I was thinking that certain phrases in language have ceased to be possible:
“this is a bloody pantomime”
[oH NO IT ISN’T.]
“What have the XXX ever done for us?”
[Reply with a list of all the benefits of XXX.]
Other examples?
When a comedy phrase becomes common discourse
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“Cock up on the catering front”
= I forgot to buy that ingedient.
“Even better!”
Breezily making up a technical mishap on the train line was a common excuse for lateness. Subtext – I know I’m late, so fucking what?
“I have a cunning plan”
Smell my cheese….
I’m not getting that close…
Hello Peeps…
Don’t mention the war!
I’ll get me coat.
Surely a bloody pantomime is just Grand Guignol by any other name.
“Omnishambles” is a particularly memorable one from relatively recently.
BLM has not brought to an end me being addressed ‘Hello Dave’, in a Papa Lazarou voice.
OK Dave
You could also be Dave the cardboard box , as I used to be called.
“Dave’s not here!”
In my family any appearance of bedraggled, hairy bearded type on the telly is always greeted with a lugubrious “WHO IS IT?”
You’re my wife now….er
Same here!
This probably doesn’t translate well in “print” but if an Australian or Kiwi says “mate, you’re dreaming” or “tell him he’s dreaming” – they are quoting from the 80s comedy film The Castle.
“Seasoning.” Possibly only common discourse in our house.
That film has been highly recommended to me but I’ve never made the effort to seek it out. It’s not that well known in the UK. Is it good?
I became aware of it via some Aussie film series on TV a while back, but like you I’ve not yet seen it. My Aussie friend isn’t too gushing about it, as I recall, but it does seem to be a classic.
I only saw it relatively recently. It helped explain why people say certain phrases in normal conversation. OK to watch with elderly parents and children too.
I liked it a lot.
It’s absolutely brilliant, although you may find yourself out of your depth culturally now and again. Exert yourself. It’s on Prime Video if that’s any use to you.
That sounds like a very loose adaptation of the Kafka novel.
“Jousting sticks?”
“Tell him he’s dreamin'”…
Part of your entrance exam to ‘Straya. Essential!
Never been here, but it raises a smile every time I go past…
“That’s nearly an armful!” as a unit of measurement.
The Magna Carta is arguably one of the most important documents ever to have existed, and yet in my tiny mind any mention of it is immediately appended “…did she die in vain?”
“It are not raining here also.”
Stone me , what a life.
I feel sorry for staff working for the blood donation service, who probably hear that line a lot and have to smile as though it’s the first time they have heard it.
Having said that, maybe it’s said less frequently these days, as I haven’t overheard it at any session I have attended for a few years now.
The Airplane line “and don’t call me Shirley” line is very much embedded. These are important markers.
If someone says something like that, I’m immediately on their side. If they casually quote a Depeche Mode lyric, I’m theirs forever. Admittedly, this is rare.
We have the Airplane standard response at work to anything that includes someone saying “What is it?”
For example
Me “Oh, rats, I need to get the mop and bucket”
One of the office bods “What is it?”
Me “It’s a long wooden pole with absorbent material on the end, and a medium sized metal receptacle, but that’s not important right now…”
Doesn’t everyone do that?
I can imagine the number of people who casually quote a DM lyric in conversation to be a number approaching not very many at all?
It happened once! At a training course the guy running it said that it’s good to allow for periods of silence when discussing things in a group. He said “enjoy the silence!” – I said “great song!” he said “yes, it is”. Reader, I married him.
Going Out Out
Although talking to a couple of people some time ago they were surprised when I told them it wasn’t a Peter Kay line.
A case of phrases being adopted but the originator lost
Where’s me washboard
(no? just me then)
Me too. And ‘ow queer?’
And quite a few others from the Fast Show.
Computer says no!
