Topic: The Art of Innuendo

[Simon]

From Chaucer to Carry On to Clary, Britons have long lapped it up.  So to speak.  And a master such as the late Humphrey Lyttelton made almost anything sound unspeakably filthy.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7374912.stm

[Clive]

Yes, he was a genius of comedy.   

[Simon]

I'm beginning to wonder what I've been missing, never having heard 'I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue'.  Barry Crier is also a comic genius.

That article mentioned the Janet and John stories on Wogan, and I have to say, I have to stop the car when they come on, as I can't drive for laughing.  I bought the CDs as well, and they are just face achingly hilarious.

[GillE]

Hi Simon

The BBC broadcast an episode of ISIHAC (which was recorded in 1995) as a tribute to Humph.  It's still available online here (if I've got the link right):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio4_aod.shtml?radio4/cluespecial

I recorded several episodes myself before the BBC got hot on DRM protection for their programs; if I could find a way to get them to you, I would.  To be honest, there have been much funnier examples than the episode the BBC chose as its tribute.

[Simon]

Thanks Gill, I'll have a look at that later.  It's telling me I need plugins at the moment, which I don't yet have on the new PC, and I'm just off to work, so haven't time to fiddle about with it now.

What format are your recorded episodes in?  I would happily pay any costs if you were able to burn them to a CD for me.

[Clive]

Thanks Gill!   

[GillE]

I uploaded three of my recordings to Easy-share, Simon .  They're in MP3 format and are about 16mb each.  I hope I've done this right - I'm not terribly familiar with Easy-share.

http://w15.easy-share.com/1700282642.html
http://w15.easy-share.com/1700282670.html
http://w15.easy-share.com/1700282663.html

Apparently, these files remain available for one month after the last download.  They are then deleted.

[GillE]

Here's another couple of downloads:

http://w15.easy-share.com/1700282723.html
http://w15.easy-share.com/1700282773.html

That exhausts my ISIHAC library .

[Simon]

Thanks very much Gill, I'll get those later.