Reply to: Old Comedy Shows etc

[OwlHoot]

.. Anyone else like L&H or anything in that vein?

Yup, I always thought they were the best of the black and white comedians (up to the 40s).

Never cared much for Charlie Chaplin's silent films though, or most of the other silent actors, as their slapstick seemed rather contrived and childish, although Chaplin was a good as an older character in later talkies.

[shaunbhoy]

What I want to know GG is whether or not your avatar is that ginger bint (Felicia Day) from "Supernatural"?

[Gittins Gal]

Randall and Hopkirk Deceased

That's positively contemporary compared to what we are discussing here!

Inceidentally, wasn't there some dreadful remake of this featuring somebody like Reeves and Mortimer or those bods who do Little Britain?

[stek]

Randall and Hopkirk Deceased

[Doggy Styles]

Correct.

The late 1950s & early 1960s were a televisual desert.

Though there was The Lone Ranger & his faithful Indian Native American companion to make up for it all.

Not forgetting The Invaders.

[Gittins Gal]

Ah I see. I knew I'd posted it somewhere but forgot it was on here!

Does Old Man's Beard have any nicotine content?

No but I do grow nicotiana in my garden every summer. It's an annual bedding plant of the same genus as the tobacco plant. I don't smoke myself but even if I did and I wanted to try these ornamental plants I'd be disappointed as the slugs and snails usually chomp their way through them first.

[Doggy Styles]

I remember you posted about that the other day. I confused Bernard with your father though.

I used to have a uncle who showed me how you can smoke the dried shoots of Old Man's Beard. You just snap a piece off light up and smoke it. The xylum of the plant is of such a nature that it allows air to draw through so it burns down with every puff like a cigarette.

Tasted foul though!

Ah I see. I knew I'd posted it somewhere but forgot it was on here!

Does Old Man's Beard have any nicotine content?

[EternalOptimist]

beverly hillbillies
gilligans island
the comedians


nahh, forget gilligans island

[Gittins Gal]

Feck me, there were 142 episodes.



Just imagine, an entire hour.

I'd have been hoping the picture valve would break in the tv.

You misery guts! You'll be telling me you didn't like I Love Lucy next...

[Gittins Gal]

By a strange quirk, when I was young my parents' best friends were called Bernard and Monica.

I remember you posted about that the other day. I confused Bernard with your father though.

I used to have a uncle who showed me how you can smoke the dried shoots of Old Man's Beard. You just snap a piece off light up and smoke it. The xylum of the plant is of such a nature that it allows air to draw through so it burns down with every puff like a cigarette.

Tasted foul though!

[stek]

Wasn't he a motor-pool officer at Roswell?

Camp Freemont then Fort Baxter

[Doggy Styles]

Was that Bernard? Lol

By a strange quirk, when I was young my parents' best friends were called Bernard and Monica.

[Gittins Gal]

Me too. My dad used to smoke one when he was in one of his Bohemian spells.

Was that Bernard? Lol

[Doggy Styles]

It funny isn't it but in this day and age we are supposed to view smoking as the great evil of our time yet I've always found something very homely about the smell of a pipe.

Reminds me of my grand pop I suppose.

Me too. My dad used to smoke one when he was in one of his Bohemian spells.

[Gittins Gal]

Also, how long will it be before no-one knows what a pipe is? I haven't seen anyone smoking one for years.

It funny isn't it but in this day and age we are supposed to view smoking as the great evil of our time yet I've always found something very homely about the smell of a pipe.

Reminds me of my grand pop I suppose.