Kids in the Hall: Brian's Bombshell

[@ariblue400]

I can't stop commenting the genius of the furniture and house form in this sketch. The scene elapses in a porch, a living room and a yard, all at once

[@xenu4life]

Scott does this character so well that sometimes I forget she's not actually played by a middle-aged woman.

[@asnider3155]

yep

[@Ursaminor31]

All of their women characters where like this. Some more than others. It wasn’t drag it was woman characters. Big difference

[@FrancisR420]

@@Ursaminor31 actually there isn't a difference. Drag and cross-dressing means basically the same thing, only the word drag specifically comes from actors crossdressing in performances. Usually for comedy. So not a "big difference" its literally the exact same thing by every possible metric, both technically and by the spirit of the word.

[@Futt.Buckerson]

@@FrancisR420 I would assume that he was talking about gay drag. That's the more common usage these days.

[@TaraTheAndroid]

what makes them unique is that all of them can play women soooo good

[@adamwho9801]

This was in the 1988 pilot episode. This group was so far ahead of their time that we still are catching up.

[@isysmoon1076]

I used to watch this when I was a kid. They were so ahead of their time!

[@Digital_Ghost_]

Scott Thompson was a master at playing middle aged women.

[@michellerjackson5776]

Yes, this was a one of a kind show, and I enjoyed alot of laughs when it first aired. Great actors👌👏👏👏

[@AlexWyattDrums]

These guys were artistic geniuses. The Fran/Gordon/Brian sketches feel so real. They’re more than just hilarious, they feel like Neil Simon play. I can’t think of any other sketch comedy group like that.

[@nayr497]

Just the sight of Gordon sitting there at the start, somewhere between an explosion of fury or slipping off the edge into a comatic abyss, is priceless. He could go either way, all thanks to Brian's announcement.

[@DebNKY]

​@@nayr497and Fran's daily monologues.

[@seraphale]

I absolutely agree. Not only some of the best comedy; some of the best theater!

[@craigmartyn1279]

The Arthur Miller style of this is spot on, especially the euphemisms

[@jonathantillian6528]

When people cover my eyes and say, "guess who" I always say, "Attila?" because of this sketch.

[@DebNKY]

Because one day, it will be Atilla.

[@nebulousisgod]

“Oh, I wish I drank.” Scott’s delivery is always stupendous.

[@DebNKY]

He's remarkable.

[@seraphale]

Scott is one helluvan actor. I absolutely believe in Fran! Fantastic.

[@chadmichael03]

Frantastic

[@assmane999]

Scott and Mark were next level genius actors. Both are brilliant

[@tripdefect87]

Bits like these are my favorite from the series, you can really tell that Scott put his heart into this and I have no doubt that it helped a lot of others "come out"

[@assmane999]

tripdefect87 it did. It was important in the gay community. They have a sketch about it, people coming up to Scott and telling him he’s a gay hero. I forget the exact details of the sketch but I think it helped a lot of people that they were so candid about these topics on this show.

[@chadmichael03]

@@assmane999 Yeah when you can make fun of a topic it's so much easier to deal with. People's parents really acted like this. It's so much easier to get over it when you see it's a common thing so many people deal with. When you can laugh at it, and when you see it as its own concept rather than something specific to your life and your family, it becomes less scary. It's less the end of the world. And somehow you're actually LESS upset with the situation.

[@jonhanson8925]

Seriously. This is like a little slice of theater on TV. Amazing writing and performance that's both emotionally resonant and hilarious.

[@lugie69]

this sketch is a masterpiece

[@goldilox369]

My late BFF/soulmate (who happened to be gay and died in a car crash in 2010) - his Mom was just like this! We both graduated in 1998. I was obsessed with KITH in high school, but he lived in the country and didn't have cable like me. We met in college, & I would show him my VHS collection from Comedy Central. We'd die laughing over skits like this, because it was so true to life! I was a bit like his beard for about a year in front of his family until he was outed by another girl from our college (by her, to his mother, because she was mad that he was gay and didn't want to date her of all things!) 😱😒😫🤷‍♀️ But these types of forward thinking skits kept us going, laughing, and enjoying life! 🤣🤣🤣

[@anthoniebouchard2448]

i dont think people realize how real and raw kids in the hall really was. they always touched on REAL topics.

