ISIRTA episodes and songs

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episodes and songs
Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor
John Cleese
Graeme Garden
David Hatch
Jo Kendall
Bill Oddie

ISIRTA episodes and songs: a list of episodes, sketches, and songs from the comedy radio series I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again .

The songs are listed after the episodes on which they were featured (the listing of songs is unfortunately incomplete). Also included, where known, are the names of the script writers of the episodes, as well as the names of the singers and songwriters.

For information about the cast and characters of the episodes and sketches, please click on the episode titles.

Episodes

Episode / Sketch titleScript WritersSong TitlesSingersSongwriters
The Adventures of Little Martin Copperwick Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Brian Cooke,
Graeme Garden,
Johnnie Mortimer,
and Bill Oddie
"Square Bashing Dance"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
"The Willow Tree"David Hatch and Jo KendallGraeme Garden
Agatha Sotheby's Detective Thriller Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Brian Cooke,
Graeme Garden,
David Hatch,
Alan Hutchinson,
Bernard King,
David Lund,
Peter Lund, and
Johnnie Mortimer
"A Man’s Best Friend Is His Hound"Bill OddieBill Oddie
Ali Baba and the 38 Thieves John Esmonde,
Graeme Garden,
Bob Larbey,
David Lund,
and Bill Oddie
"Secular Religious Pop Song"Bill OddieBill Oddie
"Just One of Those Things"Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden Cole Porter
Alice in Wonderland Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
All Hands on Venus "I'm Gonna Live"Bill OddieBill Oddie
Angus Prune, Footballer Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Eric Idle,
Clive James,
and Bill Oddie
"Stop It, I Like It"Bill OddieBill Oddie
"These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)"Bill Oddie
(with interjections by Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, and Jo Kendall)
Jack Strachey and Eric Maschwitz
Angus Prune Story
Ballet Commentary Humphrey Barclay,
Brian Cooke,
Chick Jacob,
Les Liddy,
David Lund,
David McKellar,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Bill Oddie,
Peter Vincent,
and Hugh Woodhouse
"Ain't Got Rhythm"Bill OddieBill Oddie
"The House of the Rising Sun"Graeme Garden, with David Hatch and Bill Oddie
(as The Tillingbourne Folk & Madrigal Society)
Traditional, adapted by Graeme Garden
Battle Of The Whispering Mouse Brian Cooke,
Graeme Garden,
David McKellar,
Johnnie Mortimer,
Bill Oddie, and
Peter Vincent
"If Folk Singers Went to College"
(with interpolations of "Eton Boating Song", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", and "Ball of Kerrymuir")
Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, and Jo KendallGraeme Garden and Bill Oddie
Beau Legs Graham Chapman,
John Cleese,
Graeme Garden,
and Bill Oddie
"Persecuting Pigeons in Trafalgar Square"Bill OddieBill Oddie
"Il Budgerigar from Covent Garden"John Cleese, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall, and Bill OddieGraeme Garden
Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Musical Football Results"David HatchBill Oddie
"Nigel Carter-Smith’s Society Band"Bill OddieBill Oddie
Britain for the British (Ireland)John Esmonde,
Graeme Garden,
Bernard King,
Bob Larbey,
David Lund,
and Bill Oddie
"Down at the Old Boutique"Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-TaylorBill Oddie
Bunny and Claude Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Magical Mystery Bore: I Am the Milkman"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
"The Ballad of Bunny and Claude"Graeme Garden and the CastBill Oddie
Camelot (aka "Knights of the Round Table")Graeme Garden,
David Hatch,
Eric Idle,
and Bill Oddie
"Waiter, there's a Walrus in My Soup"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
Canterbury Tales Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Sunday Evening"Bill Oddie, with Tim Brooke-Taylor (as Lady Constance de Coverlet), John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, and Jo KendallBill Oddie
The Case of the Workington Shillelagh John Esmonde,
Graeme Garden,
Bob Larbey,
David McKellar,
Bill Oddie, and
Peter Vincent
"Knitting Song"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
"BLIMPHT"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
Champion, the Wonder Mouse "Spring, Spring, Spring"Bill OddieBill Oddie
A Christmas Carrot Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"The Turkey Strangler's Song"Bill OddieBill Oddie
"Hare Krishna (Happy Christmas)"Bill Oddie and the Cast
(as The Delhi Telegraph)
Bill Oddie
Circus Life Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Ironing My Goldfish"Bill OddieBill Oddie
