Sunday 7 July 2019

A Comedy On This Day: Q9 (8 July 1980)




 This series always perks up when you get to the filmed bits, which tend to be well-constructed visual jokes told in an orchestrated sequence, such as the sports day for prisoners in this episode. Back in the studio, though, its taken up with the usual three or four sketches that drag aimlessly on, with the cast stood in a line in their wacky costumes sharing puns and the star laughing at his own jokes... I know which person in the studio audience most accurately reflects my response to this.
 This week, Ed Welch sings a moving ballad in the Clifford T. Ward style, accompanied by a string quartet. Called 'Eleanor', it must be a tribute to his daughter, illustrated by a lot of still pictures of babies. In the context of this programme, it's very earnest sincerity is incongruous.

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