John
Lydon:
South Park : Behind the Menu (aka Canned Ham)
Comedy Central, USA, 1998
Running Time: 22 mins (approx)
review by Scott
M, May 1999 (First published F&F 9) As mentioned in F&F8 John
narrates this spoof documentary on the making of the now legendary Chef
Aid tribute! The show was first broadcast late last year in the US, and
was shown by Sky in January, followed by a screening on Channel 4 in early
May. In case you don't watch South Park I suppose I better explain
the plot... Chef has been fined $2 Million by a court for "harassing
the music business" after he tried and failed to sue Capitalist Records
for stealing one of his legendary recordings, 'Stinky Britches'
you must know it? Anyway, Chef has 24 hours to pay and the kids arrange
a benefit gig for him to raise cash, and this doc is a look behind the
scenes on how it was made...
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/ F&F Publishing
To be honest John's hardly in it. You don't see him at all,
and all he really does is link the various interviews with the likes of
Flea, Elton John, Meatloaf, Ozzy, Joe Strummer etc together. It's
obvious it's all scripted, but there's some good vocalising
from John, "Rrrrancid, Prrrrimus" etc, and he really does do
his best to sound bored when saying Elton John. I have to say I was surprised
John got such a high profile show as South Park, if anything I would have
expected him to turn up as a character, Johnny Rotten is pure South Park
don't you think? ("Oh my god, they've killed Sidney").
If you're a South Park fan you'll love this, if not, it's
one for the hardcore collectors only. It shouldn't be long before
it's out on video too...
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