Tricky oak transplant

Sue Deacon · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 8:00 pm Post subject:

I don't know, but there was never a truer word spoken!

Gautama · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2016 5:31 am Post subject:

Blowin · Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 4:38 am Post subject:

If you want to know who it was said 'Oi think the answer lies in the soil', it was a comedy character called Arthur Fallowfield from an old Kenneth Horne radio show, either 'Beyond Our Ken' or 'Round The Horne', and played (I think) by Kenneth Williams. Other characters were Cecil Snaith, Julian & Sandy etc.

Sue Deacon · Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 8:07 am Post subject:

Well mangle my wurzles, Blowin, you old grunt futtock. Fancy remembering that! Round the Horne - I loved that - even though I understood only a little. Laughing

Blowin · Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 9:05 am Post subject:

But, just to show how easy it was to amuse us in those days, there were Peter Brough and Archie Andrews - if you please a radio VENTRILOQUIST, but we never saw his lips move.

Good guy · Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 4:22 pm Post subject:

Oh, those were the days! The Navy Lark; Jimmy, the Clithero Kid; Jimmy Edwards and Matron in Whako!; The Glums. Radio comedy that left my sides sore. I have early memories of The Goons, too. What treasures.

Blowin · Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 5:22 pm Post subject:

.... and don't forget the international touch with 'The Flying Doctor' and his team at Wallamboola Base?

Sue Deacon · Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 5:59 pm Post subject:

I didn't want to hijack this thread so I posted a comment on the thread 'I wouldn't have missed it for the world'. It was about Round the Horne and the Goon show.

Good guy · Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2016 5:00 pm Post subject:

I had totally missed that thread. Thanks for drawing it to my attention