Yom ping poggitty?
Manic Miner
Thanks in advance
Manic
Damian
Manic Miner <Mi...@UNSPAMcornwall60.freeserve.co.uk> wrote
> Does anyone know which sketch Yom ping poggitty comes from?
> Thanks in advance
> Manic
It certainly isn't from The Flying Circus series.
Can you tell us anything more about it?
It sounds more like something The Goons would have done.
Damian
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sketch that involved a princess (I think).
Sorry to be so vague!
Manic
Sheila
Do you possibly mean "Bing Tiddle Tiddle Bong"? I can't remember ever hearing
Yom ping poggitty.
Sheila
John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
If this is the skit I'm thinking of, it's not Flying Circus it's off one of
their albums. I'll have to check my instant CD collection to see which one.
Somebody is narrating it (Eric maybe?) and Terry J plays the king (who also
sings the "Yom ping poggity" line) of a small country who is making up tasks
that potential suitors ("Is he a prince... well is he in the book?") of his
daughter have to pass. Things like jumping off a tower *splat* and other
such things that get them all killed. One of the more memorable lines is
"Because she's a fucking princess, that's why!" in Terry's loud/wild
voice.
I don't remember the exact punchline (been ages since I've heard this
skit), but it's something like "and the moral of the story is... smoking
is bad for your health".
I'm about 80% sure that's the right skit.
Shagg.
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stimpy
> Does anyone know which sketch Yom ping poggitty comes from?
> Thanks in advance
from the other things that people are saying, i think i kind of remember
the sketch, it was definitely a film type thing rather than just an
audio recording, the king gave all these suitors impossible tasks to win
the hand of the princess, things like jumping off the top tower and
surviving or something like that, and in the end his daughter convinced
him to give a knight an easy task and he told him to go and buy him a
packet of cigarettes from the shop or something.
uhm.. much like this really:
Storyteller (John): Once upon a time, long, long ago, there lay in a
valley far, far away in the mountains the most contented kingdom
the world has ever known. It was called Happy Valley, and it
was
ruled over by a wise old king called Otto. And all his subjects
flourished and were happy, and there were no discontents or
grumblers, because wise King Otto had had them all put to death,
along with the trade union leaders, many years before. And all
the happy folk of Happy Valley sang and danced all day long, and
anyone who was for any reason miserable or unhappy or who had
any
difficult personal problem was prosecuted under the Happiness
Act.
Prosecution (Michael): Casper Schlitz, I put it to you that you were, on
February 5th this year, very depressed with malice aforethought,
and did moan quietly, contrary to the Cheerful Noises Act.
Schlitz (Terry G): I did.
Defence (Eric): May I just explain, m'lud, that the reason for my
client's behaviour was that his wife had just died that morning.
[All except the accused laugh uproariously.]
Judge (Graham): Members of the jury, have you reached your verdict?
Foreman: Guilty. [All laugh again.]
Judge [donning red nose]: I hereby sentence you to be hanged by the neck
until you cheer up. [All laugh.]
Storyteller: And while the good folk of Happy Valley tenaciously
frolicked away, their wise old king, who was a merry old thing,
played strange songs on his Hammond organ all day long, up in
his
castle where he lived with his gracious Queen Syllabub, and
their
lovely daughter Princess Mitzi Gaynor, who had fabulous tits and
an enchanting smile and a fine wit, and wooden teeth which she'd
bought in a chemist's in Augsburg, despite the fire risk. She
treasured these teeth, which were made of the finest pine and
she
varnished them after every meal. And next to her teeth, her
dearest love was her pet rabbit Herman. She would take Herman
for long walks, and pet and fuss over him all day. And she
would
visit the royal kitchens and steal him tasty tit-bits which he
never ate, because, sadly, he was dead, and no one had the heart
to tell her because she was so sweet and innocent and new
nothing
of death or gastro-enteritis, or even plastic hip joints.
One day when she was romping with Herman, she suddenly set eyes
on the most beautiful young man she had ever seen, and fell
deeply in love with him, naturally assuming him to be a prince.
Well, fortunately he was a prince, so she found him in the book,
which her mother made her always carry, [she opens a bird-
spotting book at a page headed "EBERHARD, PRINZ" opposite a
photo of him] and learned his name, and went and introduced
herself, and the subject of marriage. And he fell deeply in
love with her, and in what seemed like the twinkling of an eye,
but was in fact a fortnight, they were in her father's lounge,
asking his permission to marry.
[Otto sits at his organ howling a strange song. He finishes and
Mitzi and the prince applaud politely. He starts another.
Caption "Spaeter am selben Nachmittag" {Later that afternoon}.]
Mitzi (Connie): Daddy.
Otto (Terry J): Yes, daughter.
