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Blonds of a Certain Age
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A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.
The setup
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The premise
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Harry Enfield's cynical shop owner has opened a new boutique named Blonds of a Certain Age, and when a well-off regular drops by he cheerfully tells her it exists to sell frilly, useless goods to rich women who simply cannot stop shopping. She coos over cushions he admits are a pointless size, then falls for a wall piece billed as a Banksy, which he concedes was probably knocked up by a stoner acquaintance. Undeterred, she agrees to the eye-watering price as an investment and pays with her husband's card.
The funny people
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Basically all very well-off women who have everything they could possibly need or want but can't stop buying shit.
They really fill a non-existent gap in the market.
I mean, nobody really knows who Banksy is, do they?
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
This was one of several new shops the I Saw You Coming salesman opened in the second series, alongside Modern Wank and Le Grocer, after his series 1 Notting Hill antiques shop.
Script
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- 00:03
Shopkeeper
Got to go. Call you back.
- 00:05
Customer ?
Hi, Marcus.
- 00:06
Shopkeeper ?
Hi, Mangela.
- 00:09
Customer ?
How are you?
- 00:10
Shopkeeper ?
Really good. How are you?
- 00:12
Customer ?
Really... Fabio. How are you?
- 00:15
Shopkeeper ?
Top notch.
- 00:19
Customer
Adore the new shop.
- 00:20
Shopkeeper
Thanks.
- 00:21
Customer
Why did you call it Blondes of a Certain Age?
- 00:23
Shopkeeper
Well, because my customers are blondes of a certain age. Basically all very well-off women who have everything they could possibly need or want but can't stop buying shit.
- 00:33
Customer
What do you recommend?
- 00:35
Shopkeeper
Well, pretty much all of this flowery shit. Here are some stupid cushions.
- 00:40
Customer
Oh, I like them.
- 00:42
Shopkeeper ?
Yeah. Too big to really go on a sofa, but too small to be an alternative to beanie bags on the floor.
- 00:48
Shopkeeper
They're a completely pointless size. They really fill a non-existent gap in the market. Then there are these funky wall statements.
- 00:56
Customer
Oh, my God, Banksy. I adore Banksy.
- 01:02
Shopkeeper
Yeah, I thought you probably would.
- 01:04
Customer
Did he actually do this?
- 01:07
Shopkeeper
Probably. I mean, nobody really knows who Banksy is, do they? So he probably is the dope head called Hugo who knocked these up for me.
- 01:18
Customer
I'll take Banksy.
- 01:19
Shopkeeper
It's £6,000.
- 01:21
Customer
Oh, my God, it'll probably be worth 12 in a year.
- 01:24
Shopkeeper
I wouldn't Banksy-er on it. you just put your husband's pin number in for me six two seven five
The rabbit hole continues
One more couldn’t hurt.
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