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"Sky Fly" <[email hidden]> wrote snip

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Personally, I still mourn the passing of Week Ending.

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Hear, hear. Absolutely the best. If DR had more current affairs and less R4 I'm sure it wouldn't
be so stale.

The Big Baguette said:

Yes, that was good. But there has been some wonderful radio comedy over the years.

Got the Best of BBC Comedy for Christmas - Navy Lark, Sorry I'll Read that Again (again), Men from
the Ministry.........fabulous.

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The Big Baguette said:

Just listened to the last Dead Ringers in the present series -- bikes get a look-in in the London
Olympics sketches.

Not as good as the Ozzie Osbourn as the new vicar of Ambridge

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wafflycathcsdirtycatlitter said:

Hmm ... Didn't like the axe bit - the front & back brakes bit was funny IMHO - but I *loathed* the
joke about the bell being on the front of a black cab, being used as a distraction & having to hit
the cyclist just right. That one I *didn't* like in the light of how leniently killing a cyclist
with a vehicle really is treated by the law 🙁 I found some of his humour funny, but some not.

I actually missed the axe bit on the first listening (I was in the shower at the time). The bit
about brakes cracked me up, I loved the observations on the effectiveness of bells in city traffic,
and I enjoyed the joke about the bell on the front of the black cab. I interpreted that as being a
dig at taxi drivers and an observation intended to highlight the vulnerability of cyclists. It seems
that you and Tony W may have interpreted it differently.

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The Big Baguette said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Tony Raven <[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

The Big Baguette said:

>
Oh, I think she's wonderful. But I don't think the News Quiz has been the same since thingy
retired -- what was his name? Used to scriptwrite with the guy with the eyes. God, this
Alzheimers is terrible. Took. Barry Took. That was it. And Marty Feldman.

Marty Feldman didn't retire, he was retired by the big Boss ;-)

Yes, I know that. And Barry Took is also now dead, but he at least retired first.

Ob cycling: After getting back from my 25km morning spin, I switch my TV to BBC7 (a radio station),
which plays lots of funny stuff. Just finished a series of Round the Horne, written by the
aforementioned Took and Feldmann.

Tim
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Ambrose Nankivell said:

Yes, but if you don't have a TV, you (theoretically) don't know who Doctor Who is.

BBC7 - assuming digital radio. You have got digital radio, haven't you? I don't know, apathetic
bloody planet.....

(yes, I have digital radio in my car, which is not a great deal of good since I hardly ever
drive it).

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The Big Baguette said:

I don't think the News Quiz has been the same since thingy retired -- what was his name? Used to
scriptwrite with the guy with the eyes. God, this Alzheimers is terrible. Took. Barry Took.

No, it's improved substantially :-)

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Sky Fly said:

Personally, I still mourn the passing of Week Ending.

Oh yes indeed - a fabulous programme, incubator of some great talents. But Dead Ringers is now
moving to TV in-jokes instead of radio ones, so less appealing since I prefer the radio (the
pictures being that much better).

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Nick Kew responded to Tim Woodall said:

Quoted message said:

Old Harry's Game.

Fun, but will wear thin if revived too much. Ditto Andy Hamilton's other one (revolting people).

Perfect assessment.

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Quoted message said:

Radioactive

Yuk. Ghastly.

I rather enjoy that.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

The News Quiz.

The best. Followed by Quote Unquote.

Hey, I don't think I've ever met anyone who liked Quote Unquote. It's nearly as dull as The
Sunday Format.

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Quoted message said:

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Just a Minute

Not that impressed with JAM.

Used to be better. Past its use-by date.

I love it, but I'm probably far too young to remember before it passed it's best before :-)

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The Big Baguette said:

Quote Unquote just doesn't do it for me. It reminds me of the dreadful My Music (not to be confused
with the rather good My Word)

My Music was OK, but Quote Unquote is a strong contender for the "most self-satisfied programme not
hosted by Robert Robinson" award.

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The Big Baguette said:

I preferred him really. I know it's a matter of taste. I also don't think anyone did HIGNFY better
than Angus Deayton, though Lisa Tarbuck came closest.

But Angus Deayton is but a pale imitation of the legendary Humph :-)

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you know? said:

The Big Baguette said:

Quote Unquote just doesn't do it for me. It reminds me of the dreadful My Music (not to be
confused with the rather good My Word)

My Music was OK, but Quote Unquote is a strong contender for the "most self-satisfied programme
not hosted by Robert Robinson" award.

Round Britain Quiz.

Tim.

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Quoted message said:

Surely as far as humour and R4 go, the first port of call has to be the legendary "antidote to
panel games" [1] - accept no substitute!

Fav Radio 4 shows -

ISIHAC Just a Minute Dead Ringers

In that order 🙂

Oh well if we are voting for Radio 4 comedy shows can I nominate

The Mark Steel Lectures and Prentice McCabe

Not sure how I'd place them in relation to good episides of ISIHAC, JAM, DR, or The News Quiz but
they made me laugh.

Cheers,

Andy

Nick Kew said:

In article <[email hidden]>, one of infinite monkeys at the keyboard of

Sky Fly said:

Personally, I still mourn the passing of Week Ending.

Hear, Hear!

On the subject of older radio progs .. I still have fond memories of My Word - and its lesser
cousin My Music, with the Grand Old Men of my teenage years Muir and Norden.

Any questions used to be fairly good until they started the obligatory 4 politicians craze. And Any
answers used to be reasoned until they went to the sound bite phone in. Dumbing down rules :-(

Tim

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The Big Baguette said:

I preferred him really. I know it's a matter of taste. I also don't think anyone did HIGNFY better
than Angus Deayton, though Lisa Tarbuck came closest.

I really didn't think anyone could present the show as well as Angus, but IMHO John Sargent
was better.

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(Nick Kew) said:

sunday format

Was amusing for one series, but the joke wore thin,

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Tim Woodall said:

Round Britain Quiz.

I recently worked out the scoring format for that - if you get the answer right you get six points.
If they have to tell you the answer it's five points. And if they have to explain why it's the
answer, four points.

No longer a ten on the Robinson Scale, but still stunningly soporific.

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The Big Baguette said:

Well, of course -- but Humph has had decades to perfect the act.

Nah - he was perfect from Day 1. Just the right air of "I'm an internationally respected jazz
musician, why the hell am I doing this?"

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The Big Baguette said:

I remember buying Bad Penny Blues when it first came out. There was always something about the man
-- a case of you can take the boy out of Eton but you can't take Eton out of the boy, perhaps. Or
maybe it was Harrow.

Not sure - I have met Humph a couple of times, he's a fellow Volvo driver and not averse to a
tipple :-)

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(Glenn) said:

Dead ringers is a pile of [censored].

Stop hedging and tell us what you really think.

And Dead Ringers series 1 was not [censored], it was as manna from Heavan for old-time Radio 4 fans.

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