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| I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - Autumn Recordings |
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 The autumn "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" recordings for BBC Radio 4 (which are separate from the ongoing ISIHAC stage tour) have been announced. Below are the dates & venues. Please use the "click here for more" link below to see more detailed booking information.
ISIHAC Recording Dates:
1. Tuesday 16th October 2007 at the Concert Hall, Fairfield Halls, Croydon
TICKETS ON SALE FROM 10am on MONDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER
2. Tuesday 30th October 2007 at the Manchester Opera House
TICKETS ON SALE FROM 10am on MONDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER
3. Tuesday 4th December 2007 at the Broadway Theatre, Peterborough
TICKETS ON SALE FROM 10am on MONDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER
4. ISIHAC Christmas Special entitled "Humph In Wonderland", which is being recorded at the Lyric Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue on Sunday 25th November 2007.
TICKETS ON SALE FROM 10am on MONDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER
Linda Smith tribute concert
This is a charity event being held at the Victoria Palace Theatre on Sunday 28th October to raise money for Ovarian Cancer Action. This show features some guests who've appeared on ISIHAC, such as Jeremy Hardy and Phill Jupitus.
Sunday 28 October
Tickets on sale now
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Posted by lisa at 13/09/2007 00:00 GMT |
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| September C&G hot off the presses! |
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The September edition of the Goodies Clarion & Globe newsletter (#142) is now available from the website. It can be accessed from either the "Articles/Guides" option in the menu on the left or from the "Last Articles" box at the bottom of this page.
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Posted by bretta at 12/09/2007 10:11 GMT |
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| Times review of ISIHAC tour |
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The Times edition from September 12th includes a review of the "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue" tour date in Northampton (giving it 4 out of 5 stars). The review is available on their website here. Please note that THIS CONTAINS SPOILERS.
A cut & paste of the text can be found in our forums at this link.
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Posted by lisa at 11/09/2007 00:00 GMT |
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| this week's list of upcoming tv/radio shows of interest |
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Here's a list of upcoming shows of interest to Goodies fans. "(NEW)" indicates shows added since the last update (some of which may be repeats). Feel free to let us know about anything that should be added to the list contributions are always welcome!
(UPDATED) * Still available on Listen Again - "Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy" from Sun, 9 Sept included a segment on "I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again". This edition will be available until the next edition airs this coming Sunday from BBC 7's website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/sunday/) or directly from (http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/sunday/rams/1200.ram)
* Mondays starting 10 Sept - The first series of "Hamish & Dougal" is being repeated on BBC 7 at 22:45. The show can be heard worldwide via the internet from www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7 on the day of broadcast as well as for six days afterwards using Listen Again (from http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/monday/rams/2245.ram).
* Tues, 18 Sept - The "Comedy Connections" episode about The Goodies is being repeated on UKTV Gold at 1:40am. UKTV Gold Plus 1 will repeat the show one hour later.
(NEW) * Sat, 22 Sept - "Top 50 Greatest Celebrity Animals" with Bill will be repeated on Sky One and Sky One HD at 12:00-14:00
Use the "click here for more" link below to see additional entries.
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Posted by lisa at 10/09/2007 00:00 GMT |
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| The Independent article about "At Last the 1948 Show" |
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The following short article about "At Last the 1948 Show" appeared in the London newspaper The Independent on September 7, 2007 in the "cult classics" section.
'At Last the 1948 Show', 1967
Starring future Flying Circus faces John Cleese and Graham Chapman, At Last the 1948 Show was, in effect, Monty Python before Monty Python. First broadcast in March 1967, the groundbreaking show stemmed from David Frost's plan to provide comic contributors to his Frost Report.
Originally, Cleese and Chapman were to star in their own separate series, but agreed to collaborate. The team was completed by Tim Brooke-Taylor and Marty Feldman. Many of their sketches have been etched into the national comedy consciousness, notably the clan of Aussies, all called Sydney Lotterby, and "The Four Yorkshiremen", both later revived by the Pythons.
In the latter, the quartet up the ante on each other, by expostulating on their "poor but happy" childhoods. "We had it tough," brags Brooke-Taylor as the new-moneyed Northerner, before disgorging a litany of abuse. Delivered deadpan, sketches such as this changed the face of British comedy and earned the show a cult reputation.
In between the appearance of now-familiar comedy characters, female support was provided by Aimi MacDonald, who delivered Pythonesque "And now..." links between the sketches.
Robert Webb
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Posted by lisa at 10/09/2007 00:00 GMT |
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| two ISIHAC tour reviews |
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Here are two reviews of the "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue" tour, one from thisisnottingham.co.uk and another from someone's blog. Please note that the blog entry contains spoilers.
