tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post331475290660759282..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: We gentleman of a certain age still live in Hancock's worldDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-55156070456973569042016-03-03T16:46:57.411+00:002016-03-03T16:46:57.411+00:00To get out on an American limb, you might want to ...To get out on an American limb, you might want to give the roughly contemporary "Car 54 Where Are You?" a try via YouTube. Same producer as Bilko, and disconcertingly it shares actors with that, the addams family and the munsters, but has a great manic grip on trends of the time and the preposterously imaginative plots of the best radio Hancocks.flannobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03812478348412872023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-66772411520413185322015-01-31T09:31:52.103+00:002015-01-31T09:31:52.103+00:00'Lady Don't Fall Backwards' was (delib...'Lady Don't Fall Backwards' was (deliberately) referred to as a genuine novel recently in one of those Sunday night dramas - I think it was 'Poirot'.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09897595000035672751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-10230259549481593282015-01-30T16:41:27.176+00:002015-01-30T16:41:27.176+00:00Just the book title 'Lady Don't Fall Backw...Just the book title 'Lady Don't Fall Backwards' still makes me chucklelondonleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431179744928331353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-37478220049277989852015-01-30T15:47:11.384+00:002015-01-30T15:47:11.384+00:00"Stone Me".
We can all say it. But not l..."Stone Me".<br />We can all say it. But not like HancockAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16493567800389632669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-4968482051941857582015-01-30T12:24:10.379+00:002015-01-30T12:24:10.379+00:00Hancock: [to woman going to give blood] Just think...Hancock: [to woman going to give blood] Just think, Cliff Richard might get some of yours! [to himself] That'll slow him down a bit...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01734429738818787224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-74347551401289883052015-01-30T09:10:41.713+00:002015-01-30T09:10:41.713+00:00"I'm not mending your bed again"
An..."I'm not mending your bed again"<br /><br />And to Andy Brim (above) it was the William Tell Overture.Stuart Penneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15065560771743676497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-24519431782069473272015-01-27T16:01:47.558+00:002015-01-27T16:01:47.558+00:00My mum's 80 and not in the best of health thes...My mum's 80 and not in the best of health these days. A surefire way to lift her spirits is to swap favourite lines from Hancock's Half Hour.<br /><br />She's in hospital at the moment, looking forward to:<br />"A packet of crisps and a pint of winkles."Philbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08079732478162862640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-13271658628730131232015-01-27T11:10:14.595+00:002015-01-27T11:10:14.595+00:00"Are you a doctor?"
"Me? No ... I ..."Are you a doctor?"<br /><br />"Me? No ... I never really bothered."Sam I Amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01567903036909511102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-43703270121120676532015-01-23T15:40:13.646+00:002015-01-23T15:40:13.646+00:00Blimey. Pye economy labels. Marble Arch is one I r...Blimey. Pye economy labels. Marble Arch is one I recall and “Pye’s Golden Hour” is another. I still have “Pye’s Golden Hour Of The Searchers”.<br />Can’t remember the price, though. Twelve and Six? Or was that EMI’s “Music For Pleasure” label?<br />Somewhere alongside “The Radio Ham/The Blood Donor,” I’ve also got an LP of “A Sunday Afternoon At Home” and “The Wild Man Of The Woods”. The whole gang, Sid, Hattie, Williams and Bill Kerr.<br />Hancock to Kerr: “What do you want to keep playing things for?”<br />Williams to Hancock: “I expect you’ve made your pile.”<br />Hancock: “Oh yes. No need to work for at least a fortnight”.<br />Williams: “It’s raining.”<br />“Oh so that’s what’s making the road wet”.<br />And when somebody asks Hancock why he’s picked a particular location to set up home as “The Wild Man,” he says, “So I’ll be near the shops”.<br />Hardly what you’d call hilarious, but they crease me up.<br /><br />I’ve just had a look in the dust cupboard and at the cover of “This Is Hancock,” the one with “Sunday” and “Wild Man.” It’s on the Pye Plum label. The sleeve notes were written by Galton and Simpson and provide some biographical insight into Hancock and his chums. Very funny. Interestingly, alongside photos of the four regulars is one of Uncle Bert & Aunt Edie.<br />During this search, it looks as if I’ve also “mislaid” a Pye 45 with Hancock teaching Williams to fly. As I say, hilarious.<br /><br />Brilliant.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16493567800389632669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-34833661300005514842015-01-23T09:01:53.278+00:002015-01-23T09:01:53.278+00:00I've recently been having medical treatment th...I've recently been having medical treatment that involves having a pint (well, 500 millilitres actually) of blood taken on a regular basis. I've used the "that's nearly an armful" line to quite a few people and got disappointingly blank looks from most. Makes me feel a bit sad and quite old.Huwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14743262251212584449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-91466833158810759462015-01-22T23:26:22.805+00:002015-01-22T23:26:22.805+00:00Great piece, thank you.
