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Little Britain Characters
Lou Todd & Andy Pipkin
Created byDavid Walliams / Matt Lucas
Portrayed byLou: David Walliams
Andy: Matt Lucas
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Louis 'Lou' Bob Todd and Andrew 'Andy' Pipkin are fictional characters from the cult BBC TV and radio show Little Britain, played by David Walliams and Matt Lucas respectively. Little Britain is a character-based comedy Sketch show first appearing on BBC radio and then television David Walliams (born David Williams, August 20, 1971) is an English Comedian and Actor, best known for his partnership Matthew Richard Lucas (born 5 March 1974) is an English Comedian and Actor. David Walliams (born David Williams, August 20, 1971) is an English Comedian and Actor, best known for his partnership Matthew Richard Lucas (born 5 March 1974) is an English Comedian and Actor. Little Britain is a character-based comedy Sketch show first appearing on BBC radio and then television David Walliams (born David Williams, August 20, 1971) is an English Comedian and Actor, best known for his partnership Matthew Richard Lucas (born 5 March 1974) is an English Comedian and Actor. Andy's catchphrases include, "Yeah I know", "I want that one" and "Don't like it", while Lou's catchphrase is "What a kerfuffle!"

Lou is kind, generous and incredibly patient and helps his seemingly boring wheelchair-bound friend Andy. A wheelchair is a wheeled Mobility device in which the user sits Moreover, his fashion sense primarily encompasses the 1980s, which is apparent from his general attire. He is typically seen wearing an awkward juxtaposition of trainers, blue tracksuit trousers, a T-shirt with slogans such as "I ran the World" or "Frankie Says RELAX - Don't do it" and a heavy, 1970s' leather jacket. An athletic shoe is a Generic name for footwear designed for Sporting and physical activities, and is different in style and build than a Dress shoe //wwwiloveshellsuitscom]A tracksuit is an article of Clothing[] consisting of two parts- Trousers and a Jacket. He speaks with a slight East London accent, with a lisp. A lisp ( OE wlisp, stammering is a Speech impediment, historically also known as sigmatism.

Andy is moody, contrary, has no respect for other sentient beings, appears to be unintelligent, has no interest in the outside world, is very fat and is just plain lazy. Furthermore, Andy could be viewed as being genuinely mentally retarded, but this could just be regarded as the manifestation of his ignorant nature, and the perceived corruption of his psyche owing to watching too much television. Mental retardation is a generalized triarchic disorder characterized by subaverage cognitive functioning and deficits in two or more adaptive behaviors with onset before the age In Psychoanalysis, the psyche (ˈsaɪki refers to the forces in an individual that influence thought, Behavior and Personality. He is also dressed mostly in scruffy clothing such as well-worn 'jogging bottoms' and a dirty vest. He speaks with a nasal, strong, slurred Liverpool accent. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary He has an unseen or unheard from brother called Declan, and previously had a woman called Maria (who died in a later episode) as a caretaker before Lou (Lou frequently mentions her).

Lou and Andy have appeared in every single Little Britain episode to date (including the Comic Relief Special). Little Britain is a character-based comedy Sketch show first appearing on BBC radio and then television They did not, however, appear in the pilot episode.

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Sketch

Lou Todd (Walliams) spends most of his free time helping his friend Andy Pipken (Lucas) and taking him to places in a wheelchair which, unknown to Lou, Andy has no need for. The sketches normally have one of two basic structures. One features Lou turning his back on Andy for a moment and Andy stepping out of his wheelchair to do something very quickly such as diving into a pool. Sometimes the sketch will end here and sometimes Andy will return to his wheelchair before Lou turns back, often Lou will be puzzled by something that has changed as a result of what Andy has been doing, such as Andy being wet, but never thinks anything of this. The other structure features Andy making an arbitrary and apparently thoughtless random decision by giving his catchphrase "I want that one", often without even a look at the item in question. Lou normally tries to persuade him to change his mind, often by reminding him of something he has said in the past (in a flowery vocabulary never used by Andy on camera), to which Andy will always reply "Yeah I know" but will remain steadfast in his decision. Lou will eventually concede to Andy's decision with a lispy "Are you sure" only to have Andy change his mind at the most inopportune moment, usually with another of catchphrases "I don't like it".

The characters of Lou and Andy are derived from a sketch on Rock Profile, which featured fictitious versions of Lou Reed and Andy Warhol. Rock Profile was a British television comedy show written by and starring comedy partnership Matt Lucas and David Walliams (both now Lewis Allan Reed (born March 2 1942 is an American rock Singer-songwriter and Guitarist. For the song by David Bowie, see Andy Warhol (song. Andrew Warhola (August 6 1928 &ndash February 22 1987 known as Andy Warhol In the second series, Andy's antisocial behaviour is somewhat amplified (previously the main joke had revolved around him choosing something and then claiming he does not want it or wanted something else) with some of his actions displaying a complete disregard for others, for instance, wiping the contents of his nose on the trousers of a passer-by, or stating that he does not like a woman he is blind-dating because "she's in a wheelchair". Lou also uses the term "kerfuffle" to refer to sticky situations or problems they might face.

