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Re: Repeated material

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Clitheroe KidSep 10, 2008
 

 
The song which includes the lyric "I was strapped to the tiller with a
sex-starved gorilla, and China's a bloody long way!" was a traditional
favourite among British comedians of a certain vintage.

It possibly originated with Les Dawson. I certainly heard him use it in this
form on his radio show, 'Listen to Les', in the Seventies. In which case it
may have been written by either Les himself or his long-time scriptwriter
and producer, James Casey.

Some repeats of Les's radio show were aired on BBC 7 last year, and I think
that sketch was one of those included. But I've also heard it attributed to
'The Goon Show' in the Fifties.

I certainly remember someone using it on 'Just A Minute' and getting a big
laugh with it - I think it was either Peter Jones or Derek Nimmo. It was a
well-known joke, always good for a laugh, and by the Eighties had become
just part of the common currency of comedians.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Miriam" <delmelza@...>
To: <just-a-minute@...>
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 7:05 PM
Subject: [just-a-minute] Re: Repeated material


> This probalby doesn't really count but Paul Merton has made many
> a "ham sandwich" during JAM ( when challenging for hesitation)
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> That one limerick about going to china with the sex crazed gorilla
> has been told more than once by more than one panelist. Miriam
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> --- In just-a-minute@..., "jeremy_keens"
> <jeremy.keens@...> wrote:
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> > Hi
> >
> > The repeated topic posts got me thinking about repeated material
> >
> > How many times has Giles made the Balls sisters or the Schmidt joke?
> > Or Clement the line about the duty of a high born man?
> >
> > Any other regularly repeated/performed material?
> >
> > Jeremy
> >
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