and as he and Higson were a team, Higson was also hired but without being able to bring any of his ideas to fruition. As a result Higson had a back log of sketch ideas, and Whitehouse's star was rising from the Harry Enfield appearances. The entire premise behind the Fast show came about with a promo clip for Harry Enfield television show simply showing multiple punch lines from separate sketches in 30 seconds. Some thought the clip was better than the actual show, and maybe they could make a Sketch show that ran through sketches just as fast; hence the fast show. In practice this meant that there would need to be far more sketches than a typical sketch show, so rather than Whitehouse and Higson writing and staring in it alone, so 5 other comedians were invited to star in and write for the show; one of whom was Mark Williams from Harry Potter fame

[@IBTypeR]

The Fast Show was amazing back in the 90's. Sketch comedy but very little preamble, pretty much right to the funny hence the name. Johnny Depp used to watch the show as he was married to Vanessa Paradis and lived most of the time in France where he could watch the show. Depp unironically called Paul Whitehouse one of the the greatest actors he had ever seen and became a massive fan. This sketch was from the last ever episode, and came about because he reached out to Whitehouse explaining how much he loved the show etc and asked if he could appear in the final episode. It blew my mind when it happened and it's still pretty mind blowing now. Which is nice.

[@stevemcmosh4271]

'....which was nice' 🤣🤣

[@tamsyndavis784]

Rowley Birkin QC (From the Fastshow) always reminded me of my Dad haha

[@stevekeeves9363]

Loads of different classic characters on the Fast show, so much more to see than just these two

[@Isleofskye]

Great Reaction especially when your eyes nearly popped out at the end😀

[@annettemoynihan7064]

Mark Williams is also in a show called Red Dwarf he plays Olaf Petersen

[@superstump68]

the other guy, mark williams is from my home town. he regularly comes back & goes to particular pub in the town. the most down to earth guy you`d ever wish to meet.

[@andypandy9013]

Johnny Depp loved the Fast Show and asked if he could be in it so they wrote this scene especialy for him.

[@createdezign1840]

As far as I know Jonny Deep used to live in France with his ex-wife Vanessa Paradis, while living there he used to watch a lot of UK TV and became a huge Fast Show fan.

[@ducatiboy6668]

The Fast Show was the best sketch comedy show ever an absolute classic.

[@polythenewrappedme6102]

Father Weasley, as you call him, is Mark Williams. A very talented comedy actor and straight actor. One of his earliest outings was as Peterson in the hit comedy Red Dwarf.

[@steddie4514]

Pub drinking game! 🤪Oh and don't forget Fast Tony 🤣🤣🤣

[@ScreamqueenarmyBlogspot666]

Mark Williams is the name of the guy with the blonde hair, The Fast Show is what gave him his big break, he is an actor,comedian,presenter & screenwriter

[@gavinhackland8440]

Mr Depp used to come for the surf. If you don't mind the near-freezing temperatures, the area around Cornwall has excellent surf.

[@theboywithathorninhisside.4179]

Depp along with his Family are currently Residents of France not England and has been for many years as he owns a Wine Vinyard close by the Cote d' Azur region. He did previously own a New Build Manion somewhere out side London. But unfortunately that was uncompleted and abandoned some 15+ plus Years ago. As the House actually features on a number of 'Abandoned Celebrity House' Tube Channels.

[@jruz1738]

I don't know about him being a friend of Paul Whitehouses but he was a huge fan of the show and let it be known that he would love to appear on it.

[@warre1]

Apparently Kate Moss gave Depp tapes of Fast Show, and that's how he found out about the show.

[@straightedge287]

Definitely need to check out the fast show competitive dad sketches!! They're hilarious 🤣

[@Rob_Morrison_GB]

Yep, that's Mark Williams, a very funny comedian/actor, and he does indeed play Arthur Weasley in the Harry Potter movies.

[@acehand5890]

Paul Whitehouse as the 13th Duke Of Wybourne from the Fast Show is a personal fav.

[@gaztintin3537]

This sketch happened during the time when Depp was living in France & was also making the movie Sleepy Hollow .

[@darrylglynn1557]

Yes, theat guy is Mark Williams, and has been in many shows and movies, including Dr Who and Red Dwarf.

[@dontaskme7004]

This was towards the end of the Fast Show run, usually they'd build it up a lot slower through the sketch, but they were always highly inappropriate tailors. They'd just slip in random lines about women and sex as the customer became more and more uncomfortable. The Fast Show was sketches and catchphrases, some of it was just random madness, it doesn't require you to understand anything other than the moment... Like the guy that would come all the way up to the camera just to say "you ain't seen me, right!"

