Shooting Stars Roxy Music

Virginia Plain.

[@lefthandedspanner]

the best thing is that it's based on an actual clip of Roxy Music on Top Of The Pops, and it's only a slight exaggeration

[@michaelc.1710]

I found it and it’s uncanny kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKDRiJmKjJydgcUsi=Q5uIK6-6sgzWbZyI

[@davidbelcher2072]

The original clip features Noel Edmonds as host, so I'm surprised Bob didn't reprise his impression of Noel looking *slightly different*.

[@juliecook2510]

Vic is more Brian Ferry than Brian Ferry! Love x

[@CynicalScientist261]

Bob as saville kills me every time.

[@gilwood7530]

Johnny as ENO does it for me

[@carlhunton9516]

The face on him when he freezes at the end 😂

[@lemsip207]

"Young men. Young men." Bryan Ferry was the oldest and he was only 27 at the time.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

​@speedbirdconcordeBOABclearly?! How exactly?

[@TheThejpmshow]

Howzabout that then

[@johnniejay]

Johnny Vegas as Brian Eno is just genius 😂😂😂

[@k.avilla8061]

Mildly amusing, err, maybe, but 'Genius' ???

[@Tad1945]

I miss Jimmy Savile.

[@Johnconno]

​@@Tad1945I think many people do, he reminds me of... Childhood.

[@johnniejay]

@@k.avilla8061 Opinions vary

[@regplasma7906]

Bygone days when you could do an impression of Savile .Totally Roxy brilliant.

[@ultrademigod]

I could be wrong, but I think this is a sly dig at Savile when he says "young men, young men" with a definite emphasis on the second *young*.

[@IThinkYouLookLarvely]

The "30 years ago" appearance on TOTP is now 50 years ago today!

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

Now let's hear that song in the club style!

[@colourist.]

I'd forgotten just how brilliant this is :)

[@danabrahams7892]

class, I love early Roxy so much but this is class...

[@biegebythesea6775]

so weird how i STILL remember this years later.

[@RUDI-UK]

The mid 90s were a golden time for comedy in the UK. Along with these guys we had the likes of Father Ted, The Day Today and Brass Eye. Looking back we were blessed to have real satire and slapstick without fear of offending anyone. You can't get away with anything these days. So sad.

[@paulhagen5645]

When I think back, I think your right. It was a good time for comedy. I particularly liked Father Ted.

[@IThinkYouLookLarvely]

I agree, although this was a later series from 2002. Comedy was going through its last decent few years.

[@TheAlmightyAss]

Fuck you talking about? Lot's of comedy still about.

[@CycolacFan]

I believe a lot of the time that ‘everyone is offended’ is just an excuse. Fact is comedy sketches are more time consuming and expensive to film than reality TV or quiz shows. It’s just easier to make those than put any thought into making decent comedy.

[@johnmartinez7440]

It's always the "Everyone is so offended!" crowd who are the most offended.

[@ziggypop8106]

Johnny Vegas in those platforms and satin trousers 😫

[@noelmajers6369]

They could hardly have chosen someone who looks less like Brain Eno. Still hilarious, mind.

[@ziggypop8106]

@@noelmajers6369 I think that was the point of Johnny Vegas being ENO😆 just to be ridiculous

[@duckedfidgets5354]

This is wonderful! On a par with their Masterchef spoof!

[@allisonlewis2115]

I remember watching the Masterchef spoof when it first aired. I still get chills. 🤣🤣🤣

[@gandalfthegay420]

The way he hovers to each dish! 😂

[@Stewbo1]

Omg the masterchef sketch , is freaky , unnerving and bloody funny.

[@ziggypop8106]

'Shooting Stars' and 'Big Night Out' were two of the best comedy programmes on tv for decades. Vic as Brian Ferry is beyond hilarious, Johnny Vegas as Eno 😆 Bob M is still hilarious on 'WILTY' 😆

[@DAVIDE-bk8by]

True, Big Night Out was the best of the two. It was mind blowing and hilarious when it first appeared

[@ziggypop8106]

@@DAVIDE-bk8by I agree it was even better than Shooting Stars

[@craigdugdale6266]

Absolute CLASSIC

[@highdownmartin]

Wow a Roxy clip I’ve never seen!. Thanks for trawling the archives and posting this . What a band

[@ignoblesurfer6281]

Wonderful to see Brian Eno looking so well. The creativity that went into some of his synths... mind-boggling. Wouldn't get that nowadays with the computers! Sometimes I think I was born in the wrong generation.

[@lowend5566]

Sounds pretty accurate. Bryan Ferry wasn't a great singer, a great personality yes, but not a singer

[@bluebird3042]

Brian Eno looks fabulous 😄

[@williamblake7386]

Roxy Music - Virginia Plain

[@highdownmartin]

@@williamblake7386 just rushed out and bought the cd. Must be a tribute band , sounds nothing like as good

[@FactsOfDeath]

So much like Roxy tis unbelievable.

