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Oooh Betty!

The Story of Slapstick charts the history of the world's most popular comedy genre. Whether you're three or fifty three we all seem to love physical humour. It doesn't matter if they're slapped, banged or walloped, there's a simple glee in the misfortune of others. When it came to pure slapstick Frank Spencer (Michael Crawford) was out on his own. Some Mother's Do 'Ave Em featured some of the biggest and most dangerous antics ever seen in British comedy. Like Keaton before him, Michael Crawford insisted on performing all his own stunts including this risky roller skating sequence.

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