tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post9006003103304638999..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Beyond The Fringe*Assistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-48572245135228604492008-03-03T08:09:00.000-05:002008-03-03T08:09:00.000-05:00And I recall hearing on radio BTF's interview with...And I recall hearing on radio BTF's interview with the inspector looking into the Great Train Robbery. Using the identikit ("ee-don-ti-kee" in French), their drawing of a supspect looked a lot like th Archbishop of Canterbury.<BR/><BR/>Another problem with the fringe is that as one approaches part of it, one becomes further from the rest of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-49973664527706394112008-02-26T19:02:00.000-05:002008-02-26T19:02:00.000-05:00Yeah, search engines are magic. I was a theater m...Yeah, search engines are magic. I was a theater major, so I had to do scenes from it in 1973 and remembered it. The most famous of them was Dudley Moore.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-657232449853720092008-02-26T11:32:00.000-05:002008-02-26T11:32:00.000-05:00Wot, wot!Y'know, AVI, with google, finding a link ...Wot, wot!<BR/><BR/>Y'know, AVI, with google, finding a link to the British stage play wasn't a challenge. I suppose those who'd know the reference without having to google it belong to a fringe group of Anglophiles.<BR/><BR/>I grew up on Monty Python and was familiar with The Goon Show (thank you PBS) and I'm sure these shows, in no small way, are directly responsible for my decidedly twisted humor.<BR/><BR/>American by birth, location (SF Bay Area) and ancestry (going back 12 generations), nevertheless, I was raised on British literature, sports (we had posters of Manchester United in our dining room) and what few programs came across on PBS (Dr Who, Python, Benny Hill, Red Dwarf, Fawlty Towers, Keeping up Appearances, etc).<BR/><BR/>Of course, in the days before internet, it was difficult for a wee lad (such as I was) to keep up on the fringe aspects of English stage productions.<BR/><BR/>We are all fringe. Political satirically yours, -cpcold pizzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12358492312125897793noreply@blogger.com