[@gabe_s_videos]

Like the oft-ignored phenomena of crushing people's heads in public. :P

[@majorhawker4776]

@@gabe_s_videos I still do it to this day.

[@HAL-dm1eh]

@@majorhawker4776 This girl was a little too much in love with me in high school, and I just wanted to be friends. She'd be over on weekends and would....tolerate...my endless laughing during KITH sketches, but it was the PUBLIC HEAD CRUSHING when we were out together that broke HER crush, and I WAS FREE!!

[@AlexanderMccarthey87]

One real topic, and they said it got old.

[@jamesmcinnis208]

No, just you.

[@kpag3030]

This show is so brilliantly nuts. I miss it.

[@kaylab9435]

I literally started choking on my soup after the Dutch family comment lmfao

[@nataliecainan6787]

😂😂😂

[@grundlefly]

I had to rewind three times to make sure she said what I thought she said... It's a very underrated joke.

[@darkenlight22]

same with cereal.

[@1hayes1]

My WASP grandmother spent a few months in Detroit in the 1930s nursing her sister during an illness. 70 years later she still talked about Germans and Ukrainians as if they were the most outlandish people on earth.

[@The00Lisa00]

Scott is really good with the monologues.

[@DebNKY]

He's ridiculous and loveable.

[@Noodles4Ever1000]

"I would rub cherries on my lips and cheeks to feel pretty" is the line where her fantasy becomes truly deranged

[@NevadaBoss]

"now that he's in....show business." lol. Brilliant stuff.

[@chrispnw2547]

The Fran and Gordon sketches were so darn good and Scott is one magical performer. It is a bit surprising what they were able to do in terms of content 20+ years ago. Edgy and insightful at the same time. What a great ensemble. Truly missed.

[@DebNKY]

The characters are absurd but lovable. Not easy to pull that off.

[@nashvilleslim]

Scott is a brave dude. It was dangerous to be that out and proud about it then. Comic genius.

[@MolokoMinus]

I agree that Scott is awesome and all that. But this wasn’t the 50’s, man. Like today, very, very few people truly care about peoples’ sexual orientation.

[@AllThroughALife]

@@MolokoMinus - You'd be surprised how many people still really care about what others do with their private parts.

[@PatrickOMulligan]

​@@MolokoMinusnot quite the same as the 80s.

[@WraithWriter]

​@@MolokoMinusdude... This was thirty plus years ago... Even then, hardly anybody was out and open about it.

[@alittlewideeyed]

I think you're right. I've heard a lot of interviews with them, and they've talked about this - each of them did contribute a lot from their own personal experiences, essentially writing sketches about people they've known and situations they've been in. Scott mentioned that this was basically how his parents reacted when he came out to them. I love this one, too, and had such a hard time finding it!

[@alittlewideeyed]

He is definitely a fantastic actor - they were all so good at the little details like that!

[@pendafen7405]

3:37 that was a charged moment....Dave gasping, Mark smelling Dave's hair.. .they let the sexual tension hang there for a good five seconds before carrying on into the next beat...

[@SaintMartins]

3:32 Dave is wearing an awesome T-shirt. The Smiths "Queen is Dead" era shirt !

[@noneya7910]

He was wearing it in another sketch too. I have one just like it

[@cynthia.marina]

@@noneya7910 He wore the same The Smiths' t-shirt playing Brian in a skit named "Vacation" or something like that. Fran and Gordon, were just about leaving the house for a little vacation trip, and Brian haven't slept in his home the night before.

[@mercuropheliac]

You know what started this all, right? THAT SALTY, BLOODY HAM!!!!

[@sstaners1234]

Sometimes I think that Scott’s actually telling his life story with some of these sketches.

[@joshuatrujillo1410]

Fran is based on Scott's mom. I think this is how she reacted when he came out. 😂

[@widowkeeper4739]

I love at the beginning when Dave (Brian) and Bruce (Gordon) are out there waiting for Scott's (Fran) entrance and Bruce self-consciously buttons up his shirt. It's that sort of attention to detail that has always made me love KITH and the 5 Kids some of my all-time favorite comedians.

