There was a program on the BBC in the 1960s called At Last The 1948 Show. I am aware of that fact because I am a nerd & consequently a Monty Python fan, & that show predates Python & includes Graham Chapman & John Cleese, as well as Eric Idle as an occasional guest.
The show aired in 1967, so the title is a joke, & a very Pythonesque one, if you can call something Pythonesque before Monty Python existed. When I titled this "At Last The Radiation Show," I of course thought of the British program, which I've never actually seen entire episodes of. (The Wikipedia page says that it's available on Amazon Prime so I will check on that.)
In fact, the BBC erased the tapes on which the program was saved soon after airing, so it's been something of a quest to find copies of original episodes, & luckily there have been, I believe, eleven of the original thirteen discovered, of varying quality of course but better that than nothing.
Which makes me drawing attention to that show by calling this post something that reminded me of the show kind of pathetic, seeing how no one's really been waiting for the radiation show, nor will it be remembered after it's done. But since I promised a radiation show - has it been three weeks now? Or just two? - I'll deliver one this week.
Ooo, I can tell you're psyched about it. Or maybe you're just glad that you now know there's more Cleese & Chapman out there to see!
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