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From: ijw@praxis.co.uk (Ian Wright)
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
Subject: Re: Mary Whitehouse was (Re: British comedy shows.)
Keywords: shows comedy Whitehouse Enfield
Date: 2 Oct 92 16:28:19 GMT
Organization: Praxis, Warwick, U.K.

>	Yes, she is somewhat of a spoilsport, although she's got nothing on a
>few Amercians I could name (but won't 'cos it's irrelevant). I couldn't help
>recalling a "Two Ronnies" news item whic reported that:
>	"Earlier this evening a car mounted the pavement outside the home of
>Mrs. Mary Whitehouse. She took quick action. She ran outside to the car and 
>threw a bucket of water over it."
>
I can remember in one of the very first series of Spitting Image, they
had her sat in a shower cap expounding the virtues of cold baths. Ended
with the line (something like):

"and whats more, it makes my nippy-nippies go all hard"

Ah.. we laughed like drains!.... Silly old cow!!!

Ian W
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Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
From: "michael livsey" <michael.livsey@canrem.com>
Subject: mr. bean
Reply-To: "michael livsey" <michael.livsey@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: alt
Date: 1 Oct 92 19:35:18 EST

FS>It reminds me of a more subversive Jacques Tati (Mr. Hulot)
FS>question.....How many episodes total?

Mr. Bean reminds me a lot of Black Adder I since the character is pretty
stupid, instead of being a smart ass. For anyone who hasn't seen it,
try to catch a glimpse. This show is a real treasure!

          michael.livsey@canrem.com
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From: daniel@csgi63.dcs.leeds.ac.uk (D N Crow)
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
Subject: Re: Mary Whitehouse
Date: 2 Oct 92 15:40:29 GMT
Organization: School of Computer Studies, University of Leeds
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In article <1992Oct2.150801@axion.bt.co.uk>, sroche@axion.bt.co.uk (Steve Roche) writes:
> 
> I feel compelled to redress the balance here just a little.
> 
> MW is described as prude, old bat, repressed, killjoy, spoilsport,
> bigotted, narrow-minded etc......
>

Well, as one who happens to hold to the above views of the sainted Mary (sic),
I feel compelled to take issue with some of what Mr. Roche has to say....
 
> I suggest that most people subscribe to this point of view without 
> thinking too much about it, and very largely because that's the
> way the tabloid press have always characterised her.
>

Can't say I read the tabloid press, so that isn't where I get my conception of
her.
 
> It's sad that people are so rarely judged by what they actually say 
> rather than the way the papers report them.  I've heard MW speak
> in public a couple of times and was impressed by her openness,
> sincerity, courage and (surprise) her sense of humour.
>

Which doesn't have any relationship to what we accused her of. No-one suggested
that she was an insincere killjoy or an open spoilsport, or even a courageous
prude. She is probably all those things.
 
> That's not to say I agree with her - on the whole I don't - but it
> does mean I'm not prepared to dismiss her out of hand.
> 
> Sure, her views seem extreme to a lot of people.  
> Why shouldn't everybody have the right to express their views?
> There are plenty of people putting across extreme views on the other 
> side - don't we need both sides for a healthy debate on any issue?
> 
>

Everyone has the right to express their views. Let good old Mary get on with
it. But she does more than express her views. She gets things censored. She
doesn't say: "Oh, isn't it wicked to say 'bottom' before nine o'clock", she
says: "We must ban any programme which contains the word 'bottom' from being
shown before nine o'clock". And much worse. She is the enemy of free speech.
She is (whatever she may say) a vigourous oponent of the "healthy debate"
which you and I both want. She has a rigid set of moral views which she
believes everyone else should comply with.

She reminds me a great deal of Victoria Gillick, but that's a whole different
kettle of fish, and one which should be discussed elsewhere.
 
> 
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BTW, truly horrible .sig, Steve. See alt.fan.warlord for more details.

