Features a compilation of comedy moments from the forties, fifties and sixties. Features such comedy greats as Tommy Trinder, George Formby, Terry Thomas, Arthur Askey, Sid James,... more
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Golden Years Of British Comedy - 40s/50s/60s (Box Set)
Main specs
Actor(s): Sid James, Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe, Norman Wisdom, Tommy Trinder, George Formby, Terry-Thomas, Arthur Askey, Spike Milligan
Genre: Comedy
Classification: Parental Guidance
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK; UNIVERSAL MUSIC OPERATIONS
Release date: 09/04/2007
No of Discs: 3
Catalogue No: 8248590
Barcode: 5050582485905
Languages
Main Language: English
DVD Description
Features a compilation of comedy moments from the forties, fifties and sixties. Features such comedy greats as Tommy Trinder, George Formby, Terry Thomas, Arthur Askey, Sid James, Spike Milligan, Eric Morecambe, Tommy Cooper, Norman Wisdom and many more.
Advantages: Loads of Nostalgia, brilliant songs Disadvantages: Lousy make up artists
...and remember what it was like in the 40s, 50s, 60s followed by a huge leap to the 80s. We get to enjoy the music of the 40s with the big band sound, followed by the classic comedy sitcoms of the 50's such as "I Love Lucy" then the more contemporary songs of the 60s, such as the Beatles "In My Life". It is no surprise that with all of this that the film is very sentimental but it also deals with the cruel reality of war that destroys peoples lives. Rydell has also capitalized on the singing talents of Midler, which make this film very special. Personally I had never appreciated how talented Midler was until I saw her in this film. With 5 decades to cover, Rydell has used the different backdrops to each era to help tell the story with the darkness of WW II, the Glitz of the Hollywood showbiz years and the political ness of Vietnam. Not surprisingly...
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Advantages: Very Funny, Good production values Disadvantages: Not enough on them made
...After the Python had finished with the TV series and before Palin became a 'round the world' traveller he and longtime co-writer Terry Jones made a short-run series for the BBC called 'Ripping Yarns', which over the year has been overlooked by many but is in fact one of the funniest post-Python projects any of the Pythons have done.
It's based on an idea given to them by Terry Jones's brother who pointed out the funny potential of the old Boy's Own Annuals. The premise of the show was to lampoon these 'Boy's Own' type tales of courage and stiff upper lip typical of many schoolboy annual adventure stories of the 20', 30's and 40's. They are a slightly more comedic TV equivalent of the 'Flashman' stories.
One thing that you notice straight away is the high production values of the series. It is shot on film with a lot of outdoor rather...
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