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Apr 8, 2020 · Coogan is at home in Essex, behind him a monitor displaying footage from a series of security cameras, a fact that Brydon does not leave unmentioned. Brydon is late to our chat; Coogan has...
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May 21, 2020 · In advance of the U.S. debut of “The Trip to Greece” on May 22, Coogan and Brydon spoke with Variety about why they’ve decided to give their passports a break and end the series, and how ...
- What Is The Trip About?
- First and Foremost — The Trip Is Hilarious
- An Intellectual and Delicate Subplot For Each Trip
- A Unique Tone in A Changing Comedic Landscape
The Trip is a sitcom that follows Coogan and Brydon on restaurant tour through northern England. It was followed by three further series, The Trip to Italy, The Trip to Spain, and The Trip to Greece. All the series were edited from roughly three hours into approximately 90-minute feature films. On the surface it works as a travelogue and comedic ro...
Before delving into any other notion on why Winterbottom’s franchise is so great, it must be stated that The Trip, besides being intellectually stimulating and a culinary delight, is just very funny. Even the seemingly reflective and possibly sad moments are followed by a satirical or comical remark from its protagonists. The most famous jokes of t...
The protagonists’ shared obsession with aging, mortality, women, and history is brought up in all of their conversations. On their travels, the grandeur of mythical life is set against their denial/acceptance of growing old and their family life. It's precisely this interest in history and old literary works that is threaded as a meta narrative par...
The world of comedy these daysis at a crossroads. Veterans of the industry constantly rage against a changing world and a new generation of comedians with a very different mindset and approach seem to be the dominant narrative when talking about comedy. In the midst of this, Brydon and Coogan exist in a world of their own, millions of miles away fr...
Sep 15, 2017 · Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon talk to GQ about their third series of The Trip, why they’re not a double act and what it takes to be funny. By Paul Henderson. 15 September 2017.
His 9 Songs, a freewheeling, sexually explicit account of a couple’s affair over the course of a year, felt like a fitfully inspired sketch rather than a finished movie, and the same could be ...
The Trip is a British television sitcom and feature film directed by Michael Winterbottom, starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as fictionalised versions of themselves on a restaurant tour of northern England. The series was edited into feature film format and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2010.
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May 21, 2020 · In advance of the U.S. debut of “The Trip to Greece” on May 22, Coogan and Brydon spoke with Variety about why they’ve decided to give their passports a break and end the series, and how...
