Tuesday, 27 November 2007

11 - Beyond the Fringe

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“Bollard” by Peter Cook, in “Beyond the Fringe”, 1961 Cameraman: Alan Bennett Peter Cook Jonathan Miller Dudley Moore If I were slightly mor...
Monday, 26 November 2007

10 - Private Eye

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“How to Spot a Homo” in ‘Private Eye, 17 May 1963 This one dates from the very height of the hysteria about the Vassall Spy case (of which m...
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Saturday, 24 November 2007

9 - Rick Meyerowitz

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"And to Think That I Saw It on Christopher Street" by Rick Meyerowitz and Gerald Sussman, in 'National Lampoon', May 1980 ...
Wednesday, 21 November 2007

8 - Berke Breathed

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"Bloom County", 11 July 1984 by Berke Breathed collected in "Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things", 1985 I suspect that th...
Tuesday, 20 November 2007

7 - Alan Bennett

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in “On the Margin”, 9 November 1966 Alan Bennett as “Antique shop proprietor” John Sergeant as “Customer” SERGEANT: Well, actually, I was lo...
Monday, 19 November 2007

6 - Trog

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By Wally Fawkes, “Trog”, in ‘Private Eye’ 1966 I’m afraid that this, to put it politely, makes no bleeding sense. "Ban the Bum"? L...
Sunday, 18 November 2007

5.5 - Not The Nine O'Clock News

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“Not The Nine O’Clock News” 23 October 1979 – Rowan Atkinson Aha, found it on youtube. The swivels from attempting to appear sympathetic and...

5 - Not The Nine O'Clock News

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from "Not! The Nine O'Clock News" BBC Books, 1980 In the days before VCRs, popular comedy programmes often used to "prese...
Friday, 16 November 2007

4 - Queens of England

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A compilation of queens from the early 70s: Carry On Girls” (1973) Jimmy Logan as Cecil Gaybody “Close order swanning about” from “Monty Pyt...
Thursday, 15 November 2007

3 - National Lampoon

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Full page version By Anne Beatts and Ed Bluestone in ‘National Lampoon’, May 1972 'National Lampoon" regularly ran pastiche and par...