It\u2019s a hot summer in London. You can see the sights, get some grub, walk around. Perhaps even pick up and smell some flowers. Not if you\u2019re dressed in a dalmatian costume though. Definitely not if you\u2019re dressed in a dalmatian costume. If you do that, there\u2019s a high chance you\u2019ll be accosted by another individual dressed in a brown dog costume. And woe betide you if you continue to sniff said flower obliviously as he approaches in slow motion. At that point, it\u2019ll be too late. He\u2019ll have picked up the vase with the flowers already and smashed it on your bonce before making a quick getaway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
So, the situation described above probably wouldn\u2019t happen (never be too careful though). After seeing this scene for the first time on a Best of Trigger Happy TV Series 1 DVD, however, my lungs were sore with laughter. What could be funnier for an eleven-year-old than watching some harmless violence take place between two individuals dressed in dog suits? And all this chicanery to the tune of some jarringly relaxing French music, at that? Slow motion has always been a draw for me in terms of comedy; even when you have a good idea of the carnage that\u2019s about to go down, watching it happen slowed down somehow makes it even more amusing. That dalmatian-dressed guy is just minding his own business, then along comes an aggressive pooch to ruin his day. Baring in mind how many reshoots it must have taken to get this sequence done correctly, it\u2019s still funny to watch passers-by continue on their journeys as the dalmatian-guy lies motionless on the floor. Maybe they\u2019re aware of what\u2019s going on at this point, or maybe they\u2019re just cold-hearted individuals who have limited sympathy for people dressed in dog suits. Who knows?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over the series, these attacks change format. The dalmatian might put up a decent display with nun chucks before receiving a simple bonk on the head from the brown dog. The dalmatian might get attacked while just waiting for a bus, dunked in water barrel on a public street, or even tied to a chair and knocked over. What\u2019s important, though, is that dalmatian-guy gets his revenge. As we all know, the best response to violence, is, of course, violence. When brown dog is expecting to have a relaxed pint in a pub, dalmatian strides in from the entrance and thwacks him with a nun chuck. When brown dog thinks he can have a leisurely walk on the pavement, dalmatian guy exits his car teaches him otherwise. Brown dog wants a relaxing game of pool? No siree Bob. Brown dog wants to swagger across a road with no grief? No dice. Brown dog gets yeeted through a load of cardboxes for what he did to dalmatian-guy. Brown dog tries to take refuge in a phone box? It ain\u2019t happening. As Edmond Dantes teaches Fernand Mondego in The Count of Monte Cristo, revenge is a dish best served violent (this isn\u2019t how this revenge plays out in the novel at all, but I felt like getting in a Dumas reference here nonetheless).Yes, I realise that it\u2019s Dom Jolly and another guy in the dog suits, but I\u2019d thought I\u2019d string together an engaging narrative. Ultimately, the astute use of music in these scenes combined with over-the-top violence and the generally nonchalant response of onlookers makes these moments thoroughly entertaining and re-watchable. On that subject, if you fancy watching any of these fights, they’re easy to find on YouTube.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It\u2019s a hot summer in London. You can see the sights, get some grub, walk around. Perhaps even pick up and smell some flowers. Not if you\u2019re dressed in a dalmatian costume though. Definitely not if you\u2019re dressed in a dalmatian costume. If you do that, there\u2019s a high chance you\u2019ll be accosted by another … <\/p>\n