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Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
From: mossop@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Antony Mossop)
Subject: Re: British comedy shows! (Whitehouse, Enfield, etc.)
Keywords: shows comedy Whitehouse Enfield
Organization: Stanford Univ. Earth Sciences
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 21:55:41 GMT

In article <BvEoxv.n3G@news.cso.uiuc.edu> csedlack@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Christopher Sedlack) writes:
>On a somewhat related note:
>
>Just out of curiosity, does anyone here know who (or what) Mary Whitehouse is 
>(or was)?
>
>Thank you.
>
>Chris Sedlack
>csedlack@imsa.edu
>csedlack@uiuc.edu
>
>The sigless wonder
>

She's a now elderly and not very bright old dear who keeps on campaigning
for censorship of smut and blasphemy in the UK. A sanctamonious and
at times hypocritical old bag of the first order. Her zeal though, like
all narrow idealogues, is truly astounding.

Tony Mossop, geophysics, Stanford
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
From: mossop@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Antony Mossop)
Subject: Re: British comedy shows! (Whitehouse, Enfield, etc.)
Keywords: shows comedy Whitehouse Enfield
Organization: Stanford Univ. Earth Sciences
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 19:44:19 GMT

In article <1992Oct1.103620.1253@abekrd.co.uk> graeme@abekrd.co.uk (Graeme Griffiths) writes:
>In <BvEoxv.n3G@news.cso.uiuc.edu> csedlack@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Christopher Sedlack) writes:
>
>>On a somewhat related note:
>
>>Just out of curiosity, does anyone here know who (or what) Mary Whitehouse is 
>>(or was)?
>....................................
>....................................
>	Should I, I wonder, start a positive campaign to gather together
>open-minded TV viewers who are fed up with the brutal editting and banning
>of certain programs....
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>|Abekas Video Systems,12 Portman Rd,|    and there's nothing you say,        |
>|Reading,Berks,ENGLAND.             |      that I want to hear....."         |
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Absolutely, if I ever get back home I'll join, why has no-one thought of
it before..

Dear faceless git,

    I was especially disappointed with last nights sit-com and its weak
tabloid porn humour, please include properly naked people in future and
use fitting language, I find use of invented insults such as "wally"
offensive and would deem it proper if you would restrict such language 
to "wanker" or similar commonly used terms.....

By the by censorship is notably worse over here.

Tony Mossop, geophysics, Stanford
From: JAP8@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
Subject: Re: The Young Ones (may be posted twice... sorry)
Date: 4 Oct 92 17:28:44 GMT
 <1992Oct3.215857.1601@slc.com>
Organization: Penn State University

In article <1992Oct3.215857.1601@slc.com>, mimi@slc.com (Mimi King) says:


>I know (from experience) that you can buy tapes of The Young Ones...

>I got mine at a video store called Suncoast Video, which may be
>local to Portland... Same place I got my complete set of Black Adder tapes.
            |____ nope...we've got one here in Happy Valley.

>I've also seen them advertised in video catalogs...
>(Not Columbia House, of course...)
                                                          So do I.
>ALSO:  Young Ones Fans:                                     |
                                                             |
>If you haven't seen the movie Drop Dead Fred, I highly reccommend it:
>The guy who played D.D.Fred was one (ARRGH! I'm blanking on his name!)
>of The Young Ones, for y'all who don't know.       |
                                                    |
                                   Rik Mayall ______|
> MSK.

Cheers,
Jean Prior aka Chainsaw the .sig-less
Sound effect of the day:  "Plink."
-- Longshot graphic novel
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
From: zerobeat@intacc.uucp (Ferenc Szabo)
Subject: Mr. Bean
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 01:34:24 GMT
Organization: Inter/Access' Matrix BBS

Yow!

I've seen 6 episodes of Mr. Bean so far and I'm incredibly 
impressed.  

For those whow don't know, it's a half hour show starring Rowan
Atkinson (Blackadder himself) produced a couple of years ago 
and only now being shown on the CBC here in Toronto.  It shows
a completely different facet of Atkinson-- 95% physical comedy
compared to Blackadder's 95% sharp verbal wit.

