The Kenny Everett Video Show Everett in the role of a visual DJ linking studio performances from bands, singers, and the show's resident dance troupe Hot Gossip, along with occasional sketches and Captain Kremmen cartoons. As the series grew in popularity, the linking material became longer and more varied - to such an extent that the final series, renamed "The Kenny Everett Video Cassette", focused far more heavily on the comedy with just one musical guest per week. The "Video Show" was also noteworthy in that the sketches were performed to the studio crew and technicians with their laughter heard on the finished programme, unlike
The Country Captain The Country Captain The Country Captain, alternatively known as Captain Underwit, is a Caroline era stage play written by William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, and first published in 1649. It has attracted critical attention primarily for the question of James Shirley's participation in its authorship. The play's date of authorship and its performance history are not known in detail; it was performed at the Blackfriars Theatre by the King's Men, and is plausibly dated to c. 1639–40. "The Country Captain" was revived early in the Restoration period. Samuel Pepys saw it performed on 21 October 1661. In his Diary