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
The Goodies (TV series) contemporary UK "alternative" comedy hit, "Monty Python's Flying Circus". Whilst this comparison irritated them, Oddie, Garden and Brooke-Taylor were old university friends of the "Monty Python" cast. They had worked together on several projects, including the Cambridge University's Footlights Club revues, the radio show "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again", and television shows such as "Broaden Your Mind", "Twice a Fortnight", and a number of the Amnesty International benefit shows. "At Last the 1948 Show" was another show with multiple connections to the Pythons; it included the "Four Yorkshiremen" sketch, co-written and performed by Brooke-Taylor with John Cleese, Graham Chapman