We were so poor ...
Paul Hellander
Sorry about the funny smudge up there (I am not very good with LUDWIG)
but, can anyone tell me on which album or in which sketch the skit about
poverty appears? You know, the one that goes : "when we was kids we was
so poor that we lived in a cardboard box" or "well t hat was nothing, we OBter
were so poor that we lived in a sack at the bottom of a cesspool!!"
Any offers gratefully received Sorry for the mess, I can't delete properlya.d
in this bloody LUDWIG: I normally use vi ...
Paul Hellander [phel...@arts.adelaide.edu.au]
The Impeccable Plaid Harlequin
the impeccable plaid harlequin aka i believe that it's "The Final
Rip-Off", a two tape (or CD, depending on where your preference lies)
set. it's around about the end of side three (of four). titled "Four
Yorkshiremen". very good sketch. highly recommended.
has anyone found it anywhere else? i'm trying to find it in another
place...but haven't been able to yet.
David Bromage
>In article <phelland....@chomsky.arts.adelaide.edu.au>,
>Paul Hellander <phel...@chomsky.arts.adelaide.edu.au> wrote:
>>Yo, PYTHONS OCYH~TONS
>>
>>Sorry about the funny smudge up there (I am not very good with LUDWIG)
>>but, can anyone tell me on which album or in which sketch the skit about
>>poverty appears? You know, the one that goes : "when we was kids we was
>>so poor that we lived in a cardboard box" or "well t hat was nothing, we OBter
>>were so poor that we lived in a sack at the bottom of a cesspool!!"
>>
>>Any offers gratefully received Sorry for the mess, I can't delete properlya.d
>>in this bloody LUDWIG: I normally use vi ...
>>
>>Paul Hellander [phel...@arts.adelaide.edu.au]
>the impeccable plaid harlequin aka i believe that it's "The Final
>Rip-Off", a two tape (or CD, depending on where your preference lies)
>set. it's around about the end of side three (of four). titled "Four
>Yorkshiremen". very good sketch. highly recommended.
The correct name of the sketch is "The Good Old Days".
>has anyone found it anywhere else? i'm trying to find it in another
>place...but haven't been able to yet.
It can be found in "The Complete Sketches of Wing Commander Muriel
Volestrangler FRHS and Bar" by John Cleese. For the record, the sketch
predates Python. The original cast was John Cleese, Johnathon Lynn, Ronnie
Barker and Ronnie Corbett. JC also wrote a similar sketch for I'm Sorry
I'll Read That Again.
Sir David aka oh these ignorant Herns!
Benjamin C Cordes
>>>poverty appears? You know, the one that goes : "when we was kids we was
>>>so poor that we lived in a cardboard box" or "well t hat was nothing, we OBter
>>>were so poor that we lived in a sack at the bottom of a cesspool!!"
>>the impeccable plaid harlequin aka i believe that it's "The Final
>>Rip-Off", a two tape (or CD, depending on where your preference lies)
>>set. it's around about the end of side three (of four). titled "Four
>>Yorkshiremen". very good sketch. highly recommended.
>The correct name of the sketch is "The Good Old Days".
I've never heard of that...is that from "The Complete Sketches..."? (as
mentioned below)
>>has anyone found it anywhere else? i'm trying to find it in another
>>place...but haven't been able to yet.
>It can be found in "The Complete Sketches of Wing Commander Muriel
>Volestrangler FRHS and Bar" by John Cleese. For the record, the sketch
>predates Python. The original cast was John Cleese, Johnathon Lynn, Ronnie
>Barker and Ronnie Corbett. JC also wrote a similar sketch for I'm Sorry
>I'll Read That Again.
>Sir David aka oh these ignorant Herns!
The only other place I've seen it is on Live at Hollywood Bowl. But I
don't think it's been on any other audio recording.
In a similar vein, has anyone actually seen any of the "I'm Sorry I'll
Read That Again" shows, or even "Do Not Adjust Your Set", which I believe
Eric Idle used to work on? I'd love to take a look at some of those, any
help tracking down sources would be appreciated.
Ben Cordes aka I can't find my .sig file...
Matthew P Westby
>In article <phelland....@chomsky.arts.adelaide.edu.au>,
>Paul Hellander <phel...@chomsky.arts.adelaide.edu.au> wrote:
>>Yo, PYTHONS OCYH~TONS
>>
>
>the impeccable plaid harlequin aka i believe that it's "The Final
>Rip-Off", a two tape (or CD, depending on where your preference lies)
>set. it's around about the end of side three (of four). titled "Four
>Yorkshiremen". very good sketch. highly recommended.
>
>has anyone found it anywhere else? i'm trying to find it in another
>place...but haven't been able to yet.
Yes - it's also on 'M-P Live at Drury Lane'
Matt
8*)
Matt
>Rip-Off", a two tape (or CD, depending on where your preference lies)
>set. it's around about the end of side three (of four). titled "Four
>Yorkshiremen". very good sketch. highly recommended.
>
>has anyone found it anywhere else? i'm trying to find it in another
>place...but haven't been able to yet.
"The Secret Policeman's Other Ball" videocassette is where the Four Yorkshire
Men was originally played. "Monty Python: Live at the Civic Center" has the skit, although I don't know if "Live at the Hollywwod Bowl" does or not.
Bj|rn Nilsson
Sorry, but I kind of remember Rowan Atkinson as one of the wine drinkers (and braggers) around that table. Dunno where I've seen it, but it might have been a later performance (Hollybood Wovl??)
Besides, why name it "Four Yorkshiremen" on the record (I got it) if its name is "the good old days"?
bj\"orn
David Bromage
Absolute crap! The sketch predates Python. I think it was from The Frost
Report or something similar.
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David Bromage
Rubbish! The sketch was first performed about 15 years before Atkinson
became famous. I can't say anything about the name change, I'm just
repeating what I sw aw in John Cleese's book.
David Bromage
Lets settle this once and for all. I don;t have a copy but somebody go
and look in your local library for the following book:
The Golden Skits of Wing Commander Muriel Volestrangler, FRHS and Bar
by John Cleese. Publ. Methuen 1984, ISBN 0413567907.