“Today, I ‘ave mostly been…”
Despite being a big Fast Show fan ( I like the fast show immensely, I am not big or tall) it really boils my piss when people say “Today, I ‘ave mostly been…” or variations thereof.
because the correct phrase is ” this week …”
(Or “this season ..” when he did his fashion tips)
I liked Mark Williams’ shopping character – “Did you get what I asked for?” “Even better than that, dear…”
It reminded me of my dad, who would always bring random things home from the shops. Sadly, I have never been able to find a clip on YT, even though most other sketches from the show are prevalent.
Maybe it’s for the best. My dad’s in the early stages of dementia, which such behaviour probably foreshadowed – so the humour of it is blacker then it used to be.
“I’m afraid I was vey, vey drunk” (Rowley Birkin, Q.C.)
I didn’t get where I am today by contributing catchphrases to an Afterword thread.
You had to mention Reggie Perrin again. You wouldn’t let it lie.
‘Super’. ‘Great’.
See also Jim Bowen – ‘Super, smashing, great’.
Although Jim Bowen never actually said that (he may have said those three words, but never in the same sentence).
Became the default stance for many impressionists, a bit like Mike Yarwood’s “Silly Billy” which was never uttered by Dennis “Bushy Eyebrows” Healy
He also never said ‘the non-dart player; we just want you to hit the board’ but that never stopped me from saying it. Faint hearts never won half a speedboat.
Does any one else sing bushy bushy blond eyebrows to the Dennis Healey above?
I do find myself using “This is what you could’ve won” from bullseye though when pointing at some useless tat.
Contributing catchphrases to an Afterword thread is like making love to a beautiful woman.
Ten minutes later you want to do it again.
Allo Allo is unlikely to trouble the higher reaches of the Top Comedy listings, but it did give an awful lot of phrases to everyday speech
Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once
You stupid woman!
It is I, Le Clerc
Oh my dicky ticker
Good moaning
I was pissing by the door
What-a mistake-a to make-a
…
Useless fact: RAF Flight Lieutenant Carstairs, usually to be found hiding in the blanket box at the foot of Reneé’s mother-in-law’s bed, is now un grand fromage of Bluetooth.
He was also in Blake’s 7.
Whenever we watch the Grand Prix, I shout “It is I Le Clerc” quite frequently as his Ferrari sails past.
So do I! Especially a couple of races ago when he went for a risky overtake on the last lap and got done by Vettel. Or, the last one when he was responsible for taking out Verstappen. The replays were frequent.
Was calling someone a Dipstick a “thing” before Dukes Of Hazard and/or Only Fools And Horses?
or Arthur in It’s a Knockout.
I was referred to as the bionic dipstick due to to my rakish appearance, that’s looking like a rake rather than my debonair behaviour.
I’m sure that was before 79.
I think the one-liner I come out with more often than any other is from The League of Gentlemen. It is one from Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown, playing the Mayor of Royston Vasey. He’s being interviewed live on tv, and warned not to swear on air doesn’t. Until thanked by the interviewer – ‘You’re f8ckin welcome’.
“I can do that – I’ve got two hands.”
This goes to 11
I am amazed, and disappointed, and frankly appalled, that I had to scroll down this far to see a Tap quote. But I rise above it, I’m a professional.
You’re just as God made you, sir.
A friend of mine and I are children of the 70’s with a mutual admiration of two of the be-crimplened stars of the day.
Any police siren is met with Eric Morecambe’s ‘He’ll never sell any ice cream going at that speed’
Any particular exertion is topped off with Larry Grayson’s fey ‘Oooh, I’m worn out’
Look at the muck in ‘ere….
Je t’adore.
Nicole..
..Papa.
Any issue regarding an unfortunate series of consequences in our house is greeted with “Life is pain, Princess – get used to disappointment.”
I might jump in as an irredeemable Princess Bride bore but you seem to have arrived at a happy confluence of two different lines: “Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.” and “I must know!” “Get used to disappointment.” from the swordfight. Get my coat, etc.
I have simply processed the entire film through the folk tradition and arrived at a convenient – if you will – conflux of phraseology. Like when Led Zeppelin wrote Whole Lotta Love.
