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  • Actors: Sid James, Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe, Norman Wisdom, Tommy Trinder
  • Format: Subtitled, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 3
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Universal Pictures UK
  • DVD Release Date: 6 Jun 2005
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0009KKW9A
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 36,214 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Features a compilation of comedy moments from the forties, fifties and sixties. Features such comedy greats as Tommy Trinder, George Formby, Terry Thomas, Arthur Askey, Sid James, Spike Milligan, Eric Morecambe, Tommy Cooper, Norman Wisdom and many more.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant material, editing needs some work, 12 Sep 2006
Originally released in the 1990s as three separate VHS tapes, this set presents some brilliant moments from the comedy archives. There's some amazing footage from performers as diverse as Norman Evans, Breyl Reid, Tommy Trinder, Michael Bentine and Jimmy James, the best of it performed in front of a live audience. However, the editing and general presentation leaves a bit to be desired. Colour footage- like Sandy Powell's brilliant bad ventriloquist routine- is presented in black and white, presumably to make it look more authentically old. In fact, this routine was recreated by Powell for television towards the end of his life, in the late 1970s, but they've put it on the 1940s disc, so presumably they wanted to disguise the fact. In other cases- like Norman Evans' salesman of quack remedies- the routine appears to have been filmed in an empty studio, and the laughter of a much later studio audience dubbed onto it. Watching these DVDs, you long to see whole, uncut routines. Why is Jimmy James' in-the-box sketch interrupted by Roy Castle's talking head commentary? Why is the amazing footage of Monsewer Eddie Gray's brilliant live act cut up and shown in separate pieces? They even cut out the hilarious bit where he reveals that the reason the suitcase is moving around by itself is because it's got a live dog in it. On the other hand, the talking head footage which links the clips is used sparingly, and it's not intercut with the frenzied pace of modern clip shows- and the interviewees (like Castle, Max Bygraves and Harry Secombe) have some nice anecdotes and make some intersting points. With 3 discs of essentially great- if mangled- stuff, this is very good value, and for now it'll have to do. I just wish somebody has the nous to release a DVD with uncut footage of comedians of the past- and, come to that, footage of a whole host of other types of variety act, like jugglers, magician, performing animals, mentalists, adagio acts, etc.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Good but frustrating, 12 Feb 2009
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Having now seen this DVD set for myself there is little to add to the other review - except to warn that many sitcom examples are taken from film spin-offs rather than the usually superior original TV series, and the interruption of classic sketches, pardonable in a documentary you see once on TV but thoroughly annoying here, is inconsistent: generous sections of The Rag Trade and Dad's Army pass without interruption but the same privilege is denied Sid Field's golf sketch - though to be fair the interruption is a good 'un. But too often the talking heads offer anecdotes which pale with repetition - John Fisher's Heroes of Comedy this ain't.

The other thing worth mentioning is that the clips are not all taken from the best sources - quality is mostly very good but there are a few home video tape quality clips from films which can be bought on DVD in much better transfers. And by the same token, lots of film excerpts which couldn't be called rare take up space which could have been alloted to difficult to find material, especially for this DVD release.
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