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There were definitely at least two differing versions of 'The Wooden Horse' itself published. When I read the 'revised edition' quite recently it had a foreword by Willaims in which he explained this and mentioned at least one particular ficitonal scene (about the killing of a German sentry) which he'd deleted during the revision. The one that Skiffle has a copy of would probably be from before this change.
just googled it, it was on "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again"
8/8 23-12-73 (25-11-73)
Ministerial Broadcast ; Nursery Memories (Cleese solo), resulting in Cleese defecting to Radio Terrapin - Cooking/Gardening/Sport - Eddie Waring Impersonation - Three years later - Radio Hatch takes over; Bring Back Brian Clough ; Ice Cubes Down My Cleavage, or, The Coldtitz Story.
Sorry - it's the first lines from the signature tune of a very old BBC radio show called I'm sorry I'll read that Again - in the late 60s/early 70s. Had Bill Oddie (later from the Goodies) and John Cleese and was very funny and weird and brilliant!
Basically my rememberance of this just shows how incredibly sad I really am!
Well, age wise I'm at the age where life begins. So, do I take first prize?
I think Clue's been going 32 years now - I certainly remember the first ones very clearly. I've a feeling that David Hatch (as a producer) played a big part in its birth and of course, David Hatch was one of the ISIRTG players. Have been lucky enough to see some of the Clue's being recorded - unfortunately never got to see it before the sad loss of Willie Rushton. If you get the chance, take it.
Damn. Still the oldest by three years. I remember ISIRTA, and I have been a fan of ISIHAC for many, many years (gratuitous Round the Horne reference). But I have never been to a recording, *Jealous fumes*.
ISIRTA did indeed spawn ISIHAC, although only Tim Brooke-Taylor was a regular cast member of both. And, yes, David Hatch can take most of the blame. It was as Ben says an almost completely cynical exercise in building on the success of ISIRTA without the bother of writing a script, but for some reason it (eventually) worked brilliantly. What I want to know is, who had the inspired but not obvious idea of making Humphrey Lyttleton the chairman?
- "Hurry up. I've got a gig in Hull on Thursday ... " - Humph, ISIHAC.
[Note to Americans and other furriners .... it's too long to explain.]
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Well, after Saturday I'll be only 3 years behind Auntysassy, so we seem to be nicely spaced, at least.
So if Sarah is older than I, that would make me fourth, I suspect.
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"I've often said that the difference between British and American SF TV series is that the British ones have three-dimensional characters and cardboard spaceships, while the Americans do it the other way around."
--Ross Smith
Re putting fforumites in order of age _
Ahem. You all seem, despite the fact that my age was one of those discussed only a few months ago, to be forgetting me... Being 43 years old(since March) puts me up in the oldest two or three, doesn't it? At least out of those who are admitting their ages, anyway...
You're right Simon, I'd forgotten. So that puts you pretty close to Jon, actually, and it looks like I'm down to at least 4th or 5th.
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"I've often said that the difference between British and American SF TV series is that the British ones have three-dimensional characters and cardboard spaceships, while the Americans do it the other way around."
--Ross Smith