Marty Feldman - Six Degrees of Separation
Profile of Marty Feldman, one of the forgotten greats of British comedy, who was a success on both radio and later TV, where he worked alongside the Pythons on The Frost Report.
Marty Feldman was one of the forgotten greats of British Comedy. Uniquely, Feldman's journey took him from the golden age of 大象传媒 Radio comedy, with Round the Horne, the show he co-wrote with Barry Took, through the hothouse of 1960s television comedy, where Marty worked alongside the Pythons on The Frost Report and At Last The 1948 Show before getting his own series.
He went on to Hollywood with classic movies like Young Frankenstein. Marty was a writer first and foremost, but he was also a great physical clown, who idolised Buster Keaton. In moving to Hollywood, he hoped to emulate Keaton, but the Hollywood system quickly withdrew its support when they couldn't contain his talents.
Featuring a cast of close friends including John Cleese, Michael Palin, Sir David Frost, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Dom DeLuise (and parrot), Larry Gelbart (who produced a series for US television for Marty) and the great director Barry Levinson, who was one of his writers.
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Music Played
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Charlie Parker's Reboppers
Now's The Time
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Sonny Rollins
God Bless The Child
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Charlie Parker's Reboppers
All Blues
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Sonny Rollins
Where Are You?
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Charlie Parker's Reboppers
Walkin'
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Charlie Parker's Reboppers
So What
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Charlie Parker's Reboppers
Freddie Freeloader
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John Morris
Young Frankenstein
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Charlie Parker's Reboppers
Concierto de Aranjuez Adagio
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Marty Feldman
The Elephant Song
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Participant | Michael Palin |
Participant | Michael Palin |
Participant | David Frost |
Participant | David Frost |
Participant | Tim Brooke-Taylor |
Participant | Tim Brooke-Taylor |
Participant | Barry Levinson |
Participant | Barry Levinson |
Participant | John Cleese |
Participant | John Cleese |
Participant | Dom DeLuise |
Participant | Larry Gelbart |
Participant | Barry Levinson |
Participant | Barry Levinson |
Producer | Jeff Simpson |
Producer | Jeff Simpson |
Director | Jeff Simpson |
Director | Jeff Simpson |
Executive Producer | Caroline Wright |
Executive Producer | Caroline Wright |
Broadcasts
- Mon 31 Mar 2008 21:00
- Mon 31 Mar 2008 23:30
- Tue 1 Apr 2008 02:30
- Mon 7 Apr 2008 00:05
- Mon 7 Apr 2008 03:05
- Wed 9 Jul 2008 23:20大象传媒 Two except East, Scotland & Yorkshire
- Wed 9 Jul 2008 23:50大象传媒 Two Scotland
- Sun 10 Aug 2008 23:00
- Mon 11 Aug 2008 01:30
- Sat 13 Aug 2011 18:00大象传媒 Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire