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Fawlty Towers is a British television sitcom written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, originally broadcast on BBC Two in 1975 and 1979. Two series of six episodes each were made.
Comedy of menace is the body of plays written by David Campton, Nigel Dennis, N. F. Simpson, and Harold Pinter.The term was coined by drama critic Irving Wardle, who borrowed it from the subtitle of Campton's play The Lunatic View: A Comedy of Menace, in reviewing Pinter's and Campton's plays in Encore in 1958.
Conan and Bruce Timm created The Flaming C, a character based on Conan's appearance and jokingly referred to it as DC Comics' next superhero. The character has a comical appearance due to wearing things not associated with superheroes, such as a steaming ovenmit, a jai alai glove, ski goggles, a Star of David patch, socks with garters, fishnet stockings and loafers.
National Lampoon Presents The Very Large Book of Comical Funnies is an American humor book, a book of comic strips that was published in 1975 in paperback as a spin-off of National Lampoon magazine. Although it appears to be a book, in reality it was a "special issue" of the magazine and as such it was sold on newsstands.
Hue and Cry (1947) Just William's Luck (1947) Things Happen at Night (1947) A Piece of Cake (1948) The Brass Monkey (1948) Easy Money (1948) Here Come the Huggetts (1948) Holidays with Pay (1948) It's Hard to Be Good (1948) Miranda (1948) Somewhere in Politics (1948) Spring in Park Lane (1948) Vice Versa (1948) When You Come Home (1948) Woman ...
Before the single released in 1995, Comic Relief records were all more-or-less comedy releases, mostly involving an actual band or singer teamed up with a comedy group. From 1995 on, they have been generally more serious, although the promo videos still feature comical moments. 2003 saw a return to the format of old.
Year Title Reference 1920: Haunted Spooks [5] [6]1921: The Haunted House [6]1922: The Ghost Breaker: 1923: Puritan Passions: 1925: Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde: 1925: The Monster
Pogo (revived as Walt Kelly's Pogo) was a daily comic strip that was created by cartoonist Walt Kelly and syndicated to American newspapers from 1948 until 1975. Set in the Okefenokee Swamp in the Southeastern United States, Pogo followed the adventures of its anthropomorphic animal characters, including the title character, an opossum.