Do Not Adjust Your Set

Another sketch comedy from the same production studio as At Last the 1948 Show (and produced the same year), and featuring the "other half" of Monty Python 2 years before they would go on to form the troupe for Flying Circus, we see various mostly lighthearted sketched aimed at family viewing. As a show primarily with kids in mind many of the sketches are quite silly, however perhaps as a glimpse into the comedians later days there are a number of particularly dark, almost surreal sketches, even if just for a moment. Starring Denise Coffey, Eric Idle, Jerry Jones, Michael Palin, and David Jason, the format is fairly standard sketches back to back with laughter backing from a live audience. Also featuring the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band each episode, we get some music too, with the groups hit "Death Cab for Cutie" (another morbid bit, being a song about a car accident), which would of course go on to inspire the later band of the same name. Sadly like other series of this era, many of the episodes from its two season run are now considered lost, however those that have been persevered are still available in a decent format. As for the jokes, most have aged fine, again being a show primarily for kids its mostly tame goofy humour, however I'd be amiss not to content warning mention one quite racist minstrel sketch / song in the middle, so I would not recommend the show for a modern kid audience. However if you're a fan of Monty Python and want to check out their early stuff, its around and available preserved on YouTube and the like.