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February 10, 2010
Wednesday
 
 
How to survive Gordon Brown
Johnathan Pearce (London)  Arts & Entertainment

Pure genius.

By the way, here is an old post I did about a superb spoof on 1970s education programmes, which convey a similar sort of feel to some of those old Cold War public information items.

Comments

Excellent!

I've been trying to find an old sketch which I think was on one of the Secret Policeman's Balls, featuring Eleanor Bron and probably John Fortune or John Cleese. It contained the wonderful exchange:

"Darling, once we had something pure and beautiful and good - what happened to it?"

[pause]

"You spent it."

Anyone know where I can find it?


Posted by RW at February 10, 2010 10:12 AM

There is a truly hilarious parody of the Cold War era "Duck and Cover" films within Brad Bird's wonderful animated film "The Iron Giant", a film that far too few people have seen.


Posted by Michael Jennings at February 10, 2010 11:39 AM
Pure genius.

I suppose that drinking Guinness until the pain goes away is a pretty tempting solution to the problem, at that.

This would, of course, constitute Binge Drinking.

Which suggests a brilliant, and hitherto untried, method by which the Government could seriously abate that particular social evil. Do you suppose somebody ought to tell them?


Posted by Gray Woodland at February 10, 2010 12:53 PM

You just did...


Posted by Alisa at February 10, 2010 01:36 PM

Why, so I did - and so may many more. But will they sod off when we so suggest?


Posted by Gray Woodland at February 10, 2010 05:38 PM

Define 'suggest'...:-/


Posted by Alisa at February 11, 2010 09:24 AM
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