Howdy, I'm not sure how many people would be interested but someone's started uploading classic 70's editions of ISIHAC on the Internet Archive and they are of course very funny!

[www.archive.org]

checked it out funny stuff featuring the goodies classic comedy thanks for posting it

is that legal in the copyright sense? otherwise I shall load a few up

It's definitely all legal and copyright-free under US law. It gets a little murkier unger UK rules but if you're comfortable with Project Gutenberg then you should be comfortable with this.

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As he gobbled the cakes on his plate,
the greedy ape said as he ate,
the greener green grapes are,
the keener keen apes are
to gobble green grape cakes,
they're great!

What is ISIHAC about? I'm going to enjoy some more of The Goons Show! Thanks for link, thought someone would have uploaded some!

'I'm Sorry I haven't A Clue' is the self-styled radio 'antidote to panel games' and has been running on Radio 4 since 1972.

In the beginning it starred the Goodies plus Jo Kendall doing silly things to music and making bad jokes to a nonsensical scoring system before rapidly moving to the cast of Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Tim-Brooke Taylor and Willie Rushton.

If you've never heard a duet of kazoo and swanee whistle then you've been deprived! Inspired silliness at times!



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I actually went to recordings of this show in the early 1980's. Just before Chaz and Di got hitched.

One recording session they had Nigel Distemper** as a guest and he described the situation of the happenings in Royalty land. It was about the time of the train episode. He talked for about 45 minutes and it was all deleted from the program broadcast, but we all knew that as Humphrey Littleton said at the end of Nigel's piece that we should all forget what we had just heard for it would not be played in outr lifetimes. He then said that if anybody had to leave to go now as ity was about 2pm and they wouild still be recording the progams at 3pm. I was late back to work.

I still have some cassette tapes of the programs here. I always though tthe best bit was the 'arrivals at the .... ball' Among those remembered was the Politivcians' Ball where Homosexual Bill gave his Queen's speech.


**real name wasa/is Nigel Dempster, for those who have not come across him before.

Another thought:

If you hear any of the 'I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again' shows please let all and sundry know, especially me, as I'm not sure if I'm and 'all' or a 'sundry'.

To my mind these are cleverer than the Goons, especially if you like puns.

well I might just have a listen, I thought perhaps it had something to do with The Goodies, but could find no reference to Graeme, Tim and Bill in the blurb. Now I know!

I have to say, that I grew up listening to The Goon Show and can remember liking it at age 4, only I mostly laughed because of all the audience laughing.... I reckon I used to have a crush on Gritpipe Thin!

With regards to 'I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again' I have found very little. You can still listen to repeats on BBC7, the home for old BBC Radio shows. Very little escapes the archive that is BBC7.

MEEP!



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Wasn't there a thread here a little while ago about Mornington Crescent? That was a way to make a few hours disapear from otherwise productive web time.

It pops up in various threads. I had no idea what on earth they were talking about with that, til I started listening to old tapes my mum and grandmother used to make off ABC radio.

I have been hearing Mornington Crescent for the last 40 years and if someone can explain it in very simple words to me how it is supposed to work I will be grateful.
Remember I studied Philosophy at Uni so explanations need to be kept to the childlike level.

Heisenberg is reputed to have said that he had only two questions for God - quantum physics and meteorology.

I would have to add Mornington Crescent.

There's always Wikipedia…

Yes, bugger the meaning of existence. What about Mornington Crescent...

Love it!

Bunyip,

if after all this time you still haven't worked out the rules of "Mornington Crescent" you need to hear the ISIHAC recording explaining it (available for sale - so no need to download copyright material) or buy/borrow the book here

Poor old Humphrey Lyttleton is in hospital recovering from an operation to correct an aortic aneurysm. It's looking like the spring season of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue may have to be postponed.

Jon Naismith, the show's producer, has said that he will print out messages sent to this email address to take to Humph in hospital and hopefully cheer him up:

isihac@btinternet.com

The news about Humph is sad. At least he's had a long and productive life and been working for what seems like forever. I can't even imagine someone replacing him on the show.

Of course he could still come back!

Egon.



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Sad, sad news

I'd never heard of ISIHAC until this thread, but I've been very much enjoying the episodes on the archive. Sad to hear about Humph.