500 Miles Comic Relief video with Peter Kay and Matt Lucas + guests
By Jenny May on Mar 17, 2007 in Music, Videos | Tags: Charity, Comedy, Comic Relief, Little Britain, Lou and Andy, Matt Lucas, Music, Peter Kay, Phoenix Nights, Red Nose Day, The Proclaimers
Last night I watched the Red Nose Day festivities on BBC One for Comic Relief. There were some pretty funny sketches that lasted until early morning, and today I’m paying for staying up so late! It was worth it, though. The great thing is that Comic Relief has, at the time of this writing, so far raised £40,236,142 and I’m sure after all of the outstanding entertainment for Red Nose Day the number will continue to grow.
A few sketches for Comic Relief stood out for me and as I mentioned before, I was looking forward to seeing the video of Peter Kay and Matt Lucas perform “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” with the Proclaimers and many guest stars in the audience.
The video features Peter Kay and Matt Lucas on stage, singing The Proclaimers hit song, “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)”. Peter Kay is in character as wheelchair-bound Brian Potter from his show Phoenix Nights, and Matt Lucas plays what I would think is his most famous character from Little Britain, wheelchair-bound Andy Pipkin from the Lou and Andy sketch.
The guest stars in the audience watching them include Dr. Who’s David Tennant (in a kilt), Dusty Bin, Basil Brush, The Krankies, Status Quo, Terry Nutkins, Paul O’Grady, Tess Daly, Louis Walsh, Bobby Davro, Postman Pat, Rod, Jane and Freddy (Rainbow), Willie Thorne, Bob the Builder and many more.
It was funny but it seems a bit more low key than the Peter Kay/Tony Christie and guests’ “Is This The Way To Amarillo” video from 2005. I have a feeling though, that it will get funnier the more I watch it!
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7 Comment(s)
By loz on Mar 23, 2007 | Reply
best song ever good charity work and its a great laugh
By loz on Mar 23, 2007 | Reply
cmon ppl buy this song its sooooooooooooookl and wat da hek its 4 charity
By sam on Mar 25, 2007 | Reply
whos the bloke with the papier mache head…black and white big eyes???? thanks
By bandweblogs on Mar 25, 2007 | Reply
Hi Sam,
It’s Frank Sidebottom.
Here’s a short video clip of Frank Sidebottom and Snooker legend Dennis Taylor that I found on YouTube which is apropos considering they’re both in the 500 Miles video!
- Jenny
By adam on Mar 27, 2007 | Reply
this song is just da best u can’t beat it it’s better dan rave
By lily197 on Mar 29, 2007 | Reply
the guy with the papier mache head id frank sidebottom
By GARRY JEFFERY on Apr 3, 2007 | Reply
I THINK THAT IS A REALLY COOL SONG IT IS BETTER THAN THE ONE WITH LOU SINGING IM WITH STUPID ANDYS THE BEST