[@onetrueslave]

This has to be like, first season or pre-first season. They all look like friggin' teens! LOVE this, btw! Thanks, alittlewideeyed!!

[@Jackofallthetrades]

Yeah this was the pilot episode on HBO, back in like '88 or so. Great show!!!

[@assmane999]

Jace these monologue-type sketches were a big part of the first season, and the cast said that they weren’t fully utilizing the medium of television with these types of sketches. They had a stage show before this, and this is where some of these characters came from. They feel these sketches were basically just their stage show being filmed, but they started to use the medium of television to its full effect in later seasons (ex. The buddy holly sketch which is filmed on location I believe)

[@alittlewideeyed]

You're so welcome!! I loved it too ❤️

[@80swoodpanel]

I've never noticed Bruce buttoning his shirt up at the beginning! So subtle yet so meaningful!

[@Lamia7609]

An Di so brilliant

[@popazz1]

Oh my effing sweet jaysus ..... 6 minutes where I could barely catch a breath, dangerous given I'm on medical oxygen 24/7,lol. I have not heard of this 'Kids In The Hall' until now but if this gem of a sketch is anything to go by then I've discovered superb talent. 10 outa 10.

[@gotaminutereviews]

Have you watched more in the 3 months since finding them? I've been a devotee since the show premiered in 1989, so I'm curious to see how their humour holds up to someone just discovering them 30-odd years later.

[@popazz1]

@@gotaminutereviews .... I've viewed some, same reaction each time. Total hilarity.

[@eaburl]

That is one of the best ever from them, can't believe it's from the pilot. Love those guys!

[@cgtravers]

One of the most brilliant sketches ever written. And as subtle as the "b" in subtle. I think of Attila often (Dad's worst nightmare!) - it could not be better conceived, written or played. It nails coming out for so many of us. A high achievement.

[@banksta3]

cgtravers The show was good overall, but this skit along with Men On Break are top notch sketches.

[@surbon514]

I'm gay too and this really hit close to home for me.

[@porsche83]

Thank you cgtravers - 'what he said'

[@assmane999]

Swine-Flew not just good, one of the best comedy shows of all time

[@karenlacey4549]

Scott completely nails a woman whom is struggling between love of her child, while dealing with a belief that their sexuality is a shame and scandal. " Well if too much love is a sin, then I guess I will be going to HELL at least Brian will have company there !"

[@alittlewideeyed]

He really does!

[@karenlacey4549]

hmmmm thanks for the correction.

[@nebulousisgod]

That line killed me

[@nyokoSalome]

;0 nearly =every= KITH sketch even touching on the subject did... ;0 =still= soooo far ahead of its time!! (no wonder it's practically 'off-the-air' these days... tooooo inflamitory/informational for 'trouble' fams!! ;0) kiddies... it's =ALL= political, these days!! ;) you know it!! :)) whether "personal" or "climate-changey"...

[@nashvilleslim]

@@nyokoSalome You think you're clever but you're not. Learn English and spell correctly, without your cutesy bs. Bs stands for bullshit if you where wondering. Yes Scott Thomson is a genius. That's coming from a straight dude. He's brilliant ahead of his time. His art will live on and be recognized by the LGBTQ folk.

[@MrNostalgiaX]

Gordon, Fran, and Brian is one of the best skits ever on this show. BRIAN!!!!! GET BACK HERE!!!!

[@garysmith3037]

Knowing Gordon, he was probably more upset that they were using his car.

[@johnmorgan4368]

I think Dave Foley has played more gay characters than any gay actor has ever played straight characters.

[@thepughasnoname8085]

In the KITH or in other films/series?

[@tjzambonischwartz]

@@thepughasnoname8085he's played several gay roles outside of KitH. "Blast from the past" is a notable example

[@majorhawker4776]

I love the Irony. These guys were ahead of their time.

[@michellerjackson5776]

Ahead of their time FOR SURE👌👏👏👏👏

[@keegobricks9734]

What irony?

[@glantz83]

@@keegobricks9734 Scott Thompson, the actor in the wig, is very much openly gay and was at the time too (so the irony is in him playing a homophobic woman). Kids in the Hall have a lot of skits involving homosexuality which he would always have involvement in and was never afraid to make fun of himself.

