Stare-out
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Stare-Out is a series of animated sketches written by Paul Hatcher and animated by Chris Shepherd, that first appeared in the first series of the BBC Sketch show Big Train. It is a satire of televised sporting events coverage (and over-excited commentators), inspired by events such as the World Chess Championship and the football World Cup. The sketches are set during the World Stare-Out Championship Finals, a staring match which is a global event and watched all over the world.
After the success of the Stare-Outs, Hatcher created two follow-up books, The World Stare-out Championship Final and Chang Jin-Ming's Guide to Refereeing Stare-out under the name of Chang Jin-Ming.
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[edit] Big Train Sketches
The television sketches concerned the 43rd World Stare-Out Championship Finals. All of the events were commentated by John, and David Joyce, voiced by real life commentator Barry Davies and impressionist Phil Cornwell. Each episode followed a different match, the last one being the grand final between the Italian Alessandro Kampagnola and the previous champion, the Polish Sigmund “Siggy” Spatsky.
Often the stories told by the commentators echoed those of real sporting events, such as performance-enhancing drugs, streakers, and even a tale about the trophy based on the theft of the World Cup in 1966.
[edit] Famous People in the World of Stare-Out
[edit] Professionals
- Roman Solowka – Ukraine
- Yuri Uzliam – Russia
- Edward “Ted the Head” Stead – USA
- Sid “The Grasshopper” Hartha – Hungary
- Benny Kiang – Germany
- Leonard Hulz – Chesterfield, England
- Anan Nanak - India
- John Duran – England
- Samuel Wallace – USA
- Pipi Popstopolous – Greece
- Alessandro Kampagnola – Italy
- Sigmund “Siggy” Spatsky - Poland
[edit] Amateurs
[edit] Former Champions
- Alan Gambles
- Todot Strottengeimer
- Bing Sharples
- Giggles “The Tall Man” Clifton
- Sigmund “Siggy” Spatsky - Poland
[edit] Umpires
- Ken Todd
- Brain Featherhead
- Jacob Mycroberg
- John Warren
- Chang Jin-Ming