For me, it will always be ...Great piece, thank you.<br />For me, it will always be Not the nine o'clock News.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12124916104754527003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-8782481011670649072015-01-22T20:07:08.891+00:002015-01-22T20:07:08.891+00:00Chickety snitch!Chickety snitch!Philip Guesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14840924872255930010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-64560852106659293062015-01-22T17:47:01.417+00:002015-01-22T17:47:01.417+00:00A few years ago I was listening to Hancock on the ...A few years ago I was listening to Hancock on the iPlayer. I am sure he told the police siren/ice cream van joke, years ahead of Morecambe and Wise. I am a big fan of the latter, but a bigger fan of Hancock and, if my memory serves me well, then I think it is time for history to be rewritten. At least in terms of police cars and ice cream vans.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07750746382636661567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-13910713947307287792015-01-22T08:50:25.077+00:002015-01-22T08:50:25.077+00:00On hearing that Fred's Pie Stall (my favourite...On hearing that Fred's Pie Stall (my favourite episode) is to close...<br /><br />Hancock: 'It's a bitter blow to us gourmets.'<br /><br />Fred: 'Yeah, I'm pretty choked about it meself.'Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09897595000035672751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-37683070132189107022015-01-21T19:54:38.547+00:002015-01-21T19:54:38.547+00:00It is are raining here also.It is are raining here also.Matthew Besthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12218172307231818555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-68887489701094341142015-01-21T18:04:31.311+00:002015-01-21T18:04:31.311+00:00A pint ! That's nearly a whole arm !A pint ! That's nearly a whole arm !Roy Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10319310897837364611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-84145161376486581862015-01-21T17:56:33.504+00:002015-01-21T17:56:33.504+00:00The Missing Page & Blood Donor are the only LP...The Missing Page & Blood Donor are the only LPs I have ever worn out. Plus probably the best Christmas presents ever.IanPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10677682679992732615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-86734547903697349602015-01-21T14:02:28.061+00:002015-01-21T14:02:28.061+00:00I'm more of the Python generation - where the ...I'm more of the Python generation - where the albums came loaded with extra sketches and links. <br /><br />'Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition'<br /><br />'My hovercraft is full of eels' - <br /><br />'Spam' <br /><br />Even at a band rehearsal recently the drummer was wandering around mumbling 'Beautiful plumage' to himself - for no other reason than it was still lodged and looping in his brain.. Mondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-12413986333912367932015-01-21T11:31:51.509+00:002015-01-21T11:31:51.509+00:00There's a statue here on the Isle of Dogs (nea...There's a statue here on the Isle of Dogs (near Island Gardens DLR station) that looks the image of Hancock's effort in 'The Rebel'. Every time I walk past it I say to myself "Aphrodite at the Water Hole". I just can't help it.<br /><br />I also use the line "the colours are the wrong shape" more than is healthy for a grown man.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11810613774457180960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-17471975403261045222015-01-21T10:25:07.849+00:002015-01-21T10:25:07.849+00:00We played them on Sunday afternoons when nothing w...<i>We played them on Sunday afternoons when nothing was open and there was nothing else to do.</i><br /><br />"Ah dear... Ah dear, dear, dear... Dear me... Oh, I'm bored!"Adehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11863793927963933412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-73903145143619603402015-01-21T07:09:57.632+00:002015-01-21T07:09:57.632+00:00isn't the definition of an intellectual someon...isn't the definition of an intellectual someone who can hear the 1812 Overture and not think of the Lone Ranger?<br /><br />I am quite prepared to say in public that I cannot hear poetry being recited without thinking, 'straw in the wind, straw in the wind'.Andy Brimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583748523594485211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-76626875247327384642015-01-20T22:08:19.851+00:002015-01-20T22:08:19.851+00:00"Heres one for the teenagers! George Arliss.&..."Heres one for the teenagers! George Arliss."francoise_hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12603008941750254162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-74329394196013211752015-01-20T20:55:20.703+00:002015-01-20T20:55:20.703+00:00"Men like you should be locked up."
&quo..."Men like you should be locked up."<br />"I agree, but not without knowing why!"<br />Still love watching and listening again. Recently Radio 4 have done 5 missing Hancocks with Kevin McNally in the role. Well worth searching out.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03753867341745639765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-36964523424584130162015-01-20T19:43:15.149+00:002015-01-20T19:43:15.149+00:00Fawlty Towers, perhaps a close second. High praise...Fawlty Towers, perhaps a close second. High praise, I reckon...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08578548114899427865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-17694615874027337642015-01-20T18:16:31.323+00:002015-01-20T18:16:31.323+00:00Come in, Tokyo.Come in, Tokyo.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17637172299488087933noreply@blogger.com