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Viv Stanshall; Big Shot - Radio 2 programme
Topic Started: Jul 11 2012, 09:57 PM (382 Views)
rumbaba
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2012/29/best-of-british-big-shot-a-journey-through-the-canyons-of-viv-stanshalls-mind.html

Repeat of the 2001 programme to be broadcast on Radio 2 10.00 pm 19 July
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May-Cee

I gave this a go; but I'm afraid I found him more annoying than funny.

But then I also hate "Monty Python" (and all their solo ventures); Tommy Cooper; Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and "The Goon Show" in general (it was before my time but I hate it anyway).
In fact anything that smacks of English "whimsy" or "eccentricity".
(Yes, I know Milligan was more Irish than English.)

May "Laugh A Minute" Cee
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Yes, I can see how he might be a bit trying. What kind of comedy is to your taste MayCee?
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rumbaba
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Fair enough May Cee, I understand that Viv is an aquired taste, a bit like Ivor Cutler: I'm not a huge Monty Python fan and Spike Milligan was always a bit hit and miss for me but I have a soft spot for genuine eccentrics.
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Hugh Mosby-Joaquin
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I have copies of 'Sir Henry at Rawlinson End' that were originally taken as cassette recordings by a friend from Radio 1's John Peel Sunday-afternoon program. I digitally remastered four episodes onto CD; it's possibly the funniest thing I can listen to, and each time I listen, I hear another subtle joke. Oddly, the 'official' versions of 'Sir Henry' do not come over as so funny; I think Viv Stanthall used to put these tapes together and John Peel gave him free rain to broadcast them. Subsequent sanitised recordings do not have the same lusty spontanaety, I reckon.
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May-Cee

Not a lot makes me laugh, caissier; I'm afraid I'm a bit of an oul sour-puss!
(See my new thread in the TV section.)

I should have mentioned earlier...
I have always enjoyed the Bonzos "Intro" song; especially, of course, Hitler on vibes. ("Nice!")
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rumbaba
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'Very appealling, Max Jaffa' <laugh>
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Always preferred Jack Lemon myself!
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rumbaba
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Alternative version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI4ekBi5Hhc


Who remembers DNAYS? I do <ok>
Edited by rumbaba, Jul 25 2012, 08:11 PM.
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May-Cee

The Bonzos turned up on "Quote Unquote" this week.
"We are normal and we dig Bert Weedon"

Like the four panellists, I'd never heard of it either!
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rumbaba
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I knew that :)
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