Marty Feldman's Battle of Britain

[wanttaja]

Most of us probably remember British comedian Marty Feldman only as Igor in "Young Frankenstein." But he had a fairly long career in a number of movies and TV shows.

Back in the early '70s, he had a BBC-TV series. One sketch came out just after the movie "Battle of Britain"...the sketch was basically the classic fighter-pilot-movie plotline, with Marty as the new pilot, fresh out of training, being thrown into combat far before he was ready.

The sketch has all the cliches of the old wartime pilot movies (it even uses the soundtrack from "The Dam Busters")--but is set in the ranks of London taxicab drivers.

I saw it, back when the series was originally on. I remembered it the other day, and got to wondering if it was available online.

But of course:

Part 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yOvY2_Gvrc

Part 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIymtydBfDE

Total duration is about ten minutes. Not sure why it's broken into two parts, but the sketch is otherwise continuous.

Ron Wanttaja

 

[AdamZ]

Ya know the thing about that clip is I thought it was pretty creative and funny. My wife would a have looked at it saw me chuckling and turned to me and said " your a moron"

 

[ScottM]

Marty is a genius who left us way too soon. I recall watching his British show back in the 1960s with my parents. Mom never really got him, dad and I gufawed uncontrollably. When Monty Python came around later it was a lot like watching Marty all over again. FYI Terry Gilliam was a writer on his show.