Writing for Truth, Denis Thomas singled out the show from any other comedy show on television, describing it as "so televisually funny: this, for once, is a variety programme which owes nothing at all to gramophone records or to the Palladium, or even to cabaret".
Denis Thomas highlighted "The Show" as being unique among all comedy shows on television. He praised it for its originality and stated that it was unlike any other show, not relying on traditional sources of humor like gramophone records, the Palladium, or cabaret performances.