Interview With Lananeeneenoonoo | French & Saunders: Christmas Special '88 | BBC Comedy Greats

[@Belfastboi]

Kathy just opens her mouth. Legend. Also love seeing Paula. Iconic. I’m glad I lived through this era ❤

[@galinagajik191]

@0:21 😂🤣🤣😂🤣 nailed that toughned glare into the camera the blonde one would always do in most of their videos!! Jennifer Saunders Hillarious

[@eclectica1]

I just love the undertones of sarcasm in Paula Yates' opening piece to camera.

[@valofalconery]

3 of the best comediennes of all time! Kathy, Dawn and Jennifer!

[@rnw2739]

Yeah, alright....

[@biegebythesea6775]

@@rnw2739 yep

[@rnw2739]

@@biegebythesea6775 Then tou mnow nothing about comedy if you include Jennifer Sauders

[@mebeme007]

@@rnw2739 Oh shut up

[@willythepeachfacelovebird]

​@@rnw2739Comedic actors then?

[@xamalion7334]

I love that Kathy Burke is still with Dawn and Jennifer since all these years.

[@salviaofficinalis02]

yeah!

[@BarbierStephane]

Kathy Burke is a friggin legend.

[@AVCM]

I can’t believe there was never an album. The tracks sounded really good.

[@gyobfan22]

They should have done an album like Bad News did.

[@stevejelly3161]

TRUE

[@LorrieWhittington]

I never met them, but I worked in the studio where they did most of their recording. One of the engineers who had worked on some of their stuff, he told me that Bananarama were the only artists he'd ever worked with who had requested chairs when doing their vocals.

[@curiositypiqued6573]

Is that good or bad

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@@curiositypiqued6573 The songs they sing in the introduction sound like real songs!? I'd buy them!🤗😎📻👍

[@TayWoode]

@@SuperMarioBrosIIIthey used the same equipment PWL used, Yamaha DX7, Roland D50, Linn Drum machine etc. I got a keyboard that does all the same sounds and immediately recognised them from loads of their songs 😂

[@Kalleesto]

LOL! Love than anecdote! Fun fact: Jennifer Saunders based Edina and Patsy's drunken antics (especially falling out of cabs) on Bananarama.

[@Kalleesto]

@@curiositypiqued6573 LOL it's baaaaad. To sing properly, you sing from your diaphragm. You can't sing from a squished diaphragm. IE: sitting down.

[@carolinearmitage1815]

Funnneee! I'd forgotten how sweet Paula Yates was. ❤

[@weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars]

I'm going to have to search for the song that was released by Bananarama and Lananeeneenoonoo now, Help, that video was mad 😂😂 This was lovely to see, the late great Paula Yates and seeing Dawn, Jennifer and Kathy all so incredibly young. They're about a decade older than me so I saw so much of them in my teens. Really loved their work and they were leading in their field, I'm going to have to watch some more of their stuff now too ❤

[@BlueSmurf10]

This is a bitingly accurate portrayal of how Jacqui O'Sullivan was treated xD

[@swooningtree]

"let's do it without her, she doesn't matter" 😭

[@Cicilo1983]

Wasn't Siobhan the target of the joke, given that this was recorded in the year following her departure ?

[@BlueSmurf10]

@@Cicilo1983 But Kathy Burke is made up to look like Jacqui.

[@jakethesnake-eb9zt]

I prefer Siobhan over Jacqui

[@Cicilo1983]

@@jakethesnake-eb9zt Hard to disagree with you on that one !

[@maxsimgue9764]

Aw, yeah, I was Lananeeneenoonoo's number one fan. Got the record, I do.

[@danbrockettDOP]

Jennifer and Dawn are freaking comedic geniuses!

[@mral8145]

And the amazing Kathy Burke!

[@toddbeaton1512]

french and saunders are so amazing

[@Mary-po4ti]

PRICELESS. THE 3 OF THEM. MISS PAULA...

