Apart from the unfortunate spoonerism perpetrated by James Naughtie, and later, Andrew Marr (see below) The BBC once again interviewed somebody who was really somebody else. This time it was an un-named Frank Sidebottom soundalike, posing as MP Mike Crockart, PPS to the Scottish Secretary. The more the BBC looks like a bunch of idiots, the more I like it.
In keeping with the theme, I give you a little bit of gibberish we used to recite in school. If you can say it three times without stumbling, you may well be a genuine member of the British Middle Classes. Either that or a cunning linguist.
Mrs Puggy Wuggy has a
square-cut punt
not a punt cut square
but a square cut punt
UPDATE: A reader has reminded me of this piece of audio: It is James Naughtie interviewing Neil Kinnock. Naughtie gives him the benefit of the doubt gives away his leftie sympathies - can you imagine him being so generous with a Tory who reacted like this? Do you think it would play on the hour, every hour on News 24?Hat tip to Bob.
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Naughtie at his best. I can't believe this was actually broadcast on BBC!
Generous? Craven and crawling might be better words. And rawling to what? An utter gobshite. I watched same gobshite try that 'Celtic passion' act on Thatcher once at PMQs before the cameras were allowed in. She coldly ground him to paste.
Truly, Kinnock is/was a twat and unfit for any kind of office. The Labour Party were welcome to him as leader, but how he has achieved the heights of his office(s) in the EU is a mystery.
Yes, Naughtie grovels, but wasn't it Naughtie who was caught out referring to the Labour Party as 'we' last year?
Jim, if you have a link to that (audio) recording, I'd love to hear it.
I was there in person. It was late '87. Can't be more precise than that. There will be a recording of it somewhere, without doubt. But it was a twice weekly pasting so there's plenty of choice.
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Naughtie at his best. I can't believe this was actually broadcast on BBC!
Generous? Craven and crawling might be better words. And rawling to what? An utter gobshite. I watched same gobshite try that 'Celtic passion' act on Thatcher once at PMQs before the cameras were allowed in. She coldly ground him to paste.
Truly, Kinnock is/was a twat and unfit for any kind of office. The Labour Party were welcome to him as leader, but how he has achieved the heights of his office(s) in the EU is a mystery.
Yes, Naughtie grovels, but wasn't it Naughtie who was caught out referring to the Labour Party as 'we' last year?
Jim, if you have a link to that (audio) recording, I'd love to hear it.
Oh, and the version I remember (as a student, mind, not a mere skoolchild) continued ...
It's round at the back and square at the front
Mrs Puggy-Wuggy has a square-cut punt.
(Bloody hell, it's as hard to type as it is to say!)
Richard, you are right about it being hard to type. I had to have several goes before it was printable.
Richard,
I was there in person. It was late '87. Can't be more precise than that. There will be a recording of it somewhere, without doubt. But it was a twice weekly pasting so there's plenty of choice.
"But it was a twice weekly pasting "
:)))
@Richard
There is a link to the MP3 on this page: "When we win the election"
Twig - thanks for the link. I meant the Thatcher/Kinnock interchange, not the Naughtie/Balls one, but that's a useful link to keep anyway. Cheers.
great link. thanks.
Mrs Puggy Wuggy has a
square-cut punt
not a punt cut square
but a square cut punt
Mrs Puggy Wuggy has a
square-cut punt
not a punt cut square
but a square cut punt
Mrs Puggy Wuggy has a
square-cut punt
not a punt cut square
but a square cut punt
Do I get a prize?
The reason he's done as well as he has in Europe is related to why he was a waste of oxygen as a leader...
I'd not heard that before - it's a cracker. The BBC must swell with pride.
Was one of the production assistants a young Nick Robinson? ;)sumlen
Copy/Paste is easy. Try typing it with your nose.
rtgjhfgjuub yhtty tyty gfgfb gbf gfbgfb gfbgf bf gjkilo.,dfvcfg
Yup Richard, I tried typing it with my nose - very hard!
It's the cold weather.
LOL!
I might have been lying...KKKKDFNHFHFHRT
Oh no, there goes my Pinocchio nose...
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