''We Have Ways of Making You Laugh'' is a
comedic
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...
television series produced by
Humphrey Barclay
Humphrey Barclay BEM (born 24 March 1941, Dorking, Surrey, England) is a British comedy executive and producer.
Career
Barclay was educated at Harrow School, before reading Classics at Trinity College, Cambridge, where his first foray into sh ...
and directed by Bill Turner for
London Weekend Television
London Weekend Television (LWT) (now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties at weekends, broadcasting from Fridays at 5.15 pm (7:00 pm from 1968 un ...
.
Frank Muir
Frank Herbert Muir (5 February 1920 – 2 January 1998) was an English comedy writer, radio and television personality, and raconteur. His writing and performing partnership with Denis Norden endured for most of their careers. Together they wro ...
hosted the show.
[
]
It featured
Kenneth Cope
Kenneth Charles Cope (born 14 April 1931) is an English retired actor and scriptwriter. He is best known for his roles as Marty Hopkirk in ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'', Jed Stone in ''Coronation Street'' and Ray Hilton in '' Brookside ...
,
and
Katherine Whitehorn, with music and writing by
Benny Green. The theme music was composed by
and played in his 'one-man-band' style.
Dick Vosburgh
Richard Kennedy Vosburgh (27 August 1929 – 18 April 2007) was a Grammy-nominated, Tony-nominated American-born comedy writer and lyricist working chiefly in Britain.
Early life
Vosburgh was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He persuaded his ...
prepared material spoofing
Jimmy Young for the show.
Terry Gilliam
Terrence Vance Gilliam (; born 22 November 1940) is an American-born British filmmaker, comedian, animator, actor and former member of the Monty Python comedy troupe.
Gilliam has directed 13 feature films, including '' Time Bandits'' (1981), '' ...
created animations using
cut-outs, a technique he later used in ''
Monty Python's Flying Circus''.
[
] The series was
live. Its debut broadcast was scheduled for 2 August 1968. Although the cast performed, only the first 15 seconds of the first show were transmitted, due to an
industrial action (other, prerecorded programming was unaffected by the labour dispute).
[
]
There are no known recordings of its 12 episodes.
"Missing or incomplete episodes for programme ''We Have Ways of Making You Laugh''
lostshows.com
References
External links
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tv.com listing
1968 British television series debuts
Monty Python
ITV comedy
London Weekend Television shows
English-language television shows
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