[@DevonRexLady]

Paula looked luminous. I can see why she enchanted men.

[@Jenjenilou]

I thought the same - stunningly beautiful and she had such style too. No one like her.

[@TomRipley7350]

Enchanted? I’d say manipulated. Emotional abuse is a crime that goes unpunished, and that’s what she did to Michael Hutchence, drive him to suicide using their daughter. Thankfully we know a lot more about narcissistic abuse and are more alert to the tactics used by people like Yates.

[@Jenjenilou]

@@TomRipley7350 Utter bollocks.

[@Loopyliverbird1984]

Shes long gone now too,good riddance ​@TomRipley7350

[@francinejones2524]

They have that 80’s look perfected. Lana Lenenoonoo 😂😂😂

[@MargauxHemingway]

If you watch a 1988 interview with Bananarama it is exactly how they were¡

[@dmlinares]

Do you have the link?

[@kikiyoshimura3770]

0:16 This should of had a single! This was really good!

[@doughmestic-bliss]

Jimmy Mack was brilliant, that should have been a genuine single.

[@antonmedvedev1128]

Jimmy Mack should've been a B side for Help! "12 inch, so cool it is! 💪💪🎼😻👍

[@englishmadcow7461]

Love Kathy Burke!

[@alexthepensmith6101]

Having read actual Bananarama's book last year (brilliant BTW if you've not read it) this sketch is very much based in reality 😂 "Pete I'm a bit bottomy"

[@KayleighNatasha]

Looking to get their book for my birthday in July

[@mebeme007]

Jennifer used to hang out with the ladies of Bananarame, so of course she would know what they are like in reality. The bits where Eddie and Patsy would fall out of a car drunk in those Ab Fab episodes, are based on a time Jennifer saw one of the ladies from Bananarama fall out of a car butt first when they were drunk.

[@SmartCookie2022]

@@mebeme007 Lanananeeneenoonoo, not Bananarama🤭

[@TayWoode]

@@mebeme007yeah I heard she’s friends with them and Geri Halliwell and Keith Lemons wife is best friends with Emma Bunton

[@susanvaughan-schiele210]

Great to see Kathy

[@rodeoruz]

2:33s Those were the days of Stock, Aitken and Waterman where the same backing track seemed to regurgitated over and over again for it to be heard over and over again whilst being used by numerous mediocre performers. It was clever observation by French & Saunders/scriptwriters, because you could be absolutely crap with no musical writing ability or talent whatsoever, because Stock, Aitken and Waterman production would get you over the finish line for chart topping success no matter what!!!!

[@tonkysue207]

Kathy Burke ,fabulous.

[@kumada84]

Simon Brint was a musical genius.

[@tinjadog]

Kathy Burke. ❤️🤣❤️

[@koitorob]

Little known fact, Pete there went on to form the infamous pop duo Raw Sex!

[@ProblematicTube]

Raw sex was already a thing because this was after Siobhan had left which was 1988. Raw sex was on the go well before then.

[@Aleakwe]

This is me doing karaoke 😆 love these 4 talents

[@alanwisdom7777]

So lana Nino nunu so hilarious I can't stop laughing 😂 🤣🤣. This parody is so brilliant 👏🤣 before, breath before 🤣 even Lana Nino Nunu can't be serious on the sofa when they heard their name 😆

[@KerryMyers-rl7om]

I miss Paula, such a professional. No one like her today ❤

[@Loopyliverbird1984]

Shebas good as murdered Michael Hutchence,glad she got her just desserts😂

[@TayWoode]

Pete Waterman said they’d sometimes turn up to the studio drunk, record for a few hours then they’d all go to the pub after 😂

[@kidwaryodproduction]

Believable, According to their dance and face expression in "Venus" 😆

[@Nanna-MO]

Kathy Burke can’t keep her laugh in , she’s a brilliant actress

[@offbeat65]

2:10 - "So, Lananeeneenoonoo..." (all three break character)

[@scottw.3258]

I don't think you know what 'breaks character means'. They all very much stuck to the script.

