"The Yob" is the 21st episode of the British television comedy series
The Comic Strip Presents..., written by
Keith Allen and
Daniel Peacock
Daniel Peacock (born 2 October 1958) is an English actor, director, writer and carer. He has worked with the team of ''The Comic Strip, The Comic Strip Presents...'' and played "Mental Mickey" in ''Only Fools and Horses''.
Early and personal ...
, with Allen also in the title role, and was directed by
Ian Emes
Ian Ronald Emes (born 17 August 1949) is a British artist and film director. He is known for using innovative and experimental film techniques, and for being Pink Floyd's original animator.
Emes' animations have featured in major exhibitions, i ...
.
It was first screened on
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...
on 12 March 1988 and also stars
Adrian Edmondson
Adrian Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957) is an English actor, comedian, musician, writer and television presenter. He was part of the alternative comedy boom in the early 1980s and had roles in the television series ''The Young Ones (TV s ...
and
Peter Richardson.
It features a brief appearance by
Lily Allen
Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born 2 May 1985) is an English singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of actor Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. Her music career began in 2005 when she made some of her vocal recordings publi ...
, Keith's daughter, then a toddler,
and subsequently a pop star.
In the story, pretentious music video director Patrick Church (Keith Allen) is at
UB40
UB40 are an English reggae and pop band, formed in December 1978 in Birmingham, England. The band has had more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. They have been nominated for the ...
concert, where he inadvertently steps into a matter-transportation pod, believing it to be a portable toilet. His brain patterns and those of a
football hooligan
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are transposed and he turns into an ape-like
Arsenal
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supporter to comic effect.
References
1988 films
British television films
1988 British television episodes
Channel 4 comedy
The Comic Strip Presents... episodes
1988 short films
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