tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post4418100276320923284..comments2023-10-03T11:41:21.191+01:00Comments on The Truth About Lies: Funny StrangeJim Murdochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-41719617114669386562008-09-27T10:50:00.000+01:002008-09-27T10:50:00.000+01:00Yes, Sorlil, it was fascinating to hear how an act...Yes, <B>Sorlil</B>, it was fascinating to hear how an actor might interpret the role. I had always imagined it being read aloud but I couldn't envisage a market for a ten-minute monologue so best to leave it as a short story. Of course, now I <I>have</I> heard it there are bits I'd tweak. I think it needs to be made clearer that his wife is only with him in spirit and I'm not sure about the caricatured wife's voice; I'm betwixt and between there because he does a good job with it. Other than that he did a fine job. <BR/><BR/>And, <B>Confused</B>, yes, I've had a clip of a <I>Goons Show</I> on my desktop for weeks now. I keep planning to write a blog about Spike Milligan, well a couple probably – a lot to cover there – but things keep getting in my way. I will. It's just a matter of time. Having grown up with <I>Monty Python</I> of course <I>The Goons</I> seemed a little tame and I missed the visuals. I listened to an old show a couple of weeks back and I really was taken aback by how frenetic the whole thing was. Good fun mind.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-46719927351541073032008-09-26T22:59:00.000+01:002008-09-26T22:59:00.000+01:00reading this brought back memories of my early tee...reading this brought back memories of my early teens when quite by accident I listened to the Goons when playing with an old radio that pulled in overseas broadcastts...I was hooked and would sit with my ear up against the speaker every Sunday Night listening toi Harry Secombe and the boys though the crackling and fading of that old radioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-2294079838280892512008-09-26T22:04:00.000+01:002008-09-26T22:04:00.000+01:00I enjoyed that, especially liked 'even at at time ...I enjoyed that, especially liked 'even at at time like that I needed a blinking script' and the joke book at the pearly gates! Must be quite bizarre but very gratifying to hear your work being performed.Marion McCreadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657757253873577465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-91334876641923003582008-09-26T12:31:00.000+01:002008-09-26T12:31:00.000+01:00Dave, so you liked it then? You really liked it? A...<B>Dave</B>, so you liked it then? You really liked it? And you're right, Hancock's timing was perfect. It's a shame the man was such a mess. The recent BBC4 play with Ken Stott was uncomfortable viewing at times I have to say. <BR/><BR/><B>Ken</B>, if you have a look on their site they have theme so you can't just send anything. Of course, you could always write something with them in mind and after hearing this performance I might be tempted to do that once I clear my feel. I've never read Kenneth Williams' diaries though. I've been tempted and if I came across a cheap copy no doubt I'd buy it just to have around the house.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-53223493891367842712008-09-25T19:58:00.000+01:002008-09-25T19:58:00.000+01:00This is a good story - the character reminds me a ...This is a good story - the character reminds me a little of Archie Rice - and it's a *wonderful* format. I hope they do more of them for you too! Do you just submit to them or wot?<BR/><BR/>Oddly enough, the most moving and insightful account of the life behind the mask was Kenneth Williams diarys which I have read several times and which I return to often with a sort of morbid fascination that I find difficult to understand.<BR/><BR/>Rachel: Father Ted always makes us laugh:<BR/><BR/>Father Ted:<BR/>[holding up a toy cow ]<BR/>This cow: small<BR/>[ pointing out of the window ]<BR/>That cow: far away... :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-91546585915290211222008-09-25T12:33:00.000+01:002008-09-25T12:33:00.000+01:00Magnificent, I think is the word. Loved it, loved ...Magnificent, I think is the word. Loved it, loved it, loved it. You mentioned the pauses in the Hancock scripts, but I always thought the big thing about those programmes was his timing. It was always Spot-on. I hadn't realised that the pauses were in the scripts. Thanks for that, it was anice stroll down memory lane.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-68583778489258330972008-09-25T09:15:00.000+01:002008-09-25T09:15:00.000+01:00I like the sound of that collection! I sense great...I like the sound of that collection! I sense great things for it...Rachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-39943943621486108872008-09-24T23:18:00.000+01:002008-09-24T23:18:00.000+01:00McGuire, glad you liked the piece. I have to say I...<B>McGuire</B>, glad you liked the piece. I have to say I would die if I had to get up on stage and try and be funny. I find being funny easy enough but not performing. I like being the guy behind the words. I think that comedy is a very powerful tool. I find it very hard not to use it even in the most serious of pieces. Even at my most depressed I never lose my sense of humour. <BR/><BR/><B>Rachel</B>, this is one of a collection of stories all based around the senses, not the five, but the rest, the sense of honour, the sense of impending doom, the sense of humour and more. You get the idea.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-56238522893540454022008-09-24T22:28:00.000+01:002008-09-24T22:28:00.000+01:00Loved it. Like you, I'm a huge comedy fan and I li...Loved it. Like you, I'm a huge comedy fan and I liked the bit about 'sense of humour'. I've never heard it used that way before (I don't think) but it's very true ...you can't teach someone how to be funny - not really funny. You got it or you ain't.<BR/><BR/>We watched an old 'Father Ted' on TV tonight...and laughed and laughed!<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-49374181442680439682008-09-24T17:13:00.000+01:002008-09-24T17:13:00.000+01:00Excellent monologue, Jim. A nice biography come an...Excellent monologue, Jim. A nice biography come analysis and dissection of comedy and the comic.<BR/>Oddly enough, I thought the actor sounded a bit like Danny Baker more than Hoskins, which I don't think it necessarily a bad thing.<BR/><BR/>'She was the toughest of rooms.' I love that metaphor. It makes a lot of sense. I particularly like his explanation of his relationship with his wife. <BR/><BR/>All in all good stuff. It made me chuckle and think about comedy...I have tried my mouth at comedy...I occassionally go to the Stand in Glasgow.<BR/><BR/>I'll leave you with a quote I always loved in regard to comedy: 'Comedy is a funny way of being serious.'<BR/><BR/>Speak soon.<BR/>McGuireMcGuirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095242258892600138noreply@blogger.com