tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post7013673622220584434..comments2024-03-28T07:42:13.310+01:00Comments on wcs: And now for something completely differentwcshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551283829616757577noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-15506929624145162522014-11-16T08:49:32.913+01:002014-11-16T08:49:32.913+01:00According to what I read on Wikipedia, the Monty P...According to what I read on Wikipedia, the Monty Python gang took the line from the Blue Peter show, where the presenter said it as a transition between subjects. Don't know how accurate that is.wcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551283829616757577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-65443503763603347452014-11-15T21:03:16.352+01:002014-11-15T21:03:16.352+01:00wow amazing post and photo
wow amazing post and photo<br />Gosiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604712540141917583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-20591416594265423782014-11-15T18:27:55.528+01:002014-11-15T18:27:55.528+01:00Yeah, I loved Monty Python, too. I must confess h...Yeah, I loved Monty Python, too. I must confess however that, like Saturday Night Live, it was really better in the retelling of those gags the next day. To this day, I still think of the skit where someone modified an English-French (or some other language) dictionary with phrases that substituted rather rude phrases for the original rather innocent ones. Like "where is the train station?" became something like "will you please fondle my buttocks?".Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06513394224102833095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-11203652085111388292014-11-15T16:11:55.337+01:002014-11-15T16:11:55.337+01:00Strictly speaking, I think they were picking up on...Strictly speaking, I think they were picking up on the old style of TV presentation where someone was ready to go on camera (dressed up to the nines) to introduce all the programmes and cover for any technical mishaps (cue the potter's wheel and other interlude films). As I recall, French TV clung on to the tradition of the glamorous "speakerine" long after British channels had become more informal. Autolycushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642868944400656922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-13199361348708126912014-11-15T10:41:21.597+01:002014-11-15T10:41:21.597+01:00Monty Python sayings crop up in everyday language ...Monty Python sayings crop up in everyday language in such a way that I sometimes wonder how many people know that was the origin of a particular expression. They always make me laugh, too.<br />Lovely picture of one of my favourite châteaux.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-79232765954895634512014-11-15T09:00:13.902+01:002014-11-15T09:00:13.902+01:00and now...number one...the larch...the larch...and...and now...number one...the larch...the larch...and now...<br /><br />MPFC never fails to make me laugh even today! thank the dogs and cats for youtube!anne marie in phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11765140782182605141noreply@blogger.com