Ideal, written by Graham Duff, was an odd little sitcom. It focused on Moz, a drug dealer in Manchester, played by comedian Johnny Vegas. A lifelong Fall fan, Duff got lead vocalist and legendary curmudgeon Mark E Smith to appear in a vision as an unlikely Christ like figure, muttering expletives as only be could, cigarette in gob. He was essentially playing himself here- an actor, he was not.
It’s a typically perverse and surreal scene, from the sitcom which was both gritty and bizarre. There was a sinister character called Cartoon Head, who always wore a creepy grinning mouse mask; Women found Moz irresistible, inexplicably. And Smith could turn up as this vision.. Duff and Smith also collaborated together on a screenplay, which may yet see the light of day as a film.
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