Cleopatra and Caesar Lizzie Evans,
Eric Idle,
and Bill Oddie
with Graham Chapman
and Derek Farmer
"Drinking Song"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
The Colditz Story Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
with Tim Brooke-Taylor
"Cloughie (Bring Back Brian Clough)"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
The Curse of the Flying Wombat - Part 1John Cleese,
Graeme Garden,
David Hatch,
and Clive James
"The Ferret Song"John Cleese and the Cast
(as The Lovin' Pruneful)
John Cleese and Graham Chapman
The Curse of the Flying Wombat - Part 2Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"My Mom Has Lost My Dad"Bill OddieBill Oddie
The Curse of the Flying Wombat - Part 3Tim Brooke-Taylor,
John Cleese,
Graeme Garden,
and Bill Oddie
with Peter Hutchins
and Leslie Sellers
"Where Is My Smile"Bill OddieBill Oddie
The Curse of the Flying Wombat - Part 4Tim Brooke-Taylor,
John Cleese,
Graeme Garden,
Eric Idle,
and Bill Oddie
with Andy Smith
and Don Carroll
"Favourite Melody (Beethoven's Fifth)"Bill OddieBill Oddie and Ludwig van Beethoven
The Curse of the Flying Wombat - Part 5Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Graham Chapman,
Graeme Garden,
Eric Idle,
and Bill Oddie
"One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) [Recorded 'Live in Cabaret' in the Cafe 'Ole']"Bill Oddie
(with introduction by Tim Brooke-Taylor and interruptions by Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, David Hatch, and Jo Kendall)
Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer
The Curse of the Flying Wombat - Part 6Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"With a Girl Like You: Wild Things"Bill Oddie
(with comment by David Hatch)
Bill Oddie
The Curse of the Flying Wombat - Part 7Tim Brooke-Taylor,
John Cleese,
Graeme Garden,
David Hatch,
Eric Idle,
Ian Lang,
and Bill Oddie
"Working on the Railroad"Bill OddieBill Oddie
The Curse of the Flying Wombat - Part 8Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"The Ferrets of Old England"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
The Curse of the Flying Wombat - Part 9Graham Chapman,
Graeme Garden,
Eric Idle,
and Bill Oddie
"Baby Go To Sleep" (Lullaby)Bill OddieBill Oddie
The Curse of the Flying Wombat - Part 10Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"I've Got the Hiccups"Bill OddieBill Oddie
The Curse of the Flying Wombat - Part 11Tim Brooke-Taylor,
John Cleese,
Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Blues Song"Tim Brooke-Taylor and David HatchBill Oddie
"Man's Best Friend - a Duck"Bill OddieBill Oddie
The Curse of the Flying Wombat - Part 12Graeme Garden,
David Hatch,
Eric Idle,
and Bill Oddie
"Yodelling Goatherd"Bill Oddie, with Tim Brooke-Taylor (as Lady Constance de Coverlet) and the CastBill Oddie
The Curse of the Flying Wombat - Part 13Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"I Love a Show" (Footlights)Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
Dentisti
(Animal dentist in Africa)
Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Graeme Garden,
and Bill Oddie
"Taking My Oyster For Walkies"Bill Oddie and the Cast
(with introduction by David Hatch)
Bill Oddie
Dick Whittington and His Wonderful Hat Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Spring, Spring, Spring"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
"We're Going to a Football Match"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
"The Music of the Dawn"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
"I Love You"Jo Kendall and John CleeseBill Oddie
"The Flippity Floppity Bunny Song"Tim Brooke-Taylor and Bill OddieBill Oddie
"We're All Going to Die"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
"Hope You've Had a Very Merry Christmas"Bill OddieBill Oddie
Doctor Clubfoot of the Antarctic
Doctor Why and the Thing Brian Cooke,
John Esmonde,
Graeme Garden,
David Hatch,
Eric Idle,
Bob Larbey,
Johnnie Mortimer, and Bill Oddie
"Let There Be Love"Bill OddieLionel Rand and Ian Grant
"Nuclear Submarine"Bill Oddie, David Hatch, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-TaylorBill Oddie
Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jibe John Esmonde,
Graeme Garden,
Alan Hutchinson,
Bob Larbey,
and Bill Oddie
"The Eve of Election"Bill Oddie and Jo KendallBill Oddie
"The Rhubarb Tart Song"John Cleese and the CastJohn Cleese and John Philip Sousa
Dr. Zhivago and His Wonderful Lamp Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Les Girls"Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, and David HatchBill Oddie
England Our England
(documentary / travelogue)
John Esmonde,
Clive James,
Bob Larbey,
David McKellar,
Bill Oddie, and
Peter Vincent
"Don't Let It Rain on My Baby"Bill OddieBill Oddie
