Kenny Craig
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The Little Britain character Kenny Craig (played by Matt Lucas) is a hypnotist who uses his powers for trivial things, such as winning a game of Scrabble against his mother or attempting to avoid paying the entrance fee to a swimming pool. His catchphrase is "Look into my eyes, look into the eyes, not around the eyes, don't look around the eyes, look into my eyes(clicks) you're under, (after dialogue involving the situation), 3, 2, 1, you're back in the room"
| Kenny Craig | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Series 1 (first series appearance) |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Stage hypnotist |
The character is featured in both the radio and TV in sketches where he often uses his special hypnosis talent to get his own way, such as saving money when going out on a date by hypnotising his girlfriend into choosing food from the set menu.
It is probable that, at first, he doesn't really have any hypnotic skills at all, and that people only do what he hypnotises them to do just to make him happy. However, in his final scetches, he could hypnotise a whole audience into believing that they have witnessed a spectacular hypnotic show, which shows that his powers have developed considerably throughout the series.
His name is a combination of weight-loss guru Jenny Craig and real-life hypnotist Paul McKenna.
In Little Britain Abroad, he meets Paul McKenna in Portugal. He takes his hypnotic powers away.
[edit] What he has hypnotised people into doing
- When going on a date, he hypnotised his girlfriend into ordering from the set menu, and having just a glass of water, when she originally intended to order the more expensive bottle of champagne and baked lobster. It also appears he hypnotised his girlfriend into going on the date, as she said she couldn't remember agreeing to it.
- While playing Scrabble with his aged mother who was in hospital, he hypnotised her and a nurse into thinking 'cupboardy' was a real word, however after thinking he'd successfully hypnotised her, the nurse soon said to his mother "you're right Mrs Craig, he can't really do it!".
- He crashed his car into another one, and hypnotised a security guard, a witness and the car owner, to make sure he wasn't seen.
- He also hypnotised an unfortunate passer-by at a car boot sale, forcing him to buy the complete series of Blackadder (although the third series was missing) and Red Dwarf series 1 on video, neither of which his victim had any intention of buying. However, after trying to convince him to buy Paul Merton's version of The Blood Donor, the man simply replied "yeah, don't push your luck mate".
- He seemed to hypnotise his mother into bringing him snacks and drinks as he watched TV (saying "You may be old and recovering from double hip surgery but you're still more than capable of bringing in the sugar bowl") and then allowing him to watch Thundercats when she wanted to switch over to Songs of Praise. Then, when she told him to get off the sofa because she was going to have her friends over, he tried to hypnotise her again - but she asked him to wait for her to put her glasses on, so that it will work properly this time.
- When his girlfriend stayed overnight and could not find her clothes in the morning, Kenny hypnotised her into believing he had NOT taken them and worn them himself, but slipped up when she asked where her shoes were and he said, without putting her into a trance first, "Look, I bought you those, I kind of think if I want to wear them, I'll wear them!"
- During the Kenny Craig Hypnotic Laughter show he hypnotises everyone in the audience, saying that when he snaps his fingers in one hour they will believe they have witnessed a superb hypnotic show, better than Paul McKenna and tell all their friends and to hold the thought. While they are hypnotised, he reads Bravo Two Zero from end to end, commenting when he finishes; "Oh, so he was in the army".
- A sketch on the Little Britain live stage tour shows Kenny in a jewellery shop trying to convince both his girlfriend, and the shop owner, that she does not want an expensive engagement ring. When all parties have agreed on one that costs £9.99, the girlfriend asks for a pair of earrings as well. He hypnotises her into thinking she does not have ears, so she now can't hear him and shouts "WHAT?" (He also tries to hypnotise the audience to buy a kenny craig t-shirt)
- He hyponotised a heavy smoker (played by Paul Punter) who wanted to quit smoking. While hypnotising him he told him that he was now an ex-smoker but will continue to buy cigarettes and send them to Kenny Craig at 21, Wendover Road. Once 'back in the room' he goes immediately to the nearest newsagent to ask for a pack of cigarettes, but instead buys a Kitkat for Kenny Craig...(Series 3 Deleted Scene)
- While telephoning someone, he sent a picture of himself through a fax machine, he tried to hypnotise him with the facsimile of his eyes to book the Kenny Craig Hypnotic Laughter Show at the Flooring Merchant's Annual Dinner and Dance and not book Bob Carolgees and Spit the Dog, as "all he just does is spit". However, he couldn't see the eyes so he had to draw them on with a biro. He then tried to hypnotise him with the biro representation of his eyes, but the man put the phone down.(Series 3 Deleted Scene)
