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Compilation of the goggle-eyed comedian's best moments, with clips taken from the numerous surreal and satirical 1960s shows that were co-written with pre-Monty Python performers Michael Palin, John Cleese and Graham Chapman, featuring Feldman's trademark bizarre sketches and innovative slap-stick routines.
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Marty Feldman was the goggle-eyed clown whose innovative slapstick helped usher in the anarchic age of Monty Python and set him on the way to Hollywood stardom alongside Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder.
Penned by the likes of Palin, Cleese, Chapman and Feldman himself, his BBC shows of the late 60s were full of the famous and often controversial sketches (including "The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Golfer" and the "Bavarian Wine-Treading Dance) that put Feldman's zany, surreal style on the map.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This series of Best Of... comedy DVDs from the Beeb have been patchy to say the least. Many have included classic sketches that you're happy to watch time and again, but a few 'also rans' have crept in too; I accept that one man's 'hit' may be another's 'miss'; but many of these compilations have only around an hour's worth of material which seems rather mean.
This Marty Feldman disc has some great and memorable sketches on it, I think there was only one which disappointed. The picture transfers are fair and the theme tune is actually in stereo! But it does only run for just over an hour with no special features, not even a brief biography. Now that it's being sold for around a fiver it doesn't seem quite such a rip off, but it could have been something special if someone had taken a little bit more trouble.
This Marty Feldman disc has some great and memorable sketches on it, I think there was only one which disappointed. The picture transfers are fair and the theme tune is actually in stereo! But it does only run for just over an hour with no special features, not even a brief biography. Now that it's being sold for around a fiver it doesn't seem quite such a rip off, but it could have been something special if someone had taken a little bit more trouble.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By Lansbergen
Format:DVD
Who still knows Marty ? We all know the Pythons, with their genious absurdism.
But who still knows, that Marty was one of the great pioneers of this kind of humor.
1967/68, as he worked with Chapman and Cleese in "The 1948 show", Marty was one of the "Fathers" of Monty Python.
He was the first to show subversive humor, but so funny....
Marty was the first to fool the Royals, the church, mass- tourism and many more things. In the late 60ties he was absolutely a revolutionary comedian.
The only reason that he not became the 7th Python was, like Michael Palin once said : "We had 2 super-ego`s already in our team (John, and Graham)..Three were too many....
The DVD shows us Marty in his own TV shows from the years 1968-1969. Some sketches are really brilliant. In those days however, viewer ratings were dim, and Marty decided to prove his further luck in the USA.
By then, Monty Python took over, the rest we know.
Marty, for me the 7th Python, but, unfortunately, has always remained in their shadow. As being very british, in America he never could unfold his talents as he had wished.
His death, aged 49, during the making of the film "Mutiny on the Mounty" in 1982, was a tragedy.
Now he`s almost forgotten, but not by me.
But who still knows, that Marty was one of the great pioneers of this kind of humor.
1967/68, as he worked with Chapman and Cleese in "The 1948 show", Marty was one of the "Fathers" of Monty Python.
He was the first to show subversive humor, but so funny....
Marty was the first to fool the Royals, the church, mass- tourism and many more things. In the late 60ties he was absolutely a revolutionary comedian.
The only reason that he not became the 7th Python was, like Michael Palin once said : "We had 2 super-ego`s already in our team (John, and Graham)..Three were too many....
The DVD shows us Marty in his own TV shows from the years 1968-1969. Some sketches are really brilliant. In those days however, viewer ratings were dim, and Marty decided to prove his further luck in the USA.
By then, Monty Python took over, the rest we know.
Marty, for me the 7th Python, but, unfortunately, has always remained in their shadow. As being very british, in America he never could unfold his talents as he had wished.
His death, aged 49, during the making of the film "Mutiny on the Mounty" in 1982, was a tragedy.
Now he`s almost forgotten, but not by me.
36 of 38 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great "Marty!": 5 stars for the series, 1 star for this short compilation...
24 Sep 2006
Format:DVD
There is such great stuff in this series, a lot of the sketches written by the Monty Python-teams Cleese/Chapman and Jones/Palin,
even some Gilliam animation is featured at some place. Some comedy DVD releases are filled with 3 1/2 hours of stuff.
This lame compilation is 64 minutes long..!! There were 12 episodes of "Marty!" altogether. Maybe some of them were deleted,
as with "Do Not Adjust..." or "At Last the 1948 Show". But there are at least 8 full episodes existing (if not more),
7 of them were transmitted on German TV station "arte". And considering the great Pythonesque material available, this selection
of sketches is very hit & miss. And short. This is sad, some of the best comedy went out on the BBC, but what treatment do they get?
It's 2006 and they haven't even released the complete Monty Python's Flying Circus yet...
even some Gilliam animation is featured at some place. Some comedy DVD releases are filled with 3 1/2 hours of stuff.
This lame compilation is 64 minutes long..!! There were 12 episodes of "Marty!" altogether. Maybe some of them were deleted,
as with "Do Not Adjust..." or "At Last the 1948 Show". But there are at least 8 full episodes existing (if not more),
7 of them were transmitted on German TV station "arte". And considering the great Pythonesque material available, this selection
of sketches is very hit & miss. And short. This is sad, some of the best comedy went out on the BBC, but what treatment do they get?
It's 2006 and they haven't even released the complete Monty Python's Flying Circus yet...
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Stuff
I love Marty Feldman ever since I was a child. I stll love him to this day. The guy was brillant then and he is still brillant now. His work is timeless. Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2011 by Dredd Zeppelin
2.0 out of 5 stars
The 'Best' Of Marty Feldman.
I love Marty in 'Young Frankenstein' and 'Sherlock Holmes...' but like Elton John's hairline, time has been a cruel mistress and this comedy has not aged well, sure, some of it's... Read more
Published on 2 Nov 2010 by Duluoz Lautrec
3.0 out of 5 stars
COMEDY HISTORY
Early Feldman shows a lot of his early bits that were repeated
in the Marty Feldman Comedy Machine in a more refined form. Read more
in the Marty Feldman Comedy Machine in a more refined form. Read more
Published on 15 July 2010 by DVD GUY
3.0 out of 5 stars
Even the best feels dated
I have fond memories of the first Marty Feldman shows on dutch tv. At that time his slapstick comedy was refreshing. But I did not even smile viewing this dvd. Read more
Published on 29 Jun 2010 by watergeest
5.0 out of 5 stars
The title says it all
Truly, this DVD selection captures the very best of Feldman's surreal and anarchic humour. It was wonderful to be re-acquainted with on of my comedy heroes of the 60s.
Published on 2 Mar 2010 by Gagman
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great material from a forgotten genius - but not nearly enough of it
The Best of Marty Feldman is a rather stingy 64-minute compilation has all the star's best-remembered sketches from his often inspired 1968-9 BBC series It's Marty - the visit to... Read more
Published on 22 Sep 2009 by Trevor Willsmer
2.0 out of 5 stars
best of bbc
You can be quite sure that anything presented by the BBC as "The Best Of ...... will be butchered, not edited, and shorn of much that made it all worthwhile in the first place. Read more
Published on 20 Mar 2008 by giddygoddy
1.0 out of 5 stars
ANOTHER POOR BEST OF -- one star not five!!!
I watched this & the DICK EMERY BBC best of together with this MARTY FELDMAN one over xmas & whoever put this together has insulted both comedians with very poor selections missing... Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2007 by Aalui
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