Mitzi: We have something to ask you.
Otto: A request!
Eberhard (John): Sir, may I have your daughter's hand in marriage?
Otto: Well, I don't know it, but if you hum it I'll soon pick it up.
Eberhard: No sir, I really do wish to marry your daughter, sir.
Otto: Oh. Are you a prince?
Prince: Yes, sir.
Otto: Is he in the book?
Mitzi: Yes, Daddy.
Otto: Do you really love my daughter?
Prince: I do.
Otto: Well in that case, I must set you a task to prove you worthy of
her hand in marriage.
Eberhard [standing]: I accept.
Otto: You must climb to the highest part of the castle, first thing
tomorrow morning, armed only with your sword, and jump out of
the
window.
[A crowd waits expectantly in the street below the castle.]
Villager (Terry J?): Hey look, there he is!
[The crowd look up, clapping and cheering. Eberhard, up on the
castle tower, waves, wets his finger to test the wind, then
plummets to his death. The crowd laugh and cheer.]
Mitzi: Can we get married now, Daddy?
Otto: No, I'm afraid not, daughter, he wasn't worthy of you.
Mitzi: Oh Daddy! Will he have to go into the ground like all the
others?
[Cut to a cemetery where a coffin is being cheerfully lowered
into a grave.]
Mitzi: Come on, Herman. [She walks away, dragging Herman.]
Storyteller: And so Mitzi and Herman went down to the river bank to see
if they could find another prince. Everyone was fishing that
day, the carpenter and the candlemaker and the blacksmith and
the
window-dresser and his friend, and the hangman and all his
apprentices, and the secret policeman, and the narcotics
salesman
and his aunty, but not a prince for miles. Until... Mitzi's
eyes
suddenly spotted the slightest flash of gold underneath a
weeping
willow tree and there, sure enough, was a prince.
He was rather thin and spotty with a long nose and bandy legs
and
nasty unpolished plywood teeth but, thought Mitzi, a prince is a
prince, and she fell in love with him without another thought.
[She leaps on top of him and engages him passionately.] And
after a time, or a few times anyway, he too fell in love with
her. And very soon they were on their way to ask King Otto's
permission to wed, as this prince didn't read the newspapers any
more than the others did, [they walk past a news stand on which
is written "Die Happy Valley ??? Ein ??? Prinz ??? ??? ???" -
sorry, it's too small and unclear on my recording] decadent,
dim-witted, parasitic little bastards that they were. [They
come across Queen Syllabub romping with a black man.]
Syllabub [getting up hurriedly]: What! Oh! Ha ha ha! Oh, hello,
darling.
Mitzi: This is my mother the Queen, and, er, this is, er, ...
Syllabub: This is my new algebra teacher, Dr Erasmus.
Erasmus: Hello there.
Syllabub: Don't stare, darling. And who is this?
Mitzi: Oh, this is Prince Walter.
Syllabub: Oh.
Mitzi: We were just going down to Daddy for permission to get married.
Syllabub: Ah, well I want to talk to him about like that. I'll see you
about the binomial theorem in the wood shed at eight o'clock, Dr
Erasmus.
Erasmus: I'll bring the baby oil, Queen.
Syllabub: Yes. Ahem.
Mitzi: Does Daddy like Dr Erasmus?
Syllabub: I wouldn't mention him, darling. He's a bit funny about
darker
people.
Mitzi: I know nothing of racial prejudice.
Syllabub: Good. Well I'll talk to him first.
[Syllabub enters the lounge where Otto is at his organ, howling
one of his songs.]
Syllabub: Stop that and listen to me! Now! [She pulls the plug out.]
Otto: Plug my organ in.
Syllabub: Ha, that's a joke. Now, listen to me.
Otto: What! What is it?
Syllabub: I've got something important to tell you. Mitzi's coming in a
moment with another prince.
Otto: Yeugh. [He begins howling one of his songs.]
Syllabub: Look, will you stop that again!
Otto: Huh, princes!
Syllabub: Well there soon won't be any left, thanks to you. Now just
you
make sure you make that task nice and easy, otherwise I'll smash
your organ.
Otto: Can I play at the wedding?
Syllabub: Yes.
Otto: All right, all right. I could play that one about "Yum de boo
ptang..."
Syllabub: The king agrees to see you now.
Mitzi: Hallo Daddy!
Otto: Come in, child.
Mitzi: This is Prince Walter.
Otto: Eeeugh! Is he in the book?
Mitzi: Yes.
Otto: Oh, hello Walter.
Walter (Michael): Prince Walter.
Otto: [sarcastically] Oh, so sorry! So you want to marry my daughter,
do you?
Walter: Perhaps.
Mitzi: Oh, say you do, and wing me such joy as I have never tasted
before.
