The Kenny Everett Video Show
Season 2
This show featured music set to imagery, just prior to MTV. Most of it was concert footage though some had effects and a theme. It had a choreography segment featuring dancers known as "Hot Gossip".
Where to Watch Season 2
10 Episodes
- Elvis Costello / David EssexE1
Elvis Costello / David Essex* Before title sequence: Sid Snot: Bust, variation #1 * Your television speaking: Button marked, "Idiot", variation #1 * Ken with TVs: Doesn't it look great! * Hot Gossip: "I Feel Love" (by Donna Summer) * Sid Snot: Another bust, variation #2 * Ken as a baby in a buggy: When I grow up * Bowls, Video vault: Alka-Seltzer ad from America, Variation "Mamma Mia" (with a real ad) * Brother Lee Love: The best boogie show * - Dave Edmunds / Cliff RichardE2
Dave Edmunds / Cliff Richard* Before title sequence: French Marcel Wave: Naughty Can-Can ladies in Paris * Mouth on a stick (animation): The following program * Your television speaking: Button marked, "Idiot", variation #2 * Ken with TVs: Gay bar in Soho * Hot Gossip: "Hot Child in the City" (by Nick Gilder) * Ken as a baby in a buggy: Toilet water * Russian man: Revolution * Brother Lee Love: Hot Gossip's slip and slide * Bowls, Video vault: Uncle Buck ad from Australia (with a real ad) * Fulcrum: Wonderful and terrible * Sid Snot: Intro for next music clip * MUSIC CLIP: Dave Edmunds & the Rockpile, "The Trouble Boys" (with jamming crowd) * Ken with TVs: Pie for David Essex * - Levinsky / Sinclair / Kate Bush / Thin LizzyE3
Levinsky / Sinclair / Kate Bush / Thin Lizzy* Before title sequence: Billy the Dancing Bucket: Opening speech * Your television speaking: Button marked, "Idiot", variation #2 * Ken with TVs and hanging Cliff Richard: 27! Correct! * Hot Gossip: "Contact" (by Edwin Starr) * French Marcel Wave: Dressing room next to one of Hot Gossip girls * Ken as a baby in a buggy: Cellophane nappy * Captain Kremmen [S02e03p01]: Relaxatron * Ken with two Hot Gossip girls in a set: Lord Thames' personal shower complex (intro for next song) * Levinsky/Sinclair, "Only Feel this Way" * Ken with TVs: Ken's mouth water * Ken without set: Time for a break, Variation "Body parts" * End of Part One * Tuned to the Kenny Everett Video Show: Amen, Variation "Logo" * Ken without set: Billy the Dancing Bucket * Sid Snot: Ballet * Bowls, Video vault: Marilyn Monroe in her first commercial * - The Real Thing / Bonnie Tyler / Leo SayerE4
The Real Thing / Bonnie Tyler / Leo Sayer* Before title sequence: Ken as a baby in a buggy: Big jobs * Mouth on a stick (animation): The following program * Your television speaking: Button marked, "Idiot", variation #2 * Ken out of set: A birthday of cameraman Raymond Gearing * [See also joke link to S03e06] * MUSIC CLIP: The Real Thing, "Can You Feel the Force" * French Marcel Wave: Looking at you * Angry of Mayfair: It's not funny at all * Captain Kremmen [S02e04p01]: The Raging Vegetables * Billy the Dancing Bucket: Intro for next * Hot Gossip: "Oh Happy Day" (by Roberta Kelly) * Ken with TVs: The end part * Ken without set: Time for a break, Variation "Cup" - Darts / The Pretenders / Bryan FerryE5
Darts / The Pretenders / Bryan Ferry* Before title sequence: Palm Court Hotel: Intro for next * Before title sequence: PARODY MUSIC CLIP: Presley Holy and Spit, the Punk band (with The Pretenders), Variation 1 * The opening of The Kenny Everett Video Show: Speeded up version * Ken with TVs: A cosy little chat ("And now Bryan Ferry") * MUSIC CLIP: Darts, "Get It while You Can" * Angry of Mayfair: Nothing goes right today * Kremmen of the Star Corps [S02e05p01]: Dehydrated Instant Crew * French Marcel Wave: Divine Hot Gossip rack * Ken with TVs: Potato Toppers * MUSIC CLIP: The Pretenders, "Stop Your Sobbing" - Average White Band / Kiki Dee / David EssexE6
