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Garth Marenghi's DARKPLACE - bones weep tedium - 08-17-2007
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Fans of FPW style horror will certainly find something to chuckle at in this cult British Comedy programme.
"I'm one of the few people you'll ever meet who's written more books than they've read. . . " Garth Marenghi is a pompous, egotistical and arrogant schlock horror writer who made an awful sci-fi/horror programme in the '80s that was so bad it was canned before transmission (though it did do well in Peru!)
Now, though, Channel4 is desperate to fill the schedule so asks Garth to present it now. We are treated to the original awful programme, mixed in with contempory interviews with surving cast members (at least the ones who havent pissed Garth off in the intervening years!)
One of my favourites!
I love to think of FPW as being like Garth Marenghi!
Garth Marenghi's DARKPLACE - bones weep tedium - 08-17-2007
From the wikipedia article on Garth Marenghi himself:
"Garth Marenghi is a fictional horror author created by English comedians Matthew Holness and Richard Ayoade, and played by Holness. The character has to date appeared in two successful stage shows, the Perrier Award-nominated Garth Marenghi's Fright Knight and Perrier Award-winning Garth Marenghi's Netherhead, and a TV series for Channel 4 Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.
The character of Garth Marenghi (an anagram of 'Argh Nightmare') is self-important and displays not only a general ignorance of many subjects of which he claims knowledge (one boast made in both the stage shows and the TV series is that he has written more books than he's read), but also various other unpleasant traits including sexism and xenophobia. He is also utterly convinced of his own genius, not only as a writer but as an actor. Garth Marenghi's Darkplace is based on the premise that Marenghi not only created and wrote the series, but also plays the central character, Dr. Rick Dagless, M.D. His wooden acting - and that of his co-stars - is one of the main running jokes in the series, alongside absurd plots and deliberately poor special effects.
Garth Marenghi bears some noticeable similarities to James Herbert and Shaun Hutson, notably in his dress sense and glasses. However, he most closely resembles the appearance and style of Stephen King in the 1980s.[1]
The titles of his books have a striking resemblance to the works of Guy N. Smith, particularly the numerous references to Crabs.
Marenghi also stars in the first episode of Dean Learner's new series, Man to Man with Dean Learner, where he reveals that he lost an ear in an ambulance crash, has written a total of 436 books (all on offer, moulded into one extra long book named "The Oeuvre"), and has filmed a new movie, War of the Wasps (based on Marenghi's hatred of the Dutch), featuring most of the cast of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace."
Garth Marenghi's DARKPLACE - GeraldRice - 08-17-2007
I think I saw this on the Sci-Fi Channel. One episode was about a guy who laid an egg or something like that and then one of the scientists took the monster-baby on the lam.
It was very late and I think I might have been a little tipsy at the time.
Garth Marenghi's DARKPLACE - Dr. Trilobite - 08-28-2007
What a great show.
Garth Marenghi's DARKPLACE - bones weep tedium - 09-07-2007
Has anybody watched any of this series yet? Anybody else think of FPW when you watch it?
Garth Marenghi's DARKPLACE - bones weep tedium - 09-07-2007
Here's a link to a typically Lovecraftian episode The Creeping Moss From The Shores Of Shuggoth.