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  • Romeo and Juliette (1977 Television)

    Series
    Custard Pie

    Sitcom created by Perry Rosemond. The exploits of a comedy troupe sharing a house together. In this episode the group discovers the value of Shakespeare: they’re offered parts in Romeo and Juliet by the...

  • Bard and the Bod (1977 Television)

    Series
    Eight is Enough
    Director
    Irving J. Moore

    US domestic comedy drama series. In this episode David tries to help his dad out by setting him up to buy an engagement ring for Abby from a friend at work, with predictable results. Meanwhile, Joanie...

  • Housewife, Superstar! (1976 Audio)

    A sound recording of Barry Humphries’ (as Dame Edna Everage) 1976 one-man stage show Housewife, Superstar! at the Globe Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London. Includes dialogue in which Dame Edna satirises...

  • Robbins (1976 Television)

    Director
    Tom Poole
    Producer
    Trish Kinane

    Television comedy sketch/standup show; a one-off special later developed into KATE AND TED’S SHOW. In one sketch, a satire on experimental concepts in the theatre, the Trampoline Theatre Company, recite...

  • This Side Up [26/12/1976] (1976 Television)

    Series
    This Side Up
    Director
    Guy Hempel
    Producer
    Guy Hempel

    Children’s magazine series broadcast regionally in Indianapolis. Includes a sketch in which ventriloquist Dave Garrison portrays William Shakespeare with his dummy Dudley.

  • Bentine (1975 Television)

    Director
    Leon Thau
    Producer
    David Clark (3)

    Comedy sketch show and a one-off special. Sketches include: a hole in one from an invisible Irish golfer, a version of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and a visit to the operations room of the Royal Army Medical...

  • Hamlet, Or, The Bogus Psychiatrists (1974 Television)

    Series
    Monty Python’s Flying Circus
    Director
    Ian MacNaughton

    British television comedy series. This episode includes a c5 minute sketch in which a large American car skids around a corner and stops at the side of the curb in a smart Harley Street-like location. Terry...

  • Star is Bored, A (1974 Television)

    Series
    Happy Days
    Director
    Jerry Paris

    American sitcom set in Milwaukee in the mid-fifties concerning the lives of the Cunningham family. In this episode Richie, Potsie, and Ralph need new uniforms for their baseball team and want to get a big...

  • Basil Brush Show, The [03/02/1973] (1973 Television)

    Series
    Basil Brush Show, The
    Producer
    Robin Nash

    Children’s show starring the glove puppet fox, Basil Brush. The episode includes a comedy sketch based on the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet, and Derek, Basil and Stuart Sherwin (traffic warden in the...

  • Lamont As Othello (1973 Television)

    Series
    Sanford and son
    Director
    Peter Baldwin (2)
    Producer
    Norman Lear; Bud Yorkin

    Us sitcom set in the Watts district of Los Angeles, following the life of Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx), a 65-year-old African-American junk dealer who shares his business with his 34-year-old son Lamont (Desmond...