Caporegime
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"Brilliant" Kid is a fictional character played by Paul Whitehouse in the BBC comedy sketch show The Fast Show, which ran from 1994 to 2000, and in a television advertising campaign for milk.[1] He is said to be a parody of British children's television presenters, who go around in the same manner stating various things in a similar manner.
He is a northern lad who wears an attire of street clothes including: a wooly hat, and a raincoat of some description. He talks in a rapid, stream of consciousness monologue. He believes that everything is brilliant: no matter what it is - holes (which he falls down thereafter), Ronnie Corbett, sex, old women, holidays, pets, virtual reality, the pavement beneath his feet, wars, mums (If all mums looked the same - then you wouldn't know which house to go to for your tea) and various other subjects. Some are random, others seem to arrive through free association.
He walks (or runs) through a variety of different locations: sometimes in night vision, through what appears to be a desert, up escalator, hills, corn fields, suburban streets, medieval Britain, past a load of German N.C.O's and even on a children's playground slide; the randomness of these locations has made the character very popular - due to the thrill of wondering what he's going to talk about (and where he's going to be) next.
Feeling a little melancholy today and wondered when we lose this sense of everything being incredibly great. I remember going to school - a long time ago now, lol - and the day would be magical if the sky was a certain colour of blue or if the clouds looked funny or if it was cold or warm or ... anything really.
You know Ronnie Corbett? He's brilliant! But he's not really small. They made him look small to fit on telly. They did it with trick photography, which is brilliant. Only they call it special effects, and they're brilliant. Like in Terminator 2. Have you seen it? It's about this bloke who can turn into a puddle and back again. Fantastic! Aren't sequels brilliant? They're the same film but with a different number, like two or three. Even bad films are great, 'cause at least they try. In the future, all films will be brilliant. In fact, everything will be brilliant in the future, with cars on monorails, brilliant silvery costumes, food in pills and probably some special futurey can-opener. Fantastic! And everything will be done by computers. Aren't computers brilliant? They can do anything! Except play football. They'd be no good in goal, but they do everything else, virtually. I'n't virtual reality brilliant? It's exactly like reality, only you wear a hat! I tried it with me brother's crash helmet and I fell down the stairs. Aren't hospitals brilliant?
Lol
