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When you get your facts off the internet.
Marvellous article in yesterday's Daily Express;-
starts off:
'Harry Corbett was well known for his role as Harold in Steptoe and Son - a show that attracted millions over the years. He also created the famous puppet Sooty back in 1952 and performed with it until 1975, when he reportedly suffered one of his many heart attacks. Sooty was then passed down to Harry's son Matthew Corbett and then Richard Cadell in 1998 who has recently finished a Sooty and Friends tour.'
Picked up by Microsoft News
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/med...15524907e90f11
The Express have updated the story...though the link still spells the show as 'Stephtoe'....
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...tacks-symptoms
As others have said...you cant trust MSM...
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Originally Posted by
Snig's foot
Marvellous article in yesterday's Daily Express;-
starts off:
'Harry Corbett was well known for his role as Harold in Steptoe and Son - a show that attracted millions over the years. He also created the famous puppet Sooty back in 1952 and performed with it until 1975, when he reportedly suffered one of his many heart attacks. Sooty was then passed down to Harry's son Matthew Corbett and then Richard Cadell in 1998 who has recently finished a Sooty and Friends tour.'
Picked up by Microsoft News
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/med...15524907e90f11
The Express have updated the story...though the link still spells the show as 'Stephtoe'....
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...tacks-symptoms
As others have said...you cant trust MSM...
A blast in the past! I used to watch television in those days - when humour used to be fashionable and the correct use of the English language was encouraged. Eh? They were the days!
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A blast in the past! I used to watch television in those days - when humour used to be fashionable and the correct use of the English language was encouraged. Eh? They were the days!
You couldn't make it up...
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The irony is that the Steptoe actor was Harry H Corbett and he deliberately added the 'H' in the middle so as not to be confused with the creator of Sooty!
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Or, as this famous person once said -
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Lazy Journalism is not new.
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Lazy Journalism is not new.
But that doesn't excuse it.
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A blast in the past! I used to watch television in those days - when humour used to be fashionable and the correct use of the English language was encouraged. Eh? They were the days!
I can't think of a better example of the correct use of the English language than Steptoe and Son Are you sure that you watched it?
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Lamparilla
The irony is that the Steptoe actor was Harry H Corbett and he deliberately added the 'H' in the middle so as not to be confused with the creator of Sooty!
When asked what the H stood for, he answered that it was "Hennyfink" - which is the way that Cockneys pronounce 'anything'
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A blast in the past! I used to watch television in those days - when humour used to be fashionable and the correct use of the English language was encouraged. Eh? They were the days!
Not a surprise to read that the CEO of Arbiton & Sons had a soft spot for Steptoe and Son.
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Desert Region
Not a surprise to read that the CEO of Arbiton & Sons had a soft spot for Steptoe and Son.
It's not a patch on the comedy series Marvin starred in. Her portrayal of Norah Batty was worthy of a BAFTA.
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Originally Posted by
seivad
I can't think of a better example of the correct use of the English language than Steptoe and Son
Are you sure that you watched it?
Sorry I did not make myself clear. I was referring both to the programme and the period in which this appeared. The programme obviously used hackneyed English with obscenities tame compared to those of the present day. The general output of television programmes in that period used Queen's English.
Compared overall to the present day television programmes, the vintage programmes were lighter - there was more humour and a higher standard of output. Today, the television programmes are in sympathy with modern agendas that appeal to certain members of society and have been levelled to that standard, in order to capture a wider audience. This is to encourage people to think and behave uniformly to suit those agendas.
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Compared overall to the present day television programmes, the vintage programmes were lighter - there was more humour and a higher standard of output. Today, the television programmes are in sympathy with modern agendas that appeal to certain members of society and have been levelled to that standard, in order to capture a wider audience. This is to encourage people to think and behave uniformly to suit those agendas.
As were many of the comedies in the 60s/70s. Many comedies were designed to capture the xenophobic, racist, misogynistic sector that was so prevalent during this time. You can't get much lower than the standards of humour in comedies such as Till Death Us Do Part, Love Thy Neighbour, Curry & Chips, to name but a few. No thanks, I've no wish to go back to those unenlightened times.
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Originally Posted by
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Today, the television programmes are in sympathy with modern agendas that appeal to certain members of society and have been levelled to that standard, in order to capture a wider audience. This is to encourage people to think and behave uniformly to suit those agendas.
So they are appealing to 'certain members of society' at the same time as capturing 'a wider audience'? How does that work?
Any examples of this?
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Toodles McGinty
So they are appealing to 'certain members of society' at the same time as capturing 'a wider audience'? How does that work?
Any examples of this?
Eerily reminiscent of the vague, understanding-free posts said has made on particle physics.
It's almost as if there is no beginning to their abilities...
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