It reminds me of a more subversive Jacques Tati (Mr. Hulot)
question.....How many episodes total?

ferenc



Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
From: danaf@bray1a.its.rpi.edu (Frank R. Dana Jr.)
Subject: Re: British comedy shows! (Whitehouse, Enfield, etc.)
Keywords: shows comedy Whitehouse Enfield
Reply-To: danaf@rpi.edu
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 23:48:36 GMT

In article <1992Sep30.215541.10411@morrow.stanford.edu>, mossop@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Antony Mossop) writes:
|> In article <BvEoxv.n3G@news.cso.uiuc.edu> csedlack@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Christopher Sedlack) writes:
|> >On a somewhat related note:
|> >
|> >Just out of curiosity, does anyone here know who (or what) Mary Whitehouse is 
|> >(or was)?
|> >
|> >Thank you.
|> >
|> >Chris Sedlack
|> 
|> She's a now elderly and not very bright old dear who keeps on campaigning
|> for censorship of smut and blasphemy in the UK. A sanctamonious and
|> at times hypocritical old bag of the first order. Her zeal though, like
|> all narrow idealogues, is truly astounding.

And if you think she's bad with the comedy, you should SEE how she goes after
Doctor Who!!!   8)

I hold her totally responsible for the horribleness of Tom Baker's last season.

(Direct all "it-was-really-really-really-great!" flames to meglos@leisure.hive)

|> Tony Mossop, geophysics, Stanford

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From: feldman@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Todd J. Feldman)
Subject: Video Rental Stores in the South Bay
Originator: feldman@Xenon.Stanford.EDU
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Distribution: ca
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 20:56:22 GMT


Can anyone recommend a video rental store with a good selection of
British TV series?  I'm particularly interested in Morse and Yes Prime 
Minister.

Any place from Redwood City to San Jose (I'm in Mountain View) would be best, 
but I could go up to San Francisco if necessary.

Thanks VERY much for any help!!

Todd
From: aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer)
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
Subject: Re: Monty Python
Date: 28 Sep 1992 22:46:25 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


In the original article, i gather one Morten Erikson asked if there
are any Monty Python lovers out here...You betcha...I met my girlfriend
and she asked if i liked them...i said "who???"..so she showed me some 
of their material..i love it..and i bought some of the albums for her..
i also like them..MP RULES!!!
Andrew
-- 
So my last quote was way off...i screwed it up.. i'll come up with 
a new one sometime soon....
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
From: hal@nexus.yorku.ca (Harvey Haldorson)
Subject: Re: mr. bean
Organization: York University
Distribution: alt
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 04:28:03 GMT

Ted.Bebenek@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Ted Bebenek) writes:

>>Mr. Bean reminds me a lot of Black Adder I since the character is pretty
>>stupid, instead of being a smart ass. For anyone who hasn't seen it,
>>try to catch a glimpse. This show is a real treasure!

>My question is, where can I see it?  Is it out on videotape?  I know
>that the PBS stations over here aren't airing it.  Is it available to
>them?  Any answers would be appreciated.

>Thanks.


Don't much enjoy Black Adder myself, but Mr Bean has me in stitches.
If I'm not mistaken, isn't the actor/comedian the same person in both
shows?

harvey.
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
From: pete@eo11.eoc.com (Peter Cockerell)
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
Subject: Re: British comedy shows! (Whitehouse, Enfield, etc.)
Keywords: shows comedy Whitehouse Enfield
Date: 5 Oct 92 23:46:43 GMT
Organization: EO, Inc.

In article <1ada9hINNjgt@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> keeper@deeptht.armory.com writes:
>
>Anyone who claims to be a fan of British television should know who
>Mary Whitehouse is!  Jokes are made of her in nearly every comedy series
>at least once ...
>
>She was a prude who campaigned against sex and violence on television.
>What ever became of her?  I think I recall a reference to her in a late-80s
>programme ... is she still around?
>

I hope not, but another of her achievements was to get Life of Brian
banned from many theaters in Britain before she or anyone in her
organization had even seen it! Thankfully most local authorities
reversed that decision after it became apparent that L of B was nothing
more than a truly hilarious film parodying, amongst other things, just
the kind of blinkered zealotry that she displays.

She was also immortalized in `Pigs, Three different ones' on Pink
Floyd's Animals:

Hey you Whitehouse
Ha ha, Charade you are
You house-proud town mouse,
Ha ha, Charade you are
You're trying to keep our feelings off the street
You've got to stem the evil tide
And keep it all on the inside
I know you feel abused
Mary you're nearly a laugh
But you're really a cry

(from memory, but you get the idea...)

