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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781598370089
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 1598370081
Label: Tango Entertainment
Manufacturer: Tango Entertainment
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Tango Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 26, 2005
Running Time: 172 minutes
Sales Rank: 11409
Studio: Tango Entertainment
Editorial Review:
Description:
Just two series were made before it became no more and it became a revolution that was destined to change the face of TV comedy forever… 'At Last The 1948 Show' (actually broadcast in 1967). Bursting onto the nation's small screens in an explosion of unrelated and often surreal sketches, its main perpetrators were John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Marty Feldman and Tim Brooke-Taylor and what 'At Last The 1948 Show' began the inestimable Monty Python would one day finish in mind-blowing style.... This 2 DVD set features the recently rediscovered episodes of the classic 'At Last The 1948 Show' series.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - At last, at last
I greatly enjoyed At Last The 1948 Show when it was on the air in the late 1960s but, forty years on, could recall only a couple of sketches and then just dimly. Would it stand up? How significant was it really in the evolution of British comedy?
Well, after watching the DVD set, I can say it was a mixed bag but a mixed bag that is well worth seeing. Some of the sketches are not only a bit weak and silly but come across as amateurish in comparison to, say, Monty Python's Flying Circus. ... Read More
Rating: - Pre-Python Mania!
At last AT LAST THE 1948 SHOW is being released on DVD! Huzzah! Huzzah!
This breakout hit of 1967, which unfortunately lasted only 13 programmes, had been deemed completely lost until recently. The five programmes on this two DVD set may be the only ones in existence, but I am thankful for what has survived.
John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Marty Feldman, Tim Brooke-Taylor and the Lovely Aimi McDonald are hilarious and very Pythonseque in this series. After working on THE FROST ... Read More
Rating: - "Will somebody PLEASE sing something?"
Before there was "Monty Python's Flying Circus," there were two other series produced by the legendary comedians later known as Monty Python. One of those was the hilarious "At Last the 1948 Show" -- not quite as funny as the series that came after it, but definitely hilarious and full of weird Pythonian moments.
Each episode (and most skits) are introduced by "The Lovely Aimi MacDonald," a blonde airhead who basically does nothing but pose and self-promote (such as the Make the Lovely Aimi ... Read More
Rating: - Some gems, but some cubic zirconium too
Would any one want to see this if the careers of John Cleese and Graham Chapman had ended here? Mostly, I think not. There are some good laughs, and a one hour package could be made that would be tremendously amusing. But having to watch the lovely Aimi MacDonald over and over, feeling as if her inanity and tedium is sucking the oxygen right out of my room, is painful. And like Monty Python, sometimes the boys don't seem able to distinguish between a funny idea and a funny sketch. The Nazi game show host ... Read More
Rating: - Historically Interesting Python Precursor
"At Last The 1948 Show" was a short-lived television show long believed lost. Recently several of the shows were rediscovered and rushed to market as this two DVD set. The show is most interesting to fans of "Monty Python," as Graham Chapman and John Cleese star in the show, and many of the sketches written by the duo later appear in differing (although frequently not differing that much) forms in "Python."
As a "Python" fan, I was surprised how much I enjoyed Marty Feldman in this show: I expected ... Read More
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