Brilliant Kid

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"Brilliant" Kid is a fictional character played by Paul Whitehouse in the BBC comedy sketch show The Fast Show, which ran from 1994 to 2000, and in a television advertising campaign for milk.[1] He is said to be a parody of British children's television presenters, who go around in the same manner stating various things in a similar manner.

He is a northern lad who wears an attire of street clothes including: a wooly hat, and a raincoat of some description. He believes that everything is brilliant: no matter what it is - holes (which he falls down thereafter), Ronnie Corbett, sex, old women, virtual reality, wars, mums (If all mums looked the same - then you wouldn't know which house to go to for your tea) and various other random subjects.

He walks (or runs) through a variety of different locations: sometimes in night vision, through what appears to be a desert, up escalator, hills, corn fields, suburban streets, medieval britain, past a load of German N.C.O's and even on a children's playground slide; the randomness of these locations has made the character very popular - due to the thrill of wondering what he's going to talk about (and where he's going to be) next.

He is a vast contrast from his miserable father: who claims everything is "Rubbish", and is often seen in one location: a dirty scrapyard. He is played by John Thomson. The character usually has no idea what he is talking about due to his exclamations that: Crinkle-cut chips are a Chinese Invention and that Adolf Hitler - now he had some good ideas!, and his dislike of: the national lottery, clowns, and many other subjects: however, he does like Des Lynam and Elvis Presley.