At Last The 1948 Show
1 9 6 7 - 1 9 6 8 (UK)
13 x 30 minute episodes
This non-stop comedy sketch series from Rediffusion had David
Frost as Executive Producer and starred John Cleese, Graham
Chapman, Tim Brooke-Taylor and the Marty Feldman. The non-network
program was shown in the ITV London area and in some ITV regions.
The comedy was very Python-esque (although pre-dated Monty
Pythons Flying Circus by two years), with the highly visual
gags linked by the lovely baby-voiced blonde Aimi MacDonald.
Aimi would directly address the audience, usually in the form
of self-aggrandising commercials to send in money to the 'Make the
lovely Aimi Macdonald a rich lady fund'.
This show and Do Not Adjust Your Set in many ways laid
the groundwork for the eventual Python series. The four
principals also shared writing duties and the series was directed
by Ian Fordyce.
The title of At Last the 1948 Show apparently came from a
throwaway remark by John Cleese about the time that it took
program controllers to green-light a show.
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