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My Mom had a hard time getting pregnant. The doctor suggest my Dad take her on a vacation. They went to NYC for the first time. My Dad, a good ole boy from TN, asked a man at the hotel what was the funniest play in New York. The man suggested Beyond the Fringe. My parents laughed their butts off. I was born exactly 9 months later.
Some great pieces in here that don't feature on either The Complete Beyond The Fringe audio or the footage of the Broadway recordings. Cook's postscript is almost as funny as some of the material.
This is the text of the play performed in the 1960's. Its really a set of short stories - and as with most sets of short stories - some were good and some boring.
Recommended by Brooks.
Anyone who is familiar with the British comedians who emerged from the revue groups at Oxford and Cambridge from the late 1950s onwards has heard of 'Beyond the Fringe'. It was a landmark in the theatrical and comedic culture at the time; each of the four contributing writing performers (Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Alan Bennett) went on to create significant works of comedy and other cultural material. It seems only right that a definitive collection of the material they produc...
Finally the printed version. Love the audio files! Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moore.
Some of it has dated poorly or wasn't terribly funny to begin with. Some of it, however, is riotous, and remains so. And of course Monty Python would be unimaginable without this material, but better folks than I have traced the lineage of that laughline. Best read out loud with three other like-minded friends. For maximum results, get someone who can play piano and have them fill in for Dudley Moore.
Interesting glimpse of British revue theater from a few decades ago. A mix between absurd theater and Monty Python.
