Thank the Reverend Dr Spooner Fallon didn't choose Friar Tuck.

john

In message <uvp3or$1o4ms$1@dont-email.me> at Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:18:03,
john ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> writes
>Thank the Reverend Dr Spooner Fallon didn't choose Friar Tuck.
>
>john

LOL! I've never notice that spoonerism possibility before!

I found the last four minutes or so of tonight's, decidedly cringeworthy
- and the _repetition_ of the suitcase mixup (or chance thereof) rather
lazy. (I thought, will they - surely not? But they did. Repeat the
suggestion, I mean, not actually mix up.)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

"He who will not reason is a bigot;
he who cannot is a fool;
he who dares not is a slave."
- Sir William Drummond

Above all things, use your mind.
Don't be that bigot, fool, or slave.

On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:45:36 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver"
<G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:

>In message <uvp3or$1o4ms$1@dont-email.me> at Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:18:03,
>john ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> writes
>>Thank the Reverend Dr Spooner Fallon didn't choose Friar Tuck.
>>
>>john
>
>LOL! I've never notice that spoonerism possibility before!
>
>I found the last four minutes or so of tonight's, decidedly cringeworthy
>- and the _repetition_ of the suitcase mixup (or chance thereof) rather
>lazy. (I thought, will they - surely not? But they did. Repeat the
>suggestion, I mean, not actually mix up.)

The whole episode was 'oh how we laughed' not.I wish they
wouldn't.And people post on twitter and fb saying how happy they are
Kerri is writing this week. Or did last week.

On 17/04/2024 21:24, Vicky wrote:
> The whole episode was 'oh how we laughed' not.I wish they
> wouldn't.And people post on twitter and fb saying how happy they are
> Kerri is writing this week. Or did last week.

But it was Nick Warburton, rather than Keri, this week :( An excellent
example of just how dire TA is, all too often, when they try to have a
comic interlude.

--
Best wishes, Serena
WRINKLES: Something other people have, Similar to my character lines.

On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 21:41:54 +0100, Serena Blanchflower
<nospam@blanchflower.me.uk> wrote:

>On 17/04/2024 21:24, Vicky wrote:
>> The whole episode was 'oh how we laughed' not.I wish they
>> wouldn't.And people post on twitter and fb saying how happy they are
>> Kerri is writing this week. Or did last week.
>
>
>But it was Nick Warburton, rather than Keri, this week :( An excellent
>example of just how dire TA is, all too often, when they try to have a
>comic interlude.
Yes I checked after posting that, so Kerri is not the worst

On 17/04/2024 21:24, Vicky wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:45:36 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver"
> <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>
>> In message <uvp3or$1o4ms$1@dont-email.me> at Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:18:03,
>> john ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> writes
>>> Thank the Reverend Dr Spooner Fallon didn't choose Friar Tuck.
>>>
>>> john
>>
>> LOL! I've never notice that spoonerism possibility before!
>>
>> I found the last four minutes or so of tonight's, decidedly cringeworthy
>> - and the _repetition_ of the suitcase mixup (or chance thereof) rather
>> lazy. (I thought, will they - surely not? But they did. Repeat the
>> suggestion, I mean, not actually mix up.)
>
> The whole episode was 'oh how we laughed' not.I wish they
> wouldn't.And people post on twitter and fb saying how happy they are
> Kerri is writing this week. Or did last week.

ITYM 'writing this weak'.

john

In message <usb02jls92ultoeal387slbjq2q2qnvoik@4ax.com> at Wed, 17 Apr
2024 21:24:07, Vicky <vicky.ayech@gmail.com> writes
>On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:45:36 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver"
><G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
[]
>>I found the last four minutes or so of tonight's, decidedly cringeworthy
>>- and the _repetition_ of the suitcase mixup (or chance thereof) rather
>>lazy. (I thought, will they - surely not? But they did. Repeat the
>>suggestion, I mean, not actually mix up.)
>
>The whole episode was 'oh how we laughed' not.

Indeed.

>I wish they
>wouldn't.And people post on twitter and fb saying how happy they are
>Kerri is writing this week. Or did last week.

I think we/they (I'm on TwitterX, not book) are a little more forgiving
of Keri because at least he tweets, so we identify with him a little
more, that's all.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
-Leo Tolstoy, novelist and philosopher (1828-1910)

john ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thank the Reverend Dr Spooner Fallon didn't choose Friar Tuck.
>
> john
>

What a load of old ……. My hearing impairment, being an old codger, means
that Lily’s voice was almost unhearable for most of that.

