Well,

Stuck in boarding school one didn't see much telly in the 70s but I remember (the now rather racist and Brit-centric) humo[u]r of the revived "I'm sorry I'll read that again" (Python and Goodies combo) and "Hallo Cheeky" (Barry Crier et al).

Someone mentioned Peter Cooke (may he rest in peace) and Dudley Moore -- while we are one-upping each other on comedies, maybe we should forget their late 70s comedy (?) routine as Derek and Clive (probably could have killed Dudely Moore's career before "10" and "Arthur" saved him ... God knows why). For pretty accomplished comedians they brought humor to a new low in 1977 ... they should have stuck to "Frog a la peche."

Then Spike Milligan's song (getting back to the music slant here) comes back to me:

"I used to talk to the trees ... till they put me away ..." Cheers, Brian