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A comic and satirical pre-Python TV show made for British audiences during the mid 1960's, bringing [[Cambridge Footlights]] revue type-humour to a much broader audience. The shows represent an important stage in-between the radio cult series of [[I'm Sorry, I'll Read that Again]] and the television cult series [[Monty Python's Flying Circus]] where the conventional light entertainment format in which 'wacky' comedy scenes had seemingly to be interspersed with unchallenging popular songs was finally abandoned. The shows and component skits had no relationship to the year 1948. |
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Perhaps that year was chosen as a simple anagram of George Orwell's 1984? |
Perhaps that year was chosen as a simple anagram of George Orwell's 1984? |
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Revision as of 23:50, 17 April 2003
A comic and satirical pre-Python TV show made for British audiences during the mid 1960's, bringing Cambridge Footlights revue type-humour to a much broader audience. The shows represent an important stage in-between the radio cult series of I'm Sorry, I'll Read that Again and the television cult series Monty Python's Flying Circus where the conventional light entertainment format in which 'wacky' comedy scenes had seemingly to be interspersed with unchallenging popular songs was finally abandoned. The shows and component skits had no relationship to the year 1948.
Perhaps that year was chosen as a simple anagram of George Orwell's 1984?