Mammoth
Taal: NL
Categorie: documentaire
Mammoth is a brand new comedy show about the life of PE teacher Tony Mammoth. Mammoth is a man literally out of time. In 1979 he was a happy-go-lucky PE teacher, leading a school skiing trip to the French Alps. Life was good. Right up until an avalanche decided to ruin his day by sweeping him away, to what was surely his certain death. A certain death which would break the hearts of all the kids that he taught, almost all of his colleagues, several mothers, and devastate his best friend, and wingman, Roger Buck. Except, of course, Mammoth didn't die. He was miraculously found and brought back to life, 42 years later. A perfectly preserved man in his Forties. Just one born 86 years ago. For a time he was a global phenomenon. The world was his oyster. But Mammoth has never really liked oysters; he's more of a pub lunch and a pint sort of bloke. But he was given the one thing that everyone at some point wishes they were given - a second chance at life. An opportunity to right wrongs. But the simple fact is that Mammoth was pretty sure that he absolutely nailed life the first time around, so all he really wanted was his old life back. The same job. The same car. The same friends. Okay, it was bound to feel a little strange at first, but Mammoth had always believed in just getting on with things. And anyway, things couldn't have changed THAT much since 1979… We are living in unusual times. It feels strange. People need Mammoth to put a suntanned arm around them, make them a Pina Colada, and above all, make them laugh. This show is all about joy, friendship and hope. It's often a throwback to a simpler time, but with a real appreciation that there is so much that is right about right now. There have only ever been two types of people, as far as Mammoth is concerned - good people and dicks. Of course there is plenty about life now that Mammoth doesn't understand, but that doesn't scare him. He is often nostalgic for the old times, especially when it comes to clothes, cars, music and Evel Knievel, but he realises that in lots of other areas things have changed, and are continuing to change, for the better. So Mammoth the show takes the best of the past and the best of now, and Mammoth the man finds the humour in all of it. It is a comedy show for our times; warm, uplifting, positive, and above all, funny. In short, Mammoth is just the tonic (with a large gin, ice and a slice of lemon) that the country needs.