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Re: Comedy
The classic radio series, like 'Around the Horne', 'The Goon Show', 'I'm sorry I'll Read That Again', 'Hancock's Half Hour', were brilliant & in some cases translated well to television - 'I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again' being the inspiration for 'Monty Python's Flying Circus', for example.
Many 'sit coms' were populated with actors who had started out in radio, like June Whitfield & Terry Scott.
However, it seems that as TV became more prominent, that some of the spontaneity got lost - it would be difficult to do an 'ad lib' programme, like 'Does the Team Think', on the telly, for example.
I think it is the change from this kind of 'intellectual' humour to a more visual medium that we are seeing, now. Unfortunately, for me at least, with very few exceptions, it doesn't seem so humorous, any more.
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