[@Unsung_Earth]

Just as naf

[@lemsip207]

They would be called Poxy Music. It's how they would have sounded had they got drunk and weren't miming on TOTP.

[@ShiverinSid]

This is the funniest thing I've seen on ages!🤣

[@randypanthegoatboy2]

I feel so lucky and privileged to have been a young kid when this was on TV.

[@baronmeduse]

Bugger, I was about 25.

[@christianmontisci7018]

One of my fave roxy songs but this is brilliant!! Lol

[@vicsaul5459]

That should have been number 1. For months, epic 😎

[@desr6991]

Ferry is a geordie as well….absolutely howling at this

[@ultrademigod]

He'd be the only Geordie then. Vic is from Darlington.

[@lefthandedspanner]

*mackem

[@coolmacatrain9434]

…and in 10 months time Virginia Plain will be *_50_* years old!

[@jepuitz1]

1 munf from now?

[@davidhealy9792]

Wish there was programmes like that now...especially with vic and bob

[@paulmorphy6187]

Johnny Vegas as Brian Eno lol...you can't get more surreal than that!

[@pupskin123]

Surprisingly accurate and good 😁

[@1emmajones]

That is the scariest Saville I've ever seen.

[@JimmyCaravan]

Scarier than the real thing? Hardly!

[@560smr4]

Bob is the funniest man to ever walk the earth. He cracks me up.

[@motortraction]

...apart from Jimmy Saville.

[@johnmartinez7440]

Savile*

[@RefinedRouge]

Matt lucas looks like my local pub landlady

[@stephendawe1079]

Amazed they let Saville stay.

[@BradBrassman]

Brilliant!

[@superowl64]

Johnny Vegas's Eno box.. brilliant

[@lemsip207]

Wondered who that was doing Brian Eno. Matt Lucas was doing Paul Thompson.

[@lemsip207]

Wondered who that was doing Brian Eno. Matt Lucas was doing Paul Thompson.

[@baubosoul]

Lol

[@Drinkman7reloaded]

@@lemsip207 Johnny Vegas is doing Brian Eno lol

[@stringer-ik1pc]

The platforms. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheChrisrg]

One of the best British bands ever 😂👍

[@allisonlewis2115]

Fabulous.. sounds just like it .

[@RataStuey]

Oh my god .. Bob as Jimmy Saville. That face!

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

Was gut larfin at Ferry... Wet mself when the camera panned over to Brian Eno!!!

[@MrBecksy2]

Genius.

[@TherymasterWidnes]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@kevinbeck6785]

BRILLIANT and bob as sir jimmy ha ha

[@zephyrsky__]

My fave is the 'stars in their eyes' parody. I cant even say how many times that clip of Vic doing 'faith' makes me crease.. sometimes randomly on the bus

[@83moonchild]

I just had to go find that, I'd never seen it before. I nearly did a small wee.

[@FrowningIke]

It was Bob that did Faith. Funny as though!

[@baubosoul]

It's a magical moment

[@popeyedish]

I am a murderer 🤣

[@deadzoo]

Me too (although it’s Bob doing Faith). It sometimes comes into my head for no reason. The repeated Dun de dun de dun de dun duns that go nowhere, the arm gestures, Bill Decker’s belly button under his short T-shirt, “well, you look nowt like him!”.

[@bent2]

Totally spot on impression 🤣 LOL

[@lewis7515]

Vic, without his glasses, is just a vision of pure mental anguish...

[@GBPaddling]

Bryan Ferry crossed with George Formby........turned out nice again Mother.

[@Simon_PieMan]

Reeves and Mortimer were often borderline funny for me. Fine line between insult and humour.

[@daicockle1987]

Mulligan and Ohare actually considered covering this on the B side of Tittybiscuits

[@RosieHarp]

Of all Vic and Bob's musical sketches this is without a doubt the funniest. Scarily accurate Ferry.

[@KKAkuoku]

“Here’s some young men. Young men, UHUHUH!” It’s almost as if they knew back then🤔

[@lemsip207]

Bryan Ferry was only 26 at the time and the rest of the band were younger than him. Jimmy Saville preferred little girls though. Anyone 16 or over was too old for him.

[@WeWillAlwaysHaveVALIS]

@@lemsip207 except that's not true, he molested across the age spectrum, there's old ladies he left up at the hospital he had the flat in, not to mention his necrophiliac activities were generally linked to there.

[@gooblegooble99]

Everyone knew, given the number of jokes made about him over the years. That’s what made it such a scandal, apart from the horror of what he did.