Pete
From: graeme@abekrd.co.uk (Graeme Griffiths)
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
Subject: Re: British comedy shows! (Whitehouse, Enfield, etc.)
Keywords: shows comedy Whitehouse Enfield
Date: 1 Oct 92 10:36:20 GMT
Organization: Abekas Video Systems, Reading, UK.

In <BvEoxv.n3G@news.cso.uiuc.edu> csedlack@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Christopher Sedlack) writes:

>On a somewhat related note:

>Just out of curiosity, does anyone here know who (or what) Mary Whitehouse is 
>(or was)?

	She is, as pointed out in other posts, a bigotted, prude who insists
on forcing her very narrow opinions on everyone else. It's probably down
to her that we get filleted films over here. Oh yes she is still active
around here, she has tried in recent years to show how fair-minded she
really is with nothing but failure from where I'm sitting. She has
appeared on a number of yoof shows (Ring My Bell for instance) in order to
indicate how in touch she is with reality.
	The interesting fact is that she wields ABSOLUTELY NO OFFICIAL
POWER, she is the chair-person and founder member of the British Viewers
and Listeners Association (or summat like that) who band together to write
to the Beeb, ITV or ITC in order to stop us all being corrupted by foul
language and tits on the box (no pun intended).
	Has anyone ever tried o join this organisation ? I'd be interested
to hear the entrance requirements. I mean, do you have to have the
narrow-mind that most members appear to have ? The organisations name
suggests it is an association of people who watch telly and listen to
radio, hell most of the country should be members, then we'd see how many
people really feel that TV/Radio has such a profound effect on the human
mind.
	I beleive it was Ben Elton that first pointed out that this sort of
person never writes on their own behalf but on the behalf of some poor
child who could be watching.
	Should I, I wonder, start a positive campaign to gather together
open-minded TV viewers who are fed up with the brutal editting and banning
of certain programs....
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|From: Graeme Griffiths             | "Well your jokes ain't funny,          |
|Abekas Video Systems,12 Portman Rd,|    and there's nothing you say,        |
|Reading,Berks,ENGLAND.             |      that I want to hear....."         |
|(0734)585421 x2247                 |                     Skid Row           |
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From: zzassgl@uts.mcc.ac.uk (Geoff Lane)
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
Subject: Re: British comedy shows! (Whitehouse, Enfield, etc.)
Keywords: shows comedy Whitehouse Enfield
Date: 5 Oct 92 09:37:48 GMT
Organization: Manchester Computing Centre, Manchester, England, M13 9PL.

In article <1992Oct2.081448.3343@spider.co.uk> andrewc@spider.co.uk (Andrew Cannon) writes:
>She has been telling us for the last 30 years or so that all the smut/violence
>/porn TURNS YOUR BRAIN TO JELLY AND TURNS YOU INTO A HOMOCIDAL SEX MANIAC if
>you watch it. Why is'nt she affected ? Could it be that it does'nt TURN YOUR
>BRAIN TO JELLY AND TURN YOU INTO A HOMOCIDAL SEX MANIAC ?
>	    Andy


She has been known to call for stuff to be banned without even seeing it
(the play "The Romans in Britain" comes to mind)





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From: ijw@praxis.co.uk (Ian Wright)
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
Subject: Re: Mary Whitehouse
Date: 5 Oct 92 13:09:19 GMT
Organization: Praxis, Warwick, U.K.

>
>Sure, her views seem extreme to a lot of people.  
>Why shouldn't everybody have the right to express their views?
>There are plenty of people putting across extreme views on the other 
>side - don't we need both sides for a healthy debate on any issue?

 The venom with which she is attacked is probably due to the fact the
 'her opinion' or some implementation of it, would involve the
 infringment of the civil liberties of those who are against her.

 So sure, she should be able to state her views, but lets not 'protect'
 her from people getting stuck-in when she hits a nerve. This is a
 serious issue!

 As for a healthy debate, this is not helped by the disproportionate
 level of coverage her opinions receive, given the
 limited level of support she has in the population at large.   
 