“Irredeemable? You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means…” 🙂
You’ll need a tray.
Did you dry these in a rain forest?
Give me penne a la arrabiata or you shall die
Death by tray it shall be!
Any ever-increasing list eventually gets acknowledged by ‘amongst our weaponry’.
After any injury no matter how much it hurts: ‘Tis but a scratch..’
Whenever someone’s trying to remember a list of things, I have to add “cuddly toy, set of saucepans.” They have no idea what I’m on about.
I had just added (and deleted) a similar comment upthread. It was ‘Sodastream machine’ (fizzy drink machine in BBC parlance) that set us off the other day; ‘curling tongs, fondue set, golf clubs, teasmaid, a food processor. . .’
Fondue set…
Good game, good game…
“Any police siren is met with Eric Morecambe’s ‘He’ll never sell any ice cream going at that speed’.”
My dad still says that!
So too Mssrs Ellen and Hepworth of the former parish on the podcast.
And “ the sound of young Islington” whenever the polis went by
I still say that…
I’m playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order.
I’m working him with me foot.
This boy’s a fool…
….be honest
Sitting at my pianna the udder day…
(although that one’s quite hard to lever into everyday conversation. Unless there is a paper cup handy)
Not now, Arthur
“Not too camp?”
“Naff off Grouty”
I’m pretty sure that the insult “old scrote” was first popularised by the staggeringly beautiful* Godber.
*…er, if you like that sort of thing. See the Bears game last night? What a game!
Asta la vista, baby!!
Say hello to my liddle frehnd!!!
I’ll be back!
Wazzup!!
You say these things in real life? I’m worried about the second one.
I wasn’t aware The Terminator is a comedy. It didn’t make me laugh.
What a thoroughly entertaining thread. It is
“A valuable addition to our modern lifestyle” !
Now there’s a very useful phrase on purchasing a new gadget.
It is of course Wallace…
“I think you’ll find this present a valuable addition to our modern lifestyle. They’re Techno-trousers, ex-NASA, fantastic for walkies.”
And while we are on quotes, one of my great favourites from Blackadder- Ink and Incapability:Bladrick is hekping re-write Dr Johnson’s Dictionary.
“Big blue wobbly thing that mermaids live in.”
“What’s that?”
“C”
“Yes. Tiny misunderstanding but my hopes were not high.”
I do like to mark the end an event with: “Well, that went as well as could be expected, didn’t it?” Helps having a Yorkshire accent.
From The Goon Show, and serving a similar purpose:
“Well, that seems to have explored that argument in full”
“NOT HAPPY JAN” from a TV commercial regarding a “Phone Directory, where the boss is upset.
“YOU’RE NOT TAKING THE KINGSWOOD” from a TV comedy “Kingswood Country” regarding Ted Bullpitt’s car.
“BOOTIFUL” from Con the Fruiter Greekgrocer (Mark Mitchell) from a TV comedy whose name alludes at time of writing.
“That’ll Be The Phone Reg” Old couples chat to a ringing noise -TV ad.
“You Tell ’em Love” Dawn Lake’s reply to a enquiry of some sort from TV.
For the uninitiated they are “ockerisms” OR quips that found their way into the lingo.
“Bootiful” is Pop Larkin’s catchphrase in The Darling Buds of May. As if David Jason didn’t have enough catchphrases already.
I think that was Bernard Matthews and his Turkey Twizzlers
(great name for a band)
iirc, Pop Larkin’s was “perfick”
Now you mention it… I stand corrected.
You plonker, Rodney.
Lahverly jahberly!
Yes! “That’d be the phone Reg.” Old couple on the verandah of their outback home with absolutely nothing else going on, but they’re both ignoring the phone. No-one else understands why I say that!
Ya eggsaklee rite – “it’s a saying for you to tell people to “wake up” to themselves.
Same as me saying “Good On Ya Mum” when I see women unloading the car & kids on the wrong side, always into the road!!!!!!!!!!!
