Featuring Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee Written by Barry Took and Marty Feldman Produced by John Simmonds BBC Radio Collection ZBBC 1093 ISBN 0563 227 028
No wonder, we had this one on record. It's the one where Kenneth Williams nearly corpses as Rambling Sid and has to sing the last bit in one breath. I can still sing all the words to that song :D
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams..
Classic stuff, hasn't aged badly. Memories of sitting with my ear glued to the radiogram. Ah....[meanwhile in the Summer of Love world, Whiter Shade of Pale was No1 for ever]
Comedy Greats, still laughing 2023..wonderful people.. Im afraid todays so called 'comedy' leaves me cold...i couldnt name any of comedians today. K.W. I want a drink, not an opinion..😂😂😂. dearly missed.
For a masterclass in comedy....this is it. Look at how unfunny so much of todays "comedy" is. Then, think back to these genius's standing round a mike,and with the skill of those talented writers, creating a world which we were allowed to inhabit for half an hour on a Sunday afternoon. I was a teenager then, and must admit I didn't understand a lot of those wonderful undertones, but the minute Julian and Sandy did their turn, I sooo wished I could have been part of their circle. Likewise Betty Marsden with her two hander.."Oh Charles.....Oh Fiona."..How can that be funny?..Just listen. It was a mix of the perfect cast,saying the most wonderful lines.
Monday 12th June 1967: "R.T.H" at the Paris, went like a bomb as usual, and K.H. gave us all a luncheon in the loggia room at the Hyde Park Hotel. I had a conversation with John Simmonds which was v. disquieting. He said he envisaged dropping everyone from the show, except K.H. and myself, in order 'to give the writers some new impetus ... ' This sounds v. reckless to me.
