unearths some literary gems.
From a collection of Round the Horne scripts:
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[From the commentary]
[RTH]...invited listeners almost to provide their own joke.
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The compere...went through his routine to howls of hysterical apathy from the audience.
[Trivia: In that sketch, presumably co-written by Marty Feldman, the corny comedian uses the "walk this way" talcum-powder joke.]
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"I'm afraid I haven't got any silver on me--"
"Oh, don't worry. You can cross me hand with a Diners Club card."
[Diners Club!]
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[A meta-gag re. bandleader Edwin Braden, any mention of whose name usually resulted in Kenneth Williams saying "great hairy fool."]
WILLIAMS: Great hairy catchphrase.
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But if you want your party to go with a swing, here are some dos and don'ts--Do do do--don't don't don't.
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WILLIAMS: We are at your command, me and my trusty paloyourno.
HORNE: Palomino.
WILLIAMS: Well, any paloyourno is a palomino.
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"Ah, my old friend Alistair Chitwitherington-Ponsonby-Fitzpasture-Macmurdoch."
"No, I'm Jones, actually."
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PADDICK: What ad are you doing?...It could be...you know, Before and After.
WILLIAMS: Before and after? He looks more like "Instead."
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Bonus: I think I neglected to mention, after reading RTH writer Barry Took's memoir some months ago, how his earlier writer partner (on Beyond Our Ken), Eric Merriman, was a sourpuss--making "Merriman" an inaptonym.