She’s just a rich spoiled brat showing off in front of a hapless ‘orobin
who’s out of his depth in those places.

Mrs McT

On Thu, 18 Apr 2024 08:22:11 -0000 (UTC), Chris
<chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>john ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Thank the Reverend Dr Spooner Fallon didn't choose Friar Tuck.
>>
>> john
>>
>
>What a load of old ……. My hearing impairment, being an old codger, means
>that Lily’s voice was almost unhearable for most of that.
>
>She’s just a rich spoiled brat showing off in front of a hapless ‘orobin
>who’s out of his depth in those places.
>
>Mrs McT
It was awful. Not funny. The Fallon/Harrison bits were bad too.

"J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> writes:

> In message <uvp3or$1o4ms$1@dont-email.me> at Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:18:03,
> john ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> writes
>>Thank the Reverend Dr Spooner Fallon didn't choose Friar Tuck.
>>
>>john
>
> LOL! I've never notice that spoonerism possibility before!
>
> I found the last four minutes or so of tonight's, decidedly cringeworthy
> - and the _repetition_ of the suitcase mixup (or chance thereof) rather
> lazy. (I thought, will they - surely not? But they did. Repeat the
> suggestion, I mean, not actually mix up.)

Were the suitcases all tartan?

I'm firmly of the belief that that joke reached its apotheosis
fifty-two years ago (at the time of writing).

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069495/

Rosie

On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 21:41:54 +0100, Serena Blanchflower
<nospam@blanchflower.me.uk> wrote:

>On 17/04/2024 21:24, Vicky wrote:
>> The whole episode was 'oh how we laughed' not.I wish they
>> wouldn't.And people post on twitter and fb saying how happy they are
>> Kerri is writing this week. Or did last week.
>
>
>But it was Nick Warburton, rather than Keri, this week :( An excellent
>example of just how dire TA is, all too often, when they try to have a
>comic interlude.

Whilst on the subject of TA scriptwriters, may I mention Katie Hims?
I've just listened, for the first time, to Waterloo Station and I
think it's really, really good. Still available to listen to here...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0015vc5

Nick

On 18/04/2024 16:27, Nick Odell wrote:
> Whilst on the subject of TA scriptwriters, may I mention Katie Hims?
> I've just listened, for the first time, to Waterloo Station and I
> think it's really, really good. Still available to listen to here...

Enthusiastic fan of Katie Hims here.
--
Jenny M Benson
Wrexham, UK

Rosie Mitchell <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
> "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> writes:
>
>> In message <uvp3or$1o4ms$1@dont-email.me> at Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:18:03,
>> john ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> writes
>>> Thank the Reverend Dr Spooner Fallon didn't choose Friar Tuck.
>>>
>>> john
>>
>> LOL! I've never notice that spoonerism possibility before!
>>
>> I found the last four minutes or so of tonight's, decidedly cringeworthy
>> - and the _repetition_ of the suitcase mixup (or chance thereof) rather
>> lazy. (I thought, will they - surely not? But they did. Repeat the
>> suggestion, I mean, not actually mix up.)
>
> Were the suitcases all tartan?
>
> I'm firmly of the belief that that joke reached its apotheosis
> fifty-two years ago (at the time of writing).
>
> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069495/

An undoubted masterpiece. Perfect in pretty much every way.

On Fri, 19 Apr 2024 22:55:17 -0000 (UTC), Wenlock
<wenlock.house@googlemail.com> wrote:

>Rosie Mitchell <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>> "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> writes:
>>
>>> In message <uvp3or$1o4ms$1@dont-email.me> at Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:18:03,
>>> john ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> writes
>>>> Thank the Reverend Dr Spooner Fallon didn't choose Friar Tuck.
>>>>
>>>> john
>>>
>>> LOL! I've never notice that spoonerism possibility before!
>>>
>>> I found the last four minutes or so of tonight's, decidedly cringeworthy
>>> - and the _repetition_ of the suitcase mixup (or chance thereof) rather
>>> lazy. (I thought, will they - surely not? But they did. Repeat the
>>> suggestion, I mean, not actually mix up.)
>>
>> Were the suitcases all tartan?
>>
>> I'm firmly of the belief that that joke reached its apotheosis
>> fifty-two years ago (at the time of writing).
>>
>> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069495/
>
>An undoubted masterpiece. Perfect in pretty much every way.

