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pruneonthemoon : ' Until I watched 'The Big Store' I really didn't know that the special effects were so good in those days.

Yes!  Specially since they were all done physically, with mirrors and things, and a bit of really early split-screen stuff.  No digital stuff, no computers or naff 80s video effects - not even CSO.  That Big Store sequence is boggling, technically.  Good music, too.  Have you seen Duck Soup?  I'm still trying to work out how they did the thing with the live dog coming out of the tattoo of a doghouse...

Anyhoo, getting back to Graeme via the Marx Bros... The fuzzychopped one has quite a knack for impersonation, no?  (Who IS Eddie Wearing, anyway?)

And they dressed up as them in Beanstalk.

I know, how awesome was that?!! I almost squealed 'cause I was so happy.

I love Harpo. He's my favourite Marx brother. I started learning the harp after seeing The Big Store. The bit where he plays the trio with his reflections is one of my favourite Marx Bros moments

Until I watched 'The Big Store' I really didn't know that the special effects were so good in those days.

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jodievdw : ' Sorry to backtrack, but I'm quite chuffed to learn apparently I'm not he only person on Earth who's experienced Temporally Confused Fondness: ' QueenofKnerds : '  Of course my friends said, "Fess up, how old is he?" because I've got this sort of reputation of not watching anything really recent. So I had to admit that he... wasn't quite 63, and they all looked at me like I was from Neptune or something. Of course, the beauty of the internet is there's someone out there even madder than you... and it's usually me. Since you've shared, I will: here's one of the objects of my affections, who'd be 120 now, give or take a decade, if he hadn't died a very long time ago: http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j302/jodievdw/veruyoungharpo.jpg Not a particularly good pic, but the best I can drum up, sadly.  Sorry about the truly dire picture quality.  Scanner's cactus.  And I can get this back (vaguely) on topic by pointing out the Marx Brothers are cited as an influence on the Goodies' work...

And they dressed up as them in Beanstalk
I love Harpo. He's my favourite Marx brother. I started learning the harp after seeing The Big Store. The bit where he plays the trio with his reflections is one of my favourite Marx Bros moments. There's a dvd collection out which has heaps and heaps of their early and rare stuff in it. I was so excited to find it that I didn't even read it properly to see what was in it. All I wanted to do was BUY IT. But I didn't have the money at the time. It's on my list of dvds to buy.

Thanks for the Bromwell High link Jess. I just watched them. Great show and Graeme is SO cool! I'll have to add it to my dvd list.

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PunHeaven : ' Is Bromwell High available on dvd in Australia? I haven't seen it. The only bit I've seen is the clip on the Hattrick website.

Yes i have seen in it in a few places it's in any ABC shop (hopefully...) and i forgot what it's titled but i know i have DEFINATELY seen it.

Sorry to backtrack, but I'm quite chuffed to learn apparently I'm not he only person on Earth who's experienced Temporally Confused Fondness:
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QueenofKnerds : '  Of course my friends said, "Fess up, how old is he?" because I've got this sort of reputation of not watching anything really recent. So I had to admit that he... wasn't quite 63, and they all looked at me like I was from Neptune or something.

Of course, the beauty of the internet is there's someone out there even madder than you... and it's usually me.

Since you've shared, I will: here's one of the objects of my affections, who'd be 120 now, give or take a decade, if he hadn't died a very long time ago: http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j302/jodievdw/veruyoungharpo.jpg

Not a particularly good pic, but the best I can drum up, sadly.  Sorry about the truly dire picture quality.  Scanner's cactus. 

And I can get this back (vaguely) on topic by pointing out the Marx Brothers are cited as an influence on the Goodies' work...

Although there's no Graeme swearing, the first three episodes of Bromwell High are available on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search=bromwell+high&search_type=search_videos

This is all I've seen of the show, except the Hat Trick clip - which I found most enjoyable! Here's the link if anyone hasn't seen it (Caution: Graeme swears):

http://www.hattrick.co.uk/shows.php?id=402&style1=show&catid=79&check1=79&menu=3&shid=19

And my I apologise again for posting those Graeme pics a few days ago - it was very naughty of me not to warn you all in advance. I'll give proper warnings from now on!

Jess.

Is Bromwell High available on dvd in Australia? I haven't seen it. The only bit I've seen is the clip on the Hattrick website.

I always thought that the joke lied in the fact that swearing (in 'Bromwell High" ) is so common place in everyday life and not so much in the "shock factor" - it is sending up (satire) the fact that the 'F' word is used like an everyday adjective - but that is just me 

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QueenofKnerds : 'Bromwell also goes way over the top with the profanity, but it's not a bad show. Graeme gets all the best lines, of course!

Yes we can definateley agree with that! 

Well swearing shocks people but it can also emphasise a point if the comedian is trying to demonstrate something. <--- [This is the sort of thing evil English teachers burn into our brains.]

Have we all seen Bromwell High? Graeme swears quite a bit in it, and I just think it's hilarious. Most everything else he's done has been PG so hearing him swear seems very out of character.

Bromwell also goes way over the top with the profanity, but it's not a bad show. Graeme gets all the best lines, of course!