Chat Ed : Mark and Dean are now with us :)
Mark Dolan : Hello. It's great to be online. I'm still wearing a suit.
Tai : Hi!
Mark Dolan : ...and I am still looking to fill the post.
ip : Morning.
Dean Nabarro : Hi, also good to be online. He is genuinely wearing a suit by the way.
ip : Don't you worry that this type of humour's shelf life, in that as soon as your face becomes known people stop falling for the tricks?
Dean Nabarro : Yes, ip you're right. If we were to do a another series we do it all in one go so that no one knows who he is.
Mark Dolan : I've worked hard over the year's to keep my face a secret, there is no reason why this should change.
Dean Nabarro : Thanks for your concern ip.
Swine : Did you have any reactions that you had to cut out from the final show?
Dean Nabarro : Yes we did. We recorded quite a lot of interviews because we felt that we can only show them if they were happy to show them after we had explained what had happened. As it turned out, everyone except one person said yes. Shame on you for not allowing us to show it.
Synnic : How many people realised you were taking the piss? :)
Mark Dolan : No one. We weren't rumbled at all which amazes me. In fact several people when they found out, were disappointed - they actually wanted to work for this guy.
Dean Nabarro : Having said that, some were relieved.
wisey : Yo Dean and Mark. Great Show... had me in stitches. Are there more to come, or was it a one off special? We want more!!
StingRayBoy : Brilliant Show
Dean Nabarro : We're hoping to get a series from it, so wisey keep writing to Channel 4!
Mark Dolan : I must reiterate that I have retired!
Dean Nabarro : Wisey, keep writing! So that Channel 4 pay him lots and lots of money
Mark Dolan : Wisey, OK
Dean Nabarro : Thanks Mark!
cund : i REALLY REALLY REALLY WISH YOU'D 'ATTACK' LAWYERS
Mark Dolan : We would love to. Lawyers, doctors... there are an awful lot of sitting targets out there that are waiting to be abused by sitting Britain.
Dean Nabarro : Lawyers would be a lot more difficult, but given enough time, we'll get them.
John from South Wale : Did you deliberately choose estate agents 'coz they deserve everything they get?
Mark Dolan : Yes! We think that any profession that involves doing so little for so much money is easy game Everybody hates estate agents including estate agents.
Dean Nabarro : On a one - off opportunity we thought that estate agents were a good start as most people have experienced them.
Mark Dolan : But we didn't want to have a go at softer targets like traffic wardens because I was recently acquitted of a traffic fine. I now see them in a different light.
Dean Nabarro : I wanted to have a go at traffic wardens and I have not recently been acquitted of a traffic fine and I still see them in the same light. John from South Wales.... if we were to do more of these shows who would you like to see us target? Or anyone?
drew : builders
cund : lawyers
Synnic : telesales!!
Mark Dolan : Yeah we'll take builders and journalists. I think we should do telesales.
Dean Nabarro : I don't
Mark Dolan : I do.
Dean Nabarro : I don't.
Dean Nabarro : I don't want to talk about it
Mark Dolan : Dean you've changed.
Dean Nabarro : Mark, I know.
wisey : people who walk slowly to football matches
Mark Dolan : Such as me, wisey, I'm a Spurs fan.
Dean Nabarro : I have no idea what wisey's talking about!
Mark Dolan : Walking slowly in big crowds.
Dean Nabarro : Next!
Paul : Did Julia Carling know you were taking the piss?
Dean Nabarro : Yes she did. She was lovely and very much aware of what was going on.
Mark Dolan : She knew we were having a laugh and was a very nice lady. She mentioned Will Carling and I felt like I had to change the subject.
Dean Nabarro : Moving on!
Benedict Arnold : Who would you rather be, Ali G or George Wendt?
Mark Dolan : Well, someway in between is the obvious answer and also the right one. I suppose it is a mixture of comedy and acting that we're doing here. My heroes are...
Dean Nabarro snores
Mark Dolan : Peter Sellers. Nothing compares to him. What's this pre-occupation with George Wendt, what about the guy that played Cliff, no one ever remembers his name. I've not been able to look at a US Postal Worker in the same way since.
John from South Wale : Will you do more Taylor, or do you have other characters?
Mark Dolan : Characters I play are always a disguised version of me. I don't have a genius for voices like Sacha Baron Cohen.
Dean Nabarro : And again keep writing to Channel 4 and there will be more Richard Taylor, maybe.
tim : is the secret of comedy not cracking up when your victims do sumthing completely stupid?
Mark Dolan : Yes, it was really hard not to laugh a lot of the time. Understanding that the bits you want to laugh hard at are the ones you have to try and stop enjoying to get through it. The funniest thing about the show for me is the things they say and how they react when they are under pressure for which there is no way of preparing. We have a stock of things to ask... but once we're out there there is a lot of impro because you are dealing with a live scary human being.
dave : why didn't you push it to the limit towards the end of the interviews?
Mark Dolan : It's like getting into a bank vault for the first time. You come out with bag loads of cash and think, we should have got a bigger lorry. Plus, we don't really want to carry the torch of victim TV, we strongly feel that has been done and therefore calling people bastards to their face, whilst always being very funny, is somehow an old gag.
Paul : Were you scared of that tall East European guy at any point?
Dean Nabarro giggles
Mark Dolan : Actually I believe that we came close to making love.
Dean Nabarro giggles more
TheGeneral : Have you thought about doing regional versions of the show ? I really am interested to see how the reactions would differ in the north.
Dean Nabarro : Yes, we would very much like to do regional versions. I'm always interested to see how it would be in the north, also a bit scared, is it OK to say that....? Mark..?
Mark Dolan : It is OK to say that, I've been and it is slightly scary.
Synnic : Will you ever try to do a girlie character, and see who cottons on?
Mark Dolan : Do you mean a Tootsie style thing> I am very slim. It's possible.
Dean Nabarro : I don't know what he means!
Mark Dolan : Jane Taylor Associates..?
Dean Nabarro : I think he's tired now... are we near the end?
Mark Dolan laughs
Chat Ed : Our half hour with Mark and Dean is nearly up, so last two questions now, thanks....
SuziCreamCheese : are you unfortunate to own that hair or was it a specially crafted wig?
Dean Nabarro laughs
Mark Dolan : It's like Elton John's. No it's my own. My hairdresser is called Adrian and he works on Baker Street.
Dean Nabarro laughs
Dean Nabarro : Does SuziCreamCheese not like his hair. Personally I think she's right, it's a ludicrous cut.
DF : Dean, what tips would you give to an aspiring producer of comedy shows?
Dean Nabarro : DF... find yourself someone like Mark and attach yourself to him.
Mark Dolan : Advice for any want-to-be TV comedian, avoid anyone like Dean Nabarro.
tim : bye bye
Tai : Thanks
Mark Dolan : Thank you so much for watching and hopefully see you soon.
Dean Nabarro leaves the room
Mark Dolan leaves the room
