From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V18 #151 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Sunday, August 8 2010 Volume 18 : Number 151 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Long-shot English-comedy-related favour... ["craigie*" ] Re: Long-shot English-comedy-related favour... [Tom Clark ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 23:29:36 +0100 From: "craigie*" Subject: Re: Long-shot English-comedy-related favour... sounds like part of the on of the Piggy Malone mysteries... give me five minutes... c* On 5 August 2010 23:21, edwardofsim@tiscali.co.uk wrote: > Greetings, fellow fegs! > > I'm cap in hand for a favour of sorts, probably no chance, but hey, > can't hurt to ask, and if you're looking for something "no one" will > know or have, ask the fegs! > > The Two Ronnies did a sketch all those years ago that was entirely in > really clever, fast-paced rhyme. A line I remember was, "You would go > upriver to deliver a shipment of equipment, leaving Dave Grainger in > grave danger, and Hedley Merrill in deadly peril?" > > I have a chance to do some English sketch comedy in a show several > months from now, and would love to work this sketch in if I had a > transcript of it. I Googled(tm) several quoted bits that I remember > verbatim, such as the above, but no hits. Does anyone out there > remember this sketch, by any chance have a recording or transcript of > it? > > Probably not! But if anyone can reach might, it's you guys! > > peace, > Edward > - -- first things first, but not necessarily in that order... I like my girls to be the same as my records - independent, attractively packaged and in black vinyl (if at all possible)... Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc (the motto of the Addams Family: "We gladly feast on those who would subdue us") ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 23:30:23 +0100 From: "craigie*" Subject: Re: Long-shot English-comedy-related favour... >ahem< part of one of damn fat fingers.... c* On 5 August 2010 23:29, craigie* wrote: > sounds like part of the on of the Piggy Malone mysteries... > > give me five minutes... > > c* > > > On 5 August 2010 23:21, edwardofsim@tiscali.co.uk < > edwardofsim@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > >> Greetings, fellow fegs! >> >> I'm cap in hand for a favour of sorts, probably no chance, but hey, >> can't hurt to ask, and if you're looking for something "no one" will >> know or have, ask the fegs! >> >> The Two Ronnies did a sketch all those years ago that was entirely in >> really clever, fast-paced rhyme. A line I remember was, "You would go >> upriver to deliver a shipment of equipment, leaving Dave Grainger in >> grave danger, and Hedley Merrill in deadly peril?" >> >> I have a chance to do some English sketch comedy in a show several >> months from now, and would love to work this sketch in if I had a >> transcript of it. I Googled(tm) several quoted bits that I remember >> verbatim, such as the above, but no hits. Does anyone out there >> remember this sketch, by any chance have a recording or transcript of >> it? >> >> Probably not! But if anyone can reach might, it's you guys! >> >> peace, >> Edward >> > > > > -- > first things first, but not necessarily in that order... > > I like my girls to be the same as my records - independent, attractively > packaged and in black vinyl (if at all possible)... > > Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc (the motto of the Addams Family: "We > gladly feast on those who would subdue us") > - -- first things first, but not necessarily in that order... I like my girls to be the same as my records - independent, attractively packaged and in black vinyl (if at all possible)... Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc (the motto of the Addams Family: "We gladly feast on those who would subdue us") ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 23:36:55 +0100 From: "craigie*" Subject: Re: Long-shot English-comedy-related favour... A brilliant Two Ronnies sketch set in the Zulu wars which had tongue-twisting rhyming dialogue...Ronnie B had just been into battle against the 'rotten hotten-tot lot' and staggered back into HQ... with his last breath he said... "Upon my fore-fathers four feathers repeatedly, reputedly, And I myself ws a yellow fellow, Who thought nought of going up-river to deliver a shipment of equipment, Leaving Dave Grainger in grave danger and Hedley Merril in deadly peril, And the Mad Mullah mauling Maud Miller, my splendid intended, BUT, I triumphed over treble tribal trouble, And reduced the rebel rabble to rubble, So never again would they flaunt to taunt, That Major Bertie Raven-Howard Was a dirty craven coward (Dies) On 5 August 2010 23:21, edwardofsim@tiscali.co.uk wrote: > Greetings, fellow fegs! > > I'm cap in hand for a favour of sorts, probably no chance, but hey, > can't hurt to ask, and if you're looking for something "no one" will > know or have, ask the fegs! > > The Two Ronnies did a sketch all those years ago that was entirely in > really clever, fast-paced rhyme. A line I remember was, "You would go > upriver to deliver a shipment of equipment, leaving Dave Grainger in > grave danger, and Hedley Merrill in deadly peril?" > > I have a chance to do some English sketch comedy in a show several > months from now, and would love to work this sketch in if I had a > transcript of it. I Googled(tm) several quoted bits that I remember > verbatim, such as the above, but no hits. Does anyone out there > remember this sketch, by any chance have a recording or transcript of > it? > > Probably not! But if anyone can reach might, it's you guys! > > peace, > Edward > - -- first things first, but not necessarily in that order... I like my girls to be the same as my records - independent, attractively packaged and in black vinyl (if at all possible)... Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc (the motto of the Addams Family: "We gladly feast on those who would subdue us") ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 16:33:03 -0700 From: kevin studyvin Subject: Re: Long-shot English-comedy-related favour... On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 3:36 PM, craigie* wrote: > A brilliant Two Ronnies sketch set in the Zulu wars which had > tongue-twisting rhyming dialogue...Ronnie B had just been into battle > against the 'rotten hotten-tot lot' and staggered back into HQ... with his > last breath he said... > > "Upon my fore-fathers four feathers repeatedly, reputedly, > > And I myself ws a yellow fellow, > Who thought nought of going up-river to deliver a shipment of equipment, > > Leaving Dave Grainger in grave danger and Hedley Merril in deadly peril, > > And the Mad Mullah mauling Maud Miller, my splendid intended, > > BUT, > I triumphed over treble tribal trouble, > > And reduced the rebel rabble to rubble, > > So never again would they flaunt to taunt, > > That Major Bertie Raven-Howard > Was a dirty craven coward (Dies) > > On 5 August 2010 23:21, edwardofsim@tiscali.co.uk < > edwardofsim@tiscali.co.uk > > wrote: > > > Greetings, fellow fegs! > > > > I'm cap in hand for a favour of sorts, probably no chance, but hey, > > can't hurt to ask, and if you're looking for something "no one" will > > know or have, ask the fegs! > > > > The Two Ronnies did a sketch all those years ago that was entirely in > > really clever, fast-paced rhyme. A line I remember was, "You would go > > upriver to deliver a shipment of equipment, leaving Dave Grainger in > > grave danger, and Hedley Merrill in deadly peril?" > > > > I have a chance to do some English sketch comedy in a show several > > months from now, and would love to work this sketch in if I had a > > transcript of it. I Googled(tm) several quoted bits that I remember > > verbatim, such as the above, but no hits. Does anyone out there > > remember this sketch, by any chance have a recording or transcript of > > it? > > > > Probably not! But if anyone can reach might, it's you guys! > > > > peace, > > Edward> > Once upon a time our local PBS station used to run the Two Ronnies show. It was a delight. Parenthetically, does anybody know where a citizen might find the uproarious mock-protest song Hugh Laurie did in one of the Bit Of Fry And Laurie shows a while back? At this point all I recall is that it made me laugh... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 21:17:05 -0400 From: lep Subject: Re: Long-shot English-comedy-related favour... kevin says: > Parenthetically, does anybody know where a citizen might find the uproarious > mock-protest song Hugh Laurie did in one of the Bit Of Fry And Laurie shows > a while back? At this point all I recall is that it made me laugh... That sounds like something James might potentially know. He recently posted about Fry on FB. xo - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 21:23:33 -0400 From: lep Subject: in spam news to-day... The subject was: "Your giant jang will rule the world" Sadly, the contents were a little off. There was the statement "Make your dreams in 2008 a reality and have a huge manhood." Perhaps they can improve my manhood, but I doubt they can do it in 2008**. ** Although, in FegList, it is 2006, so maybe there's hope for me yet. xo P.S. Does talking about spam make it spam to the spam filters? I mean, do spam filters recognize meta-spam? And is it art or spam? - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:56:53 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Long-shot English-comedy-related favour... And this, my friends, is why this list sill rules. - -tc On Aug 5, 2010, at 3:36 PM, craigie* wrote: > A brilliant Two Ronnies sketch set in the Zulu wars which had > tongue-twisting rhyming dialogue...Ronnie B had just been into battle > against the 'rotten hotten-tot lot' and staggered back into HQ... with his > last breath he said... > > "Upon my fore-fathers four feathers repeatedly, reputedly, > > And I myself ws a yellow fellow, > Who thought nought of going up-river to deliver a shipment of equipment, > > Leaving Dave Grainger in grave danger and Hedley Merril in deadly peril, > > And the Mad Mullah mauling Maud Miller, my splendid intended, > > BUT, > I triumphed over treble tribal trouble, > > And