News - Harry Enfield
By POL O' MUIRI Comedian (though more correctly 'comedian') Harry Enfield is involved in a row with the Philippine government over a very tasteless sketch on his 'comedy' series in which an elderly Brit propositions a Philippine women to wiggle her backside.
By David Lister Harry Enfield is in a spot of bother with the government of the Philippines over a sketch in his Harry and Paul show. In that sketch, Harry tried to mate his pet Geordie, played by Paul Whitehouse, with a Filipina maid.
By Shan Ross A COMEDY sketch in which a man urges his neighbour to "mount" a Filipina maid has been attacked by the Philippines government and community groups in Britain.
The eighties advert has been remade with television presenters Kelly Brook and Carol Vorderman and comedian Harry Enfield.The original brainy scientists and their over-developed foreheads featured in a series of ads for the cookware and electrics giant between 1985 and 1989.The new version has Enfield and Brook playing the scientists, with Vorderman applying for a position with the company.However, former Countdown presenter Vorderman who in real life is a member of Mensa and has a degree in engineering finds she does not have the brains required to do the job.Enfield and Brook had their giant foreheads fitted in sittings that lasted five-and- half hours by the same prosthetics company responsible for the original ad.The ad will screen early next year.
THE "Tefal boffins" famous for their large heads are to return to UK screens with a new cast of well-known faces. The 1980s advert has been remade starring television presenters Kelly Brook and Carol Vorderman and comedian Harry Enfield.
