Marty (1968)

Directed by

Marty Feldman

Genre

comedy television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

2 seasons, 12 episodes

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Marty is a British sketch comedy show from the late 1960s starring Marty Feldman and a regular cast. The series consists of comedic sketches performed by the cast with contributions from many notable writers.

playfulsillyenergeticwittyabsurdfast-pacedlightheartedsketch-based

What happens

Marty is a British television sketch comedy series, with Marty Feldman, Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Junkin, Roland MacLeod, Mary Miller and Peter Pocock which was made in 1968. There was a second series made in 1969, re-titled It's Marty. In total, 12 episodes were produced. The writers were John Cleese, Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Junkin, Marty Feldman, Barry Took, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Philip Jenkinson, Donald Webster, Peter Dickinson, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, John Law, Frank Muir and Denis Norden. Lionel Blair choreographed a routine for an episode of It's Marty. Took and Marty Feldman were given an award for the show by the actor Kenneth Horne. A compilation of surviving sketches from the series has been released on DVD, with the title The Best of Marty Feldman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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