Slap Bang with Ant & Dec
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Slap Bang with Ant & Dec, was a television
programme that was shown in the UK
on ITV
in 2001. It was presented by Ant & Dec
. The show ran for 6 episodes (shown weekly, on Saturdays). Each episode featured, among other things, a brief sketch of a show called Beers, a parody of Cheers, centred around a pub. Beers opened with a depressing song:
There's a place I know where the people go when they're really feeling low,
Though they serve flat ale and the crisps went stale about a year ago. ...
You really shouldn't go because you won't come back again!
The happy hour is only from 10 to 5 past 10.
The lager's warm and the wine is brown,
(The next line is more or less inaudible)
Even the water is watered down at Beers.
You shouldn't go because you won't come back again.
The sequence of images accompanying this song ended with a sign being held up saying, "We lose".
Beers was similar to Chums, a parody of Friends that appeared on SMTV Live
, and also featured Ant & Dec. They were similar in the respect that each began with a phrase of the form, "Beers/Chums is filmed ...", e.g. "Chums is filmed - why?" However, Beers lacked the cliffhangers of Chums.
Television
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programme that was shown in the UK
United Kingdom
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on ITV
ITV
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in 2001. It was presented by Ant & Dec
Ant & Dec
Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly , known collectively as Ant & Dec, are an English comedy and TV presenting duo from Newcastle upon Tyne, England...
. The show ran for 6 episodes (shown weekly, on Saturdays). Each episode featured, among other things, a brief sketch of a show called Beers, a parody of Cheers, centred around a pub. Beers opened with a depressing song:
There's a place I know where the people go when they're really feeling low,
Though they serve flat ale and the crisps went stale about a year ago. ...
You really shouldn't go because you won't come back again!
The happy hour is only from 10 to 5 past 10.
The lager's warm and the wine is brown,
(The next line is more or less inaudible)
Even the water is watered down at Beers.
You shouldn't go because you won't come back again.
The sequence of images accompanying this song ended with a sign being held up saying, "We lose".
Beers was similar to Chums, a parody of Friends that appeared on SMTV Live
SMTV Live
SMTV Live , also written SM:TV Live and in early promotional material SMTV://live, was a British Saturday morning children's television programme, first broadcast on ITV on 29 August 1998 and last broadcast on 27 December 2003.On the surface, the programme did not seem to stray away from the format...
, and also featured Ant & Dec. They were similar in the respect that each began with a phrase of the form, "Beers/Chums is filmed ...", e.g. "Chums is filmed - why?" However, Beers lacked the cliffhangers of Chums.