NTNOCN: James Bloody Burke (1980)

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Back in the old days, you used to get brainy people to befuddle your bonces on peak time telly. One the giants of this genre was James Burke ( en.wikipedia.or... ) who had just done "Connections" and "The Real Thing" by the time Not the Nine O'Clock News did this sketch. I think it's telling that although they make fun of him, there's an element of sneaking admiration at Burke's twists and turns.
This sketch is preceded by exactly the sort of shouty bloke that's basically taken over since then...

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@Nicontrast 10 месяцев назад

Every couple years I binge watch some James Burke adoring his shows - saw this for the first time, what a great bit of comedy, I laughed all through.

@163richardb 16 лет назад

Another NTNOCN classic , very accurate too ! I remember at the time that the ' or is it ? ' line peppered the Connections programme !

@seanmcdonald5859 5 лет назад

Currently binge watching connectons and stumbled on this.

@morganfitzp 12 лет назад

Makes me love the real James Burke all the more.

@siflrock 14 лет назад

good god that looked dangerous

@groovydoo 17 лет назад

That is a really dangerous skit

@EriktheRed2023 10 месяцев назад

Or is it?

@Concreteowl 13 лет назад

@robinoi or should I? Consider connections, a series of televisual essays about the apparently causal and chance connections between technological innovations and random events which begins at the World Trade Center and discusses how NY and flight 911 was plunged into chaos by one tiny unexpected event and then shows the twin towers blotted out by a tabulation card with the words falling down. He also dwells on the leap from plough to pyramid and a terrorist scenario in London, or does he?

@soeffingwhat 15 лет назад

The Pilot was obviously very well trained, and I guess Smith wanted to take the risk for the purpose of the show (Life is about taking risks after all) but I guess i'd agreed with you.

@GoblinXXX 15 лет назад

Dangerous comedy.

@NCaradoc2008 11 лет назад

I lapped up James Burke, but I was 8 yrs old - I remember my dad used to get rather peeved with his endless prevarication - for Pete's sake tell us how it is, not how it isn't!

@mongex25 12 лет назад

a great show making fun of another great one.... greatness squared

@scarletharlot69 13 лет назад

James Bloody Burke yayay!

@soccom8341576 17 лет назад

which is one more reason to believe that he is a hero

@jamestuck6764 9 месяцев назад

‘Elf and Safety would have had a fit if they had been asked but I bet they were not.

@ketmaniac 15 лет назад

Someone who fails to see a joke in the first place should never tell anyone else to lighten up.

@thetinnedtomato8339 Год назад

In can all be summed up in one sentence...so why isn't it?

@soccom8341576 17 лет назад

He's going to get ear damage

@larsanderson3072 3 года назад

WHAT???!!!

@GuineaJay 15 лет назад

Some people don't like Tyler Perry movies.

@Ikonicre 16 лет назад

James Bloody Burke, or is it..?

@ketmaniac 15 лет назад

No offence (as you say), but what is a "hoser"? Yes, Canada does exist, but jokes at the expense of conspiracy theorists also exist, and will continue, as long as people have a sense of humour. Have you got one of those?

@soeffingwhat 15 лет назад

How do you know about that Pilot? And any pilot who can do that has to have some good training. Oh and don't bother pitying me, look in the mirror if you want to do that.

@mikkrack 13 лет назад

@epsteinsmutha1 lol

@brianjoe 12 лет назад

Ha , that's funny Eh. Aboot this guy, don't you know. Larry will get a lark out of this. Tim too. Old farmer John was just saying how you hosers loved to make up malarkey. Right as rain that one. Dear me, look at the time. I best be off to the igloo; till next time. Eh.

@Glenn1967ful 14 лет назад

This is just what James Burke was like a berk who made very expensive programmes on location to show how clever he was at our expense. Unfortunately he was no David Attenborough and acted like a pretentious prat.