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Quote: A Horseradish @ 23rd April 2022, 12:01 PM

I make of it 126 words although it could be a couple either side of that number as arithmetic has never been my strongest suit.

The last two of my (first?) 20 are Full Stretch and Whoops Apolcalypse!

Coincidence or what?

My post was indeed actually 126 words! It shows your dedication to comedy that you made the effort to count the words in order to make one of your jokes!

Quote: a plate @ 23rd April 2022, 2:15 PM

My post was indeed actually 126 words! It shows your dedication to comedy that you made the effort to count the words in order to make one of your jokes!

jokes! Should be in inverted commas

Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 23rd April 2022, 3:13 PM

jokes! Should be in inverted commas

Kinda interesting and almost eerie.

Because at your best, I have always regarded you as a person who has an identity lived in inverted commas.

I do have a course I have authored to enable people who are lovely but disappointed into finding a position of greater self-coherence.

So if fascinated or merely self-curious, just let me know.

This is no lie.

I am so peed off with the news and radio generally that last night I watched the following before going to sleep:

Romany Jones - The Washroom. Up the Elephant - the one in which he has a hangover and a set of golf clubs beside his couch. Love Thy Neighbour - with Nina Baden Semper telling the pale pink woman how to allure men by getting her breasts out. And then an episode of the last one when he went to Australia and a debate on Australian TV on whether they should have re-runs and an interview in the Caribbean with an aged Rudolph Walker.

Amazingly the police didn't come round so in that light I very much recommend it.

But as a matter of interest, does anyone else have dubious though genuinely loved Robertson's Jam statuettes - which might or might not be gay - hidden in their lofts?

Catweazle

Sad news on this topic. https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/news/6824/rip-eric-chappell/

Quote: Aaron @ 23rd April 2022, 8:39 PM

Sad news on this topic. https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/news/6824/rip-eric-chappell/

Yes - very sad.

I was almost going to mention The Squirrels but anyhow Rising Damp is five gold stars. I might do another ten ITV ones or I might not do.

There is - just to appease the easily appalled - a big thick line that I draw. It is between Curry and Chips and everything else.....not enough strength in it to point out the absurdity.

On another point, weren't we just so lucky to have all of this stuff. Even the crap ones now seem almost good.

I've deliberately challenged myself on Love Thy Neighbour as I wanted to look at it again. Obviously there are "issues". But Smethurst was brilliant and all the cast were good.

And that scene in which there is a punch up and neither of them has the guts to hit the other one is a classic. Stick that in any other series and it would have been spoken about highly forever more!

Men Behaving Badly series 1

Quote: don rushmore @ 23rd April 2022, 5:31 PM

Catweazle

Ha! Watched the first episode of that on my ITV at 60 DVD box-set - I presume you're being ironic by offering it up.

Comedy drama according to this site, so removed from consideration.

Catweazle

If it hasn't been mentioned, Worzel Gummidge.

Quote: don rushmore @ 24th April 2022, 1:37 AM

Men Behaving Badly series 1

Was terrible !

Move to BBC and became a classic

Says it all really

Quote: don rushmore @ 24th April 2022, 5:22 PM

Comedy drama according to this site, so removed from consideration.

Catweazle

You're serious! You really thought that was funny?

Ringo Starr and Marc Bolan also big fans according to IMDb.

It was quite pleasant.I still say "Telling Bone" and " Electrickery"
Much everyone's to confusion I must admit.

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