[@edwardhackenberger4298]

The Kids in the Hall was one of the best comedy sketch shows ever made. Often times, the writing was outstanding and the issues it delt with were relevant.

[@turinhorse]

well that was brilliantly written and acted

[@Serenity_Dude_X]

God, this is why I love KITH. They really take normally everyday situations and ridicule them to their limits. Pure genius!

[@wright534]

Hadn't seen this one before; thanks so much for posting it. Brilliant work, I agree.

[@MrJohnnyshakes]

Blame themselves. Of course, Gordon, has found a way to blame me. Lol. I was toop young to appreciate this. I mean I still watched it but I was like 12

[@ShmeepShmopp]

I’m very surprised this is from the early nineties, this whole show talks about really real things, incredible

[@9delta988]

You should check out "A different world". It was woke before it was cool.

[@kathish]

Absolutely agree with your sentiment, but it's even more incredible than that. This pilot episode was filmed in 1988 and they auditioned for Lorne Michaels with a version of this sketch a couple years before that.

[@drido]

Scott is brilliant in this!

[@karenlacey4549]

I love Gordon's scream of agonized horror at the end of the skit!

[@marcm9999]

Scott Thompson is pure comedic genius.

[@maggieb369]

I loved this show.... so ahead of its time

[@Driven2Beers]

The Dutch family part had me in tears! 😂

[@colin2116]

Holy N-bomb, did not see that coming!

[@cgtravers]

Yes, but the reason for it (A DUTCH FAMILY moving in down the street!!!) shows just how backward and bigoted her upbringing was...

[@karenlacey4549]

Well certain black people in Canada are black with dutch surnames because of the underground railroad when the escaped slaves went to live after escaping the US, . Most people have forgotten how Many of the Dutch were in the us and owned slaves, especially up north!

[@karenlacey4549]

So it reveals the willful exclusion of her Mom, denying that they were not actually dutch but simply BLACK CANADIANS with a Dutch surname.

[@dmann0009]

don't forget this was Canada, Scott Thompson is gay, so he can get away with a certain amount of non-PC humor, and this was like 1987 before everyone was a whiny pussy victim crybaby.

[@KidxVicious]

I see more people whining about political correctness than I see whining about "non-PC humor".

[@theanthropiceyedolatry]

I'd just like to take this opportunity to say that David Foley and Bruce McCullouch were both in an Anne of Green Gables movie in the late 80's.

[@RGDcommentnode]

"I hope he's practicing no sex, like his father." I guess they've been married for 20 plus years, then!

[@williamdixon8961]

Oy!

[@williamdixon8961]

I 'm finally catching up!

[@nashvilleslim]

Sad, but true in the words of Hettfield.

[@grindsmore]

I always lose it when Scott mentions the Dutch family. XD

[@jonesey251]

i die every time

[@m.rattus]

you warned me, and i still lost it. haha

[@randyerb6839]

"...At least Brian'll 'ave some company there."

[@Ravisante5000]

" ...and wear sausages in a link around my neck!" KiLLS ME EVERY TIME!

[@Emiliapocalypse]

Was looking for this comment! Priceless 😜

[@jonhohensee3258]

I wish there had been more Fran pieces.

[@iknewzeus]

one of the very best KITH skits - priceless - I remember LMAO 20 years ago watching this!

[@DebNKY]

I adore the way Brian says "Excellent!"

[@boiledcrap]

Scott's performance reminds me of my mother...

[@asifuwuld]

YES. I have the box-set and it has a bunch of performances that they did on-stage pre-KITH, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed about it being on the pilot. :D

[@dwarftoad]

I love Scott's weird character pieces, really strange and amazing.

[@DanielWright-np3fq]

KITH was a Masterclass in monologues. Just amazingly perfect.

[@davidgarris2513]

" I got my dad's car! It's a Cordoba, come on!"

[@cheesecake134]

There's Dave's Smiths t-shirt again! Gotta love him.

[@chuckwood7769]

Bruh did the best impression of the Queen EVER!

