BruceH Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 ...If you're bird dies and you say that it's joined the choir invisible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 The Four Yorkshiremen Sketch, one of my faves. http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted February 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 It's been very seldom, in fact, well neigh never, that living in the Greater Dallas Metropolitan Area has provided any distinct cultural advantage over anyplace else in this great round world of ours, but.... KERA, Dallas' PBS outlet, was the first station in the US to air Monty Python, and I, quite by accident, was in front of the tv watching it when they did. Same here. I used to watch Benny Hill on Sunday nights on KERA (this would've been 1980 or 81) and they started following that with this weird show called "Monty Python's Flying Circus," which I'd never heard of in the ten years I'd been alive. It was the episode that contained the "How to Defend Yourself from Fresh Fruit" sketch. When that 16-ton weight fell, I thought I was gonna pass out I was laughing so hard! "Well, I'm not sleeping with THAT producer again!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 The first airing on KERA was in 1974. That's more than a quarter century ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 (edited) I remember the first few series airing on BBC2 - and they only got a fringe audience until it eventually 'took off'. Eventually it was a mainstream series. One of the later sketches had me in hysterics and still makes me laugh thinking about it. Terry Jones in drag as 'Mrs Scum' going out shopping to buy a piston engine ('Hello Mrs Scum - been shopping? Naaah - been shopping...'). Probably the same show that he/she is ironing the cat with hubby on sofa covered in beans ! Edited February 4, 2009 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 I want to fondle your buttocks Two? Or all three? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 I remember the first few series airing on BBC2 - and they only got a fringe audience until it eventually 'took off'. Eventually it was a mainstream series. One of the later sketches had me in hysterics and still makes me laugh thinking about it. Terry Jones in drag as 'Mrs Scum' going out shopping to buy a piston engine ('Hello Mrs Scum - been shopping? Naaah - been shopping...'). Probably the same show that he/she is ironing the cat with hubby on sofa covered in beans ! But their predecessors had been very popular - "I'm sorry, I'll read that again", on radio; and "At last, the 1948 show" on TV, a bit of which I posted earlier, were both much more than fringe stuff. Maybe I thought the fringe was bigger than it was... MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Right. Stop this thread at once! It's very, very silly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted February 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 The first airing on KERA was in 1974. That's more than a quarter century ago! Oops! And all these years I thought I caught US premiere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted February 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Right. Stop this thread at once! It's very, very silly! And a bit suspect, I think. Time for a cartoon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Right. Stop this thread at once! It's very, very silly! No - just slightly silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldB3 Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 .... if you know a five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut and to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, unless its an african swallow. I grew up a latch key baby and spent one summer where I think I watched the Holy Grail 20 times. Back when Showtime first premiered in the 80's on cable I think the only programing they had was the Holy Grail, Blazing Saddles, Hannah And Her Sisters and the Jazzercize exercise show. hmmm.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 .... if you know a five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut and to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, unless its an african swallow. I grew up a latch key baby and spent one summer where I think I watched the Holy Grail 20 times. Back when Showtime first premiered in the 80's on cable I think the only programing they had was the Holy Grail, Blazing Saddles, Hannah And Her Sisters and the Jazzercize exercise show. hmmm.. Hey, I'd watch all of those programs...include the Jazzercize show. For some reason, I thought the women on those shows were really HOT back in the early 80s. Probably because I was hormonal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontooneous Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Ever catch yourself singing "Proust in his first book wrote about, wrote about..."? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted February 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 You run a book store, stocked with loads of books running the gamut of genres and subjects, yet you claim to be fresh out anytime someone wants to buy one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Ever catch yourself singing "Proust in his first book wrote about, wrote about..."? No, but I always remember to make sure golf is popular in the local area before an interview... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Hey, I'd watch all of those programs...include the Jazzercize show. For some reason, I thought the women on those shows were really HOT back in the early 80s. Probably because I was hormonal... I have to confess that the brunette with the curly hair is still etched deep in my brain... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 I don't know nothin' about no Jazzrcise show, but 20 Minute Workout? Heyyyyy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldB3 Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Hey, I'd watch all of those programs...include the Jazzercize show. For some reason, I thought the women on those shows were really HOT back in the early 80s. Probably because I was hormonal... I have to confess that the brunette with the curly hair is still etched deep in my brain... ah yes, they would always do the close up of her blowing into the camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 actually I got it wrong; should be: please fondle my buttocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 actually I got it wrong; should be: please fondle my buttocks Ah, yes. Left at the light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robviti Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robviti Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 damn, i haven't thought about the 20-minute workout in years! i remember many an afternoon working one out to these girls. and one, and two, and three, and four one more, one more, one more, one more and the show was educational too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 "What's on the telly?" "Looks like a penguin." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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