The Hollow Men (comedy troupe)
- The Hollow Men (comedy troupe)
The Hollow Men are an English sketch comedy group consisting of David Armand, Nick Tanner, Rupert Russell, and Sam Spedding. "The Hollow Men" is also the title of their TV show broadcast in the United States by Comedy Central. The show follows the kind of silliness from sketch comedy shows like "Monty Python's Flying Circus" and "The Kids in the Hall". The first and only season, consisting of six episodes, aired in early 2005. The group's name comes from a grim T.S. Eliot poem. In 2006 they broadcast a BBC Radio 4 sketch show, also of the same name.
History
The four members met when they were students at University of Cambridge. The group's big break came when they appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe festival in 2002, which led to gigs in New York City and a slot at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado, in 2003.
Autumn 2006 Series
Runs as a sketch show, loosely sewn together by a take-off of a spoken-piano-bar type narrator. Recurring characters or themes include: The French Class; The Seedy Estate Agent; The Horn Section of the Orchestra
External links
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* [http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/hollow_men/index.jhtml The Hollow Men Website on Comedy Central]
* [http://www.myspace.com/thehollowmenuk The Hollow Men on MySpace]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/thehollowmen/ The Hollow Men on BBC Radio 4]
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