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Post by cromagnonman on May 7, 2018 8:59:36 GMT
By one of those odd interweb occurrences, I just saw posted on another group that A Taste for Honey was adapted for a US television anthology series in the mid 1950s, under the title "The Sting of Death." The cast included Boris Karloff, Robert Flemyng, and Hermione Gingold. The surviving kinescope is on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QChOFJHdQps&index=5&t=181s&list=WLcheers, H. Hermione Gingold: one tablespoon or two? The name always sounded to me like one of Ronnie Barker's medicinal remedies by famous actresses: as in: "Tonight your very own Googie Withers - on what to do if it happens."
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on May 7, 2018 9:16:02 GMT
Hermione Gingold: one tablespoon or two? The name always sounded to me like one of Ronnie Barker's medicinal remedies by famous actresses: as in: "Tonight your very own Googie Withers - on what to do if it happens." Ha! Reminds me of the old joke I heard many years ago - a variation on the same theme; Q: How do you become a female British film star? A: Stand naked in front of the fire until your googie withers. This, of course, is a variation on the joke about turning a duck into a pop star. ('Stand it in front of the fire until its bill withers.')
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Post by Dr Strange on May 8, 2018 9:53:51 GMT
Q: How do you become a female British film star? A: Stand naked in front of the fire until your googie withers. No, no, no: It's stand naked outside in the cold until your googie withers. You are confusing it with how you become a famous Scottish poet: Stand naked in front of the fire until your rabbie burns.
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Post by helrunar on May 8, 2018 12:09:47 GMT
Thanks for the giggle, Dr Strange!
cheers, Hel
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Post by Michael Connolly on May 8, 2018 12:48:50 GMT
By one of those odd interweb occurrences, I just saw posted on another group that A Taste for Honey was adapted for a US television anthology series in the mid 1950s, under the title "The Sting of Death." The cast included Boris Karloff, Robert Flemyng, and Hermione Gingold. The surviving kinescope is on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QChOFJHdQps&index=5&t=181s&list=WLcheers, H. Hermione Gingold: one tablespoon or two? The name always sounded to me like one of Ronnie Barker's medicinal remedies by famous actresses: as in: "Tonight your very own Googie Withers - on what to do if it happens." I remember a sketch with Ronnie Barker. Introducing himself to a young woman at a party he gave his name as "John Smith". "Hermione Good", she replied. "I'll tell you later," he answered.
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on May 8, 2018 18:55:36 GMT
No, no, no: It's stand naked outside in the cold until your googie withers. Listen, mate, you do it your way, I'll stick to what I know, thank you very much. How a man withers his googie is his own concern. Oh, ye-e-es! (Typed in a Frankie Howerd tone of voice.)
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