"The Little Ol' Show That Comes on After Monty Python" collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains digitized video, correspondence, and a master list of performers including performance dates. For more information on the videos, please see the Scope and Content notes for each episode.
Dates
- Creation: 1975-1980s
Creator
- KPRC-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This material is open for research.
Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.
Request access to digital material (stored on Fondren Library's nearline / non-public server) by contacting Woodson Research Center staff at woodson@rice.edu. Please use the Identifier number in your request.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish from this material must be obtained from Bruce Bryant and/or KPRC.
Biographical / Historical
"The Little Ol' Show That Comes on After Monty Python" aired on KPRC from 1975 to 1980. It was the brainchild of Bruce Bryant, whose friend and long term production partner, Jim Barham, provided film shorts. The show aired on Saturday nights between Monty Python and the station's sign-off.
The show featured film shorts, comedy bits, clips from classic films, and in-studio performances. The performers include but are not limited to Townes Van Zandt, Wheatfield, Hoyt Axton, Vince Bell, Ry Cooder, Frank Davis, Richard Dobson, George Ensle, Danny Everitt, Blaze Foley, Nanci Griffith, Eric Taylor, Emmy Lou Harris, Lucinda Williams, Don McLean, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Reed, Shake Russell, Dana Cooper, Doug Sahm, Don Sanders, and John Vandiver.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)
7.09 Gigabytes (Nearline access: MS0663aip_001 (7.09 GB))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains digitized video, correspondence, and a master list of performers including performance dates.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Bruce Bryant in 2016 and 2018.
- Title
- Guide to "The Little Ol' Show That Comes on After Monty Python" collection, 1975-1980s
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Norie Guthrie
- Date
- 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu