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MarkDec 18, 2014

JAM had to wait 31 years to be able to get that sort of gag on air. But it's mild compared to what the Kenneths (Horne and Williams) managed to get away with on 'Round the Horne' in the mid-to-late 1960s.

The 'Bona' skits in particular were delightful because the BBC management - being just so Eton and Harrow - didn't even recognise the vulgarity the lads were getting away with. And of course Horne was so straight and wide-eyed-innocent in his delivery that he - like Humph on Clue - could never be accused of being deliberately rude.

Hilarious stuff.

Even recently, Julian Clary is so deadpan and well-spoken that even when he ejaculates his sauciest material it's hard to be sure you didn't misinterpret what he seemed to imply. Far more outrageous, but far classier than similar characters such as John Inman's in 'Are You Being Served' and Melvyn Hayes' in "It Ain't Half Hot Mum".

e.g. 'The Pump room' is a favourite of mine - ep.768, from 1998-07-28).

Thinks: It would be amusing to hear Paul deliver some of Julian's lines in a flat, butch Cockney accent. I wonder how they'd sound...

(Did You Know - Paul Merton and Julian Clary have been long-time collaborators on stage and TV?)

On 19 December 2014 at 11:29, mat_bagnall@... [just-a-minute] <just-a-minute@...> wrote:

I dont know if i said it at the time but the effort folk like James puts in to giving us these full edits is much appreciated and never overlooked or taken for granted.
As said before am currently going thru the Merton years (up to Series 56 Episode 8 and not looking forward to the end of Clements time on the show*) but plan to go back to the Williams years as i haven't heard so many of those so these extended edits will be fascinating to hear.

*Going off on a tangent one of the funniest things i've ever heard on the show is the following from Clement (Series 53 Episode 4 - show #698)

"The highlight of my day this morning was when I walked into my hotel lift and inadvertently hit a woman quite hard into the front. And I apologised to her, explaining that if her bosom, if her heart... I made a mess of that..."

(Paul interupts but Clement is allowed to tell the story)

"I banged against this woman with my elbow, and we were both startled, and I said "if your heart is as soft as your bosom, you will forgive me," and she said "if your willy is as hard as your elbow, I'm in Room 264."

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Mark

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