Funnily enough we were talking about that movie only this morning
(well, Friday morning to us as I think it's now already Saturday in
the UK) and looking for but failing to find the laundry chute scene.

Reason? The young'uns who've moved from Buenos Aires to Denver are now
living in a house with..

....a laundry chute and a very small boy.

Watch this space!

Nick

On 17.4.24 21:41, Serena Blanchflower wrote:
> But it was Nick Warburton,

Can Carole (or anyone else) please tell us of recent NW weeks as I have
a feeling he always tries to humour himself and makes a complete mess of it.

--
Kosmo Richard W
www.travelswmw.whitnet.uk
https://tinyurl.com/KRWpics

On 21/04/2024 11:03, Kosmo wrote:
> On 17.4.24 21:41, Serena Blanchflower wrote:
>> But it was Nick Warburton,
>
> Can Carole (or anyone else) please tell us of recent NW weeks as I have
> a feeling he always tries to humour himself and makes a complete mess of
> it.
>

Nick Warburton's most recent week's ended on:

19th Apr 24, 23rd Feb 24,
22nd Dec 23, 3rd Nov 23, 4th Aug 23, 2nd Jun 23, 14th Apr 23,
11th Nov 22, 21st Oct 22, 19th Aug 22, 13th May 22, 21st Jan 22,
and another 18 times over the previous 3 years

--
CaroleT

On 22.4.24 22:55, carolet wrote:
> On 21/04/2024 11:03, Kosmo wrote:
>> On 17.4.24 21:41, Serena Blanchflower wrote:
>>> But it was Nick Warburton,
>>
>> Can Carole (or anyone else) please tell us of recent NW weeks as I
>> have a feeling he always tries to humour himself and makes a complete
>> mess of it.
>>
>
> Nick Warburton's most recent week's ended on:
>
> 19th Apr 24, 23rd Feb 24,
> 22nd Dec 23, 3rd Nov 23, 4th Aug 23, 2nd Jun 23, 14th Apr 23,
> 11th Nov 22, 21st Oct 22, 19th Aug 22, 13th May 22, 21st Jan 22,
> and another 18 times over the previous 3 years
>

Thank you. Some research now needed.

--
Kosmo Richard W
www.travelswmw.whitnet.uk
https://tinyurl.com/KRWpics

On 22.4.24 22:55, carolet wrote:
> 19th Apr 24,

Completely nonsensical writing treating Brad as a village idiot. An
individual with the traits he has previously remarked simply would not
confuse luggage. He would be meticulous about such matters

23rd Feb 24,

Completely nonsensical writing treating Tony as the village idiot over
the tanning of the cow hides and David and Vince allegedly cooperating
over installing lights in the car park at the Bull both spouting
absolute rubbish over tools. Also utter nonsense from Ed and Em before
seeing the bank manager without Will.

> 22nd Dec 23,
Completely nonsensical writing treating Freddie as the village idiot at
the abattoir in front of David when the staff had switched the meat
around. The staff simply would not do that - even as an Elf and Safety
joke because they are disciplined.

3rd Nov 23,
Completely nonsensical writing about Blossom Hill Cottage which we know
is utterly tiny and yet hosted a huge party for Brian's 80th and the
follow on during the week centred around Ruari (who was never heard) and
how Paul fancied him - a story which has never progressed since. As
well as the fascinating Natalia turning up from the cookery course.

I could go on but this particular writer (who can write good radio) has
no feeling for the individuals, their character traits or Ambridge.

I thought that he did not contribute decent scripts and now I am convinced.

4th Aug 23, 2nd Jun 23, 14th Apr 23,
> 11th Nov 22, 21st Oct 22, 19th Aug 22, 13th May 22, 21st Jan 22,

--
Kosmo Richard W
www.travelswmw.whitnet.uk
https://tinyurl.com/KRWpics

On Tue, 23 Apr 2024 10:06:56 +0100, Kosmo <krw@whitnet.uk> wrote:

