Eddie Braben

Penelope Keith was the guest. Eddie Braben's script invited her to mistake Ernie for Kermit the Frog. Angie Rippon danced through. Every component of the show was triple-tested. The sense of adventure was consequently lacking. Eric was twice as funny busking with Dickie Davies on ITV's World of Sport on Christmas Eve.

Ernie's plans and pretensions are constantly interrupted, denigrated, and sabotaged by Eric - and yet, of course, they depend upon each other. Like the Steptoes, and Hancock and James, this means that most of the humour is in straight dialogue and makes excellent radio.