Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor

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Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor

Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor
Format Sketch comedy
Created by Karen Taylor
Starring Karen Taylor
Country of origin Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
No. of episodes 7 (including Pilot)
Production
Camera setup Multiple-camera
Running time 30 mins
Broadcast
Original channel BBC Three (Series 1)
Original run 11 June, 2007 – Present
External links
Official website

Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor is a television sketch comedy show written and performed by BAFTA Award-winning comedian Karen Taylor. The genre of the show focuses largely on sex and contains much innuendo. The show's pilot episode debuted on BBC Three on 11 March 2006 and a six-part first series was ordered and began airing from 11 June 2007. A second series of seven episodes has been commissioned and will air in the summer of 2008. The show is produced by Avalon productions.[1]

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[edit] Characters

  • Karen Taylor: Karen Taylor herself narrates her own sketch in which, unusually for a sketch comedy, she remains in her own character. In these sketches, Taylor is usually seen to be in training to accomplish some form of feat by the end of that episode. Such feats include taking part in a cheer-leading competition or being fired from a cannon. Taylor also appears under her own name in various other (usually one-off) sketches, in which she doesn't actually play herself, such as a woman who is having a baby in episode four. The 'Help Woman' is also referred to as 'Mrs. Taylor' when she visits her daughter's headteacher with her husband.
  • Help Woman: This woman is usually on the scene during some form of inconvenience, for example, after a crime has been committed, one of her friends is experiencing marital issues, or even answering a child's prayer. She pretends to be listening intently to the person who is complaining to her, before using the words 'Well, I hear what you're saying, and it sounds to me like this...' at which point she will burst into fake tears and mock the person, usually in a baby voice, before telling them that they are pathetic or that they need to grow up.
  • Beauty on a Budget: Karen Taylor hosts a mock beauty show in the character of fictional host Valerie D'Enton. The show usually involves D'Enton explaining to viewers how to create budget makeovers or perfume through ridiculous methods, such as cutting jewellery from a catalogue or creating a knockout perfume using alcohol.
  • Glamourama: Glamourama is a fictional current affairs show, which is hosted by a footballer's wife of less than average intelligence. The host invites her similarly unintelligent friends to appear as guests on her show, with which she will discuss matters of significant importance, such as war and child labour. Whilst meaning well, neither her or her friends actually have much knowledge of the subject, which usually results in them having silly discussions and making ridiculous points.
  • Miss Harper: Miss Harper is a divorced substitute teacher, who is desperate for sex and is sexually attracted to her male students. She finds excuses to get them to strip by organising a fashion show in which they wear only underwear or by demanding that they write lines shirtless.
  • Cash Cow: Cash Cow is a late-night quiz show, clearly modelled on shows such as Pop The Q or The Mint. It is hosted by a stereotypical, jolly, late-night quiz host with a cash prize available. The objective of the game is that viewers have to guess a phrase, which is usually ridiculously hard to work out. As the game progresses the host becomes more and more exasperated with the usually immature or moronic suggestions (and callers) before reaching a point where she loses her temper and begins shouting at and insulting the viewers.
  • Kaz and Jen: In a desperate attempt to excite their lager-swigging boyfriends, two women pretend that they are lesbians and hint that they are having an affair. Seemingly ignorant of the fact that their boyfriends aren't interested, they pretend to enjoy groping and kissing each other, while repeating their catchphrase 'Don't need a man!'
  • The TAO of Taylor: When people are in trouble, this woman usually appears from nowhere and gives them advice, such as telling an impotent man that if he can't 'get it up' he isn't a real man. Afterwards, she looks into the camera, smiles, winks and gives the thumbs up, after which the text 'The TAO of Taylor' appears on screen. These sketches are usually very short and last no longer than about thirty seconds.
  • MeMeMeSpace: MeMeMeSpace is a fictional website, clearly modelled on MySpace, to which users upload various webcam-style videos, in which they describe themselves. Users usually have strange characteristics, such as an obsession with collecting hedgehogs or a love for drinking large amounts of wine to the extent that they wet themselves.
  • The Brass Lady: Karen Taylor portrays a party-loving backbencher who becomes Prime Minister after the entire cabinet dies. She clearly doesn't fit into high society and has no idea how to behave in a civilised manner, which results in her often doing inappropriate things such as sleeping with the leader of the opposition or asking a BBC News crew member if she can get Hollyoaks on their green room television.
  • The "MAAAN!" Woman: This woman is very lazy and when she cannot do something, such as putting up a shelf or walking home in high heels, she proceeds to shout "Man! Man! MAAAN!" at which point a man will appear and help her. In episode four, she shouted "MAAAN!" to find herself answered by a woman, but when the woman told her that she was a lesbian, she was more than happy to let her help.
  • Joanna: Joanna is a young, lustful woman who has married a rich old billionaire. She talks to the viewer in a conversational manner and tries to convince them that she does indeed love her husband, when in fact her only intention is to continue living off his billions, while inviting attractive, young handymen into the house with whom she entertains herself.
  • Pre-Menstrual Girl: Penelope is an ordinary office-worker, but when trouble starts, such as her office being held up at gunpoint, she reverses her body-clock and transforms into Pre-Menstrual Girl, a superhero who saves peoples lives by winning the villain's hearts with her neurotic sobbing and sniping.

[edit] Credits

[edit] Cast

[edit] Crew

  • Ben Kellett - director
  • Richard Grocock - producer
  • Jon Thoday - executive producer
  • Richard Allen-Turner - executive producer

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