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Steptoe and Son: The Desperate Hours (1972)
An All-Time Great Piece Of Comedy.
"The Desperate Hours" is probably the funniest ever episode of Steptoe & Son. Brilliantly scripted & acted it guest stars Leonard Rossiter as one of two escaped prisoners who blunder their way into the Steptoes home in Oil Drum Lane. The other old lag is played by J. G. Devlin. Harold & Albert Steptoe played, by Harry H. Corbett & Wilfred Brambell respectively, were always great to watch but it is Leonard Rossiter who steals the show here. He is just wonderful & I have read that it his performance in this particular episode of Steptoe & Son that helped directly to his being offered his own sitcom "Rising Damp". Scriptwriters Galton & Simpson are responsible for writing for some of the finest comedy performers British television has ever seen including, of course, Tony Hancock. In the case of "The Desperate Hours" they have excelled even their own very high standards. If you get the chance to watch it, DON'T MISS IT, because it is utterly hilarious!.
The Phil Silvers Show: Doberman's Sister (1956)
An Utterly Hilarious Episode.
According to the IMDb user ratings of The Phil Silvers Show, a.k.a. "Bilko" , this episode "Doberman's Sister" ranks in second place behind an episode called "The Court Martial", a zany episode in which a chimpanzee is court martialled for biting the mess hall sergeant. It is a very funny episode but I would have to disagree strongly with the user ratings in this instance because you would be hard-pressed to find an episode of any sitcom you care to mention as funny as Doberman's Sister". The plot is that Sergeant Bilko is trying to find one of his men from the motor pool to take Private Doberman's sister to their annual dance. None of his men have ever seen her but they all think that if she looks anything like her brother, then they would rather not!. Naturally they don't want to hurt Doberman's feelings & watching them make all sorts of ingenious reasons & excuses as to why they cannot take her is hilarious. Bilko, too, is put upon to take her & there is a wonderful dream sequence in this episode in which she turns out to be a Marilyn Monroe lookalike. For anyone who has never seen "Doberman's Sister" & you get the chance to watch it, DON'T MISS IT, because it is wonderfully funny.