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The Frost Report was a satirical television show hosted by David Frost. It ran for 28 episodes from 1966. It is most notable for introducing John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett to television.
The main cast were David Frost, Ronnie Corbett, John Cleese, Ronnie Barker, Sheila Steafel and Nicky Henson.
The writing staff chosen for The Frost Report were, in many ways, the finest comedic minds of the 1960s United Kingdom, consisting of many writers and performers who would go on to make names for themselves in comedy. They included future Goodies members Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor, and also Frank Muir, Barry Cryer, Marty Feldman, Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett, Dick Vosburgh and future Python members Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. It was whilst working on The Frost Report, in fact, that the future Pythons developed their unique writing styles that would become so significant later.

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Probably the most famous sketch.

That's pulled right from this website isn't it? >_< >_< Anyways it looks really good and I notice they conceived the upper/lower class sketch. Cool I'll have to see if it's available here....darn looks like a no. Perhaps I can find a torrent.

I would also like to point out...

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Quote: Curt @ September 26 2008, 11:47 AM BST

That's pulled right from this website isn't it? >_< >_< Anyways it looks really good and I notice they conceived the upper/lower class sketch. Cool I'll have to see if it's available here....darn looks like a no. Perhaps I can find a torrent.

Good luck with that!

Anyone know how much still exists?

Quote: Curt @ September 26 2008, 11:47 AM BST

Anyways it looks really good and I notice they conceived the upper/lower class sketch.

Yeah, I added a link to YouTube in my previous post. :)

I wouldn't mind Do Not Adjust Your Set too.

Quote: Aaron @ September 26 2008, 11:51 AM BST

I would also like to point out...

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See Amazon product listing
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Yea I saw that for sale but picked up 1948 instead being a little more familiar with it. Thanks for the reminder though. It's on my wish list now.

Quote: Aaron @ September 26 2008, 11:51 AM BST

Good luck with that!

Anyone know how much still exists?

That's too bad. Always sucks to hear great shows aren't archived properly.

Quote: Curt @ September 26 2008, 11:56 AM BST

Yea I saw that for sale but picked up 1948 instead being a little more familiar with it. Thanks for the reminder though. It's on my wish list now.

They're almost the same. Well worth getting.

Quote: Curt @ September 26 2008, 11:56 AM BST

That's too bad. Always sucks to hear great shows aren't archived properly.

It leaves me almost speechless with frustration when I hear about the masses of material that's been lost or wiped. It was a different time I know but it verges on the criminal.

There are so many Hancock shows missing it's an appalling waste. I know that some of the fan club re-enacted and recorded from the original scripts but I haven't heard them. Would be very strange.

I'm sure Aaron will confirm but are all the Hancock shows featuring Harry Secombe lost? For those who don't know, when Tony went AWOL for a while Harry filled in.

'Hancock's Half Hour starring Harry Secombe, Sidney James, Bill Kerr...'

Yes, they are indeed all gone.

Quote: Aaron @ September 26 2008, 12:07 PM BST

Yes, they are indeed all gone.

I suppose you could understand the decision to wipe those at the time if the star was missing but what piece of comedy history lost to the world.

And as an aside, the BBC knew exactly where Tony was. They didn't tell G&S or any of the rest of the cast, but they were fully aware.

TRUFAX!

Quote: catskillz @ September 26 2008, 1:43 AM BST

I've always thought it pretty ironic, that Cook and Moore get spoken about in such high regard by comedy fans, yet the thing they seem to be mostly rememberd for, is Cook simply making Moore corpse. Of course, there's the Tarzan sketch as well, but, after that, what else are they rembered for? Their films were terrible, and as for Derek and Clive, that was just crap.

Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling and E.L. Wisty are two of the greatest comic characters of all time. Wash your mouth out, sir.

I'm going for the 'St Botolph's Country Dance Team' a Two Ronnies sketch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S1FvMiFTw8

My favourite sketch is from a fine duo, but the quality of their sketches were quite inconsistent, it's the breakfast sketch by Morcambe and Wise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFgdhZGLJrY

Excellent nomination re M&W there, Jack. And it's reminded me of the Cleopatra sketch. Absolutely excellent.

Quote: Ladma @ September 26 2008, 12:54 PM BST

Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling and E.L. Wisty are two of the greatest comic characters of all time. Wash your mouth out, sir.

Yes, I know the real fans appreciate their other sketches/characters. I was just pointing out how the stuff they seem to be mostly remembered for, by the average person, doesn't do them justice. When Monty Python are spoken about, people invariably mention the Dead Parrot sketch. When Cook and Moore are mentioned, it's Moore stuffing a sandwich in his mouth, trying not to laugh at Cook, or Cook swearing like a little kid, and talking about snot, on the Derek and Clive tapes/records.

It's not British but this has to be one of the greatest sketches ever written: Abbot & Costello Who's on First

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