More Morris Posted Fri Oct 27 21:01:38 BST 2000 by 'Anonymous'

I'll let the NME do the talking:

"Controversial comedian CHRIS MORRIS, creator of 'THE DAY TODAY', 'BRASS EYE', 'BLUE JAM' and 'JAM' is to appear on MARY ANNE HOBBS' Radio 1 show THE BREEZEBLOCK.

Morris will appear on the late night show from midnight on November 6. A spokesperson for Radio 1 would not elaborate on what Morris had planned for the show, although it will feature music and dialogue, created especially.

If Morris' previous output is an indicator, the Breezeblock session is likely to be controversial. His recent Channel 4 comedy series 'Jam' was branded "unacceptable" by the Broadcasting Standards Commission, who objected to comedy sketches which "went beyond the acceptable boundaries in their treatment of issues of particular sensitivity which required greater respect for the vulnerability of those depicted".

Some of the sketches dealt with issues including the death of small children and abortion."

Looking forward to it already.


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Posted By 'Jake' on Fri Oct 27 21:02:00 BST 2000:

Sorry, that was me, forgot to put my name.


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Posted By 'Unruly Butler' on Sat Oct 28 18:06:49 BST 2000:

The same Mary Anne Hobbes who spent Blue Jam on a trolley, looking like an exploding pig?

Obviously Morris has softened his attitude to his fellow jocks...


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Posted By 'boki' on Sat Oct 28 23:44:39 BST 2000:

>The same Mary Anne Hobbes who spent Blue Jam on a trolley, looking like an exploding pig?
>
>Obviously Morris has softened his attitude to his fellow jocks...

MAH has always sung his praises, though. I don't think he did the BJ thing to offend her, as it almost certainly wouldn't have.


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Posted By 'Dan F ' on Sun Oct 29 14:55:47 GMT 2000:

Mike Morris or Johnny Morris?


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Posted By 'A man without RealAudio' on Mon Oct 30 16:26:29 GMT 2000:

What's the premise of the Bishop Slips sketch? Just a rude bishop?


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Posted By 'Squidy' on Mon Oct 30 17:41:10 GMT 2000:

It's Archbishop Carey's eulogy for Princess Diana edited into utter nonsense (or a nonsensical utterance, if you prefer. Here's the text taken from the SOTCAA Edit News: Blue Jam section:

"We give thanks to God. We give thanks to God. We give thanks to God. We give thanks to God for those maimed through the evil of Mother Theresa, whose death we treasure. We pray for those most closely affected by her death, among them Trevor The Sheep. Lord, we thank you for the precious gift of the sick, the maimed and all whose lives are damaged, and for the strength we draw from all who are weak, poor and powerless in this country and throughout the world. Lord, we commend to you Elizabeth our Queen, whose death may serve the common good. We give thanks, above all, for her readiness to identify with God Almighty, and for the way she gave sauce to so many people - her mother, her brother, Dodi Fayed...and many, many, many more. We pray for the Royal Family, as they discharge their members in Trevor Rhys Jones. Give them AIDS. Lord of landmines, hear our prayer. And now abideth faith, hope, love...these things. But the greatest of these is tortoise."


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Posted By 'A man without RealAudio' on Tue Oct 31 15:46:11 GMT 2000:

What's the 'Doc Rude' sketch (on the Warp Records site)? Is that something separate?


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Posted By 'A man without Money' on Tue Oct 31 16:06:58 GMT 2000:

Yeah, Squidy. Would you just type out all of Blue Jam for us and stick it up here? Cheers


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Posted By 'Squidy' on Tue Oct 31 16:18:03 GMT 2000:

I didn't type it up. I just remembered that is was on the SOTCAA site, did a http://www.google.com search for Blue Jam, cached it and copied it.

So no, I won't.


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Posted By Ewar Woowar on Tue Oct 31 16:19:01 GMT 2000:

>Yeah, Squidy. Would you just type out all of Blue Jam for us and stick it up here? Cheers

You forgot to add <points to anus>


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Posted By TJ on Tue Oct 31 17:33:36 GMT 2000:

Ewar, you're a nice young lady and all that, but don't disrespect the jaaaam...


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Posted By 'Squidy' on Tue Oct 31 21:42:23 GMT 2000:

Hey hey guys - how long is this Mary Ann Hobbs show anyway? I need to know what length tapes to buy.

It's never too early, you know.


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Posted By 'Anonymous' on Wed Nov 1 00:54:58 GMT 2000:

You lot all know the story behind this sketch, right? You do know that it was deliberately written to be so offensive that it would instantly be cut by Radio 1 management, who would then hopefully be prepared to overlook the comparatively inoffensive cut-up George Carey speech (see above � cheers, TJ)? Because I'm not going to tolerate a flood of complaints about the following material if you're going to miss the point of the whole bloody exercise...

EDIT NEWS: Deleted material is indicated by square brackets.


[DOC: Right, now, Sarah Voose, isn't it? Well, do have a seat� Right, well, what seems to be the problem?

GIRL: Well, I've got a really sore neck

DOC: Okay, might I just have a little� How's that?

GIRL: Ah, um�

DOC: Bad? And this one?

GIRL: Mm.

DOC: Yes� Well� Look, there's not a great deal I can do, erm� You could take some painkillers, and apply hot and cold flannels to boost the circulation� And, erm� you could try sticking this under your arm.

GIRL: Ah� Okay, and� what is it?

DOC: It's Christ's cock and balls.

