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Stephen Fry’s speech
By Will last year, mid-July, No Comments; be the first!
Thank you ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much indeed. It is an honour to stand before so many cricketing heroes from England and from Australia and at this, my favourite time of year. The time when that magical summer sound comes to our ears and gladdens our old hearts, the welcome sound of leather on Graham Swann.
I have been asked to say a few words – well more than a few. “You’ve twenty minutes to fill,” I was firmly told by the organisers. 20 minutes. Not sure how I’ll use all that time up. Perhaps in about ten minutes or so Andrew Strauss would be kind enough to send on a a physio, that should kill a bit of time.
Full transcript here. The man’s a fucking legend.
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By Will last year, at the end of February, 14 Comments »
(nothing to do with cricket)
If you appreciate any form of comedy, then chances are it has its roots on the radio. Failing that, its inspiration probably came from someone who themselves drew inspiration from radio satire or comedy. The list is too long to mention (Mitchell & Webb, Alan Partridge, The Day Today and Dead Ringers are some contemporary ones who arrived on TV from radio. Oh, and Flight of the Conchords too I think) and I’ve always been hooked on witty radio shows.
Regular readers will know this, and they’ll also know my love of I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue, the ridiculously stupid panel show whose long-serving chairman, Humphrey Lyttelton, died last April. Anyway. No one can replace Humph who still possessed comic timing to beat the best, weeks before his death. But the show is returning, according to its producer, Jon Naismith, and well done everyone for that.
Like Have I Got News For You, when Angus Deayton was sacked for shagging around and being very un-BBC (though I’m not comparing Humph to Deayton), ISIHAC will have guest-chairman. The first will be Stephen Fry but others, such as Jack Dee, have agreed to do it.
It’s brilliant. Listen to it. Buy the DVD. Listen to the old ones with John Cleese. Listen to the new ones with Graeme Garden. Half-an-hour of stupendous silliness and satire and nonsensical humour.
The first recording with Stephen Fry is on Sunday April 26 at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Haymarket, London
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