US comic Kelly Monteith who had own UK show dies at 80
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Monteith starred in a self-titled comedy series in which he would give his unique observations on lifeMonteith first made a name for himself on the US comedy circuit in the 1970s. He made more than 40 appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Jay Leno as well as on The Late Show with David Letterman.
Leno once described Monteith as a comedian who was "always extremely clever, extremely funny. One of the benchmarks. For those of us of a certain generation, Kelly was the guy".After proving popular with the public with those appearances, Monteith was offered his own series by the BBC that ran for six seasons.
Monteith was the one of the first American comedians to get his own BBC show, and co-wrote his self-titled series with Neil Shand.Kelly Monteith and Frederick Jaeger performing a dentist sketch from the BBC television show Kelly Monteith in 1981Monteith often said that one of the highlights of his career was performing for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Variety Performance in 1983.
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