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''Do Not Adjust Your Set!'' (''DNAYS!'') is a television series produced originally by Rediffusion, London, then, by the fledgling Thames Television for British commercial television channel ITV from 26 December 1967 to 14 May 1969. The show took its name from the message (frequently seen on the TV screen in those days) which was displayed when there was a problem with transmission. It included early appearances of Denise Coffey, David Jason, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin; the last three became members of the Monty Python comedy troupe soon afterwards. Although originally conceived as a children's programme, it quickly acquired a following amongst many adults, including future Pythons John Cleese and Graham Chapman (as mentioned by Cleese himself in the "Paying my ex-wife" stage performance tour, October 2010). The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band performed a song in each programme and Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band also appeared. The musicians frequently appeared as extras in sketches. The programme comprised a series of sketches, often bizarre and surreal, frequently satirical with a disjointed style which anticipate ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'', which followed five months after the last episode of ''DNAYS''. Strange animations between sketches were crafted in the final episodes by the then-unknown Terry Gilliam, who also graduated to ''Python'' – part of his "Christmas cards" animation reappeared there in the "Joy to the World" segment. One long-running feature of the show was "Captain Fantastic", featuring a parody superhero (Jason) in improbable, even macabre adventures against villainess Mrs. Black (Coffey). These segments were shot entirely on film, on location in London. In 1968, it won an international award, the Prix Jeunesse, in Munich. ==Episodes== *Episodes produced by Associated-Rediffusion: * *Series one: an introductory special on boxing day 1967, followed by 13 regular c.25 minute episodes (in a 30 minutes slot) broadcast between 26 December 1967 to 28 March 1968, Thursdays at 17:25. * *Untitled special c.25 minutes broadcast 29 July 1968, Monday at 19:00. *Episodes produced by Thames: * *"Do not adjust your stocking", 40 minutes broadcast 25 December 1968, Wednesday 16:10. For a 1986 repeat, David Jason demanded to be removed from the show, thus creating an abridged version of 25 minutes. * *Series two: 13 episodes of c.25 minutes broadcast between 19 February 1969 to 14 May 1969, Wednesdays at 17:20. In common with another important ''Monty Python'' predecessor, ''At Last the 1948 Show'', many episodes were wiped. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Do Not Adjust Your Set」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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