What you get in this book is a celebration of Galton and Simpson's work. The layout includes snippets of biographical information or anecdotes followed by extracts of scripts from throughout their career - from Hancock through to Steptoe.
And the scripts, even in written form, are funny - particularly early on.
As someone who would like to write comedy too it was interesting to hear that they agonised over each line making sure it was absolutely right before committing it to the page. For them it was turn of phrase that was important, not just jokes.
My only gripe though is the end is rather condensed. After faithfully reproducing extracts from many of Galton and Simpson's early works through to the fourth series of Steptoe their work after that, and indeed the reasons for quitting scriptwriting, are given next to no coverage. I guess this may have been due to deadlines but overall I very much enjoyed this book.
(I got this book through Amazon Vine. It is listed on their website here.)
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