# Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish revisit 30 years of sketches and pranks

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/adam-and-joe-on-spoofing-christopher-no-laughs-with-a-toys-odyssey-and-patrick-stewarts-haunted-house/
- Published: 2026-11-12T14:17:15+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T14:47:23+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/nov/12/adam-buxton-joe-cornish-odyssey-patrick-stewart-tv-cult
- Topics: Culture, Entertainment, Horror, Paranormal, TV, Weird & Viral

## Key points

- Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish reunited for a 30th-anniversary stage show.
- A new toy parody takes aim at Christopher Nolan’s *The Odyssey*.
- The duo recalled encounters with Spielberg, Patrick Stewart and Louis Theroux.

## Summary

Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish reunited at the Royal Albert Hall for a three-hour show marking 30 years since their cult TV series began. They revisited its sketches, pranks and homemade parodies, recalling how its fast-moving mix of pop-culture jokes anticipated the short-form online comedy that later became widespread.

Buxton showed a preview of a toy-based spoof of Christopher Nolan’s *The Odyssey*, while Cornish recalled Steven Spielberg briefly laughing at one of their parodies before the joke ran out. He also told of Patrick Stewart saying his house was heavily haunted, and the pair discussed how Louis Theroux influenced their early work. Their Channel 4 show was once considered for titles including *Stüffe* and *Nocturnal Emission*.

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