>On 22.4.24 22:55, carolet wrote:
>> 19th Apr 24,
>
>Completely nonsensical writing treating Brad as a village idiot. An
>individual with the traits he has previously remarked simply would not
>confuse luggage. He would be meticulous about such matters
>
>23rd Feb 24,
>
>Completely nonsensical writing treating Tony as the village idiot over
>the tanning of the cow hides and David and Vince allegedly cooperating
>over installing lights in the car park at the Bull both spouting
>absolute rubbish over tools. Also utter nonsense from Ed and Em before
>seeing the bank manager without Will.
>
>> 22nd Dec 23,
>Completely nonsensical writing treating Freddie as the village idiot at
>the abattoir in front of David when the staff had switched the meat
>around. The staff simply would not do that - even as an Elf and Safety
>joke because they are disciplined.
>
>3rd Nov 23,
>Completely nonsensical writing about Blossom Hill Cottage which we know
>is utterly tiny and yet hosted a huge party for Brian's 80th and the
>follow on during the week centred around Ruari (who was never heard) and
>how Paul fancied him - a story which has never progressed since. As
>well as the fascinating Natalia turning up from the cookery course.
>
>I could go on but this particular writer (who can write good radio) has
>no feeling for the individuals, their character traits or Ambridge.
>
>I thought that he did not contribute decent scripts and now I am convinced.
>
>4th Aug 23, 2nd Jun 23, 14th Apr 23,
>> 11th Nov 22, 21st Oct 22, 19th Aug 22, 13th May 22, 21st Jan 22,

Yes, yes, and thrice yes.

On 23/04/2024 11:51, Vicky wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Apr 2024 10:06:56 +0100, Kosmo <krw@whitnet.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 22.4.24 22:55, carolet wrote:
>>> 19th Apr 24,
>>
>> Completely nonsensical writing treating Brad as a village idiot. An
>> individual with the traits he has previously remarked simply would not
>> confuse luggage. He would be meticulous about such matters
>>
>> 23rd Feb 24,
>>
>> Completely nonsensical writing treating Tony as the village idiot over
>> the tanning of the cow hides and David and Vince allegedly cooperating
>> over installing lights in the car park at the Bull both spouting
>> absolute rubbish over tools. Also utter nonsense from Ed and Em before
>> seeing the bank manager without Will.
>>
>>> 22nd Dec 23,
>> Completely nonsensical writing treating Freddie as the village idiot at
>> the abattoir in front of David when the staff had switched the meat
>> around. The staff simply would not do that - even as an Elf and Safety
>> joke because they are disciplined.
>>
>> 3rd Nov 23,
>> Completely nonsensical writing about Blossom Hill Cottage which we know
>> is utterly tiny and yet hosted a huge party for Brian's 80th and the
>> follow on during the week centred around Ruari (who was never heard) and
>> how Paul fancied him - a story which has never progressed since. As
>> well as the fascinating Natalia turning up from the cookery course.
>>
>> I could go on but this particular writer (who can write good radio) has
>> no feeling for the individuals, their character traits or Ambridge.
>>
>> I thought that he did not contribute decent scripts and now I am convinced.
>>
>> 4th Aug 23, 2nd Jun 23, 14th Apr 23,
>>> 11th Nov 22, 21st Oct 22, 19th Aug 22, 13th May 22, 21st Jan 22,
>
> Yes, yes, and thrice yes.
>

I'll have what she's having.

--
Cheers
Clive

Kosmo <krw@whitnet.uk> wrote:
> On 22.4.24 22:55, carolet wrote:
>
>> 22nd Dec 23,
> Completely nonsensical writing treating Freddie as the village idiot at
> the abattoir in front of David when the staff had switched the meat
> around. The staff simply would not do that - even as an Elf and Safety
> joke because they are disciplined.
>

While I agree with all this, I should note that it doesn’t mean that
Freddie *isn’t* an idiot. He clearly is.

On 26.4.24 16:11, Wenlock wrote:
> Kosmo <krw@whitnet.uk> wrote:
>> On 22.4.24 22:55, carolet wrote:
>>
>>> 22nd Dec 23,
>> Completely nonsensical writing treating Freddie as the village idiot at
>> the abattoir in front of David when the staff had switched the meat
>> around. The staff simply would not do that - even as an Elf and Safety
>> joke because they are disciplined.
>>
>
> While I agree with all this, I should note that it doesn’t mean that
> Freddie *isn’t* an idiot. He clearly is.

I tend to accept that he inherited Niggle's gene with that problem - but
the script made it worse than it needed to be.

--
Kosmo Richard W
www.travelswmw.whitnet.uk
https://tinyurl.com/KRWpics