The Kenny Everett Video Show (1978)
The Kenny Everett Video Show (later renamed The Kenny Everett Video Cassette) was a British television comedy and music programme made by Thames Television for ITV from 3 July 1978 to 21 May 1981.
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Episode 1 - Gary Numan / The Shadows / The Pretenders
Release Date: 1980-02-18* Fat stand up comedian Billy Banter: Talking about dying * Sid Snot with Katie Boyle from Eurovision and Freddie Mercury: Do your stuff, Freddie Mercury * Ken with TVs: Games you can't win * MUSIC CLIP: Gary Numan, "I Die You Die" * Angry of Mayfair: Even my umbrella is bent * Commercial time with five Hot Gossip girls: Pimple-on * Hot Gossip girl with TVs and Ken inside: Talking from inside * Hot Gossip: "Bridge over Troubled Water" (by Linda Clifford) * Ken outside the set: Thames prop department
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Episode 2 - The Boomtown Rats / Suzi Quatro / Cliff Richard
Release Date: 1980-02-25* Ken with TVs: Are you worried about your weight ? * Fridge wonders to stop eating: Punch / Take off plus 2 takes and Ray Cameron intro for next * Scottish Studios: Scottish fridge * MUSIC CLIP: The Boomtown Rats, "Someone's Looking At You" * A short clip with the vicar: When we design this planet * Commercial time: Flush the floor cleaner * French Marcel Wave: With a camel (Part 2) * Ken with TVs: Intro for Hot Gossip * Hot Gossip: "Another Brick In The Wall" (by Pink Floyd) * Ken with TVs: A new computer, Tharg * End of parts / More parts * Ken with TVs: Get back in your room * Sid Snot: Right up my nose * Ken with TVs: And here's something else
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Episode 3 - Dave Edmunds / Cliff Richard / Anna Ford
Release Date: 1980-03-03* Ken through staircase to TVs (with Anna Ford and Dusty Springfield): Testimonials from viewers of the last week show * MUSIC CLIP: Dave Edmunds & Rockpile, "Singin' the Blues" * Angry of Mayfair: Moronic * Silly Cowboy: Dying for a drink (5 takes) * French Marcel Wave: Hot Gossip serials * Hot Gossip: "The Hardest Part" (by Blondie) * Ken with TVs: Joke about ambassador with tape recorder *
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Episode 4 - Dusty Springfield / Elvis Costello / The Police
Release Date: 1980-03-10* Three Kens with TVs: Hello, hello, hello, and a Happy New Year! * Sid Snot with a Hot Gossip girl: A cup of coffee and two lumps of sugar * Fat stand up comedian Billy Banter: Intro for Dusty Springfield * MUSIC CLIP: Dusty Springfield, "Your Love Still Brings Me to My Knees" * Commercial time: Fragropan with three times Ken as a caretaker * Scottish Studios: Taste the tartan * Ken with TVs: Intro for next * Hot Gossip: "Working Day and Night" (by Michael Jackson) * Vicar: Scanty costumes and erotic poses * Indian meditator: Spectacles *
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Episode 5 - Ellen Foley / David Essex
Release Date: 1980-03-17* Empty set with TVs: Sid Snot replaces Kenny * French Marcel Wave: Your English is so strange * Angry of Mayfair: Ken has been kidnapped * MUSIC CLIP: Ellen Foley, "Stupid Girl" * Sid Snot with David Essex: Trigger bike * Indian meditator: Naked girl * Fulcrum: Success with Dick Thrust with BALLS girls * Vicar: Turn the other cheek * Hot Gossip: "Baby Talks Dirty" (by The Knack) * Sid Snot set with TVs: With goat
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Episode 6 - John Williams & Sky / The Boomtown Rats / Suzi Quatro
Release Date: 1980-03-24* Ken with TVs: Book about silly, old inventions * Three Kens without set: Burst-a-drum * Ken with TVs: Intro for next * MUSIC CLIP: John Williams & Sky, "Toccata " (by Bach) * Angry of Mayfair: Letters * French Marcel Wave with two Hot Gossip girls: We used to work in a circus together * Bowls, Video vault: Bolts (real ad) * Hot Gossip: "Street Life" (Randy Crawford)
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Episode 7 - Episode 7: Suzi Quatro / 10cc / Joe Jackson
Release Date: 1980-03-31* Ken with TVs: Nasal drops from Japan * Ken as a Japanese doctor without set: Intro for next * Ken without set: Instant ice maker * Ken without set: Intro for next * MUSIC CLIP: Suzi Quatro, "Never Been in Love" * Fat stand up comedian Billy Banter: Irish water pool dame * Sid Snot: Remembering school days * 30 Second Theatre: Appointment with death * Bowls, video vault: Quiet, peaceful and lovely plus a real ad: Crunchie * Ken walks out of set: Head of saying no * Hot Gossip: "Money" (by The Flying Lizards) * Ken with TVs: I love you, Thug * Hot Gossip girl with TVs and Ken inside
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Episode 8 - The Police / Pete Townshend / Paul McCartney
Release Date: 1980-04-14* Before title sequence: Orson Welles: God, I hate being here * Ken with TVs: The last eight weeks we filled your screens with things like this * Orson Welles: From Harry Limes to lager, Variation 1 plus intro for next * MUSIC CLIP: The Police, "It's Alright For You" * Sid Snot: What you've got in your bag ? * Commercial time (against black): Repel-a-thug with three singing Kens as police officers (2 takes) * Fulcrum: Hot Gossips with their almost non-existing costumes * Hot Gossip: "Rebel Rebel" (by David Bowie)