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"Comedy Tonight" from "A Funny Thing Happened...," done to British Sci-Fi Blakes 7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA5OaVFePbU&list=PLYTtL1FB2XCpL8eqeACMzvAAcCGIjDFJR&index=1 ^

Posted on 04/28/2017 8:53:06 AM PDT by mairdie

Blakes 7 is a British Sci-Fi show that turns the Star Trek universe, and emblem, on its nose. In a future corrupt federation, a band of escaped criminals turn and fight the federation. Classic British tragedy with the stars having stage background that lends ballet motion to their movements. "Comedy Tonight" includes a piece from the song "Everybody ought to have a serving-girl".


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: fanvids; remix
This was the most popular of the Blakes 7 music videos. I can't think of a single other show that would do this music justice.

Characters http://iment.com/maida/tv/b7/b7characters.htm

1 posted on 04/28/2017 8:53:06 AM PDT by mairdie
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To: mairdie

Aah, Blake’s 7. I enjoyed watching that in my youth (the local PBS station aired that along with Dr. Who on their weekend Sci-Fi lineup). Now, I watch episodes on YouTube.


2 posted on 04/28/2017 8:56:39 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: mairdie

Avon’s jabs at the others were some of my favorite parts of Blake’s 7.


3 posted on 04/28/2017 8:57:27 AM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: mairdie

Great show. Watched up to when they killed everyone off (but was a poor choice of dinner viewing). Hard it resumed but never saw thereafter.


4 posted on 04/28/2017 8:57:27 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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Hard = heard


5 posted on 04/28/2017 8:57:48 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: mairdie

bump for later viewing


6 posted on 04/28/2017 8:59:36 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Ex Scientia Tridens)
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To: ctdonath2

Ah, but as “Comedy Tonight” says, this time it all comes out alright.


7 posted on 04/28/2017 9:01:01 AM PDT by mairdie
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To: Army Air Corps

Ever see the short lived series Star Cops?


8 posted on 04/28/2017 9:01:05 AM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: mairdie

Not bad. I always liked Blakes 7, the dynamics between Blake and Avon are what made the show worth watching. When Blake left the show suffered.

The end was shocking at the time but in hindsight, knowing Avons personality; it is pretty predictable.


9 posted on 04/28/2017 9:01:23 AM PDT by yuleeyahoo (Those are my principles, and if you do not like them...well I have others. - Groucho Marx)
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To: wally_bert

No, that does not ring a bell. When was it on air?


10 posted on 04/28/2017 9:02:09 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

Early 80s.


11 posted on 04/28/2017 9:06:17 AM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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I’ll have to look into it.


12 posted on 04/28/2017 9:10:46 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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