REVIEW #1 - from http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=133942&command=displayContent&sourceNode=188957&contentPK=18346175&folderPk=103546&pNodeId=188964
SURE-FIRE DEVICES TO RAISE BELLY LAUGHS
09:00 - 10 September 2007
There is still a place for parlour games in the 21st Century - and this was the sell-out show to prove it.
Not a ticket to be had - hardly a surprise for a phenomenon that's been incredibly popular on the radio for more than 35 years.
Fans of I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue, need no introduction to the format and personnel.
But with a cast of comic veterans Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden, with Barry Cryer, and relative newcomer Jeremy Hardy, it's easy to work out exactly where this self-styled antidote to panel games pitches itself on the comedy scale.
Humphrey Lyttelton is the chairman, with Colin Sell at the piano. But the lovely Samantha was sadly absent, her excuses ranging from buttering up a pensioner in Beeston to helping a City Hospital anaesthetist with his patients and watching him knocking one out in front of her.
Not so much near the knuckle, rather the kind of rudeness that can just about get onto Radio 4 and Radio 7, where the show has its home.
The performers are on the road thanks to the demand of the fans, yet the tour is apparently unrelated to the BBC - the shows won't be broadcast and it seems the corporation was a little tetchy in releasing the brand name for the venture.
But the momentum is unstoppable: panel game favourites such as Mornington Crescent, one song to the tune of another, verbal charades, updated proverbs and more reduced the audience to belly laughs and tears of mirth, and everything in-between.
The crowd was easy to crack??? a bit like the best man's speech, when you can't really lose. Still, no points are awarded and there's no winner. Except the audience.
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REVIEW #2 - from http://baggy.livejournal.com/683734.html WARNING - CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!
I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue
I’ve been listening to ISIHAC on the radio for a few years now and have managed to get though a fair amount of the programs over it’s 25 years on air.
For those not in the know it’s a panel based comedy thing that’s described as the antidote to panel games due to its irrelevant and off the wall humour which is sometimes scripted sometimes improvised.
Still providing the laughs after all these years are ex-Goodies Tim Brooke Taylor (67) and Graeme Garden (64) (who I saw do their own show recently). Comedy writer Barry Cryer (72) is also still there after a lengthy time along with chairman of the proceedings Humphrey Lyttelton who is a sprightly 86, although during the second half he had a few senior moments as he got his cards mixed up and needed help from the producer. In addition to these old turns was regular guest panellist Jeremy Hardy (46).
The evening was described as a kind of best of ISIHAC which meant that a lot of gags from the years were used along with some new ones to keep things fresh.
One of the old ones included:
"Nottingham is a fine city with a fascinating history. It's well documented in official records that the city's original name was 'Snottingham', or 'Home of Snots', but when the Normans came, they couldn't pronounce the letter 'S', so decreed the town be called 'Nottingham' or the 'Home of Notts'. It's easy to understand why this change was resisted so fiercely by the people of Scunthorpe."
Over 2 lots of hours they were given plenty of silly things to do some including Colin Sell on the piano as they sang One Song To The Tune Of Another, one of them being 'Girlfriend In A Coma' to the tune of 'Tiptoe Through The Tulips'.
Highlights included Sound Charades where the teams had to give clues to a movie or book etc. Graeme & Barry’s creations of Hamish & Dougal were give a welcome cheer as they passed wind while walking up a brae for Braveheart (Brae fart, geddit).
The Uxbridge English Dictionary is one of the funniest for me as the panel come up with new definitions for words usually with a second delay before the laughs as the crowds figures the joke out. I liked Jerermy’s: Sanctity – French woman with many breasts.
Mornington Crescent is a game that makes no sense, and isn’t meant to. The team members say the names of tube stations that are meant to have relevance to each other, but don’t. This time a sat nav device was in use by the team and had the woman’s voice telling them things like Ran over cyclist – 20 points, and can you stop at McDonalds I need a pee, and I love Jeremy, and why can’t you be more like Jeremy.
Group karaoke attempted to get the entire audience to hum a song in order for the panel to guess it. But as most of the crowd were shy and the rest out of sync it was tough for them to guess Bohemian Rhapsody until some brave girls near the front upped the volume.
The team ended the evening with a rendition of 'I Can Do Anything Better Than You' played on the swanee whistle and kazoo which lead into Humph showing us what his real job is when he played his jazz trumpet. A nice end to 2 hours of laughs.
