Kelly Monteith

- Season 1

(1979)

In this first episode we get introduced to Kelly, his problems with being a comedian, his recurring dream of his wife spending all his money, speeding policemen, gender roles in old movies, restaurant service and business meetings.

Kelly discusses what it's like to be recently married, and the temptations associated with being unavailable to other women. Frustrations lead from too much sex on TV, the difficulties of ice trays, making lists, discos and jealousy.

Kelly takes his wife to a restaurant to try and rekindle the spark in their marriage. Along the way he discusses faulty goods, the lack of realism on TV, sharing bathrooms, Italian art films, impotence and seeing a marriage counsellor.

Kelly goes to a conference for the deaf, which leads to a discussion on sound, the importance of the telephone, childhood phobias, car breakdowns, lift etiquette, and the nerves associated with business meetings.

Kelly and his wife are holding a series of charity dinners. All is going well - until Kelly cricks his back jogging and everyone wants to fix it.

Kelly has to go away on business, and experiences all the many problems associated with travel: hotel rooms, airport check in desks, flights, baggage handling and immigration officials.