Pulp Sport
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| Pulp Sport | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sketch comedy |
| Creator(s) | Shonky Productions |
| Starring | Jamie 'Bill' Linehan Ben 'Ben' Boyce |
| Country of origin | New Zealand |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes per episode (inc. commercials) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Sky Sport |
Pulp Sport is a low budget TV show filmed in New Zealand that mixes sport with comedy. The hosts Jamie Linehan and Ben Boyce act under their respective pseudonyms Bill and Ben, performing a half hour of various sports based skits.
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[edit] History
Pulp Sport started as a radio show on Radio Sport in 2001 until the TV series began in 2003 on Sky Sport. Syndication preceeded by C4 for two series, achieving strong ratings. As a result, it was soon snapped up by TV3 where its popularity continued to grow with even better ratings. The show still remains on Sky Sport. In 2006 Pulp Sport was judged "New Zealand's Best Comedy" at the Qantas New Zealand Television Awards.
[edit] Segments
The show features recurring skit segments in each episode.
[edit] Active
- The Great Tui Sneak - a segment where Bill and Ben try to sneak Tui beer into a sports game (where there is an enforced alcohol ban), usually cricket or rugby. Different ways include - carrying it in an IV drip, a coffin, a remote control car, a wrapped birthday present, getting Schapelle Corby to do it and a fibreglass cow. Bill and Ben have achieved surprising success. For some highlights check out this page on the Beige Brigade website.
- 101 Uses for (insert name here) - skits that see Bill and Ben finding stupid uses for a sportsperson's talents. Some participants thus far have included Basketballer Ben Pepper, All Black Byron Kelleher and rowing twins Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell
- Can a Mascot? - Can the Pulp Sport Mascot (a person in a big brown furry fox suit) complete a challenge like sneaking into a game for free or sneaking on to another TV show.
- The Mad Mad Butcher - Series of stunts based around New Zealand Celebrity business man The Mad Butcher. The Pulp Sport Mad Mad Butcher attempts each week to prove to viewers that he is mad by doing crazy, sometimes bizarre stunts like jumping off a building, woodchipping himself and soiling a taxi.
- Urban Creatures - A parody of the Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin. Steve Urban explores the "amazing creatures" of the sporting world usually killing someone in the process.
- The Real Campbell Live - This skit replaced Mc Kay-Ver when Pulp Sport ended its 2006 season. In this segment, Bill & Ben play pranks on TV3 current affairs host John Campbell. This segment was previewed on the final episode of their 2006 season, as is set to continue into a future season.
- Sporting Hell - The boys flip a coin and the winner of the coin toss gets to eat Hell's pizza, while the loser has to do endure sporting hell. eg. doing a fun-run as bum-run i.e. dressed like a bum, smoking and drinking, sitting sideline at big rugby match with a paper bag over their heads, going to the motor racing dressed as a promo chick with a skimpy crop top saying "want a gay time?" while giving out "gay time" brand ice cream cones or standing outside Western Springs Speedway with a sign saying "THIS SPEEDWAY IS TOO NOISY!"
- Father v Son - These skits (usually in black and white) involve a young boy playing different sports against his highly competitive father who wants to beat his son by any means necessary (including violence and cheating).
- Celebrity Challenge - Each week some of New Zealand's biggest celebrities are paired up with some of New Zealand's biggest sports stars to partake in ridiculous challenges based around the person's chosen sport.
- Man-love Moments - A montage of clips from recent sports events showing men congratulating each other by embracing, slapping each other on the buttocks or lying on one another after completing a tackle. Set to provocative music such as Barry White or Marvin Gaye.
- "Super-Streaker" - A weekly clip of an unknown man streaking at innapropriate events such as a lawn bowls game or a round of golf.
[edit] Retired
- Halfass - A spoof of Jackass where Bill, Ben and friends attempt extremely lame stunts in the style of Jackass. Things like drinking day old milk, walking with untied laces, eating and then swimming, standing on an office chair and running with scissors have all been done!
- Yours please - Taking the piss out of New Zealand sports talk back host Murray Deaker and his catch phrase.
- McIvor - A segment where Bill and Ben would play pranks on Sky Sports commentator Steven McIvor. Unlike his successor, McIvor reacted very aggressively to the pranks.
- Mc Kay-Ver - This skit replaced McIvor when Pulp Sport moved to TV3 from Sky. Every week Bill & Ben play pranks on TV3 sports reporter Hamish McKay like filling his car full of packing peanuts, tinfoiling every item on his desk, covering his car in post-it notes and replacing his car with a similar one that's been flattened. To his credit, McKay takes these in good humour unlike his predecessor. It has now been replaced with The Real Campbell Live.
- 6.0 Minutes - A pisstake sports journalism story in the style of 60 minutes.
- The World Was Hadlee A series of skits which parody the Cadbury ads. However, instead of asking 'wouldn't it be nice if the world was Cadbury?' they ask 'wouldn't it be nice if everyone in the world was former New Zealand International Cricketer, Richard Hadlee?'. You can see these in the flesh on the Beige Brigade website here
[edit] Future
The show is continuing into a 2007 season.
Repeats of Pulp Sport began on TV 3 on February 2.