The saying is from a tiptop bread tv ad.
Also “Its your wife on the dog” – Opportunities much less since the disappearance of the office phone.
Old Yellow Pages adverts.
‘I was right about that saddle, though’, when experiencing discomfort in the region of Buffins Bridge on the bike.
And that damned ‘French Polishing’ one.
‘Who are you? . . And who’s she?’
‘Its just possible you could save my life’, and ‘I’m on me way’.
And possibly from an AA advert, when asked where something is ‘Its in the sand!’
“Funny video!”
A colleague and I used to do “it’s in the sand” when the other asked where something was amongst a huge pile of gear, usually with the follow up line, “I’m not helping much am I?”
‘No, son, but I know a man who can’. . .
You hum it son, I’ll play it.
The ‘in the sand’ ad with the fabulous Kevin, is one of the all time classics – beloved of myself & 2 or 3 old pals.
Makes me think of this one – a recent NZ ad.
“One ham and mushroom, and one… tuna fish and banana.”
Ads – particularly old ones – are an excellent source. I’m sure, like me, you say these at least once a day:
‘That’s handy ‘arry! Stick it in the oven!’
“I’ve been looking for you all over Telford !”
“It’s greasy, Auntie!”
“Arthur’s got plenty”
“It’s frothy, man!”
“Is it a hat? Is it a sandwich?”
Love that one Gary. Bob Hoskins voiced the baby IIRC.
I think you’re right:
‘Pea and ham? From a chicken? Now that’s clever.’
‘Acccchhrington Stanley? ‘Oo are dey?’ ‘Exaccchh’ly!’
‘Arthur’s got plenty’ was there ever a less genial or more sinister pater familias in advertising than this?
That’s Hilary Briss, minus the sidies.
A family of butchers, from Wellington in Somerset. They look exactly how butchers should look, I feel, ‘special stuff’ or not.
Q. Who was Tim, and how many pots did you get out of him?
One of them had Covid, so hope they’re ok. There’s another butchery-looking butcher in Ilminster. Something very right about a well-fed butcher. Just like the health food shop in Yeovil used to be run by seriously pale and unhealthy types.
Pasty vegans (TMFTL)? Well I never.
Looking at the picture, mum’s the feeder.
He chills the blood, doesn’t he?
It’s probably in the fridge.
You can’t sing, you can’t play, you look awful. You’ll go a long way
(the record exec bloke became the Whata Mistakea To Makea man in Allo Allo)
The Wa’er In MaJorca don’t taste like what i’ ough’a
(The language teacher became the landlord of The Barley Mow Inn in (Arthur Pringle) in Auf Wiedersehen Pet II)
🎵Alien Invasion
– What on Earth are we going to do?🎵
(Repeat ad infinitum)
Arthur Pringle was also the officious butler in Brazil. Or was he a waiter? What did I come in here for?
We hope it’s chips it’s chips.
Yes the perfect accompaniment to a frozen shaped like a kidney horseburger
A couple of advert punchlines I remember.
Nice one Cyril.
You’re a very nice man
More to come I’m sure.
“He gets an ology and he says he’s failed… you get an ology, you’re a scientist…”
Mrs F does “I like Alan Titchmarsh” in British standard comedy Johnny foreigner accent #1 but she can get away with it, what with being a Johnny Foreigner herself. If I said it, it would be cultural appropriation.
When invited to perform any domestic task it is always appropriate to adopt Fletch’s “From ‘ere?”
Repurposed, if my memory serves – and it doesn’t always (see above) – for ‘Never Say Never Again’.
I worked for a company in Dubai where I was the only none indian person in an IT dept of abot 300 people. Once I had shown my boss and colleagues the Goodness Gracious Me Going for an English sketch I became know and “Jam – ez” to everyone from that day on.
I’d say “Oi (insert name) NO!”
You don’t want to do it like that
Only me!
“Now I -don’t- think you wanted to do that!”
