Dave Allen at Large

During the course of their series, Dave Allen and Benny Hill spoofed several of the same figures including The Six Million Dollar Man, The Count of Monte Cristo, Casanova and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

BLOOPER - Dave flubs a bit at one part in the episode but immediately catches himself. He goes: "I was in Wome - Rome...."

In the army sketch, Dave refers to the soldiers as "Smith, Kowalski, Farelli, and Palmer."

"Elementary, my dear Watson..." Sherlock Holmes never said this in any of his books. The closest version of it appears in "The Crooked Man" published first in 1893 and included in "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" published in 1894 where Holmes says a brief "Elementary" after observations from his friend and colleague, Dr. Watson.

In the marriage sketch, Dave's character is named James Sydney Albert. Jacqueline playing his bride is named Daphne Margaret Evadne.

British journalist, reporter and newsreader Peter Woods makes an appearance as a TV Newsman for the clergy on strike sketch.

BLOOPER: In the funeral of Cyrano sketch, the fake long nose on Dave gets much longer and his head in the coffin lowers before the lid is placed above him. The adjustment occurrs that the nose sticks up through the lid of the coffin without technically resting on Dave's face.

"Elementary, my dear Watson..." Sherlock Holmes never said this in any of his books. The closest version of it appears in "The Crooked Man" published first in 1893 and included in "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" published in 1894 where Holmes says a brief "Elementary" after observations from his friend and colleague, Dr. Watson.

BLOOPER - In the cowboy sketch where Peter Hawkins plays a sheriff, the word "sheriff" is mispelled S-H-E-R-R-I-F on the courthouse behind him.

Cast Member Ronnie Brody, playing Roderick in this episode, also had a bit part as an irate husband in the movie "Superman 3." That movie also had a bit part for Bob Todd as a distinguished gentleman in a hat. Todd was a cast member in Dave's "rival" series, "The Benny Hill Show."

BLOOPER - In the Dracula sketch, Dave does a sight gag about Dracula removing his false teeth of fangs and placing them in water by the outside of the casket, but when Chris Serle enters the scene as Frankenstein's monster, Dave is still wearing the Dracula teeth.

"Elementary, my dear Watson..." Sherlock Holmes never said this in any of his books. The closest version of it appears in "The Crooked Man" published first in 1893 and included in "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" published in 1894 where Holmes says a brief "Elementary" after observations from his friend and colleague, Dr. Watson.