Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Television: 814 Films to Buy & Rent
John Cleese on How to Irritate People (1968)
- Feat. John Cleese, Connie Booth, Graham Chapman…
- An instructional comedy of the types and techniques of irritation by Monty Python alumni and other popular Brit comedians of the late '60s.…
Marty Feldman, Best Of (1968-1969)
- Feat. Marty Feldman, Tim Brooke-Taylor
- Compilation culled from the goggle–eyed comic's 1960s British sketch show, in which his zany qualities were shaped by the pens of the Monty…
Morecambe and Wise (TV Series) (1968)
- Feat. Morecambe and Wise
- Salvaged footage from Britian’s beloved comedic duo in variety show mode, peddling sketches, musical numbers and other television hi–jinks…
Nearest and Dearest (TV Series) (1968-1973)
- Dir. June Howson
Feat. Hylda Baker, Jimmy Jewel
- Likeable Brit comedy series centred on a middle–age brother and sister who inherit their father's derelict pickle factory and must contend with…
Please Sir! (TV Series) (1968-1972)
- Feat. John Alderton
- A window into the British education system of old, this award–winning comedy series sees John Alderton (Upstairs Downstairs) as an optimistic…
At Last the 1948 Show (1967)
- Feat. John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Tim Brooke-Taylor…
- Surrealistic sketch show that along with DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET, paved the way for the Monty Python revolution. Presenting a similar blend of media…
Flying Nun, The (TV Series) (1967-1970)
- Feat. Sally Field, Marge Redmond, Madeleine Sherwood…
- Wholesome, if rather off–kilter, family sitcom in which the young Sally Field plays a novice nun, whose starched headgear somehow enables her…
Golden Years of TV Comedy Vol. 1 (The Likely Lads, Frankie Howerd, Steptoe and Son) (1966)
- Dir. Various
- Three sample episodes from three classic BBC comedies from 1966.
Steptoe and Son (TV Series) (1966)
- Feat. Harry H. Corbett, Wilfred Brambell
- The classic 60s comedy show featuring the bickering father and son team, who run a faltering rag and bone business.
That Girl (TV Series) (1966)
- Feat. Marlo Thomas, Ted Bessell
- A forerunner to MARY TYLE MOORE, this classic sixties sitcom stars the perky Marlo Thomas as a struggling actress in New York City, and the comical…