Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tekau tau e whai ake nei, ka ārahi ngā mema o Footlights i te whakaari o Ingarangi, mā te waihanga me te whetū i roto i ngā whakaaturanga pēnei i "Not Only... Engari ano hoki", "Kei te pouri ahau, ka panui ano ahau", "I te mutunga o te 1948 Whakaaturanga", "Ko te Wiki tera i mua me te Kaiarahi Hitchhiker ki te Galaxy", e hanga ana i nga roopu whakakatakata penei i a Monty Python, me The Goodies, me te whakaoho i te tipu o te satire. I roto i nga tau 1980, i whakapakarihia e Footlights tona tuunga i te ngakau o te komihana o Ingarangi. Ko te whakaaturanga 1981, i whakaatuhia e Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Tony Slattery, Penny Dwyer me Paul Shearer, i toa i te Tohu Perrier tuatahi
i te Edinburgh Fringe Festival, ā, i whānau mai ai a Fry rāua ko Laurie, te tuatahi i roto i te rārangi roa o ngā mahi takirua rongonui, angitu hoki i hangaia i te karapu, tae atu ki a Armstrong rāua ko Miller rāua ko Mitchell rāua ko Webb. Ko ta raatau arotake, The Cellar Tapes, i St Mary Street Hall i kiia ko "te arotake a-tau: tetahi o nga kaiwhakaari kaha mo etahi tau, kua tae atu ki te tonga o Ingarangi me te angitu nui".