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CS Weekly Archive > DVD > 10/10/08
The Art of Absurdity
by jason davis
The Best of...What's Left of...Not Only...But Also...
Peter Cook & Dudley Moore
 
 
Cobbled together from what’s left of their 1965-1970 sketch comedy series, The Best of...What’s Left of...Not Only...But Also... showcases the comedy of British satirical vanguards Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, elevating the absurd to the sublime. A forerunner to Monty Python, the show parodied everything from Thunderbirds to Tom Jones, and featured oddities like a one-legged actor auditioning for Tarzan, as well as a recurring sketch in which two working-class characters would pontificate on philosophical matters, sequences that made extensive use of Cook’s uncanny improvisational skills. A seriocomic documentary on the duo is included as a supplement.
 The Best of...What's Left of...Not Only...But Also...
BBC Home Video
Not rated; 173 min.
$24.98
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Jason Davis has been the DVD Manager for CS Weekly, a contributing editor for Creative Screenwriting Magazine, and has written for Cinescape.com, MSN.com, and created the TV series Studio 13, which ran on Lorne Michaels' Burly TV network. He lives in the small space left over by his ever-expanding library of books, movies, and music.
The Best of...What's Left of...Not Only...But Also...
courtesy BBC Home Video
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