Brief vignettes, apparently transmissions from Radio Blackpool, connect the songs, further ingraining the dreamlike holiday mood. Disconnected from their brightly-colored avatars, the real musicians behind the Elks Skiffle Group are undoubtedly talented. For Right Bastards. But without the mental image of the lovably xenomorphic Roosevelt Elk, Janice Electrolux, Johnny Casserole and Hoover Constellation, these songs would rapidly grow cloying. Score one for the gimmick.
Resistance is useless, earthling.
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