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23 October 1980 (Australia) morePlot:
A series of benefit concerts to raise money for Amnesty International. Performances include comedy skits... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Still funny all these years later more (4 total)Cast
(Credited cast)| Paul Abrahams | ... | Himself (Piano Player) | |
| Rowan Atkinson | ... | Various Roles | |
| Chris Beetles | ... | Beetles and Buckman | |
| Mike Brearley | ... | Himself | |
| Eleanor Bron | ... | Various Roles | |
| Rob Buckman | ... | Beetles and Buckman | |
| Ken Campbell | ... | Himself | |
| Suzanne Church | ... | Herself | |
| John Cleese | ... | Himself - Various Roles | |
| Billy Connolly | ... | Himself | |
| Peter Cook | ... | Various Roles | |
| Anna Ford | ... | Herself | |
| Clive James | ... | Himself | |
| Clive Jenkins | ... | Himself | |
| Sylvester McCoy | ... | Himself | |
| Michael Palin | ... | Various Roles | |
| David Rappaport | ... | Himself / Various Roles | |
| Tom Robinson | ... | Himself | |
| Marcel Steiner | ... | Himself | |
| Pete Townshend | ... | Himself | |
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Schoolmaster: All right, quiet. Ainsley. Babcock. Bland. Carthorse. Dint. Ellsworth-Beast Major. Ellsworth-Beast Minor. Fiat. German. Havenut. Haemoglobin. Jones M. Jones N. Kosygin. Loudhailer. Mattock. Nancyboy-Potter. Nibble.[laughter]
Schoolmaster: I have a detention book. Orifice. Plectrum. Poise. Sediment. Soda. Taah. Taah? Under-Manager. Wicket. Williams-Wicket. Williams-Witcherley. Witcherley-Wicket. Witcherley-Williams. And Witcherley-Williams. Wocket. Zob. Hmmm, absent. All right, your essays...
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The best bits of this show are still excellent, particularly the Cleese, Cook, Palin and Billy Connolly contributions. There is some fine music too from Pete Townshend and Tom Robinson.
Peter Cook's judge sketch is a notable highlight, although some of it may be lost on people unfamiliar with the Jeremy Thorpe trial (Thorpe was a British politician who was acquitted of murder after the judge had led the jury to an outrageous degree in his summing up. 'Now go and consider your verdict....of not guilty').
The 'Interesting Facts' sketch with Cook and Cleese is an all time classic, up there with anything by Monty Python, Harry Enfield, Marty Feldman, Saturday Night Live or anyone.
One note of caution. I bought the DVD box set and both of Billy Connolly's routines have been excluded. I have no idea why, but it is a pity as he is in top form on this show.