In some of the sketches, Andy lives in a dilapidated council house in the fictional city of Herby - the name being derived from the car in the Disney children's film of the same name. The council house is a form of public or social housing in the United Kingdom. Herbie (born 1963 in Wolfsburg, Germany) is a fictional character an anthropomorphic Volkswagen Beetle, which is featured in several Disney The house shots are filmed at the Cranbrook Estate in Bethnal Green. Bethnal Green is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. Andy buys a snake in Magri's pets (although in the sketch, the sign has been replaced with one reading "Pets and That"), a real life pet shop and buys a birthday card from a newsagents very close to Victoria Park, which may also be where the park shots are filmed. Victoria Park (or 'Vicky' Park as locally known is a large open space that stretches out across part of the East End of London, England bordering parts of Bethnal

Series three final sketches

In the final episode of the series, broadcast on Christmas Eve 2005, the story of Lou and Andy played out over a number of sketches. Christmas Eve, December 24, is the day before Christmas Day, the celebrated birthday of Jesus. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In the story, Lou's mother has just died, so Lou has to go back to the Isle of Wight for a few days to take care of his father and sort out the funeral arrangements (to which Andy shows his usual uncaring manner while also watching Balamory), leaving Andy with a temporary carer, Mrs Mead (played by Imelda Staunton). The Isle of Wight is an English Island and county in the English Channel between three and five miles (8 km from the south coast of the Balamory is a Live action Television series on British television ( BBC One, BBC Two and CBeebies) for Preschool Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton, OBE, (born January 9 1956) is an English actress best known for her performances in the Lou reckons she will be a very nice lady but she turns out to be a rather strict and religious Irish woman who turns off his TV, makes him help clean the house, hits his legs with a candlestick holder to make sure he really is disabled (which, since he can walk, really hurts him, although he manages to keep a straight and emotionless face (albeit with a slight flicker of pain in his voice she doesn't detect) until she leaves before yelling "Ow, Oww OWWWW!" in pain), gives him some stew and fruit for dinner that he barely touches, sings religious songs loudly (which she says is a better method of entertainment than television) and prays. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world His antics do not work on her like they worked with Lou.

While out on a long walk near some cliffs, Mrs Mead begins to talk about how she is going to instill major changes in Andy's life which include Andy cooking, cleaning, looking after himself, stop watching TV, eating healthily and getting a job. In Geography and Geology, a cliff is a significant vertical or near vertical rock exposure Andy finally has enough, rises from his wheelchair, sneaks up behind her, pushes her over the cliff and returns home.

Lou finally returns with Andy running to welcome him home (Andy saying "Lou!" excitedly), however Andy quickly sits back down realising what he was about to do and then Lou begins to make Andy's dinner. Andy makes out he does not care, but is secretly delighted that Lou has returned and everything is normal again. This shows he genuinely views Lou as a friend and not just a servant or slave, or it could show that he is just delighted to get his slave back.

Andy's behaviour

Requests

Apparent Opinions

These opinions are usually voiced by Lou as if Andy had said them previously. The amusement comes when the statement is usually very profound and intellectual (which the viewer would not expect someone of Andy's intelligence to give) in an eloquent style, in contrast to his normal, ungrammatical speech. The even larger amusement comes from the fact that, the more complex and eloquent the statement, the more Andy resents Lou's "paraphrasin'" him.

Activity out of his wheelchair

Antisocial (sometimes childish) Behaviour

On-screen intelligence

The series 3 deleted scenes show Andy starting to display his intelligent side on screen:

Scenes for charity

In December 2005, Lou and Andy presented a show for Comic Relief. Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work often to relieve tension This featured Andy asking to open his Christmas presents early, so Lou let him open one. It was a 2-piece Balamory jigsaw puzzle which Andy claimed he could not do, so threw it away. He then gave Lou his Christmas present. . . a packet of cigars. Only when Lou tells Andy he doesn't smoke, Andy replies with "Yeah I know, there's none in anyway. "

Later, Andy, after watching Rachel Stevens and Rowan Atkinson in a spoof of Spiderman, claims that he wants to touch Rachel Stevens's breasts saying that, since he is in a wheelchair, it could be arranged. Rachel Lauren Stevens (born 9 April, 1978) is an British Singer, actress and occasional model. Rowan Atkinson (born 6 January 1955 is an English Comedian, actor and writer famous for his title roles in the British television comedies Blackadder

Andy later begs Lou for chocolate from the Christmas tree. Andy threatens to tell social services that Lou had beat him, so Lou relents, and gets a chocolate. Later he wants another one, so gets out of his wheelchair (while Lou is oblivious), and can't reach the last chocolate on the top of the tree. Andy cuts the top off the tree to get the chocolate. When he sits down in his wheelchair, Andy asks Lou to open it, much to the surprise of Lou.

Also, after watching a short film about poor children, Lou is very moved and sad from the film, but Andy remarks that it was boring.

As part of Red Nose Day 2007 Andy and Lou appeared alongside Brian Potter from Phoenix Nights and The Proclaimers in a special version of I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles). Red Nose Day 2007, was a fundraising event organised by Comic Relief, broadcast live on BBC One and BBC Two from the evening of March Brian Chelsea Potter, one of many Fictional characters played by Peter Kay, is the owner of The Phoenix Club in both Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights is a BAFTA -nominated British sitcom about The Phoenix Club, a Working men's club in the Northern English The Proclaimers are a Scottish band composed of identical twins Charlie and Craig Reid (born March 5, 1962) " I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles " is a song written and performed by Scottish pop band The Proclaimers. The video was later released as a fund raising single for Comic Relief. This reached the number one spot in the UK singles charts and was on Now 66. Now That's What I Call Music! 66 or Now 66 was released on April 2, 2007.

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