Do Not Adjust Your Set 2 x DVDs
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28-TANGO1005
Incredibly low price on this and it's now out of print. Some of it is amazing, some of it isn't (hey it was a LOW budget kiddie show), but the Bonzo Dog Band appear in every episode (!!) and this is where it all began for Monty Python. And where else will you get moving footage of the Bonzos in the 1967/68 prime?
"Do Not Adjust Your Set (DNAYS) was a children's television series produced originally by Rediffusion, London, then by the fledgling Thames Television for British commercial television channel ITV from 26 December 1967 to 14 May 1969. The show took its name from the message (frequently seen on the TV screen in those days) which was displayed when there was a problem with transmission. Although originally conceived as a children's programme, it quickly acquired a cult crossover following amongst many adults. Indeed quite a lot of material could be considered adultish. In appealing to a family audience it is similar to The Goodies. This was an early appearance of many actors and comedians who later became famous, such as Denise Coffey and David Jason. Michael Palin, Terry Jones, and Eric Idle soon found themselves in superstardom after the three became members of the hugely successful Monty Python. The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band performed a song in each programme and Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band also appeared. The musicians frequently appeared as extras in sketches. The programme comprised a series of sketches, often bizarre and surreal, frequently satirical with a disjointed style which was to become more famous in the subsequent and more daring Monty Python's Flying Circus which followed five months later. At least one DNAYS sketch was re-used in Monty Python. Strange animations between sketches were crafted by the then unknown Terry Gilliam in the final episodes, who also graduated to Python — part of his "Christmas cards" animation reappeared there, in the "Joy to the World" segment."- Wikipedia
- Format TypeNTSC
- Region CodingRegion 1
- LabelTango
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