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Arthur Atkinson is a Fictional Character appearing regularly on the British Sketch Comedy show '' The Fast Show ''. He is played by Paul Whitehouse . The character of Atkinson is a Parody of various 1940s -era British entertainers. The sketches are shown completely in black and white and consist partly of Atkinson doing his antics on a Theatre stage, and partly of historical footage of an actual 1940s theatre crowd laughing at a comedy performance. Atkinson's Monologue and Joke s are often completely nonsensical and appear entirely random, as are his addresses to members of the audience ("I've seen you griddling eggs like there's no tomorrow!!") His two famous Catchphrase s are "How queer!" and "Where's me washboard?" Despite the nonsense, everything he says causes the audience to erupt in Laughter . Atkinson occasionally presents Northern comic Chester Drawers, whose act never goes down well and Atkinson has to crash the stage in order to prevent the audience from walking out. The only notable exception was when Atkinson asked one gentleman in the audience "Excuse me, sir, is that a moustache on your lip or is it Shit ?" The utterance of profanity in public caused immense disapproval and the audience left the theatre instantly. According to Tommy Cockles "his fan club was shut down, his contract was torn up by the BBC, and he couldn't get a round of golf anywhere. Do I care? No." By the third series, Atkinson's career appeared to be in decline as he appeared in an "unpopular" sitcom, ''Blame Arthur'' (a parody of British sitcoms of the '50s and early '60s) and a cheesy '70s '' Confessions ''-style sex comedy called ''Confessions of a Door-To-Door Cucumber Salesman.'' He also appeared in a parody of Samuel Beckett 's play '' Krapp's Last Tape ''. The Arthur Atkinson clips are always both preceded and succeeded with a short note from the modern TV presenter Tommy Cockles (played by Simon Day ), who is himself a parody of British TV presenters. It becomes more and more clear as the series progresses that Cockles deeply resents Atkinson. |
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