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Comedy is a treacherous medium for anyone in show business. You spend a lifetime building up a comic persona, you work hard to understand how to make people laugh, to a point where you might just believe those around you when they describe you as a Comic Midas, anything you touch becomes pure comic gold. Eric Sykes worked hard at his craft of entertaining people, and against a growing list of ailments beginning with deafness. This disc is a testimony of that hard work in comedy. However it also contains material whose experimental humor has not made a successful transit through time, such as 'Rhubarb Rhubarb'. Perhaps an instance of an acceptance of that Comic Midas mantle? Nevertheless it does contain the classic 'The Plank', as well as a nostalgic review of some of the really great work of this great artist, and a host of other comedy greats as well.

Eric wrote for many of the stars of radio and then television, before becoming a star in his own right. This compilation of four short films, is a great example of his work. Sadly, most of the stars who appear in these films, like the man himself, are no longer alive.

It's Eric Sykes for God's sake, need I say more ? The Plank . . how great is that ? How can any one complain about a compilation of Sykes for such a price. Classic stuff.