It's a Square World Cartoon Films Ltd. The actors were seen in many different disguises and Dick Emery started a number of his characters there, like the old codger, and developed his funny voices. The series was revived for one colour episode in 1977 for BBC 1 called "Michael Bentine's Square World". In total 57 black and white episodes (including the pilot) of 30 minutes' duration were produced by the BBC. Of this total, 11 episodes are thought to no longer exist. The cast included: An LP was released by Parlophone in 1962 (produced by George Martin) of sketches including "Football Results", in which
American comedy films social commentary. "Dr. Strangelove" (1964) was a satirical comedy about Cold War paranoia, while "The Apartment" (1960), "Alfie" (1966) and "The Graduate" (1967) featured sexual themes in a way that would have been impossible only a few years previously. In 1970, the black comedies "Catch 22" and "M*A*S*H" reflected the anti-war sentiment then prevalent, as well as treating the sensitive topic of suicide. "M*A*S*H" would be toned down and brought to television in the following decade as a long-running series. Among the leading lights in comedy films of the next decade were Woody Allen and Mel Brooks. Both wrote, directed