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Post by Laurence Piper on Nov 27, 2004 10:25:55 GMT
the bbc 1 programme the days of thrills and laughter was similar it went out in 1968 too. ;D I remember this and several others of the same style, using silent movie clips. The first one was "When Comedy Was King", which was shown on BBC-2 Christmas Eve afternoon 1968 (think I got the year right), which I watched myself on that day. Another was called "The Golden Age Of Comedy". These were American shows, using American narration though, so I don't think they contained any UK TV material. I remember them to be purely silent one-offs. |
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Post by stephen doran on Nov 27, 2004 13:40:30 GMT
your right it was when comedy was king in 1968 i recall that because i just started another school,wasnt there also a short season of laurel and hardy films on as well.  |
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Post by Derek on Dec 10, 2004 10:39:25 GMT
Could not make it to the MBW...did Dick Fiddy mention any new update on Bobs collection?
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Post by Barry Delve on Dec 10, 2004 14:04:12 GMT
I remember this and several others of the same style, using silent movie clips. The first one was "When Comedy Was King", which was shown on BBC-2 Christmas Eve afternoon 1968 (think I got the year right), which I watched myself on that day. Another was called "The Golden Age Of Comedy". These were American shows, using American narration though, so I don't think they contained any UK TV material. I remember them to be purely silent one-offs. Hi, these weren't TV shows, they were films, made for the cinema by Robert Youngson, compiled from silent footage. Youngson is credited with saving many silents in the late 50's and 60's. These were his main movies: 4 Clowns (1970) The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy (1968) Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965) Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961) When Comedy Was King (1960) |
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Post by Gareth R on Dec 10, 2004 15:23:04 GMT
4 Clowns (1970) The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy (1968) Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965) Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961) When Comedy Was King (1960) FWIW (which isn't very much), BBC-1 showed part of When Comedy Was King as a short-notice replacement for Black Panther some time in either 1967 or 1968. An off-air CV2000 recording of BBC-1 opting out of the film early (and informing us, over the watch-strap globe, that Black Panther will be shown "...in two or three weeks' time") still exists. |
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Post by Laurence Piper on Dec 10, 2004 16:47:53 GMT
That's interesting! Never seen that one turn up on the circuit...yet anyway.
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Post by stephen doran on Dec 10, 2004 17:04:47 GMT
black panther? |
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Post by Gareth R on Dec 10, 2004 19:04:32 GMT
That's interesting! Never seen that one turn up on the circuit...yet anyway. I'm surprised - I got my copy years ago, part of a tape full of optical conversions of off-air CV2000 stuff from the latter half of the 60s, including a Tommy Cooper show from ABC, a BBC-1 Benny Hill, and a complete Rediffusion junction into This Week The Arts. It had been through a few generations before it got to me, so I figured it was pretty widely available. |
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Post by Laurence Piper on Dec 10, 2004 20:02:14 GMT
Yes, got a lot of that stuff you list, Gareth. But not that particular BBC clip for some reason. I live in hope of more of this kind of thing surfacing...
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Post by Westy 2 on Dec 11, 2004 12:12:50 GMT
FWIW (which isn't very much), BBC-1 showed part of When Comedy Was King as a short-notice replacement for Black Panther some time in either 1967 or 1968. An off-air CV2000 recording of BBC-1 opting out of the film early (and informing us, over the watch-strap globe, that Black Panther will be shown "...in two or three weeks' time") still exists. If I've read this right, was BBC 1 actually transmitting 'Black Panther' then cut off the film, & transmitted something else instead ? (But I'm probably wrong!) What was the problem, & to duplicate the other poster's question, what was 'Black Panther' ? |
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Post by Gareth R on Dec 12, 2004 11:35:31 GMT
If I've read this right, was BBC 1 actually transmitting 'Black Panther' then cut off the film, & transmitted something else instead ? No - Black Panther was the scheduled programme, but for whatever reason, they discovered in the week after the billings had been published that they had to postpone it, so they filled the slot with a partial showing of When Comedy Was King instead. As to what Black Panther was - the IMDb lists a documentary short (14 mins) called Black Panther from 1969. I can't imagine that this is what the BBC planned to show, though, given the year... I thought that the watch-strap globe had been phased out by then? And surely you wouldn't fill a 14-minute gap with a partial showing of a full-length movie? |
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Post by Gareth R on Dec 12, 2004 11:41:30 GMT
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Post by Stuart Douglas on Feb 18, 2005 17:02:21 GMT
Has anything further come to light re Dick Fiddy looking through the Monkhouse Archive?
Last I heard there was to be an announcement at MBW (I think).
Regards
Stuart
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Post by Brian Fretwell on Feb 18, 2005 19:43:53 GMT
Nothing was announced I recall, but in the bar he was asked and said that it was a very long job.
Also I remember there being something said (IN THE BAR NOT TO THE MAIN AUDIENCE), and I can't remember who by, about the fact the NFT didn't have many (OR ANY NEW?) heads for Shibaden recorders. so this might hold things up.
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Post by dubs again on Feb 18, 2005 23:21:31 GMT
Shibaden recorders?
That sounds damn encouraging - that Bob had his own recorders - what gems may emerge.
BTW I have 2 Shibaden type machines up the loft - if I get Dicks email address I'll get in touch.
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