Harry Enfield re-invented that catchphrase sketch show.
Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson decided to do it for themselves … without little Harry
Often I’m scrolling down a hamper thread on the Afterword and saying…
“Will this pleasure never end?”
When looking for eggs, “F U N E X” comes up quite frequently round ours.
S V F X
F U N E M?
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Ball or aerosol? No it’s for my armpits. We say that all the time here in Sweden. How we laugh. You English with your crazy sense of humour.
Wild?
I was livid!
Let’s be bull’s-pistle frank about this….
Do you want slimline salad dressing
Or a bag on your ‘ead?
Or woofers and tweeters?
This was surely based on any Richer Sounds shop?
That’s enough of this lipstick round the nipple now.
Inner thigh, yes.
Rick Gervais tried to, er, “deconstruct” all this catchphrase stuff with the comedy show he “wrote” for “Extras”, eg, the useless catchphrase “Are you having a laugh?” from the within-show Mrs Brown-alike “When the Whistle Blows”. It gets VERY meta when you think about it.
Nuts, whole hazelnuts.
When I was a nipper, not knowing the word “whole” I used to say “Nuts hut hazelnuts” – as if Cadburys had something to do with the US army.
Sung by Frank Muir -who also did the Milk adverts – Watch Out Watch Out there’s Humphrey about
Stoneybridge….
My favourite character on that show was Bert Bastard, played by John Sparkes.
To a pea that has dropped on the floor: “You….arrse!“
‘Hello, ‘s me, Siadwell!’.
Oh the lavatory with Frank
I think Siadwell was John Sparkes’ character in Naked Video, not Absolutely.
You’re thinking of Denzil, husband of the very lovely Gwynedd (‘What in Swansea are going on here?)
How am I supposed to address the Welsh Institute of Wood…dressed like a twit?
I was Siadwell-ing at the mention of Sparkes, rather than the show. He’s done quite a bit on BBC Radio Wales/Cymru, a lot in a very Siadwell style. Nice running joke about a church with an unpronounceable name.
Remembered a Sparkes-inspired catchphrase from my FE College:
“Nouns, man!”
When you decide to get something especially a holiday – Book it, Dano! – from Kath&Kim via Hawaii 5-0.
Don’t come the raw prawn with me – possibly Barry Humphries.
When anyone mentions Christmas or any religious festival too early (like now) ‘Festivus – for the rest of us’ Seinfeld
Two more
When you have to promise something, ‘I’ll swear by Keir Hardie’s hat’ – from the sublime Brass
When someone gets above themselves, ‘Very young executive, Carter’ – Peter Tinniswood’s great I Didn’t Know You Cared (that featured Stephen Rea) Also ‘I heard that, pardon.”
‘Aye, well, mmm’. Another Brass and Tinniswood fan here. I especially like Peter’s ‘Brigadier’ books.
The Two Ronnies stuff reminds me of one I used to use.
From their ‘Complete Rook’ restaurant sketch. Ronnie B played the reluctant cockney waiter, who at one point is asked for a menu.
He sighs and slopes off to get one saying under his breath, ‘wants a bleedin’ menu now…’
I used that quite a bit when asked to do something I didn’t want to do. No one understood.
Have you booked?
Well, I suppose I could fit you in here
There was a Rowan & Martin’s Laugh In skit where a guy in full Native American gear goes into a restaurant and asks for a table. ‘Have you got a reservation?’ ask the waiter. Cue much mugging at the camera…
Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger
Person, woman, man, camera
” And I’d have got away with it, if it hadn’t been for you meddling kids.”
Not every day I get a chance to use this wonderful Scoobyism, but I try.
When Scooby Doo is screened in Colombia, the lineis tweaked to appeal to local viewers:
‘
” And I’d have got away with it, if it hadn’t been for you Medellin kids.”
Two soups?
I’m lookin’ for me friend. ‘Ave you seen ‘er?
Kimmm-berlehh
Red cabbage. Ow much?
