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
The Meanest Man in the World The Meanest Man in the World The Meanest Man in the World is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Sidney Lanfield, starring Jack Benny and Priscilla Lane, based upon a play that starred George M. Cohan, who produced it on Broadway and released by 20th Century Fox. The supporting cast features Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Edmund Gwenn and Anne Revere. The picture's screenplay was written by George Seaton and Allan House. The plotline involves a kind lawyer (Benny) who pretends to be mean in order to further his career, which has the unforeseen repercussion of placing his romance with Lane's