[@bertcushman7427]

this show was so far ahead of its time! I really miss it.. cheers 🍾🍾🍾🍾🏳️‍🌈

[@DebNKY]

The absurdity is absolutely brilliant.

[@Hakudohshi]

This was beautifully done, and kept me laughing from start too finish, really representative of the insane obsession with sexuality the suburban era brought about.

[@johnindigo5477]

@@Plisken65 read. Sexuality

[@ginaandseason2774]

bingo to you scott

[@sooofunny37]

I LOVE Scott Thompson!

[@karenlacey4549]

"I had a good christian girlhood! I didn't even know Christ was a jew until I was twenty one." I know people like this ....back then and now it's scary how people use same as a qualifier for good or one of us.

[@mansgottaeat8879]

Jesus was not a J though

[@AllThroughALife]

@@mansgottaeat8879 - I know, right? Jesus was an American!

[@aerialkate]

I like the way she keeps saying 'Gordond'.

[@maudlin18]

"you remind me of my father" LMFAO, terrible! ahaha i love his screaming at the end

[@robjabbaz]

i like how they live in a junk yard.

[@LaGuerre19]

Can't help but think that at any moment, Bruce sitting in that leather recliner is gonna say, "would ya like me to help you paint yer chair?"

[@DaNewWrksOfMeh]

So i guess you want me to paint your chair?

[@crescentfreshbret]

I gotta go… I’m in the middle of a big bike race!

[@sallydogood6169]

Just beautiful

[@KKollective]

I have never seen this one! It’s amazing!!!

[@Wandering841]

Incredible!

[@ncooty]

Bless Scott Thompson a thousand times over for his confidence and bravery.

[@brianlawhon2924]

I was in high school when KITH aired, wanted to do comedy, impressions because of how good it was. Forgotten until youtube passed it my way again.

[@marcusa5521]

Just fucking amazing! Scott Thompson...is the shit!

[@davefuller3311]

+Marcus A Indeed! A very talented man.

[@alittlewideeyed]

God, I know. I love him in the other Attila sketch, too!

[@kamuelalee]

Miss KITH's edginess for its time...brilliant show!

[@milkeny]

I've been watching KITH vids for 2 nights and this scetch has made me laugh the hardest! It's the way Scott gently touches his neck and bosom - So realistic!

[@Teeveepicksures]

The lack of respect and exposure for this show drives me nuts. It's criminal that Lorne Michaels is still sitting on these, decades later, but allows us to stream Chris Kattan and Jimmy Fallon clips until we throw up out of our assholes.

[@napalmocean]

In regards to the video details, specifically the part that says this is the only place to watch it: This and all other sketches and episodes can be viewed on Netflix.

[@alcaldealer8515]

This was one of the first skits on the pilot episode

[@yerabbit]

Attilia is my favorite part of this sketch.

[@DebNKY]

He's got a little Schwarzenegger thing going on.

[@johnmorgan4368]

Looking at this set I keep wondering when Lamont is going to pull up in the truck.

[@TS-qq7vr]

She's the Anti Esther.

[@crescentfreshbret]

Exactly! I was like: “What’s with all the junk piled up? Do they live at Fred Sanford’s house or something?”

[@TopClark69]

Do you have the one where Fran reveals to her neighbor that she is in fact italian? I remember watching it when I was a kid and it cracked me up!

[@FireFlieX]

What brilliant fucking writing.

[@tmseh]

That's a lovely tiny house they live in.

[@LTPottenger]

That must have been a real "pass the salt, family!" Moment.

[@dannydom6767]

Yes, sometimes I sing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” out loud downtown

[@Dolores5000]

Scott rules

[@mauvemouse9259]

Thanks for posting, I've never see this one

[@GreatBoneStructure]

I am biased as a Canadian, but, show me smarter, funnier, more fearless comedy from anywhere else on Earth. I believe it was Socrates who said, 'you can tell a lot about a youtube commenter's basic coolness by how easiy he misquotes me.' And it's true.

[@BettinaBalser]

Fran, Gordon, and Brian are my favorite KITH family.

[@buckoQuentin]

Never watch Kids In The Hall to go to sleep to. The sleep will never come...

[@lindachrisman915]

"Ya know" how Canadian can you get - love it!!"