[@robertstrong6798]

Johnny was clearly enjoying that god bless him lol 😂

[@oldmangaming9259]

This show was a brand new paradigm! The first one or two shows you'd just be confused. The format relied on you knowing the character and the punchline, so you only REALLY got it the third or fourth time. It was confusing and exhilarating to watch as a teenager! Show anyone a single Fast Show sketch in isolation and their reaction will probably just be confusion (the two pervert tailors are an exception, because they are so blatant in what they say). But the "which is nice" guy, for example, or the "even better than that" guy are just flat the first two times. But that third time... the anticipation is a killer. The drunk QC was funny the first time and then got funnier (before the tragic sketch which almost made me cry). I'd never seen anything like it. I remember that a friend of mine took a while to get a hang of it. "Vic and Bob" were also doing what we dubbed "repeat humour" and my friend loved that but didn't "get" the Fast Show until I pointed out that they were both doing the same thing, but TFS had more characters! Please please please react to the drunken QC. An example.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3TaqqRpjbyYfqc

[@gaz-atolla7519]

That is Ron Weasley's dad... his name is Mark Williams and did start out in comedy, series 1 of Red Dwarf for example He's a really cool guy as well, drinks in my Mum's local pub

[@theotherside8258]

Surprised no one has mentioned Mark Browns role as the star in the 9 series long Father brown detective show. If you wiki him you'll see he has been in loads of things you may recognise.

[@amnril]

Multiple characters, a small set of comedian actors (male and female) playing various roles. A very funny show.

[@offal]

Mark Williams a very funny and famous comedian in the UK, Johnny Depp loved the show that`s why he appeared...

[@chriscjad]

The Fast Show was mega! It’s a sketch show so clips are fine. Check out Paul Whitehouse- Rowley Birkin QC. Genius

[@alexmousley7213]

The Fast Show was absolutely hilarious- sort of serial comedy- the same characters often repeating the same punch lines- but somehow getting funnier each time. It's a sketch show and you get to see Paul Whitehouse's comic genius a lot in it.

[@iiblackoutx]

Johnny depp was in his fav sketch from the series because he asked Paul Whitehouse to be in it

[@drdassler8901]

I love the gags in this one. 👌🏼 Minge is a quality word. 🤣

[@mdhazeldine]

Oh boy. You've opened a can of worms here. A very good can of worms. It's a fast paced sketch show, a bit like Harry and Paul, with lots of different characters played by about 7 or 8 different actors. They're all brilliant!

[@cccCarpetcleaning]

They play a dozen different characters, The Fast Show is the greatest ever comedy sketch show,, keep digging for more King B, Try Jazz Club, Roly Birkin QC all very very funny

[@SimonWattsWILDPresentationsUK]

C'mon Brian - my fingers are hurting from typing this over and over.... FAST SHOW (Paul Whitehouse) Middle Aged Guys #5, it's about 3mins long and IS THE MOST UNBELIEVABLE BRILLIANT REACTION VIDEO/SKETCH EVERRRRRRR!!!!!! Please dude, hear my plea. Cheers, Si.

[@wayneprice2737]

Johnny Depp spent 20 grand on an Indian meal in the Midlands I think it was Birmingham I think the restaurant owner might have took advantage of him this was after the trial.

[@MrFEFman]

The Fast Show is simply brilliant. As the name suggests, it's a fast show, quick fire sketches/skits. There's a lot of brilliant recurring characters. Can't recommend it enough.

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

DEPP has homes in L.A., UK, France, and couple we don't know where!!❤❤❤❤❤

[@williambell8282]

A girl who was about 15 years old in a class I was teaching returned from an 'errand' to find that her red headed friend had left the class. She uttered the immortal line, " Were's Ginger Minge". I have to admit I cracked up.

[@steddie4514]

Rusty Brillo! 🤪

[@BipoIarbear]

A gwa? Ginger with attitude

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

GINGER MINGE THE ONLY PERSON WITH A GINGER TINGE

[@BipoIarbear]

@@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t they been tangoed!!!

[@donallmccrudden4812]

Can't beat a bit of soulless ginger minge.

[@user-qg3qh8uz7l]

Mark Williams stars in Father Brown, a crime-solving Roman Catholic priest. A British period detective television series loosely based on the Father Brown short stories by G. K. Chesterton. The BBC confirmed that filming had begun on an 11th series, for broadcast in early 2024,

[@stevemcmosh4271]

YES! Fast Show ❤ The Fast Show was a quick-fire sketch show with lots of different, albeit recurring, characters. It is, in my opinion, untouchable. This was my life growing up. 💥Please react to Fast Show Ted & Ralph Drinking Game💥

[@tecnogof]

Watch a couple of full episodes, there's a plethora on characters. Paul Whitehouse is a legend.

[@johncartwright8154]

A town near me (Upton-Upon=Severn) boasts a Minge Lane. Nearest City (Worcester) had a 'Gropecunt Lane' until the Puritans took over in the 17thC. And I live adjacent to 'Piddle Brook'.

[@mazamonty710]

Today I will be mostly warching.........Suits you sir lol Love it