From the BBC:
Lenny Henry has been honoured by top TV critics for his small screen role in Premier Inn's classic British commercial 'A Great Night's Sleep Guaranteed'.
The comedian, a relative newcomer to voiceovers/cameo appearances, picked up the best 'reader of doggerel' prize at the Critics' Circle TV Awards for his "titanic performance" as anti-hero Bald Bloke With A Beard.
Henry told the BBC the filming had been "a massive emotional journey".
He said: "The day was like a therapy session, but with lots of laughter. And a nice cheque from my agent."
The slot won a Pulitzer Prize in 2012 and is considered one of the great budget hotel advertisements of the 21st Century.
The character of Bald Guy With A Beard, who sits on a bed in a T-shirt, has been played by actors as diverse as John Travolta, Sean Connery and Ben Kinglsey.
"If I'd thought about that going in I wouldn't have left the house," joked Henry.
Like most of his jokes, nobody found it in the slightest bit funny, but his inane mugging clearly indicated that he thought it was.
A grim document
15 hours ago
6 comments:
That's funnier than a Lenny Henry comedy.
He peaked in Tiswas, probably the best ever Saturday morning show. Remember Spit the dog?
proglodyte,
I think you may have nailed it. He was fine in Tiswas and Three of a Kind where he was part of a group and was basically a performer. Then he got control, and just isn't a good writer/producer.
He rode in with the alternative comedy, and to put it frankly, because he was the token black guy amongst a group of white, upper-middle class students, many of whom produced a few successes early on and then decades of turgid crap.
Prg: Yeh, Spit woz greyat!
TS, thanks, but that's not saying much!
I thought he was good in "Chef".
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