The Original Godfather - BBC Radio 7

Just heard this programme on BBC7. It's repeated at 5pm today.

Part of a series where Paul Jackson interviews influential comedy writers.
Today's one was Dennis Norden, talking about him and Frank Muir writing in the early days of radio (and TV) comedy.

I found it genuinely interesting to learn about how comedy writers worked in the old days. Plus there were some (to me) surprisingly funny clips. I also learnt that it was in fact Norden&Muir who wrote the 'Infamy, infamy' gag for a show, which was later borrowed (with permission) and made famous by Talbot Rothwell. It's also worth hearing just for a very funny joke that Dennis Norden made on a radio show, but he actually self-edited out of the broadcast, deeming it too rude.

I'd recommend other writers to try and get to listen to this. I'm hoping to catch the rest of the series.

Thanks for the suggestion Tim.

Incidently, for the others reading, if you miss the 5pm repeat it is on Listen Again for the next week: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/programmes/#o

I'll give this a listen when I get home to the luxury of broadband.

I used to like Frank Muir's 'What a mess' books when I was a youngster.