reduced the rebel rabble to rubble, > > So never again would they flaunt to taunt, > > That Major Bertie Raven-Howard > Was a dirty craven coward (Dies) > > On 5 August 2010 23:21, edwardofsim@tiscali.co.uk > wrote: > >> Greetings, fellow fegs! >> >> I'm cap in hand for a favour of sorts, probably no chance, but hey, >> can't hurt to ask, and if you're looking for something "no one" will >> know or have, ask the fegs! >> >> The Two Ronnies did a sketch all those years ago that was entirely in >> really clever, fast-paced rhyme. A line I remember was, "You would go >> upriver to deliver a shipment of equipment, leaving Dave Grainger in >> grave danger, and Hedley Merrill in deadly peril?" >> >> I have a chance to do some English sketch comedy in a show several >> months from now, and would love to work this sketch in if I had a >> transcript of it. I Googled(tm) several quoted bits that I remember >> verbatim, such as the above, but no hits. Does anyone out there >> remember this sketch, by any chance have a recording or transcript of >> it? >> >> Probably not! But if anyone can reach might, it's you guys! >> >> peace, >> Edward >> > > > > -- > first things first, but not necessarily in that order... > > I like my girls to be the same as my records - independent, attractively > packaged and in black vinyl (if at all possible)... > > Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc (the motto of the Addams Family: "We > gladly feast on those who would subdue us") ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 07:20:06 +0100 (GMT+01:00) From: "edwardofsim@tiscali.co.uk" Subject: Re: Long-shot English-comedy-related favour... That be the very sketch, my friend! But where can a person find the full thing?? Hmm, maybe I'll trawl YouTube for it.... >----Original Message---- >From: craigie@gmail.com >Date: 05/08/2010 23:36 >To: "edwardofsim@tiscali.co.uk" >Cc: >Subj: Re: Long-shot English-comedy-related favour... > >A brilliant Two Ronnies sketch set in the Zulu wars which had >tongue-twisting rhyming dialogue...Ronnie B had just been into battle >against the 'rotten hotten-tot lot' and staggered back into HQ... with his >last breath he said... > >"Upon my fore-fathers four feathers repeatedly, reputedly, > >And I myself ws a yellow fellow, >Who thought nought of going up-river to deliver a shipment of equipment, > >Leaving Dave Grainger in grave danger and Hedley Merril in deadly peril, > >And the Mad Mullah mauling Maud Miller, my splendid intended, > >BUT, >I triumphed over treble tribal trouble, > >And reduced the rebel rabble to rubble, > >So never again would they flaunt to taunt, > >That Major Bertie Raven-Howard >Was a dirty craven coward (Dies) > >On 5 August 2010 23:21, edwardofsim@tiscali.co.uk > wrote: > >> Greetings, fellow fegs! >> >> I'm cap in hand for a favour of sorts, probably no chance, but hey, >> can't hurt to ask, and if you're looking for something "no one" will >> know or have, ask the fegs! >> >> The Two Ronnies did a sketch all those years ago that was entirely in >> really clever, fast-paced rhyme. A line I remember was, "You would go >> upriver to deliver a shipment of equipment, leaving Dave Grainger in >> grave danger, and Hedley Merrill in deadly peril?" >> >> I have a chance to do some English sketch comedy in a show several >> months from now, and would love to work this sketch in if I had a >> transcript of it. I Googled(tm) several quoted bits that I remember >> verbatim, such as the above, but no hits. Does anyone out there >> remember this sketch, by any chance have a recording or transcript of >> it? >> >> Probably not! But if anyone can reach might, it's you guys! >> >> peace, >> Edward >> > > > >-- >first things first, but not necessarily in that order... > >I like my girls to be the same as my records - independent, attractively >packaged and in black vinyl (if at all possible)... > >Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc (the motto of the Addams Family: "We >gladly feast on those who would subdue us") ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 14:29:44 -0400 From: Jeremy Osner Subject: On referencing "I Watch the Cars" Was writing a lyric this afternoon and it occurred to me that an image in the song comes straight out of "I Watch the Cars", and wondering if thinking/writing/singing that commits me wholesale to the neurosis described by that song. This is unusual in terms of songs I have written in that I am writing a melody and a lyric at the same time, to go together... Cicadas for Lep (in D) The night outside is crazy with delight It moans and cries for the evenings dying light And home, is heavy; oh, home is heavy Home is heavy on my mind Cicadas rustle and the roaring train goes past The rhythm carrying the rhythm of a thousand evenings past And home, is heavy; oh, home, is heavy Home, is heavy on my mind I hear the footsteps of my neighbor now he's walking down the street This silhouetted predator -- mind is crying out for meat And home, is heavy, oh, home is heavy Home, is heavy on my mind ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V18 #151 ********************************