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Legendary short-lived (32 episodes over 4 series) British [[Variety Show]]/[[Sketch Comedy]] show, hosted by British DJ [[Kenny Everett]]. It was made by [[Thames Television]] and was broadcast on [[ITV]] from 1978 to 1981.
Originally, the ''Video Show'' consisted of Everett in the role of a visual DJ linking studio performances from bands, singers, and the show's resident dance troupe [[wikipedia:Hot Gossip|Hot Gossip]], along with occasional sketches and cartoons featuring Captain Kremmen, a science fiction hero voiced by Everett and originally developed for his Capital Radio shows. As the series grew in popularity, though, the linking material became longer and more varied
To the growing repertoire of the program, Everett added a small cast of characters, all played by him: Aging rock-and-roller Sid Snot, unsuccessfully flipping cigarettes into his mouth; Marcel Wave, a lecherous Frenchman played by Everett wearing an absurdly false latex chin; and "Angry of Mayfair", an upper middle class City gent complaining of the risqué content of the show, banging the camera's lens hood with his umbrella, and then storming off, turning his back to us, only then to be revealed as wearing women's underwear in lieu of the entire back half of his suit.
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