Captain Kremmen The series became an animated cartoon in "The Kenny Everett Video Show" and "The Kenny Everett Television Show". This was produced for the series by Cosgrove Hall Films. The characters were designed and animated by Graham Kennedy. The single "Captain Kremmen (Retribution)" was a chart hit for Kenny Everett and Mike Vickers in late November 1977. Its main lyric, "Tread boldly, men", was a skit on "Star Trek"'s opening monologue. In 1979, a View-Master three-reel blister card was produced titled "Kenny Everett's Captain Kremmen". The View-Master company was well known for creating products aimed at children during the years the
Len Hutton as England captain captain of Leicestershire, as a player-manager, despite his inexperience in the role as manager and player—he had not played Test cricket at the time. This appointment caused authority on the tour to become muddled as Palmer was tour manager for most of the time, with authority over the captain, but a player for the rest of the time, under the captain's orders. Nor did Palmer have the experience nor temperament for such a difficult position, according to Alan Gibson, while E. W. Swanton described the appointment of Palmer by the M.C.C. as one of the worst it ever made. Hutton