"Waiting for the London Bus"Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, and David HatchTim Brooke-Taylor and Bill Oddie
First Pilot
The Ghost of McMuckle Manse Simon Brett,
Derek Farmer,
Graeme Garden,
and Bill Oddie
"I Wish You Love"Bill Oddie
(with interjections by Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden)
Léo Chauliac, Charles Trenet, and Albert Askew Beach
The Ghost of Objectionable Manor Tim Brooke-Taylor,
David Hatch,
Derek Farmer,
and Bill Oddie
"I Can Hear the Wombats Dancing"Bill Oddie and the Cast
(with slideshow by John Cleese)
Bill Oddie
"In the Moonlight (Portuguese Dictionary Song)"Bill Oddie
(with English translations by John Cleese)
Bill Oddie
Greek Tragedy Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Football Chants"Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, and Jo Kendall
(as The Tillingbourne Folk & Madrigal Society)
Bill Oddie
Grimm Fairy Tale
(Princess Goldilocks and the Perverted Goblins)
Graeme Garden,
Eric Idle,
Bill Oddie,
and Andy Smith
"Aardvark, Ferret, Vulture"John Cleese and the CastBill Oddie
"I Must Go to Moscow (Russian Eurovision Song)"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
"Something About Restaurant Food (Garcon, Garcon)"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
The Harder They Fall, the More They Hurt Themselves Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Bradford Girls"Bill Oddie and the Cast
(alias: The Seaside Fellas)
Bill Oddie
Henry VIII Graeme Garden,
Jo Kendall,
and Bill Oddie
"We Are The Lads Of The M.C.C."Bill Oddie, with Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and David HatchBill Oddie
History of Radio Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Graeme Garden,
and Bill Oddie
"Now Is The Time To Sing And Laugh As You Cry"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
"Come into the Garden, Maud"Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden
(as Timothy's Termites)
Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Michael William Balfe
History of the British Army Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Graeme Garden,
and Bill Oddie
"I Like Singing in the Bathtub"Bill Oddie
(with Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, and David Hatch as soldiers in a submarine)
Bill Oddie
History of the Cinema Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Sisters"Tim Brooke-Taylor (as The De Coverlet Sisters) Irving Berlin
"Let's Laugh"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
"The Show Must Go On And On And On"Bill Oddie and the Cast
(with Tim Brooke-Taylor as Lady Constance de Coverlet and Graeme Garden as Arnold Totteridge)
Bill Oddie
Incompetence Simon Brett,
Graeme Garden,
and Bill Oddie
"You'll Feel Much Worse"Bill OddieBill Oddie
"Trio Los Banditos"Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, and Tim Brooke-TaylorBill Oddie
The Inimitable Grimbling Graeme Garden,
David Hatch,
Eric Idle,
and Bill Oddie
"Why Can't the Animals"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
Interlude
Inventors
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack the Ripper Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
with Peter Kemp
and Chris Miller
"Cactus In My Y-Fronts"Bill Oddie and Graeme GardenBill Oddie
Jorrocks: Memoirs of a Fox Hunting Man Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"An Excerpt from the Reception for the Belgian Ambassador at 10 Downing Street"
(a medley of "There's No Business Like Show Business", "Knees Up, Mother Brown", "That's Entertainment!", and "Make 'Em Laugh")
Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, and the CastIrving Berlin / Traditional / Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz / Bill Oddie / Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown
"Hello! Hello! Who's Your Lady Friend?"Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, John Cleese, and Tim Brooke-Taylor Harry Fragson, Worton David, Bert Lee
"Thud-Bang-Bang-Wobble-Bing-Bang-Bong (Eurovision Song)"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
"D'ye Ken John Peel?"Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden John Woodcock Graves and Bill Oddie
Julius Caesar Tim Brooke-Taylor,
John Cleese,
Graeme Garden,
Alan Hutchinson,
Eric Idle,
and Bill Oddie
"The Ship Put to Sea in the Month of May"Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall, and Bill Oddie
(as The Tillingbourne Folk & Madrigal Society)
Eric Idle and John Cameron
"Police Constable Herbert Platt, Somerset Constabulary – Greatest Lawman of Them All"Bill Oddie
(with John Cleese as P.C. Herbert Platt)
Bill Oddie
Lady Godiva Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Chartered Accountant"Bill Oddie and the Cast
(with John Cleese as the chartered accountant)
Bill Oddie