Walter: Yeah, all right.
Otto: All right. First I must set you a task, so you may prove
yourself worthy of my daughter's hand in marriage.
Walter: Why?
Otto: Because she's a f[bleep]ing princess, that's why! You must go
tomorrow morning to the highest part of the castle... [Syllabub
hits him.] You must go, um... [Syllabub threatens him again]
er,
go down to the shops and get me twenty Rothmans.
Walter: What, now?
Otto: Tomorrow morning.
Storyteller: And so, early next morning, all the happy villagers were
gathered to watch Prince Walter set off on his quest.
[From a dais outside the castle, on which King, Queen and
Princess sit, Prince Walter walks, holding a banknote, past the
villagers down the street to the tobacconist. He emerges
holding
a packet of cigarettes aloft triumphantly to cheers from the
crowd. He walks back up the street to the dais, on which Mitzi
is jumping up and down excitedly.]
Walter: Here are your fags. [He tosses them to Otto.]
Otto: [grudgingly] Thank you, Walter.
Walter: Prince Walter!
Syllabub: Well done, Prince Walter.
Otto: [standing] Loyal subjects, faithful followers, this is indeed a
proud moment for the Queen and myself. For this is the moment
when Princess Mitzi marries Prince Walter. But first, a little
number I've written, entitled "Ya Te Buckety Rum Ting Too".
[Everyone sings "Ya Te Buckety Rum Ting Too" accompanied by
Otto. But then Prince Charming draws up on a horse.]
Charming (Eric): Halt, halt! Halt, I prithee, gentle king.
Syllabub: Who are you? What do you want? [to Otto] Belt up!
Charming: I am Prince Charming, from the Kingdom of the Golden Lakes,
good Sir King. Page four in the book. And I crave the hand of
your most beautiful daughter, Princess Mitzi.
Walter: You're too late.
Charming: What?
Walter: I've got her, Charming, now buzz off.
Syllabub: Now, wait a minute, Mitzi is not betrothed yet.
Walter: What? He said, if I went and got him twenty Rothmans I could
have her.
Charming: Got you twenty Rothmans?
Walter: I had to go down the town.
Charming: For Princess Mitzi?
Otto: Yes.
Charming: For this priceless treasure? For this most perfect of all
God's creatures?
Mitzi [to Syllabub]: I think I'm falling in love again.
Charming: For this finest and most delicate flower in the whole of this
geographical area, I will face in mortal combat that most
dreaded
of all creatures.
Mitzi, Syllabub & Otto: A dragon?!
Charming: And I shall slay it, single-handed, to prove myself worthy of
your enchanting daughter, O King.
Otto: I accept.
Walter: What?
Otto: I accept. Tomorrow morning, then.
Walter: Where's he going to get a dragon from?
Charming: I provide my own.
[The rear of a horse box opens. A dragon, all of 18 inches
long,
emerges. Prince Charming fights it matador-style, then draws a
pistol and shoots it. The crowd cheer.]
Otto: Loyal subjects, by virtue of Prince Charming's noble deed, I now
consent to give him Princess Mitzi's hand in marriage. But
first, the B side of my latest single.
Walter: I'll be revenged on the lot of you!
[Otto plays and everybody starts singing "Ya Te Buckety...".]
Storyteller: Nobody in Happy Valley worried about Prince Walter's
threats, and the joyous day soon arrived for the royal wedding.
[Interior of cathedral. Otto is up in the organ loft.
Everyone sings "Ya Te Buckety, Rum Ting Too, Ni Ni Ni, Yaooo."]
Priest (John): Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to join
together this man, Prince Charming, and this woman, Princess
Mitzi Gaynor, in holy matrimony. If there be anyone who knoweth
just cause or impediment why these two should not be joined
together... [There is a loud boom. A witch enters, followed by
Prince Walter.]
Witch: Yes, 'tis I, the wicked witch, Ya ha ha!
Priest: Witch, you commit sacrilege here by your very presence. I
command you in the name of the Good Book, to leave this holy
place forthwith.
Witch: Shut up!
Priest: Sorry, sorry.
Witch: Now, where's the King? Where's the King? Where's the King?
[The congregation point upwards.]
Otto: Oh, me. I'm terribly sorry, I was miles away.
Witch: I forbid this marriage to take place.
Chancellor: You forbid it?
Witch: Who are you?
Chancellor: I am the Lord Chancellor, you old hag! How dare you speak
thus to our... [The witch casts spells, turning him successively
into a lampshade, then a dog, a soda syphon, a rabbit, and back
into himself.] Aah!
Witch: Now, watch it! Now, Mitzi marry Prince Walter, or I curse the
lot of you, and your aunties.
Otto: Mitzi marries Prince Charming.
Witch: I'm warning you!
