I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

The missing link between the Goons and Monty Python. Starting in 1964, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie, David Hatch and Jo Kendall raced through anarchic sketches, dreadful puns and silly songs in front of a studio audience that clearly could not believe its luck. Hear it for the energy and to catch future household names finding their feet; Eric Idle is among the writers. The undergraduate humor and the endless puns are an acquired taste, and the audience's cheering of every returning joke can grate, but at its best it is as fast and fearless as radio comedy gets.