Laurence of Arabia - On Ice Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"The Terrapin Song"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
Liverpool the City Eric Idle
and Bill Oddie
"Ferry Across the Mersey (Liverpudlian Love Song)"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
"Liverpool"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
Long Range Weather Forecast
The Lone Stranger Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Graeme Garden,
David Hatch,
Eric Idle,
and Bill Oddie
"The Ballad of Sir William Grimbling"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
"Cricket Calypso"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
Lost Eskimos of the South Pole David Hatch
and Bill Oddie
"If I Were the Only Girl in the World"Jo Kendall Nat D. Ayer and Clifford Grey
"Professional Work Song"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
Macbeth Derek Farmer,
Graeme Garden,
and Bill Oddie
"What a Wonderful World"Bill Oddie, with:
Concerned friends – Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden
Doctor – John Cleese
Nurse – Jo Kendall
Bob Thiele and George David Weiss
"Down on Melody Farm"Bill Oddie and the Cast
(with Tim Brooke-Taylor as Constance the Chicken, Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, and David Hatch as Marty Mutton and the Baa-Liners, and John Cleese as a mouse)
Bill Oddie
Marriage Bureau
Mike Spanner, Private Eye Brian Cooke,
Graeme Garden,
Chick Jacob,
Les Liddy,
Johnnie Mortimer,
and Bill Oddie
"After the Fall"Bill Oddie and Jean HartBill Oddie
"The Wind"Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, and Bill Oddie
(as The Tillingbourne Folk & Madrigal Society)
Bill Oddie
"The Freedom Day"Bill Oddie and Jean HartBill Oddie
Moll Flounders Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Philip Cox, and
Graeme Garden
"Drown All Your Troubles Away (The Masochism Song)"Bill OddieBill Oddie
"Train Robbers in the Sky"Bill Oddie and the CastJohn Cameron and/or Bill Oddie
Murder On The 3:17 To Cleethorpes Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Graeme Garden,
and Bill Oddie
"Stuff That Gibbon"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
My Man, Grimbling
Nelson John Esmonde,
Graeme Garden,
Eric Idle,
Bob Larbey,
David Lund,
Peter Lund,
and Bill Oddie
"Musical Journey"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
"I'm in Love with a Lion"Jo KendallBill Oddie
Oklahoma Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Nappy Love"Bill Oddie, with Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-TaylorBill Oddie
Operation Chocolate John Cleese
and Bill Oddie
"Julie Andrews"Bill Oddie and the Cast
(with exclamations by Graeme Garden)
Bill Oddie
Othello "Joke Song"Bill Oddie
(with the other joke by John Cleese)
Bill Oddie
People Are Out
Professor Prune And The Electric Time Trousers - Part 1Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Knees"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
Professor Prune And The Electric Time Trousers - Part 2Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"We're All Going on a Hovercraft Ride"Bill Oddie, with Tim Brooke-TaylorBill Oddie
Professor Prune And The Electric Time Trousers - Part 3Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Hold Me In Your Arms (Just to Keep Me Warm)"Bill OddieBill Oddie
Professor Prune And The Electric Time Trousers - Part 4Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
with John Cleese
and John Junkin
"The Ballad of Oliver Cromwell"John Cleese and the CastJohn Cleese and Frédéric Chopin
Professor Prune And The Electric Time Trousers - Part 5Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
with Simon Brett
"She's Gone"Bill Oddie and the Cast
(with spoken part by Jo Kendall)
Bill Oddie
Professor Prune And The Electric Time Trousers - Part 6Andrew Fisher,
Graeme Garden,
and Bill Oddie
"The Family's On the Rocks"Bill OddieBill Oddie
"Boobirella"Bill OddieBill Oddie
"In Perfect Harmony"Tim Brooke-Taylor (as Boobirella) and Bill Oddie (as Pikelet)Bill Oddie
Professor Prune And The Electric Time Trousers - Part 7Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Baby Samba"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
Professor Prune And The Electric Time Trousers - Part 8Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Marcellus Lane"Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, Jo Kendall, and John CleeseBill Oddie
Professor Prune And The Electric Time Trousers - Part 9Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Listening to the Flowers Grow"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
Professor Prune And The Electric Time Trousers - Part 10Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Carry Me Back to Europe"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
