{"id":1993,"date":"2008-11-16T16:05:38","date_gmt":"2008-11-16T16:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/the-cannon-and-ball-show-series-1\/"},"modified":"2008-11-16T16:05:38","modified_gmt":"2008-11-16T16:05:38","slug":"the-cannon-and-ball-show-series-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/comedykings.co.uk\/index.php\/the-cannon-and-ball-show-series-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cannon and Ball Show – Series 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Titles\"<\/h2>\n

Episode 1<\/h2>\n

Aired Saturday 28th July 1979, 8pm
With guest stars Liza Goddard and Michael Robbins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Opening stand-up routine<\/td>\n\"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sketch in a police station, with guest Michael Robbins<\/td>\n\"Titles\" \"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Worm charming<\/td>\n\"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sketch with guest Liza Goddard<\/td>\n\"Titles\" \"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Final song – Chanson D’Amour<\/td>\n\"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Episode 2<\/h2>\n

Sat 4th August 1979, 8pm
With guest stars Maureen Lipman and Sydney Tafler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Opening stand-up routine – Bobby recites the alphabet<\/td>\n\"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sketch with guest Sydney Tafler. Tommy wants to go solo as Bobby isn’t funny any more.<\/td>\n\"Titles\" \"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tommy’s best gags<\/td>\n\"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sketch with Maureen Lipman as an Agony Aunt giving relationship advice.<\/td>\n\"Titles\" \"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Final song – Blue Moon<\/td>\n\"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

Episode 3<\/h2>\n

Sat 26th October 1979, 8:30pm.
With guest star Ernest Clark<\/p>\n

This episode was shown nearly three months after the previous one due to a strike by ITV technicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Opening stand-up routine – Bobby shows his Origami skills<\/td>\n\"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sketch in a bar, where they try to impress two posh ladies.<\/td>\n\"Titles\" \"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tommy tries to sort out Bobbys dress sense<\/td>\n\"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sketch with Ernest Clark of “Doctor in the House”. Tommy is in hospital, Bobby pretends to be a doctor to visit him.<\/td>\n\"Titles\" \"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Final song – Only You<\/td>\n\"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

Episode 4<\/h2>\n

Sat 2nd November 1979, 8:30pm
With guest star June Whitfield<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Opening routine – Bobby talks to his buttonnhole<\/td>\n\"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Follow up to the previous episodes’ sketch in a bar, with the same ladies.<\/td>\n\"Titles\" \"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bobby has apparently swallowed a musical instrument<\/td>\n\"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sketch with June Whitfield as a hotel manager, where Tommy and Bobby are trying to settle their bill.<\/td>\n\"Titles\" \"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Final song – Sh-Boom (Life Could Be A Dream)<\/td>\n\"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Episode 5<\/h2>\n

Sat 9th November 1979, 8:30pm
With guest star Hugh Paddick<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Opening routine – Bobby and his new library book<\/td>\n\"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A visit to the dentist<\/td>\n\"Titles\" \"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bobby was brought up as a Jack Russell<\/td>\n\"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

Sketch with Hugh Paddick, where Tommy and Bobby are telephone installation engineers.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\"Titles\" \"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Final song – Zing went the Strings of my Heart,<\/td>\n\"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Episode 6<\/h2>\n

Sat 16th November 1979, 8:30pm.
With guest stars Bernard Kay and Irene Handl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Opening routine – Bobby’s bottle has gone<\/td>\n\"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

Bernard Kay is an estate agent, showing the round a damp and cold flat.<\/p>\n

This sketch was released on the Comedy Classics of the 1970s DVD<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\"Titles\" \"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bobby apologises<\/td>\n\"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Irene Handl is the neighbour who pops round for a visit.<\/td>\n\"Titles\" \"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Final song – Laugh me a Laugh<\/td>\n\"Titles\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n

\"Closing \"Closing<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n

DVD release<\/h2>\n

\"DVD<\/a>The full series was released on DVD in August 2010<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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