What Has Made You Laugh Today ?
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The audacity of the government in London. They say they want to prevent the Scots and Welsh from entering England for new year celebrations and in the same breath they complain that France wants to stop Brits crossing the Channel.
Laughable double standards.
Laughable double standards.
The older I get the more I’m inclined to act my shoe size, not my age.
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The Scottish government has urged Scots not to travel south to avoid our stricter rules - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... s-59817307
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Wrong way round. It's the Welsh and Scottish governments that are dissuading their populations from visiting England for NYE. And France (which had effectively banned UK passport holders from travelling through France to reach their properties or homes in other European countries) have backtracked and are now allowing it.
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Laughed out loud hearing the weather forecast lady on R4 early this morning.
It's been an unusual start to 2022.
It's been the ONLY start to 2022!
She meant that it's been an unusual start to the year.
It's been an unusual start to 2022.
It's been the ONLY start to 2022!
She meant that it's been an unusual start to the year.
Mick F. Cornwall
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Think of it like Eric Morecambe addressing André Preview.
It's the right words in the wrong order
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqHH1UQqIMs&t=22s
It's the right words in the wrong order
Now, Morecambe and Wise really did make people laugh in those innocent days.The start to 2022 has been unusual.............
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqHH1UQqIMs&t=22s
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After watching Morecomb and Wise shows countless times they still manage to make me laugh although I know the next line.
Are there any comedy double acts as good today?
Are there any comedy double acts as good today?
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I never found M&W funny in their heyday and their 'comedy' has not aged well at all.Little and Large,Morecambe and Wise,Cannon and Ball,Hale and Pace..all painfully unfunny.The Two Ronnies were probably the best of the bunch but much of their stuff was poor with the odd gem.
I think 'Double acts' are a thing of the past.Thankfully.
I think 'Double acts' are a thing of the past.Thankfully.
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Laurel & Hardy were by far the best double act, no other twosome has ever come close.
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Johnson & Trump?
The older I get the more I’m inclined to act my shoe size, not my age.
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My favourite L&H is The Music Box [1932]
with the formidable Professor Theodore von Schwartzenhoffen M.D., A.D., D.D.S., F.L.D., F.F.F.und F.
with the formidable Professor Theodore von Schwartzenhoffen M.D., A.D., D.D.S., F.L.D., F.F.F.und F.
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Absolutely -- what I find very funny is the height Oliver can get just slipping on a bar of soap. Definitely best double act.
I am here. Where are you?
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Couldn't stand it. Never did like slapstick, though. OTOH I always did enjoy M&W. I remember when Eric would present one of his plays, with lines such as "...my aeroplane what has crashed over there..." being forced on respected actors. Most viewers probably wouldn't notice a problem with that these days.
Have we got time for another cuppa?
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Stan Laurel was once an associate of Charlie Chaplin: they appeared together in the pre-cinema days. But I think Chaplin had no time for double-acts - he was too much of an egotist and wanted all the laughs for himself. Although he did famously pair up with Buster Keaton for a scene in the film Limelight - the only time the two appeared together.
I think L&H's A Chump at Oxford was my favourite of their films when I first saw it - though it seems horribly dated nowadays. But then comedy never ages well.
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore in Not Only But Also?
I think L&H's A Chump at Oxford was my favourite of their films when I first saw it - though it seems horribly dated nowadays. But then comedy never ages well.
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore in Not Only But Also?
Suppose that this room is a lift. The support breaks and down we go with ever-increasing velocity.
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).