GIRL: Oh.

DOC: George Carey shat them out last Tuesday while he was buggering his daughter in the Abbey.

GIRL: Right�

DOC: Yeah.

GIRL: � What were you doing there?

DOC: I'd just popped in to say a prayer or two, and there was the fucker running around shoving religious relics up his arse.

GIRL: Mm. And they go� under my arm?

DOC: Yes, I know they're a bit sticky, erm� I'm not sure whether that's Christ's come-liquid, or whether it was from the dog that had just been emptying its balls into Carey's rather well-cushioned shit-sleeve.

GIRL: But it's okay, is it?

DOC: What, Christ's knob-glue? Yes... Mother Teresa had no problem and her twat was always full of it. She used to smear it on the necks of the sick wogs.

GIRL: Really?

DOC: Mmm. There was more of the Saviour's dick-snot in there than coke up Di's vag on that fateful night in Paris.

GIRL: Gosh.

DOC: Mmm. Well, let me know if you have any problems.

GIRL: Yeah. Thanks.

DOC: Bye-bye.

GIRL: Bye.]


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Posted By 'boki' on Wed Nov 1 09:13:03 GMT 2000:

>Hey hey guys - how long is this Mary Ann Hobbs show anyway? I need to know what length tapes to buy.

2 hours

>It's never too early, you know.

It might take you a few days to find somewhere still selling evil C-120s.


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Posted By 'Jon' on Wed Nov 1 10:17:35 GMT 2000:

Yes, whatever happened to them?

I bet the Jam CD is 66 mins precisely to punish the home-tapers.


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Posted By 'Anonymous' on Wed Nov 1 22:39:20 GMT 2000:

>Yes, whatever happened to them?
>
>I bet the Jam CD is 66 mins precisely to punish the home-tapers.

Yeah, coz tapes are really at the cutting edge of technology, and it's how all bootlegs are made nowadays.

;)


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Posted By 'Metallica again' on Thu Nov 2 00:46:09 GMT 2000:

Bastards


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Posted By 'Anonymous' on Thu Nov 2 00:53:22 GMT 2000:

Get knotted Metallica


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Posted By 'Cuff' on Thu Nov 2 10:12:47 GMT 2000:

>Get knotted Metallica

Get knotted! Superb! Another out-of-date expression I'd completely forgotten about!


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Posted By 'Stuart O' on Thu Nov 2 10:27:39 GMT 2000:

Record it off satellite onto video and then dub it onto a C-60 afterwards (depending on how long Morris' bits are.)

Easy peasy.


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Posted By 'Jon' on Thu Nov 2 11:00:50 GMT 2000:

"Yeah, coz tapes are really at the cutting edge of technology, and it's how all bootlegs are made nowadays."

Er, I was thinking of people who just wanted to make a copy for someone else.

Really cutting-edge bootlegs nowadays are made with computer-generated imitations of the band, rather than a recording of the band itself - a more advanced form of the techniques used in the "Top Of The Poppers" albums of the 70s.


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Posted By Bean Is A Carrot on Thu Nov 2 12:41:24 GMT 2000:

>>Get knotted Metallica
>
>Get knotted! Superb! Another out-of-date expression I'd completely forgotten about!

Get knotted was used in The Goodies. You can work out whether that's out-dated on your own. Personally I think "get knotted" is and The Goodies aren't, although they are very old.

Getting back on topic, apparently Tim Brooke-Taylor likes Chris Morris' work.


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Posted By 'Jon' on Thu Nov 2 12:50:53 GMT 2000:

They wrote the "Rude Doctor" sketch together.


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Posted By Bean Is A Carrot on Thu Nov 2 13:01:34 GMT 2000:

>They wrote the "Rude Doctor" sketch together.

Tim Brooke-Taylor wrote with Chris Morris? Seriously???


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Posted By 'Squidy' on Thu Nov 2 17:16:25 GMT 2000:

Those of you who wanted Blue Jam transcripts there are some at http://fudgebucket.hispeed.com/chrismorris/bluejam.htm


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Posted By 'Pint Of Mild' on Thu Nov 2 19:08:11 GMT 2000:

>"Yeah, coz tapes are really at the cutting edge of technology, and it's how all bootlegs are made nowadays."
>
>Er, I was thinking of people who just wanted to make a copy for someone else.

I was referring to CD-R/MiniDisc/mp3.

And I feel I was being slightly bitchy about it. I apologise.


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Posted By 'A Cassette' on Thu Nov 2 20:14:19 GMT 2000:

*sniff*


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Posted By 'Nik' on Thu Nov 2 22:16:26 GMT 2000:

See, that's why no one uses cassettes anymore - all the quiet bits of your recording are drowned out by sniffing noises. It's a well-known recording phenomenon - tape-sniff.

Don't get me started on vinyl-cough.

CDRs are growing in popularity, although most people find their first few discs feature the suggestion of throats being cleared. Minidiscs, on the other hand, have a distinct undertone of phlegm.


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Posted By 'Jon' on Fri Nov 3 10:25:35 GMT 2000:

All wax-cylinder recordings made during World War 1 feature the rumble of artillery in the background.


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Posted By 'Reenie' on Fri Nov 3 15:44:00 GMT 2000:

Itsacassetteisit?


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Posted By 'Unruly Butler' on Sat Nov 4 10:37:11 GMT 2000:

DAT tape is now the industry standard because the cassettes are stored in Actifed cough syrup, removing any lingering traces of hacking snot.


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