Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin shekaru goma masu zuwa, membobin Footlights sun mamaye wasan kwaikwayo na Burtaniya, ƙirƙirar da kuma nunawa a cikin nune-nunen kamar "Ba wai kawai... Amma Har ila yau", "Na yi hakuri, Zan Karanta Wannan Sake", "A Karshe 1948 Show", "Wannan shi ne mako da aka yi da kuma Jagoran Hitchhiker zuwa Galaxy", kafa ƙungiyoyi masu ban dariya kamar Monty Python, da The Goodies, kuma gabaɗaya suna haifar da tashin hankali. A lokacin shekarun 1980, Footlights ya karfafa matsayinsa a zuciyar wasan kwaikwayo na Burtaniya. The 1981 sake dubawa, featuring Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Tony Slattery, Penny Dwyer da kuma Paul Shearer, ya lashe gasar farko
Kyautar Perrier a Edinburgh Fringe Festival kuma ta haifar da Fry da Laurie, na farko a cikin dogon layi na shahararrun mutane masu nasara da aka kafa a kulob din ciki har da Armstrong da Miller da Mitchell da Webb. Binciken da suka yi, The Cellar Tapes, a St Mary Street Hall an gabatar da shi a matsayin "binciken shekara-shekara: daya daga cikin 'yan wasan da suka fi karfi a cikin shekaru da yawa, ya riga ya ziyarci kudancin Ingila tare da babban nasara".