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I don't know how many of you are familiar with Do Not Adjust Your Set or At Last the 1948 Show (the two programs in which members of the Python troupe wrote and performed just before joining to create MP), but I just got my hands on the Do Not Adjust Your Set DVD and felt like I had to share this little clip with you. The first bit with the band (including Neill Innes!) kills me dead. The looks on Mike and Eric's faces are too funny, but I break down into a fit of giggles at Terry J every time!



In any case, I highly recommend these simply as a good bit of Python history. You can certainly see a lot of inspiration for what would become the template for Pythonesque humor in these, even if they are still following an older "30 seconds and a punch line" formula, as Terry describes it.

 

Recognize this young lad?? (Duh)

BTW, this is my first post here. These are from a show called "Now!" that Michael Palin used to host in the early 60s. You can find the video here:)
http://www.itvlocal.com/wales/50/?…

Just a quick, pointless post :P

John Cleese and Tim Brooke-Taylor in 'At last the 1948 show'. I love it because John cracks up at the end :D

Hullo! Because I love it dweebishly, I am now the owner of the Do Not Adjust Your Set fanlisting ^^. So, join if you want! If there's anything you would like to contribute (caps, images, icons and what have you), there's an email address on the front page of the site.
I adore DNAYS a lot and it has my three favourite Pythons in it, so I can't complain, really! I recommend it if you haven't already got it, it's got really good stuff on there - a few of my favourite sketches are the patient noughts and crosses and the one where Mike and Eric try to fire David. How about y'all? ;)