[@KayleighNatasha]

Pete, I'm a bit bottomy 🤣

[@juniperjane9582]

Paula Yates 😢, what a sad end for a very talented lady

[@teresawalters6358]

Indeed!

[@eo2382]

Kim we've already done it.

[@NeverBelieveALie]

Oh Paula💖

[@dw9932]

They're great they're funny too I like the 0:16 song even though it's short it's great vocals

[@karlperriment7763]

They always pull it off

[@ttp436]

I am starting to sound like the older generation of when I was growing up in the 80’s, 90’s & 00’s but there really is nothing like the old days and great British Actors, Actors, Drama, Music and TV is dying out or has died. Sad and a shame.

[@GregorBarclay]

Nah there’s plenty of good stuff still today, we’re just unavoidably biased towards the stuff of our youth.

[@SquirrelNutkins]

@@GregorBarclayabsolutely. People have such a ‘back in my day’ shtick. It’s sad.

[@benmakenzie5481]

Rip Paula 🙏

[@failuretolunch]

Paula was gorgeous ❤

[@salviaofficinalis02]

i love that espresso machines are made out of wood

[@salviaofficinalis02]

and ponies have wings!

[@michaellomax2]

lol I also liked their spoofs of Bros and Sonya

[@battywattywoo]

It looks as if Jennifer & Paula had the same hairdresser.

[@CraiginOhioUSA]

I want a full length version of "The Boy For Me"...😂

[@twinpeaksmania]

So excellent this sketch!!! shame that they didn't do a little bit the song video "Venus" too ;-) it was more longer this sketch? it seems it is not finished at the end. I like how Paula Yates is dressed, good for 1988!

[@davidpar2]

Lol that Jimmy Mack

[@gracemarino7374]

My Queens, Kathy, Jennifer and Dawn❤❤❤🥰

[@hallson3437]

They met bananarama so this was affectionate they said the amount the could drink was BIBLICAL obv Siobhan Fahey went on to become a part of the duo Shakespeare's Sister

[@offbeat65]

Apparently, the Bananarama girls were an inspiration for Edina and Patsy's boozing in AbFab. Particularly the scene when they emerge from a cab butt-first.

[@salviaofficinalis02]

❤Kathy Burke

[@jjgadjet]

03:38 : Jen's face 🤣😂🤣😊

[@Nina5144]

These two are so funny

[@RebelBuddha1971]

HILARIOUS!!!

[@Charliegirl8645]

Miss French n Saunders 😂❤

[@sambooth6920]

Just loved Paula Yates

[@seanpatrickroaney2764]

Shower cap! LOL

[@beaudure01]

Legends.

[@andreasszabel2761]

Love it ❤❤❤

[@Charliegirl8645]

And of course KATHYYYY😅❤❤

[@MsBananasmel]

Forever amazing haha

[@selinaduvel2199]

Paula ❤❤❤❤❤

[@Plethorality]

I love you, Kathy.

[@brocktoon8]

I love how 90s this is!

[@ed5540]

This was the 80s

[@brocktoon8]

88 style the same as early 90s style - 88 is practically the 90s @@ed5540

[@hanomazom9670]

Looooove this video!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@carolineoconnor711]

Love them

[@viewerabundzu6887]

wasn ´t Paula just so attractive and lovely. Sad life later.

[@stephanepatinaud1447]

J'adore ❤

[@biegebythesea6775]

vaguely remember this. i was 7. had no recollection of kathy burke being part of this.

[@allisontyler-howells5239]

Paula is dying to laugh

[@tomspence8506]

Allison Tyler-Howells so was I at the part where Kathy tells Paula "oh I like hotels". It's hard to believe Paula has been dead for 21 years now.

