Ron Manager bang out of order

The Fast Show legend Ron Manager is bang out of order on the latest episode of the comedy show being screened online only at Fosters’ website.
In the episode, Ron is shown off-camera preparing for the interviews to come. Poor Ron finds himself drawn into a deeply sexist conversation with his two co-hosts but is woefully out of his depth.
The sketch of course mirrors some of the real life events that happened to Andy Gray and Richard Keys early last year when they were sacked from Sky Sports after sparking outrage with their off-air (or so they thought)derogatory jokes about women. The pair famously questioned whether a female linesman knew the offside rule.
Ron and his colleagues go a lot further, directly propositioning one of the young make up girls; the sketch then descends into a Benny Hill style saucy chase finish, but not before we get a few more details about Clive’s affair with one of the station’s new weather girls.
This all befuddles Ron Manager a little – “the five Fs find ‘em, forget ‘em, pheromones isn’t it – totally smashed!”
Only Ron knows what he’s on about which is what makes the show’s funny videos as funny as they are of course.
Fans of the show from the 90s certainly won’t be disappointed by the Fast Show 2011 versions. But they’re only online as things stand after the shows main creators Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson were so impressed by the numbers of people searching for their old stuff on YouTube.
What the pair have so wisely done is not to interfere with all the old characters us die-hard fans knew and loved so much; hence Ron Manager, Arthur Atkinson, Ted & Ralph, Swiss Toni and so many others.
Whether Ron’s sexist comments ill have been leaked to to wider public remains to be seen. It would be a tragedy to see him sacked from the show – watch this space!