Average White Band / Kiki Dee / David Essex* Before title sequence: Violinist: Violin Solo, Variation S02e06 * Ken with TVs: Ken stepping for intro the next * MUSIC CLIP: Average White Band, "Atlantic Avenue" * French Marcel Wave: Difference between fear and panic * Sid Snot: Sneezing (two takes) * Two Kens with one big TV: Intro for next * Hot Gossip: "Le Freak" (by Chic) * Ken with TVs: End of part one and contest time * Ken without set: Time for a break, Variation "Breakie poo with teeth" * Part two with teeth in the water * Palm Court Hotel: Intro for next * PARODY MUSIC CLIP: Presley Holy and Spit, the Punk band (with The Pretenders), Variation 2 * Ken in a set of Kiki Dee: Intro for next * MUSIC CLIP: Kiki Dee, "One Jump Ahead of the Storm" - Squeeze / Frankie Miller / Dean FriedmanE7
Squeeze / Frankie Miller / Dean Friedman* Before title sequence: Ken dressed in black: Finger and vase trick * Ken with TVs: Speeded up version of the show * Ken with TVs: Ken without a head and an intro for next [After the opening titles] * Squeeze, "Cool for Cats" * Sid Snot: Knickers * Captain Kremmen [S02e07p01]: Carla wants to see you * Silly Cowboy: Short on the rocks * French Marcel Wave (in kitchen): Hot Gossip drink * Hot Gossip: "The Eve of the War" (by Jeff Wayne, from "War of the Worlds") (during ending titles) * - Gerry Rafferty / Justin Hayward / Tina TurnerE8
Gerry Rafferty / Justin Hayward / Tina Turner* Before title sequence: Palm Court Hotel: Intro for next * Before title sequence: PARODY MUSIC CLIP: Presley Holy and Spit, the Punk band (with The Pretenders), Variation 2 * Ken with TVs with Justin Hayward: Intro for next song * MUSIC CLIP: Justin Hayward, "Marie" * French Marcel Wave: Sid Snot Action Job * Captain Kremmen [S02e08p01]: The Great Cinerama Banana Drama * Ken with green face: Intro for next * Hot Gossip: "The No.1 Song In Heaven" (by Sparks) * - Wings / Rachel Sweet / David BowieE9
Wings / Rachel Sweet / David Bowie* Before title sequence:Sid Snot: Party pieces * Two Kens with TVs: Life is a circle and Intro for next * MUSIC CLIP: Wings, "Goodnight Tonight" * Ken as a baby in a buggy: Fat mum * Captain Kremmen [S02e09p01]: Carla facing a giant banana, Variation #1: Six Kremmen beginning * Surfer: Water ski * Ken with TVs: Making Hot Gossip girls with Throbotron * Hot Gossip: "Satisfaction" (by the Rolling Stones) * Ken with TVs: End of part one aka Trivia Time, Variation 2 * A short clip with Elton John, variation #4: Dreadful! * Ken with TVs: Time for a break, Variation "Breakie poo with three heads" * End of Part One: Bird takes Ken's head off * - M / The Moody Blues / David EssexE10
M / The Moody Blues / David Essex* Before title sequence: Violinist without body: Violin Solo * The opening of The Kenny Everett Video Show: Teeth in a glass of water * Ken with TVs: The man in the mask, variation #1 * MUSIC CLIP: M, "Pop Music" * French Marcel Wave: A married man * Ken as a baby in a buggy: Irish baby refused to wear nappies * Kremmen [S02e10p01]: Carla facing a giant banana, Variation #1: Skeleton beginning * Sid Snot: An argument last night * David Essex's right eye ball * MUSIC CLIP: David Essex, "Twenty Flights up" * Ken with TVs: The man in the mask, variation #2 * Ken without set: Time for a break
