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sixes's avatar

Thanks Clint and Clint's new friend. The ukelele man. Practice Practice Practice and Enjoy ๐ŸŽธ๐ŸŽธ๐ŸŽธ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿณโ€๐ŸŒˆโค๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿค๐ŸคŽ๐Ÿ–ค๐ŸŽต๐ŸŽต๐ŸŽต๐ŸŽต๐ŸŽต

Clint Collide's avatar

Thanks, Steve. Iโ€™m enjoying going slowly but surelyโ€ฆitโ€™s so relaxing! Cheers, my dears!

Doug Thompson's avatar

https://youtu.be/cZ2IajyHn7U?si=R4S67sgNBfvqO_kW

Round the Horn sample show. A very camp couple were featured most times called Jules and Sandy. I will dive back into the rabbit hole to get some sound bites. I don't know if there were anything to compare with in the ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ In these woke times these broadcasts would never be made. It's all pure ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง inuation humour, we are masters of it here. Cheers DougT

Clint Collide's avatar

While I may not get all of the jokes, I love playing it in the background and practicing my very bad British accent. Itโ€™s truly terrible. I should stop trying. My Aussie friends shamed me so much Iโ€™ve stopped trying to sound like one of them. :-p Thanks you, dear Doug, for sharing!

Doug Thompson's avatar

Now Mr Clint in days of yore and radio light entertainment was the standard on Sundays. Morning church then mums everywhere were busy preparing the Sunday roast dinner. The males were down the pub having a few beers. Step forward a whole raft of light entertainment radio shows, both comedy or musical. The following is a synopsis of a typical few hours before evening church.

Besides Round the Horne, several other popular radio shows were broadcast on Sunday lunchtimes, primarily on the BBC Home Service and later BBC Radio 4.

Key shows in that slot included:

Beyond Our Ken: This show ran from 1958 to 1964 and featured largely the same cast as Round the Horne (including Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, and Betty Marsden). Round the Horne was its direct successor in the Sunday lunchtime slot.

The Navy Lark: This long-running sitcom (1959โ€“1976) was a staple of the Sunday lunchtime schedule, often airing around the same time as Round the Horne.

The Clitheroe Kid: Another popular and long-running comedy that was frequently broadcast during the Sunday lunchtime/afternoon period.

Educating Archie: Popular in the 1950s, this show often preceded the later comedies like The Navy Lark.

Family Favourites (later Two-Way Family Favourites): This music request show was very popular and aired around the lunchtime period, bridging the gap between morning and afternoon programming.

The Billy Cotton Band Show: This show, featuring music and comedy, was also part of the typical Sunday sequence following Family Favourites.

The Sunday lunchtime period on the BBC was a popular slot for light entertainment and comedy, designed for family listening, and these shows formed a significant part of that tradition for decades.

Now at that time I was too young to fully appreciate the more 'adult humour' we kids just laughed in time to the studio audience. I'll post a broadcast of a Round the Horn show for your entertainment. But honestly this was the revered BBC I'm talking about ๐Ÿ˜ฏ Hell knows how they got away with it. Cheers DougT

Clint Collide's avatar

I love BBC historyโ€ฆI grew up revering the tv side of its operations. But when I was growing up, while all us kids would gravitate to the tv, my grandmother would cozy up to her cherished console radio in another room and listen to her โ€œoldies.โ€ I remember fondly how happy and relaxed those shows made her. I wish I remembered what she enjoyed watching. Me? I was a Looney Tunes loyal. Cheers!

Michael Horvich's avatar

Clint,

My advice as well. "Keep opening the doorโ€ฆto whatever inspires you next." Fondly., Michael.

Clint Collide's avatar

Yessir. A few days of rain and hangout with a friend has definitely helped my attitude and outlook. Cheers and thank you!

Doug Thompson's avatar

Nice one Clint, Cheers DougT ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

Clint Collide's avatar

Thank you, Dougโ€ฆcheers to you, my friend! ๐ŸŒˆโœŒ๏ธ

Doug Thompson's avatar

https://youtu.be/xBweqmLk6dU?si=9NDe-ghi_X498msm just for some practice ๐Ÿ˜Ž

Clint Collide's avatar

Methinks thatโ€™s for an advanced player, player! :-p Thanks for the sharing. So cool to see how the instrument adapts to just about any genre. Cheers!

Doug Thompson's avatar

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