A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick) Terry Gilliam of Monty Python (with "Python girl" Carol Cleveland); Jonathan Miller, Peter Cook and Alan Bennett of "Beyond The Fringe"; Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor of "The Goodies". Solo performers included: John Fortune, John Bird, Eleanor Bron, Barry Humphries in character as Dame Edna Everage. Neil Innes and mime artist Des Jones. The show consisted primarily of "greatest hits" of the various performers. Peter Cook and Alan Bennett performed iconic solo routines from their early 1960s revue "Beyond The Fringe". The Monty Python team performed several of their most famous skits including the Dead Parrot sketch, the
Tim Brooke-Taylor also active in the Pembroke College drama society, the Pembroke Players. Brooke-Taylor moved swiftly into BBC Radio with the fast-paced comedy show "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again" in which he performed and co-wrote. As the screeching eccentric Lady Constance de Coverlet, he could be relied upon to generate the loudest audience response of many programmes in this long-running series merely with her unlikely catchphrase "Did somebody call?" uttered after a comic and transparent feed-line, as their adventure story reached its climax or cliffhanger ending. Other members of "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again" were John Cleese, Bill Oddie, Graeme