- World Shut Your Mouth (TV series)
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show_name = World shut your mouth
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runtime = 30 min
creator =Dom Joly
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starring =Dom Joly
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country =Great Britain
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num_episodes = 7
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imdb_id = 442650
tv_com_id = 28806"World Shut Your Mouth" was a
hidden camera TV series starringDom Joly .Dom Joly made his name on the similar series "
Trigger Happy TV " on Channel 4, and it is from its great success that he was hired by theBBC to produce new programming. His first effort was an unsuccessful spoofchat show named "This Is Dom Joly ". The lack of success in conventional comedy prompted Joly to go back to his hidden camera roots and started to create a new series which was very similar to "Trigger Happy TV", with short stunts overlayed with a soundtrack. Joly was the main participant in these stunts. As with his previous work, the programme had an emphasis onsurrealism , with sketches such as a spyinggnome and nerds taunting skaters and Joly dressing up in aluminum foil like a superhero, being a partner of a traffic warden who is technically ignoring him.The main difference between "
Trigger Happy TV " and "World Shut Your Mouth" was the scope of the show. Where "Trigger Happy TV " took place in various places around the United Kingdom, the larger budget of "World Shut Your Mouth" allowed for international travel and filming, and many of the stunts took place at, or near, major international landmarks.There were subtle changes in directorial style too, with zooms and close-up shots of the public's reaction to the various pranks. The team working on "World Shut Your Mouth" was also larger.
Trigger Happy TV was mainly the work ofDom Joly andSam Cadman , Dom doing the stunts and Sam filming.In "World Shut Your Mouth",
Dom Joly did the stunts, and produced the show withRichard Webb .Janet Knipe directed andAl Campbell filmed. The show also starred Danny Wallace in minor supporting roles for some of the stunts, and he also helped develop some ideas for the show.Perhaps as an Easter egg for serious "Trigger Happy TV" fans, at the end of each show when the credits had finished rolling, a credit is given to "The Gund Corporation". The name Gund is a
pseudonym used by Dom "whenever [he] is lying" according to his audio commentary on the "Best ofTrigger Happy TV "DVD . The name Gund is often used by Joly when a character requires an identity.In January,
2005 "World Shut Your Mouth" began to be shown at 10.35 Friday night onBBC One . Despite its critical success it only ran for one series, which was released on BBCDVD . TheDVD featured an entire extra episode that never aired, plus audio commentary on all episodes.
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