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The Comedy Game

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How it feels

This is an Australian anthology series from the early 1970s that featured standalone comedy episodes. Each episode served as a test to see if it could become its own full show.

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What happens

The Comedy Game is an Australian television comedy anthology series that aired in 1971 and 1973 on ABC. The new comedies screened in the series were seen as possible pilots for a full television series. The episodes led to the series Our Man in Canberra in 1971, A Nice Day at the Office in 1972, The Aunty Jack Show in 1972, Flash Nick From Jindivick in 1974 and Scattergood: Friend of All in 1975. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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