Talk:Round the Horne
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Why wasn't Kenneth Horne liked by TV audiences? (Adrian Hobbs)
- His style of comedy really didn't translate to TV; it was a very verbal artform. TV audiences tend to encompass the lowest common denominator and they really didn't get the joke. user:sjc
The word 'massive' was removed from 'massive heart attack'. As I understand it,Ken Horne died suddenly from heart disease. I can't find a cite just now -- can anyone else?
- It was myself who put it in. As I remember at the time (I was quite young and my memory may be playing tricks), my father said that it was a massive heart attack and quite unexpected (a close friend of Kenneth Horne was one of my father's clients). I will see if I can substantiate this. user:sjc
- I am certainly finding references to the suddenness of it. I will push on.... user:sjc
- Every one around him seems to have died of a massive heart attack, as well. Let's just leave it as "Heart attack" unless I find anything else out! user:sjc
That would be very unlikely to be true, sjc. Are you making the point that the people around him lead unhealthy lives, or they just happened to die this way? -Adrian.
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[edit] editing
Hmmm, I just tried to make a small series of edits but some of them appear not to have saved, despite appearing in the history thing. I'll leave it for a bit in case Wikipedia is having one of its regular hiccups and see if I can sort them out later. At the moment the article now shows a reference entry without the material referred to. --bodnotbod 23:02, Feb 9, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Fraser Hayes Four
I love the close harmony sound of this group - does anyone know if they made their own separate recordings? Adambisset 13:59, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Number of Episodes
I came here to get an idea how many episodes there were. I don't know, however, whether it's worth putting it into the article. From britishcomedy.org.uk I then learned. There were four seasons with
16 episodes in season 1
13 episodes in season 2
20 episodes in season 3
16 episodes in season 4
+ 3 special episodes.
--- Jan, March 29, 2006
[edit] Rambling Syd (sic!) Rumpo songs
Surely, "Green grow your nadgers-O!" should be "Green grow my nadgers-O!"?
There were, if my memory has not failed my tsohg completely, two different versions of this. One used the line "Green grows my bogling fork" ...
Keep grundling your parts - happily! And keep your cordwangles straight ...
PS I suspect a connexion between the "Rumpo" name and that of John Mortimer's immortal "Horace Rumpole" - but I have no proof.
- Please do NOT begin a line with a space or tab or end a sentence with an ellipsis, unless you don't care that no one can read or understand what you've written. I am astonished that you couldn't notice how ridiculous that looked after you saved it. Please sign and datestamp your posts; Wikipedia requests such on the very page you used to create your message, and it's common courtesy. Lastly, if you are asking a question, please try again; if you're simply spouting show dialog or somesuch, take it elsewhere. This is not a chat room or a fan bulletin board. The talk page is for discussion of the article and changes to it. Canonblack 02:18, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Limerick contest
No one's mentioned the limerick contests. I can't decide whether the winning entries come from real people or not.
[edit] The Complete & Utter History
(or: All you ever wanted to know about double-entendré but were afraid to ask)
The article states that Horne-a-Plenty was released on BBC CD under this title. This isn't correct. TC&UH was originally released (on cassette only I think) in 1998 and was a reading by Barry Took of his own book (although I don't know if the book was actually published or not) along with lots of clips from the show. It was then rereleased in 2005 as part of the 40th anniversary stuff. I don't think Horne-a-Plenty has been released. 82.35.114.40 19:42, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Judy Coolibar
It is stated that Judy Coolibar may have been based on Germaine Greer, and whilst I can see the similarities, I got the impression that the character was introduced before Greer was really in the public eye. Does anyone have anything that would back to claim up? Queerpuppyboy 01:49, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
- Germaine Greer came to public prominence with the publication of The Famale Eunuch in 1970, after Judy Coolibar was created. I'm removing the reference. Phil Bridger 10:44, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
