Stand-up comic and television personality Kelly Monteith, who was one of the first American comedians to have their own BBC show, has died. The news was announced by The Anglophile Channel, a Los A…
which led to him getting his own self-titled sitcom/sketch series on the BBC.ran from 1979-1984 and was co-written with Neil Shand. In 1983, he took part in the Royal Variety Performance, performing for Queen Elizabeth II.
For The Anglophile Channel, which is dedicated to British culture and entertainment, Monteith co-hostedfrom 2019-2000. The latter was a look back his groundbreaking BBC series. In 2015, he and Paul Boland received the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Award for Best Television Anchor/Host from the Los Angeles Press Club.
According to BBC News, Jay 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.”
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