Product Details

• Actors: Artist Not Provided
• Format: Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: White Star
• DVD Release Date: July 15, 2003
• Run Time: 67 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000A5FBQ
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #92,483 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Priceless moments of comedy featuring some of the now legendary performers from the 1960s, including contributions from some of Britain's biggest comedy stars such as John Cleese, Benny Hill, Marty Feldman, Dudley Moore, Peter Cook, the Two Ronnies, Wilfred Brambell, Millicent Martin, Morecambe and Wise, plus groundbreaking tv programs like Frost Over England, That Was the Week That Was, and Not Only But Also.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good stuff, April 5, 2004

By	Andre M. "brnn64" (Mt. Pleasant, SC United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Not only is this a pretty good compilation of British TV comedy from the 60s, it also gives you a peek at what inspired a lot of American TV comedy in the 70s. Although they're not listed, "Steptoe and Son" and "Til Death Us Do Part," the Brit-coms that inspired "Sanford and Son" and "All in the Family" appear (the latter is unfortuantely more annoying than humoruous, although one could clearly see the roots of the Bunkers without any likeability). But we also get to see clips from "That Was The week that Was" (the inspiration for Laugh-In and the Smothers Bros. show) and the young Monty Python troupe as well as oldschool Brit comedians like Tommy Cooper and Morecombe and Wise who never hit it that big here in the States. But either way, while the thick cockney accents may require repeated viewing for some American viewers, it's still pretty good stuff for a larf or two.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Golden Years of British Comedy, March 23, 2007

By	Peter E. Nelson - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Regardless of the low price, this album is barely worth its cost. It is a collection of 2-3 minute snippets totalling little more than an hour, which is especially annoying when one realizes that the technology permits one+ hour per side. Accordingly, each snippet barely introduces the performers, when it at minimum it would have been possible to permit at least 4-5 performers to do more complete acts. And, to add to the frustration, most of the performers can not be found on other comercially-available DVDs, at least through Amazon.