Red cabbage. No idea!
I think that ‘Dinnerladies’ is my favourite comedy series, along with Blackadder IV. The way Dinnerladies hangs together, one liners don’t seem to fall out of it like Blackadder’s do.
‘Why not Scottish Country Dancing?’ is one that did. Phillipa from Human Resources thinks the canteen needs some team-building. Spoiler: they don’t.
‘Wobble, wobble, thrust, thrust’. Twink describes what she was expected to do in her poledancing audition.
‘Me cones out, me dander’s up’. Stan isn’t happy. This may be a paraphrase. I can also do Stan’s wonderful monologue when he tells Phillipa what her chances of getting into central Manchester are for the ‘Minnellium’. Spoiler: nil.
“Michael Bolton’s growing his hair again!”
“That sort of parsley garnish went out with the Bee Gees’
“I’ve come from Urmston”
And of course the word “minellium”
‘They’re real monks, with a genuine love of disco’.
Can’t believe I forgot Dinner Ladies in the fave TV comedy thread. Love it to bits.
‘Male maintenance person entering female lavatory area…’
Eleven
“More tea, Vicar?”
I suspect that many of you know this gambit, used by a genteel hostess, for example, to distract attention from the fact that someone has just farted. But where did it originate from?
Stumbled across this fascinating discussion, which mentions both Bogart in The African Queen and Dick Emery.
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/239208/when-did-more-tea-vicar-start-to-be-used-after-farting-where-did-it-come-fro
I can’t see a cup-a-soup packet without thinking of Bob Mortimers Dave Hill at Home with Slade
Ripping Yarns.
If one of us gets really angry – not with each other – and starts crashing and thumping around, the kindest thing to say is ‘I know how you feel, Gordon’, delivered in as disinterested a manner as possible. (Golden Gordon).
‘Ah’m used to it’ , from Whinfrey’s Last Case. Used when receiving a personal injury, and not wanting to make a fuss. And from the same episode, when hearing about which direction somewhere is; ‘Bodmin way?’, followed by ‘Latvia?’ ‘Lithuania?’
Those winter evenings must just fly by. . .
It were always raining…
Wee laddie for a palfrey…..HIT!
‘Damn this false lip’. Not in daily use at Chateau Grey, but what a line. ‘ Bloody Oscar Wilde’ is in the repertoire, though.
I used to have a departmental head who always reminded me of Denholm Elliott pulling his trousers up, in ‘Across the Andes By Frog’. Similarly louche.
Another from Ripping Yarns.
“I don’t know what was in that snuff, but the hills looked wonderful that morning.”
A couple of “OLD” ones: “Open the Door Richard” (Forgotten name of show)
“Where’s me shirt” (Clitheroe Kid – I Think)
” What’s On The Table, Mabel ?” what you say when asking what is for dinner! (A radio/tv quiz from yonks ago)
Four Candles/Fork Handles – the 2 Ronnies (Great Skit)
“That ain’t a Knife….”
“Fake News, Fake News – I’m not going anywhere” by The Don – “The Don Is Good” a process meat slogan for tv ad.
“Open the Door Richard” was from Keeping Up Appearances, cosy sitcom but shone a light on snobbery (ie like my mum)
Obligatory R Thompson link.
Fairport recorded Open the Door Richard (a take on Open the Door Homer) for the BBC in 1970
“Open The Door Richard was a hit single for Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five in 1947. Also for The Three Flames and for Count Basie.
It well may have been Rigid BUT – it originated on Radio in early 50’s from “Life With The Lyons” starring Ben Lyons & Bebe Daniels (Hubby & Wife) talking to their “son” – ALSO SEE THE 78RPM shown below by Mike_H
“What’s On The Table, Mabel” came from Radio in early 50’s from quiz show “Have A Go” hosted by Wilfred Pickles & his wife Mabel, contestants got to pick a prize from the “table”.
I think the phrase came from the black vaudevile circuit long before Life With The Lions. There are many versions of the song on 78, all from 46/47.