 Having said all this, I'm not sure this group is the right place for
 the discussion!?!

 Ian W
 =====
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
From: csedlack@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Christopher Sedlack)
Subject: Re: UK SITCOM LIST O-Tha
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 03:03:06 GMT

Punky Brewster

I forget synopsis, but for cast you can put

Soliel (?) Moon-Frye, George Gaynes (Gaines ?)

Perfect Strangers

The cousin is most definitely from the Soviet Union...

Chris Sedlack

csedlack@uiuc.edu
csedlack@imsa.edu

The sigless wonder

Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
From: flynn@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (FLYNN  JEFFREY THOMAS)
Subject: The Young Ones
Summary: Where can I get them on tape???
Keywords: Ubi Sunt?
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 01:03:14 GMT


Upon my exploration of this newsgroup I was saddened to find no mention
of what I believe to be the best British comedy of the 80's.  I know it
used to play on MTV, but where may a poor chap who has a mere 5 episodes
on tape find additional Young Ones shows?

                                                 -Pudthwart
                                                   flynn@ucsu.colorado.edu

Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
From: Ted.Bebenek@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Ted Bebenek)
Subject: Re: mr. bean
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service
Distribution: alt
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 19:06:10 GMT

>Mr. Bean reminds me a lot of Black Adder I since the character is pretty
>stupid, instead of being a smart ass. For anyone who hasn't seen it,
>try to catch a glimpse. This show is a real treasure!

My question is, where can I see it?  Is it out on videotape?  I know
that the PBS stations over here aren't airing it.  Is it available to
them?  Any answers would be appreciated.

Thanks.



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Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
From: feldman@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Todd J. Feldman)
Subject: Mr. Bean/ The New Statesman
Originator: feldman@Xenon.Stanford.EDU
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 18:59:00 GMT


Can anyone tell me how many series there have been of "Mr. Bean" - I know
there was at least one with 6 episodes in it; has there been another?

Also, does anyone know if and when these will be repeated on HBO, along with
the Rowan Atkinson comedy special?

Lastly, does anyone know how many series of "The New Statesman" there have
been, including the new one being (or about to be) shown in England?

Thanks VERY much!

Todd
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british,rec.music.misc
From: moeller@mundil.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Mc Mars)
Subject: Tony Robinson 12"?? What is it?
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 15:03:45 GMT

In a recent record catalogue, I saw a 12" for sale called

Tony Robinson - Christmas Wrapping (Wrap Re-Mix)/(7" mix)/(Choral Wrap)


What on Earth is it? Is this by the same Tony Robinson of BlackAdder
fame, and subsequently any good?

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From: acw@Apple.COM (Art Willis)
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
Subject: Re: P G Woodhouse..Anyone..Anyone
Summary: Swveral Bay Area bookstores carry the Penguin PGW paperbacks.
Keywords: Wodehouse Penguin Paperbacks
Date: 26 Sep 92 06:20:17 GMT
Followup-To: rec.arts.books
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

In article <92261.102114TELANG@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> TELANG@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU writes:
>Any idea if any store carries them

Several local stores have good selections of Wodehouse in paperback.
Kepler's in Menlo Park, Printer's Ink in Palo Alto, and Books, Inc
in San Jose all come to mind.  Wessex in Menlo Park also usually has
a few hardback reprints.  One of the guys who used to work there is/was
a Wodehouse collector and he always kept an eye out for them.  One thing
you have to watch out for is that some bookstores shelve Wodehouse in
the humor section, instead of in the literature section where all of his  
fans know he belongs.

Regards,

Art Willis
acw@apple.com
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
From: catstyle@deja-vu.aiss.uiuc.edu (CatStyle)
Subject: Black Adder script request from Ohio State
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 14:39:51 GMT

Someone from Ohio State asked me for some Black Adder scripts, unfortunately,
I no longer have his e-mail address.  (What happened:  I sent the scripts out,
and when they didn't immediately bounce back I deleted the request.  But, I
got in today and got them all back from root@cis.ohio-state.edu WITHOUT my
mail header on them...)

So, whomever you are, e-mail me again and I'll send them to you.

CatStyle
jrh@uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british