Professor Prune And The Electric Time Trousers - Part 11Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Give Me a Song That Has Nothing To Do with a Melody"Bill OddieBill Oddie
Professor Prune And The Electric Time Trousers - Part 12Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"The Henry V Song"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
Professor Prune And The Electric Time Trousers - Part 13Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Denmark Street"Bill OddieBill Oddie
"Strangers in Paradise"David Hatch Alexander Borodin, Robert Wright, George Forrest
"The Grimbling Song"Bill OddieBill Oddie
"Auld Lang Syne"Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, Jo Kendall, and Bill Oddie Robert Burns
RAF Briefing John Cleese,
Brian Cooke,
Graeme Garden,
Tony Hendra,
Johnnie Mortimer,
and Hugh Woodhouse
"I Love You-ooo (Yippee)"Jean Hart and Bill Oddie, with Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden as coyotesBill Oddie
"She's Gone"Bill Oddie and the Cast
(with spoken word by Jean Hart)
Bill Oddie
The Ramond Nostril Story
Report on Schools
The Return of the Son of the Bride of Frankenstein Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"The Brew That We All Love the Most"Bill Oddie, John Cleese, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, and David Hatch
(with objections from Jo Kendall)
Graeme Garden
Review of the Pops
The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
The Roaring Twenties John Cleese
and Bill Oddie
"We're Going to a Football Match"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
Robin Hood Graeme Garden,
Peter Hutchins,
David McKellar,
Eric Idle, and
Peter Vincent
"My Baby's Become a Folk Singer"Bill OddieBill Oddie
"The Ballad of Robin Hood"David HatchBill Oddie
Robinson Prunestone Simon Brett,
Rowling Baker,
Graeme Garden,
and Jo Kendall
"Bounce"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
Search for the Nile Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"The Masochist's Rag"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
"In the Old Bazaar in Cairo"Graeme Garden and Bill OddieCharlie Chester, K. Morris, Clinton Ford, Bill Oddie
Song of the South
Star Trek Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Sick Man Blues"Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-TaylorBill Oddie
The Supernatural John Esmonde,
David Hatch,
Eric Idle,
Bob Larbey,
David McKellar,
Bill Oddie, and
Peter Vincent
"Rhubarb Tart Blues"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
"Meet Me in the Churchyard, Nellie"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
Take Your Pixie
Tales of the Old West
The Taming of the Shrew Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Full Frontal Radio"Bill Oddie and the Cast
(announcement by Graeme Garden)
Bill Oddie
The Telephone Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
"Silence"Bill Oddie and the Cast
(as The Confirmed Bachelors)
Graeme Garden
Ten Thousand BC (The Dawn of Civilization) Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Graeme Garden,
Alan Hutchinson,
Bill Oddie,
and David Tate
"Roger's Keep Fit Class"Bill Oddie, with Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, and David HatchBill Oddie
Tim Brown's Schooldays Tim Brooke-Taylor,
John Cleese,
Graeme Garden,
Eric Idle,
and Bill Oddie
"My Identikit Gal"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
"Take It Off!"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
20,000 Leaks Under the Sea Graeme Garden,
Peter Kemp,
and Bill Oddie
"TV Themes Medley"Bill Oddie and the Cast
(as The Tillingbourne Folk & Madrigal Society)
Bill Oddie
The 25th Anniversary Special Graeme Garden
and Bill Oddie
with Jo Kendall
and Lizzie Lord
"Spring, Spring, Spring"
(with an interpolation of "Listening to the Flowers Grow")
Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
"The Ferret Song"John Cleese and the CastJohn Cleese and Graham Chapman
Ulysses Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Lizzie Evans,
Derek Farmer,
and Bill Oddie
"Telephone Directory Song"Bill Oddie, with Jo Kendall as the switchboard operatorBill Oddie
"I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside"Bill OddieJohn H. Glover-Kind
The Unexplained
Universal Challenge
The Vikings Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Bill Oddie, and
Douglas Young
"The Good Old Days"Bill Oddie and Graeme GardenBill Oddie
Watergate
William Tell "Repeat After Me"Bill Oddie and the CastBill Oddie
William the Conqueror
World of Sport Tim Brooke-Taylor,
David Hatch,
Alan Hutchinson,
Eric Idle,
and Bill Oddie
"Don't Laugh at Me 'Cause I'm a Fool"Bill Oddie
(with laughter from Tim-Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, and Jo Kendall)
Norman Wisdom and June Tremayne
"Living on My Old-Age Pension"Bill Oddie and the Cast
(as The How)
Bill Oddie