Yes, basically it’s a comedy drunk routine set to music.
“I hate to be caught out on the street like this, ’cause it looks so common. I know I ain’t common, because I got class I ain’t even used yet.”
As a middle-aged father, I reserve the privilege of announcing a forthcoming action to the family with a decisive “Right!” Once an acceptable level of expectant tension has been achieved, I then continue “I’ll…go out of the room, and then I’ll come back in again.” It’s alright, it’s not Fatty’s game.
Right, monkey.
Current faves both from Friday Night Dinner
‘Sh*t on it’
‘Nice bit of squirrel’
‘Are we the baddies?’ Mitchell and Webb
‘What are we going to do now?
What are we going to do now…’. Spike Milligan Q series
The last must be accompanied by shuffling forward as towards the camera.
Attempted catchphrases that didn’t quite make it:
“Phenomenal” – from a John Sullivan sitcom in the early 90a;
“Hang Loose!” – Little & Large
I spent the week after my 40th birthday and a vasectomy, working on the Belgian Grand Prix with an Australian who mentioned an Australian Saturday night variety show where the catchphrase was something like “I’ll take the chicken” which was a poor prize, a bit like winning the meat raffle in a 70s pub. Ring any bells with anyone or did I imagine it?
CORSAIR TINNED CHICKEN?
That would have been top prize surely?
Dave – that may have been “Hey Hey It’s Saturday Night” compered by Daryl Somers, the show had segments like “Chook Lotto” a piss take on Tattslotto – contestants picking a numbered frozen chicken to determine what sort of prize they got.
It also had “Plucka-Duck” spin the wheel type of raffle, among many silly little segments such as “Red Faces” a forerunner to “Think You’ve Got Talent”.
Here’s another great Ozzie one “I’ll rip your bloody arms off” from the Aunty Jack show, when it was all the rage.
Thanks Jack. I think that’s it.
What do we think of it so far ……?
Ruggish
Arsenal!
“and now we play the waiting game …..(pause) …. ah the waiting game sucks. Lets play hungry hungry hippos”
Hot Fuzz.
We both have a habit of saying ‘Yarrrppp’ in response to a query.
Listening to a few minutes of Radio 4 this morning, a virologist used the words ‘the greater good’, so we both repeated it in reverential tones.
Living in the country, we get to say ‘look at ‘is orrrrse’ quite a bit.
Going back to Alan Partridge, the one we seem to use most at home is the last line of each chapter from his memoir ‘Bouncing Back’, i.e. ‘Needless to say I had the last laugh’. It fits a few people we know. For some reason we often go with the variation he used for Julia Davis: ‘needles to say…’
Not sure if it was Selwyn Froggit or that Hilda Baker sitcom where the senile old git says: “I heard that! Pardon?” That’s me now.
As russell123 above says it’s from I Didn’t Know You Cared by Peter Tinniswood.
The character was Uncle Staveley, two people played the part, one being Leslie Sarony,(known to Bonzo fans as the writer of Jollity Farm)
‘Corporal Parkinson. Pardon?’
Whose ashes were carried in the old gas mask box.
I used to say “I heard that! Pardon?” repeatedly as a kid, no idea where I got it from.
One of Froggits was “Magic, our Morris” (I seem to recall that Morris was the characters brother)
Vague memory of a double thumbs up catchphrase from Selwyn – possibly with a word like “fantastic!” but probably “Magic” as per above.
Christ, what have I started?
what’s that from?
Jesus said, “God”
Oh my God, what have I gotten myself into?
I asked the Lord, and he said no.
I said, why Lord?
Don’t ask me questions?
Scorchio!
And if anyone disputes I will respond with Mrs Merton’s line: “Let’s have a heated debate!”
Fight, fight, fight!!
“Small….far”
“Ah, yer will, yer will, yer will, yer will”
“Feck! Gurls! Drink!”
“That would be an ecumenical matter”