Quoting Glazunov1, reply 36Well, ying-dong-yiddle-I-po to you!
And who was that dirty rotten swine? Hehe, I also loved Harry Secombe in the Goons. Yeah, they were a part of a great generation of comedians, were Spike and Harry. They just don't make 'em like that anymore... the likes of Eric Sykes, Tony Hancock, Dick Emery, Charles Hawtry, and movies like The Plank and The Wrong Box. I grew up with all that stuff. Ah, the 60's, a decade of sheer brilliance that 'll never be eclipsed.
Agreed. And throw in the movies at the Ealing Studios, and by the Boulting Brothers. I don't think Brits at the time knew they had it so good where comedy is concerned. And the Goons have never been matched, much less improved upon in what they did. Did you know there are a couple of live shows that were broadcast on tv, and have been uploaded to YouTube?
Mind, I still love Old Harry's Game, and Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation. But they're very different.
Now that I've done lamenting... black toast and marmalade.
Black crabcake. It's a thing.