Otto: Carry on with the ceremony.
Priest: Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today...
Witch: Very well. I hereby change every single person in this
cathedral
into chickens! [then as a shocked afterthought] Except me!
[Everyone is turned into chickens.]
Chicken [wearing witch's hat]: Oh, bugger.
i think that's the one you mean. it was filmed for Monty Python's
Fliegender Zirkus episode two.
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Matthew Francis
wrote:
>If this is the skit I'm thinking of, it's not Flying Circus it's off one of
>their albums. I'll have to check my instant CD collection to see which one.
>Somebody is narrating it (Eric maybe?) and Terry J plays the king (who also
>sings the "Yom ping poggity" line) of a small country who is making up tasks
>that potential suitors ("Is he a prince... well is he in the book?") of his
>daughter have to pass. Things like jumping off a tower *splat* and other
>such things that get them all killed. One of the more memorable lines is
>"Because she's a fucking princess, that's why!" in Terry's loud/wild
>voice.
>
>I don't remember the exact punchline (been ages since I've heard this
>skit), but it's something like "and the moral of the story is... smoking
>is bad for your health".
>
>I'm about 80% sure that's the right skit.
>
If it is the one being thought of then it's either on "Another Monty
Python Record" or "Monty Python's Previous Record", although I can't
remember which. The end of the skit goes something along the lines of
Queen and Princess get tired of suitors being killed, shout at King,
who makes the task for the final suitor to go and get him some tobacco
or something like that. Prince is successful, gets cheered by adoring
crowds, and knocked down and killed at the castle gate by a cart.
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Matthew Francis
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Cardinal Fang
definately was from the sketch about Happy Valley, with wise King Otto and
Princess Mitzy
Cardinal Fang
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Manic Miner
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> > Does anyone know which sketch Yom ping poggitty comes from?
> > Thanks in advance
>
> from the other things that people are saying, i think i kind of remember
> the sketch, it was definitely a film type thing rather than just an
> audio recording, the king gave all these suitors impossible tasks to win
> the hand of the princess, things like jumping off the top tower and
> surviving or something like that, and in the end his daughter convinced
> him to give a knight an easy task and he told him to go and buy him a
> packet of cigarettes from the shop or something.
>
> uhm.. much like this really:
>
>
> Fliegender Zirkus episode two.
>
> --
> Stimpy - http://www.wgt.org.uk
> All true wisdom is found on T-shirts.
>
>
I'm sorry I was so vague buy in fact it was Ya Te Buckety, Rum Ting Too, Ni
Ni Ni, Yaooo and not Yom ping poggitty.
You have made an old man very happy.
Thanks to all
Manic
Alice Clar
> It was a really stupid (and therefore really funny) song that was in a
> sketch that involved a princess (I think).
> Sorry to be so vague!
> Manic
Oh, that is in the (I think) Monty Python bok, or it might be the big red
book (blue cover). I can't remember, but it is definately in one of their
tie-in books.
They also did it on one of the German version shows, and it is bloody
hilarious!
Hope no-one has already said all this, and hope it helps!
The It's Man
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Monty Python Papperbok" in a story called "Once upon a time"
It's...
The It's Man
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words.
Some closer reading let me to "Yum de boo ptang...", also a song sung by
Otto (played by Terry Jones).
It is indeed also in one of the German episodes (the 1972 one), the skit is
called "Happy valley".
It's...
Alice Clar
> > Oh, that is in the (I think) Monty Python bok,
<snip me>
> "Ya bim dee bim, thwackety f'tang stirkel boo bum" is in the "Brand New
> Monty Python Papperbok"
That's the same book, except the one I mentioned is hard backed, and
therefore the first edition.
Manic Miner
Thanks for all your help!
Manic
The It's Man
/me slaps forehead and goes in search for Raquel Welch
Anyway, we got it narrowed down to the right book(s) ;)
It's...
Doug Ferrar
If memory serves (and it hasn't in years, I've had it for donkeys), it was
also included in one of the earlier albums, perhaps "Another Monty Python
Album" or "Monty Python's Previous Album," or maybe it was "The Second
Second Monty Python Album," or was it "The Other Overlooked Monty Python
Sequential Album"...oh, dear, I think I'm making them up now.
I think this Curry's brain requires some sort of adjustment, Mr. Cavendish.
Mr. Marjorie Lapcrofter (deceased)
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KevNJon
>If memory serves (and it hasn't in years, I've had it for donkeys), it was
>also included in one of the earlier albums, perhaps "Another Monty Python
>Album" or "Monty Python's Previous Album,"
To set the "record" straight, it's the final cut on side two of Monty Python's
Previous Record. How long is it, you ask? Six minutes and forty-five seconds,
sir.
Kevin