The laughs will go on

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders took the stuffing out of 'Titanic' this Christmas (1998) with a wickedly funny pastiche. Joanna Lumley acted as the anchor of a cheesy 'making of' show going behind the scenes of the production to see the actors and crew. The pair made a good stab at the extras in the film, neatly conveying their insignificance in the film. But the real genius was in their performances in the Winslet/DiCaprio roles. Dawn was a bohemic Jack Dawson while Jennifer was the perpetually surprised Rose DeWitt Bukater.

The two funniest scenes by far the portrait of Rose by Jack and the 'flying' sequence. They also parodied Celine Dion's singing of 'My Heart Will Go On'.