Usually every half a year the gang would perform at 3 venues recording 2 episodes for the radio at each. But this time they were on their first ever non recorded mini tour for 35 years. I’ve read that if it was a success then a longer one might be coming in 2008. If so I’ll be there.
There were people of all ages there including some young kids who I think would have been very lost in this world of sophisticated word play and sexual innuendo from Humph as he received the reasons why their (non existent) scorer Samantha couldn’t be there.
I think it’s one of those things where you have to know a bit of the history to be fully amused but could probably get by without. All I know is that at some points there was a definite tear of laughter in my eye.
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Posted by lisa at 10/09/2007 00:00 GMT |
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| ISIHAC: in Search of Mornington Crescent CD cover artwork |
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The cover for the forthcoming "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue: in Search of Mornington Crescent" CD can be seen on Amazon.co.uk.
The CD will be released on October 1st. Here's the description from Amazon: "Mornington Crescent is a game whose rules and history are shrouded in myth and mystery. Now, in this extended version of a spoof documentary first aired on BBC Radio 4, the team from "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" research shine a light in the dark. As if that wasn't enough, Humphrey Lyttelton, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer also provide readings from two learned books on the subject: "The Little Book of Mornington Crescent" and "Stovold's Mornington Crescent Almanac". From Roman times to Chaucer and beyond, "Mornington Crescent" has become a legend in its own tube stop. Now, at last, its true history can be told."
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Posted by lisa at 04/09/2007 00:00 GMT |
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| updated dates/times for "Comedy Connections" repeat |
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Please note that the listings for the repeat "Comedy Connections" episode about The Goodies have changed since we first announced it. I suggest you check your local listings to confirm the correct details.
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Here's a list of upcoming shows of interest to Goodies fans. "(NEW)" indicates shows added since the last update (some of which may be repeats). Feel free to let us know about anything that should be added to the list contributions are always welcome!
(UPDATED) * Fri, 7 Sept - "Bill Oddie's Top 10 Birds" is being repeated on BBC 2 at 19:30.
(UPDATED) * Fri, 7 Sept - The "Comedy Connections" episode about The Goodies is being repeated on UKTV Gold at 3:10am and again on Tues, 18 Sept at 1:40am. UKTV Gold Plus 1 will repeat the show one hour after each UKTV Gold airing. Please check your local listings to confirm the broadcast details.
(NEW) * Sun, 9 Sept - "Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy" on BBC 7 at 12:00 to 12:30. This episode is supposed to cover "From the hugely influential I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again, right up to Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy." The show can be heard online from www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7 and will be available from Listen Again for a week after broadcast.
(NEW) * Mondays starting 10 Sept - The first series of "Hamish & Dougal" is being repeated on BBC 7 at 22:45. The show can be heard worldwide via the internet from www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7 on the day of broadcast as well as for six days afterwards using Listen Again.
* Mondays - BBC 7 airs old episodes of "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue" (with Tim and Graeme). Each episode is available via Listen Again for six days after broadcast. The show can be heard worldwide via the internet from www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7 on the day of broadcast as well as for six days afterwards using Listen Again.
* Mondays - "Bromwell High", an animated series in which Graeme voices one of the characters, on TV2 in NZ at 1:00am (info at http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/413551/1105553)
(NEW) * Tuesdays - "The Right Time" is being repeated by BBC7. Graeme appeared in some episodes of this sketch comedy series which originally aired on BBC Radio 4 in 2001. It can be heard worldwide via the internet from www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7 and then from Listen Again for a week after broadcast from http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/tuesday/rams/0830.ram
* Saturdays - "I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again", on ABC Radio National at 5:30. This 1960's sketch comedy series starred with all three Goodies plus John Cleese, Jo Kendall, & David Hatch (info at http://www.abc.net.au/rn/comedy/default.htm)
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Posted by lisa at 04/09/2007 00:00 GMT |
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| ticketing info for "A Record or an OBE" |
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 In a news item from Aug 22nd we mentioned a show coming to the Melbourne Fringe 2007, "A Record or an OBE", which is a fictional dark comedy about the Goodies (details at http://shaolinpunk.net/?p=19). Tickets for the show go on sale at 2pm on Thursday September 6. From that date, they can be purchased online at melbournefringe.com.au, by phone on 03 8412 8777, or in person at the Fringe Ticketing & Information Centre at Federation Square. Tickets will also be available at the door (unless the performance has sold out).
A Record or an OBE will play at Caz Reitops Dirty Secrets from Tuesday to Saturday, October 6th to 13th at 6pm (with a preview on Friday October 5th). Tickets $10/$5.
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Posted by lisa at 04/09/2007 00:00 GMT |
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