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"More Cowbell" is a comedy sketch that aired on Saturday Night Live on April 8, 2000. The sketch was written by regular cast member Will Ferrell and depicts the recording of the song "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult. The sketch stars guest host Christopher Walken as fictional music producer Bruce Dickinson, and Ferrell as fictional cowbell player Gene Frenkle, whose overzealous playing annoys his bandmates but pleases Dickinson. The sketch also features Chris Parnell as Eric Bloom, Jimmy Fallon as Bobby Rondinelli, Chris Kattan as Buck Dharma, and Horatio Sanz as Joe Bouchard.

<i>Monty Pythons Flying Circus</i> British sketch comedy television series (1969–1974)

Monty Python's Flying Circus is a British surreal sketch comedy series created by and starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam, who became known collectively as "Monty Python", or the "Pythons". The first episode was recorded at the BBC on 7 September 1969 and premiered on 5 October on BBC1, with 45 episodes airing over four series from 1969 to 1974, plus two episodes for German TV. A feature film adaptation of several sketches, And Now for Something Completely Different, was released in 1971.

"What Up with That?" is a recurring sketch on the NBC television series Saturday Night Live. The sketch first aired in 2009. It stars Kenan Thompson as Diondre Cole, host of a talk show on BET.

<i>Bubble Guppies</i> Childrens television series

Bubble Guppies is an animated children's fantasy television series created by Jonny Belt and Robert Scull and developed by Belt, Scull, and Janice Burgess for Nickelodeon. The series is a combination of the sketch comedy, edutainment, and musical genres, and revolves around the underwater adventures of a group of merperson preschoolers named Molly, Gil, Goby, Deema, Oona, Nonny, and Zooli. The program premiered on Nickelodeon on January 24, 2011, and ran for six seasons until June 30, 2023. The series is produced using 3D software.

The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced between September 18, 1976, and May 21, 1977, the second season of SNL.

The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced between September 28, 1996, and May 17, 1997, the twenty-second season of SNL.

The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced between October 7, 2000, and May 19, 2001, the twenty-sixth season of SNL.

The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced between October 2, 2004, and May 21, 2005, the thirtieth season of SNL.