Tiny and Mr Duk
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Tiny and Mr Duk were two puppet characters created for The Saturday Show
by Dave Chapman
and Damian Farrell.
, created in an accident in a laboratory. Mr Duk is a duck
who acts as Tiny's agent, although this setup was referred to less and less as the characters evolved.
This backstory was covered in a short VT
clip that ran at the start of their segments on the Saturday Show during their first few months on the show, but was dropped when they became established characters in their own right.
. For example, Tiny at one stage took to making short films with a pack of chorizo
s on peasticks, called "The Sausage Family" which would invariably end with one or more members of the family being eaten by a dog. They also regularly featured a VT
clip of a character named "Cherry Bakewell" - a man (played by Chapman) in a red velvet jacket, tight black trousers and ridiculously long pointy shoes who had a giant cherry bakewell tart in place of a head. He would be egged on by the studio to unleash mayhem in public. During their time on the Saturday Show the characters also took part in some of the games, such as "Pot Shots" where they dressed as stereotypical Mexican bandits with velcro
patches, and tried to dodge felt balls being fired at them by Joe Mace
.
, Joe Pasquale
, Kirsten O'Brien
and Jade Goody
.
The Saturday Show (BBC TV series)
The Saturday Show was a BBC children's Saturday morning show that first aired in 2001, replacing the popular Live & Kicking. It had a mix of audience participation, cartoons, games and gunge. Initially it was presented by Dani Behr and Joe Mace. They left in 2002 and were replaced by Fearne Cotton...
by Dave Chapman
Dave Chapman
Dave Chapman is an English actor, television presenter, puppeteer and voice artist.-Career:Dave Chapman trained at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and The Jim Henson Company...
and Damian Farrell.
Story
Tiny is a giant hamsterHamster
Hamsters are rodents belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae. The subfamily contains about 25 species, classified in six or seven genera....
, created in an accident in a laboratory. Mr Duk is a duck
Duck
Duck is the common name for a large number of species in the Anatidae family of birds, which also includes swans and geese. The ducks are divided among several subfamilies in the Anatidae family; they do not represent a monophyletic group but a form taxon, since swans and geese are not considered...
who acts as Tiny's agent, although this setup was referred to less and less as the characters evolved.
This backstory was covered in a short VT
VT
VT or Vt may refer to:* Vermont, postal abbreviation VT**Vt., older postal abbreviation for Vermont* Virginia Tech, common name of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA* VT F.C...
clip that ran at the start of their segments on the Saturday Show during their first few months on the show, but was dropped when they became established characters in their own right.
Humour
Most of the humour on the Tiny and Mr Duk segments was very surrealSurreal humour
Surreal humour is a form of humour based on violations of causal reasoning with events and behaviours that are logically incongruent. Constructions of surreal humour involve bizarre juxtapositions, non-sequiturs, irrational situations, and/or expressions of nonsense.The humour arises from a...
. For example, Tiny at one stage took to making short films with a pack of chorizo
Chorizo
Chorizo is a term encompassing several types of pork sausages originating from the Iberian Peninsula.In English, it is usually pronounced , , or , but sometimes ....
s on peasticks, called "The Sausage Family" which would invariably end with one or more members of the family being eaten by a dog. They also regularly featured a VT
VT
VT or Vt may refer to:* Vermont, postal abbreviation VT**Vt., older postal abbreviation for Vermont* Virginia Tech, common name of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA* VT F.C...
clip of a character named "Cherry Bakewell" - a man (played by Chapman) in a red velvet jacket, tight black trousers and ridiculously long pointy shoes who had a giant cherry bakewell tart in place of a head. He would be egged on by the studio to unleash mayhem in public. During their time on the Saturday Show the characters also took part in some of the games, such as "Pot Shots" where they dressed as stereotypical Mexican bandits with velcro
Velcro
Velcro is the brand name of the first commercially marketed fabric hook-and-loop fastener, invented in 1948 by the Swiss electrical engineer George de Mestral...
patches, and tried to dodge felt balls being fired at them by Joe Mace
Joe Mace
Joe Mace is a British radio and television presenter. Former host of the programme The Album Chart Show on the UK's Channel 4 and the Dream Ticket on BBC 6 Music....
.
Spin off
In 2003, a pilot was filmed for what would eventually become Tiny and Mr Duk's Huge Show. The pilot featured a different set of guests in two halves of the show, including Reggie YatesReggie Yates
Reginald "Reggie" Yates is a British actor, television presenter and radio DJ of Ghanaian descent. He went to Central Foundation Boys' School.-Early career:...
, Joe Pasquale
Joe Pasquale
Joseph Ellis "Joe" Pasquale is an English comedian from Grays, Essex, arguably most famous for his high-pitched voice, use of visual gags and more recently being crowned "King of the Jungle", on the reality TV show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!...
, Kirsten O'Brien
Kirsten O'Brien
Kirsten O'Brien is an English television presenter and stand-up comic.She is known for presenting SMart, and presented Smile and Totally Doctor Who alongside Barney Harwood on CBBC....
and Jade Goody
Jade Goody
Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody was an English celebrity. She came into the public spotlight while appearing on the third series of the Channel 4 reality TV programme Big Brother in 2002, an appearance which led to her own television programmes and the launch of her own products after her eviction from...
.