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Any day is Tiswas day A look at Tiswas compilations that have been officially released on videotape and DVD. This is just a work in progress at the moment... [Tiswas : The Best Of The Best Bits] The first officially released Tiswas video, issued in 1992 by Polygram, who held the rights to most ATV/ITC entertainment shows at the time. This is in my opinion, the best compilation of the three tapes. It is also the most common, regularly cropping up on eBay and in second hand shops. It does set the standard for the rest of the compilations, excluding natural Tiswas features like pop videos, cartoons, competitions, educational slots, etc, and just containing comedy sketches and funny moments. [Tiswas : More Of The Best Bits] The second officially released Tiswas video, issued in late 1992 by Polygram. This was always planned whether the first release was a success or not. Like the first compilation, we have a show opening, a guest displayng a surreal musical act (Matthew Butler's Bright Eyes), a crying kid, lots of Newsflashes, Compost Corner, fluffs and a pop video from the Four Bucketeers rounding it off. There is a fair bit of Michael Palin material here (thanks to his appearance on 21st March '81) and some digs at Bob's ill-fated Cough The Cat. [Tiswas : Comedy Capers] The third and final Tiswas videotape compilation, and it's a bit of a twist. Old school comedians in this era had been enjoying a revival on video releases now that regular television had sidelined them, so the inlay to this beauty takes the angle of being a selection of classic comedians' routines that just happened to be on Tiswas. The actual content is a lot like this, but still close to the previous two compilations, containing sketches and the usual staple content of Compost Corner and Lenny's newsflashes. Bernard Manning fans will be disappointed that he doesn't make his trademark blue jokes on this, and most of the comedy in his scenes come from the Tiswas team themselves. |
  
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