Otis Lee Crenshaw & The Black Liars - London Not Tennessee (BBC2 Version)

This was released on DVD, but a differently edited version was shown on BBC2. Sean Lock and Bill Bailey appear here, their bits were cut from the DVD.

[@BunniMonster]

I taped this to VHS at broadcast and watched it dozens of times. Nice to see it again, strong nostalgia. Sean Lock :(

[@leedrury6372]

I’ve watched his Hell No I Ain’t Happy DVD about a hundred times. The Otis part is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen. The musics great too. If you ain’t read the book then that’s great too👍

[@leegreenhalgh6677]

I remember watching this when it first came out and was shown in the U.K. I still have the VCR recording somewhere, Rich Hall has a sense of Humour very similar to the English sense of Humour n Sarcasm

[@Nogli]

Fun story: I saw Rich Hall/Otis on tour, and he did the same improvised 'Big Bad Dennis' routine (32:40), except I would have been 'Big Bad Nick'. He picked me at the front, but as I was an unemployed student, he didn't have anything to work with. He did however throw a tantrum when I said that I studied music ("HOW AM I DOING, NICK?!") and told him that I had performed on the same stage the week before ("HOW THE FUCK DO YOU THINK THAT MAKES ME FEEL?!"). He moved onto my friend Dan, who didn't want the attention, and tried to say that he was just the same as me. I interrupted, and told the truth that he actually worked at the chicken counter at Morrisons. That was enough for Rich, and he became 'Big Bad Dan', who saved a town from an avalanche of poultry.

[@fomoran]

I need to know what he got together to stop them chickens?

[@rhonawill7085]

I want to hear Otis on now ... love these memories though. X

[@samayaman]

RIP Sean Lock

[@olenilsen4660]

Pretty much wrong arena, but I feel you. I loved Sean as well, but most of this is not about him...

[@fomoran]

​@olenilsen4660 i beg to differ i bought the video and cd combo for the show and it didnt have sean's performance on it this is the first ive see of sean popping up in other comerians recordings since he was wearing a mask and being chased by newman and baddeil in a stadium show... happy days when comedians first played venues like rock stars...

[@g9313]

Check out his stand-up comedy, appearances on TV shows such as Johnny Carson's, BBC documentaries, Fishing Shows with Mike Wilmot. Rich Hall... a true treasure.

[@fomoran]

I love how he got the documentaries job with bbc4... letting him muse on any subject is a wonder for me. Ill watch anything this man has to produce

[@steveguida2639]

Bill Bailey, Sean Lock and Rich Hall is a country band I'd pay to see

[@badthingshappen4879]

Rich Hall on keyboards, Bill Bailey on guitar and Sean Lock on the ouija board.

[@Palmit_]

FACK.. Sean Lock. how did i ever miss this!! Many respectful nods to mr Otis, i hope and pray for them both, you notice. One day i will event-ually meet them both, probably on the piss. it too early now, but i'm sure i found, two legends, that either way, i'll always miss.

[@steveguida2639]

Sean Lock the man in black

[@DrtyALGreen]

I never realized until now that it was a character Rich Hall was doing...even funnier now.

[@booshmcfadden7638]

Epic

[@joesikic6531]

Comedy GOLD 😂

[@pauladouglas9891]

He is hilarious, the US really lost out when he moved to England.

[@GioMarron]

I caught this by accident when It was on and been hunting for it ever since. Have the DVD buy it cut Sean Lock, probably due to the litigious Cash Estate

[@Tjs736]

So clever, modifying those songs to fit on the fly

[@tmarsden1878]

I made an Audio copy of my Bosses DVD from the original UK release. I edited and still listen to the songs to this day. I know it verbatim and have quoted from it a dozens of times. "When a woman walks into a room and 'says......

[@VonBlade]

Damn it's missing all the good songs. Conjugating, Love Me Til The Cows Come Home, He Almost Looks Like You.

[@malenepedersen4481]

Fast cars and airplanes

[@weebrianful]

Trailerland is such a great song.

[@highdownmartin]

Spreadsheets and bedsheets Fuck I love Rich Hall.

[@markmiwurdz3992]

Got the DVD of this show but it doesn't have Bill Bailey or Sean Locke appearing on it. That said it has loads of other songs on it. Recommended if you can find it.

[@fomoran]

Exactly.... Insect boy is a work of genius

[@nathelondon3719]

Rich Hall is the most intelligent, funny, sharpest Yank ever to reach the UK. Can somebody put his standup back up on KZbin. BTW if you were Muslim you would be allowed to wail five times a day!

[@g9313]

Highly underrated. He's one of the best, and most diverse in the English speaking world.

[@admiralbenbow5083]

I was just thinking, about half way through, this is a kind of a hill billy Bill Bailey thing, then a minute later WTF happens??

[@MrYoubrian]

What year was this from? I didn't realize he knew Sean Lock and Bill Bailey that long although I heard he did marry Alan Davies ex wife. I did not realize that they were all friends for that long.

[@AidanMillward]

2000 or 2001 I think.

[@pauladouglas9891]

He is so great, too bad I can't remember anything he did on SNL except the David Byrne in the big jacket.

[@eoinleen1]

Fuck, Trailer-land is quite beautiful!

[@joecornmell6850]

One of my favourite songs period. The pool line is genius.

[@mattpendell1369]

Dennis using scissors to beat paper then losing to a rock.

[@admiralbenbow5083]

Could do without the canned laughter thank you. We dont need any help on that one. Otherwise this is good fun.