The Better Cinema on Instagram: "They actually aired this on live TV. Alas Smith and Jones was a British sketch comedy series starring Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones, running on BBC2 from 1984 to 1988 before evolving into Smith and Jones on BBC1 from 1989 to 1998. A spin-off from Not the Nine O’Clock News, the show was so influential it even crossed the Atlantic—briefly airing on A&E and PBS in the late ’80s, and later on CBS during its early ’90s late-night block."