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Dave Allen: Sit down comedian, storyteller

Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by steve


Dave Allen at Large show opening with sketches; theme music by Alan Hawkshaw

I grew up fascinated by comedy and comedians. One of the first from the UK that invaded my telly was Irish comedian Dave Allen. Allen had a comedy show on the BBC. And he simply sat there and told stories – with some short sketches thrown in.

Topics (his words): ‘Life, Death, Drinking, Religion and the English.’

The animated title design and music (developed in 1972, seen above) was really cool. The BBC would do wonderful things with title design. Even if the show didn’t have a budget to think of.

Here’s some highlights from a Dave Allen series from the 1990s:


Airplanes


Religion


Post Offices


Supermarkets

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