[@waynemoore1708]

😂😅

[@jonathanlandau-litewski7405]

​@@tomspence8506I used to love her interviewing people on The Big Breakfast. That's where I only really know her from, don't get me wrong I know her tragic story and everything but I only knew her from TBB.

[@tomspence8506]

@@jonathanlandau-litewski7405 Before she tragically died, there was a newspaper 📰🗞️ story in which it was revealed that Jess Yates was not her biological father like she thought and that her real father was actually opportunity knocks presenter Hughie Green. This was around the time her then boyfriend INXS singer Michael Hutchence commited suicide. Many people thought that this may have contributed to her death. Michael also dated Kylie Minogue and Paula once interviewed Kylie on the big breakfast 🥞🍳🥓🥣.

[@michaelisennock8391]

Jennifer has said that Bananarama were the hardest drinking band in show biz.

[@bcqbhg7771]

Oh Paula 😔

[@miceo1]

About lananeeneenoonoo the duo reunited with Bananarama the duo for a jimmy mack cover .😂

[@Cicilo1983]

Lol!!! These songs really could have been on their PWL releases !

[@jmcallion2071]

Really miss these takedowns!

[@mickeytheviewmoo]

A complete piss take that is so near to the truth. Kim is obviously Jackie. The girls were so awkward and used the giggle at at everything. Brilliant Parody. French and Saunders at their best

[@SquirrelNutkins]

Who’s Kim?

[@mickeytheviewmoo]

@@SquirrelNutkins I meant Kathy. lol

[@SquirrelNutkins]

@ 😛🤣

[@jonathanlandau-litewski7405]

I've met Dawn French, Ruby Wax but the ones I really wanna meet are Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley.

[@thehangingparsiple5692]

Paula 🙏❤️

[@ericeo-m1s]

a shower cap

[@themangyman]

2:11 dead ahahah

[@salviaofficinalis02]

Jimmy mack we're not coming back

[@Jasper7182009]

Funny!!!

[@RM-pf3wd]

National treasures

[@salviaofficinalis02]

jimmy mac we're not coming back LMAO 😅 & germany, france, USA, shower cap & hotel rooms and lots of free stuff 👍 j i m m y j i m m y

[@ericorbit]

the problem being if you also love martha & the vandellas, you'd forever wrong-breath a singalong.

[@jameshollyoak8230]

Banaramma should do a cover of jimmy mack now

[@karlperriment7763]

❤❤❤❤

[@fionatsangarides6201]

Are they meant to be bananarama???

[@julial1910]

Yes, a parody of them.

[@fionatsangarides6201]

When did bananarama do this song

[@deanbarnette1602]

🤣👏🏼🤣👏🏼🤣👏🏼🤣👏🏼🤣👏🏼

[@preciousjey]

Lol!

[@norahdenovan8658]

Oh god 🤣🤣🤣

[@BadBoyBobby85]

Ive never seen any of this. They only play ab fab in the us, none of the french & saunders stuff. Its 👍🏼

[@PassiveAgressive319]

The producer, he looks familiar….🤨

[@farisle6602]

That track just screamed Top of the Pops. Can't believe the Noo's didn't make it. Travesty, really.

[@VW613]

Paula💔

[@thesecrethippy1446]

Paula Yates....the only one holding her shit together!

[@jeffpagan7735]

I'm american, so the humor escapes me. Unless they're bananarama. They remind me of them.

[@NiGHTSaturn]

That’s the point 😂. Jennifer Saunders spent a lot of time with Bananarama.

[@nickpalmer3076]

Yes Bananarama

[@jeffpagan7735]

@@nickpalmer3076 Ooooooh That's hilarious now! Wonder if they got pissed off.

[@Tenzin62]

God bless Paula Yates.❤

[@tonypradioshow2569]

They missed out ‘Jojoba, it’s a sorta nut’.

[@JustJason1977]

Kim's gonna be sick again...😅😅😅