Asylum
Asylum is. Place at a mental asylum, it ran for a single series of six episodes. To some extent, it turned out unlike conventional sitcoms or comedy television shows a chance by comedians for routines, mixed with an overall narrative involving humour. It is significant for involving a significant number of comedians, those who've gone onto work on some of the comedy programmes of the previous ten years. It marked the first collaboration of Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, who'd move onto make cult sitcom Spaced. A number of the characters names were.
David Devant & His Spirit Wife would be the"house band" for the series, performing sections from every episode, by their very first record, Work, Lovelife, Miscellaneous. The lead-in track"Ginger" served since the programme's name.
The show has not yet been released on DVD. Nevertheless, the episodes are all viewable on the internet site of Norman Lovett.
Released: 1996-01-22
Genre:
Comedy