Flanders & Swann....
Posted Sun Nov 26 01:45:33 GMT 2000 by 'Phil'
...Were fantastic, and are now sadly overlooked in the great pantheon of comedy. I really believe songs like "Have some Madeira M'dear" and "A design for living" have stood the test of time. But who remembers them now?
Anyone?
"The purpose of satire, it has often been said, is to strip away the comforting illusions and cosy half-truths. And our job, as we see it, is to put it back again..."
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Posted By 'Jake Thingy' on Sun Nov 26 12:39:03 GMT 2000:
"The English, the English, the English are best - I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest....
The Irishman now, our contempt is beneath/ He lies in his bed, and he lies in his teeth/ He blows up policeman, and what's more absurd/ Then blames it on Cromwell and William the Third!"
You had to admire their nerve. Saying to that audience on Broadway, "If it weren't for us English, you'd all be speaking Spanish!" But why not.
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Posted By 'Radiator Head Child' on Sun Nov 26 13:16:11 GMT 2000:
Sounds right like a pub that does!
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Posted By 'Unruly Butler' on Mon Nov 27 01:26:52 GMT 2000:
Mud Mud Mud...
Be Bo Belly Bum Drawers...
Hurrah! Hurrah for English whimsy and all who sail in it, we say!
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