Brilliant Kid

"Brilliant" Kid is a fictional character played by Paul Whitehouse in the BBC comedy sketch show The Fast Show, which ran from 1994 to 2000, and in a television advertising campaign for milk. [http://www.milk.co.uk/content/press/oldarticle.php?articleid=108] He is said to be a parody of British children's television presenters, who go around in the same manner stating various things in a similar manner.

He is a northern lad who wears an attire of street clothes including: a wooly hat, and a raincoat of some description. He talks in a rapid, stream of consciousness monologue. He believes that everything is brilliant: no matter what it is - holes (which he falls down thereafter), Ronnie Corbett, sex, old women, holidays, pets, virtual reality, the pavement beneath his feet, wars, mums (If all mums looked the same - then you wouldn't know which house to go to for your tea) and various other subjects. Some are random, others seem to arrive through free association.

He walks (or runs) through a variety of different locations: sometimes in night vision, through what appears to be a desert, up escalator, hills, corn fields, suburban streets, medieval Britain, past a load of German N.C.O's and even on a children's playground slide; the randomness of these locations has made the character very popular - due to the thrill of wondering what he's going to talk about (and where he's going to be) next.

He is a vast contrast from his miserable father: who claims everything is "Rubbish", and is often seen in one location: a dirty scrapyard. He is played by John Thomson. The character usually has no idea what he is talking about due to such exclamations as: "Crinkle-cut chips are a Chinese Invention" and "that Adolf Hitler - now he had some good ideas!", and his dislike of: the national lottery, clowns, and many other subjects. However, he does like Des Lynam and Elvis Presley.