Poke In The Eye

Product Description

Back in the day if you wanted to raise money you stood on street corner with a tin & a smile. That is until Mr John Cleese rounded up a few friends in 1976 for Amnesty Internationals first fundraising show A Poke In The Eye (With A Sharp Stick). Since then Amnesty has produced a dozen Secret Policeman shows which culminated this year with a breath-taking line-up at New Yorks Radio City Hall. This beautifully designed anniversary anthology brings together the greatest acts from the twelve shows: scripts of the Dead Parrot Sketch; lyrics to Michael Palins Im a Lumberjack; Peter Cooks peerless E.L. Wisty monologues; Rowan Atkinsons school-masters roll-call & on through to the latest generation led by Eddie Izzard Dylan Moran Frank Skinner Alan Carr & Russell Br&. These celebrated comedy routines are accompanied by beautiful photography specially commissioned introductions & insightful interviews from the stars involved. It is a fitting tribute to a remarkable comedy institution.