I recently found what I can only call comedy gold in the form of several Kenny Everette shows which are from the days he was with Thames that I recorded at the time. Absolute classic tv with little gems like the how to become a Bee Gee when Kenny split himself into three Bee Gee's. There were the Captain Kremin cartoons, affectionate piss taking sketches with Cliff Richard, David Essex and Suzi Q. And as for Hot Gossip - Woof!
I always felt that the ITV shows were far better than the ones he did for the Beeb, if only because of the genuine laughter that came form the studio floor and not out of a can. The guy was a genuine genius and although these video's go back to about 1976, I don't reckon they've aged a bit. I even got my 12 yeard old son to watch them and now he's spreading the word to all his mates.
Naturally I'd love to run copies for everyone but that would be wrong because it would be against the law which would be very naughty.
I remember myself and my sister watching Kenny Everett's ITV show when I was a kid (why were my parents letting me watch it?). Very very funny and I agree that when it went to BBC it lost its edge somewhat (and the "best possible taste" gag was done to death).