[@turnerthemanc]

Great attention to detail.....Manzaneras glasses, Eno not playing any keys and Vic and Ferry separated at birth. Even Matt Lucas looks like Paul Thompson.

[@GIggaDuke]

Sweet lord, can't unsee

[@martinradcliffe4798]

Brian Eno heavier than I remembered him as being.

[@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music]

and hairier

[@BassSwirls]

Actually lol here!

[@PaulinaAngel]

I can't stop laughing, it's too funny 🤣

[@offrampt]

Because of Savile.

[@nev7650]

This is marvellous! Hope Mr Ferry has seen it.

[@alexno.335]

My sleep paralysis demon singing to me at 2:30 am in the morning

[@alexgreen5064]

That's a brilliant Bryan Ferry and as for Eno !

[@chubbychubbs5552]

Ulrika looking good on the drums...

[@dazediss6629]

Bob & Vic crack me up in this

[@andrewlloyd4354]

Class, pure class!

[@amnril]

Thanks for posting that, so funny.

[@edwardwilliammorris1340]

When TV was worth the license fee. That's why I cancelled mine 8 years ago it's just shit now . And seeing great stuff like this just proves it

[@johnmartinez7440]

Licence*

[@misterree1443]

Crazy funny I'm crying!!!

[@veloman59]

😂😂😂😂😂 absolutely brilliant!😂😂

[@shhhplease1050]

Amazing, love it!

[@traciegullis6861]

Brilliantly done! 😆 lol

[@bonjovi1612]

Just missing Andy on sax!

[@LaPtiteAnglaise]

Johnny Vegas as ENO. Class

[@zowieatsushikido]

これメチャクチャ面白いｗｗｗ

[@inagreenminute6525]

Had to do the research as to what this is all about.. Roxy wasn't that big in the states. Anyhoo VPlain is a gr8 song and this parody is SPOT ON and hilarious!

[@deancrookes7010]

Effin brilliant !

[@colinbatchford8007]

I'm a big Roxy fan Vic Bob and Johnny have them off to a tee.

[@Outdoorshuntingshooting]

Vegas as Eno 😂

[@Unsung_Earth]

Vocals Spot on

[@FatNorthernBigot]

My Roxy Music tribute act would be called "Verry Ferry".

[@glenn9683]

Funny the BBC removed the A team sketch from KZbin as George Dawes "Blacked up" as BA Baracas but they're happy enough to keep Jimmy Savile in 😂

[@AFord1981]

What's funny about that?

[@gabbsdad]

Brilliant

[@markbunce3405]

Classic ! WEEE OHHHHH !!!

[@jeanbellabasura1539]

johnny vegas as Eno! 🤣

[@markbunce3405]

Never ages 🤣🤣🤣

[@jackiemreekie4637]

Fab!! 😂🤣😅🥂

[@ajaxt9333]

Just like watching the Old Grey whistle test version of Roxy music. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheConcretekickdrum]

Better than the original.

[@martinmcdonald4207]

Don`t think so.

[@puma55792]

A perfect send up ha ha.

[@stephendent3058]

A class act🤣

[@vickygarnett7623]

Matt as Paul Thompson looking slightly bored is genius. Who’s Manzanera here?

[@lajm1000]

Strangely this didn't feel any more bizarre as the original 😂 banger of a song though.

[@raymondmoschild3952]

Matt Lucas is hilarious on those drums

[@Arthur54321]

Cracking

[@simonpearn479]

Completely nuts!

[@sirterryhoosh2779]

Sir Jimmy savile puttin in an appearance there lol

[@tracythomas132]

Johnny Vegas is superb as Eno! 😂

[@biegebythesea6775]

matt lucas looks like a page 3 girl

[@keithrooks9120]

Looks like everyone knew about old jimmy

[@tamhaswoods9056]

0:19 Super Hans has let himself go

[@anthonyclarke5579]

The first band I ever saw. It was at Leicester University. I don't remember them being this ugly, oh well. Next up was ELP at De Montfort Hall. Happy days....

[@rogerbeattie2263]

This is just like the real thing

[@tonemc6047]

Bryan Ferry on the vinegar strokes there .

[@JM-ll2vv]

Oh man, that Saville impression really dated this haha

[@janetrobb4742]

Better voice than Brian Ferry.

[@imogenbebb9571]

*Bryan ;-)

[@martinmcdonald4207]

Janet Robb a here, steady.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

0:15 0:34 and 1:13 LOL

[@richflu4774]

Where's the Sparks one gone?!

[@stephendawe1079]

Thought it was Depeche mode.

[@kurtvanderbogarde8402]

Missed a trick in not having an Andy Mackay. Couldn't they have found someone to play him?

[@ZaragonTrimaximalist]

That's what I was thinking the whole time.