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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvswW6M7bMo An man walks into a trendy hi-fi shop wanting to buy a "gramophone"]] only to be met with fits of derisive laughter (and a paper bag on his head).

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvswW6M7bMo An A man walks into a trendy hi-fi shop wanting to buy a "gramophone"]] only to be met with fits of derisive laughter (and a paper bag on his head).
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvswW6M7bMo An man walks into a trendy hi-fi shop wanting to buy a "gramophone"]] only to be met with fits of derisive laughter (and a paper bag on his head).

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-->'''Police Chief:''' In short, Savage, in the space of ''one month'' you have brought ''one-hundred and seventeen'' ridiculous, trumped-up and ludicrous charges.\\
'''Constable Savage:''' Yes sir.\\
'''Police Chief:''' ''[{{beat}}]'' Against the same man, Savage.\\

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-->'''Police Chief:''' Chief''': In short, Savage, in the space of ''one month'' month'', you have brought ''one-hundred and seventeen'' ridiculous, trumped-up trumped-up, and ludicrous charges.\\
'''Constable Savage:''' Savage''': Yes sir.\\
'''Police Chief:''' Chief''': ''[{{beat}}]'' Against the ''[[WhamLine same man, man]]'', Savage.\\



'''Police Chief:''' Savage, why do you keep arresting this man?\\
'''Savage:''' He's a villain, sir. And, and a jailbird, sir.\\
'''Police Chief:''' I know he's a jailbird, Savage, he's down in the cells now! We're holding him on "possession of curly black hair and thick lips".

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'''Police Chief:''' Savage, why Chief''': Savage...''why'' do you keep arresting this man?\\
'''Savage:''' '''Savage''': He's a villain, sir. And, and a jailbird, sir.\\
'''Police Chief:''' Chief''': ''[in deadpan disbelief]'' ...A villain.\\
'''Savage''': And, and a jailbird, sir.\\
'''Police Chief''': [[SuddenlyShouting
I know KNOW he's a jailbird, jailbird]], Savage, he's down in the cells now! We're holding him on "possession of curly black hair and thick lips".lips"!

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO8EpfyCG2Y The 'Constable Savage' sketch.]]
-->'''Police Chief:''' In short, Savage, in the space of ''one month'' you have brought ''one-hundred and seventeen'' ridiculous, trumped-up and ludicrous charges.
-->'''Constable Savage:''' Yes sir.
-->'''Police Chief:''' ''({{Beat}})'' Against the same man, Savage.
** Later:
--->'''Police Chief:''' Savage, why do you keep arresting this man?
--->'''Savage:''' He's a villain, sir. And, and a jailbird, sir.
--->'''Police Chief:''' I know he's a jailbird, Savage, he's down in the cells now! We're holding him on "possession of curly black hair and thick lips".

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO8EpfyCG2Y The 'Constable Savage' "Constable Savage" sketch.]]
-->'''Police Chief:''' In short, Savage, in the space of ''one month'' you have brought ''one-hundred and seventeen'' ridiculous, trumped-up and ludicrous charges.
-->'''Constable
charges.\\
'''Constable
Savage:''' Yes sir.
-->'''Police
sir.\\
'''Police
Chief:''' ''({{Beat}})'' ''[{{beat}}]'' Against the same man, Savage.
** Later:
--->'''Police
Savage.\\
''[later]''\\
'''Police
Chief:''' Savage, why do you keep arresting this man?
--->'''Savage:'''
man?\\
'''Savage:'''
He's a villain, sir. And, and a jailbird, sir.
--->'''Police
sir.\\
'''Police
Chief:''' I know he's a jailbird, Savage, he's down in the cells now! We're holding him on "possession of curly black hair and thick lips".



* A sketch based on the long-running BBC1 religious series ''Series/SongsOfPraise'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84SD8WcZIfI a vicar admonish his congregation for only turning up to worship service when it's going to be on television.]]

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* A sketch based on the long-running BBC1 [=BBC1=] religious series ''Series/SongsOfPraise'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84SD8WcZIfI a vicar admonish his congregation for only turning up to worship service when it's going to be on television.]]



-->'''Ron Miller:''' Look at this slimming magazine... slimming magazine! This isn't a million miles from UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler was trying to do! We demand a fat Prime Minister, more obesity in the media, the banning of the word 'ample', we want the force-feeding of skinnies!
-->'''George Fletcher:''' Ron, you're doing the movement more harm than good! Now, sit down!
-->'''Miller:''' Where was the Reverend Whiston at Notting Hill Gate in '79 during the worst flab riots this country's ever seen?
-->'''Rev. Whiston:''' I hardly think that's...
-->'''Miller:''' Organising plump discos, I expect!
* The ''Question Time'' sketch, in which the panellists are informed that the Soviet Union has just launched 50,000 megatons of nuclear warheads against Britain, which will be arriving in approximately four and a half minutes. Highlights include:
-->'''Lord Carrington:''' You see, Great Britian is ''not'' an island --
-->'''Sir Robin Day:''' Actually, I'm afraid it is Peter.
-->'''Lord Carrington:''' -- And we have to weigh up the pros and cons and get them to balance, and I would say that on the balance, the world is about to be devastated... by nuclear... by nuclear... by nuclear... er...
-->'''Sir Robin Day:''' Er, holocaust?
-->'''Lord Carrington:''' Yes, er, holocaust you mentioned earlier. Now, some may think that's a bad thing, others might quite like the idea, I don't know. Don't come to me asking for a short answer to that one.
-->'''Sir Robin Day:''' Yes, well I wish I never had.

-->'''Rudolph Bead, MP:''' Help! Help, we're all going to die!
-->'''Sir Robin Day:''' Yes, well, short and to the point as usual.

-->'''Frances Morrell:''' Well, I'm ''amazed'', we're sitting here talking about a nuclear holocaust, ''casually'' discussing the destruction of the entire planet, and ''ignoring'' the major issue, which is the appalling record of this Conservative government. The ''real'' tragedy here is that three million people will die... ''unemployed''.

-->'''Clive Jenkins:''' Robin, my members --
-->'''Sir Robin Day:''' Yes, thank you very much, Clive --
-->'''Clive Jenkins:''' No, I will have my say!
-->'''Sir Robin Day:''' Yes, if you must.
-->'''Clive Jenkins:''' At a moment like this I wonder what [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneurin_Bevan Nye Bevan]][[note]]For those unwilling to follow the link; a very well-regarded Welsh left-wing politician, who spearheaded the creation of the UK's National Health Service[[/note]] would have done, and I'm pretty sure he would have shat in his pants.

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-->'''Ron Miller:''' Look at this slimming magazine... slimming magazine! This isn't a million miles from UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler was trying to do! We demand a fat Prime Minister, more obesity in the media, the banning of the word 'ample', we want the force-feeding of skinnies!
-->'''George
skinnies!\\
'''George
Fletcher:''' Ron, you're doing the movement more harm than good! Now, sit down!
-->'''Miller:'''
down!\\
'''Miller:'''
Where was the Reverend Whiston at Notting Hill Gate in '79 during the worst flab riots this country's ever seen?
-->'''Rev.
seen?\\
'''Rev.
Whiston:''' I hardly think that's...
-->'''Miller:'''
that's...\\
'''Miller:'''
Organising plump discos, I expect!
* The ''Question Time'' "Question Time" sketch, in which the panellists are informed that the Soviet Union has just launched 50,000 megatons of nuclear warheads against Britain, which will be arriving in approximately four and a half minutes. Highlights include:
-->'''Lord Carrington:''' You see, Great Britian Britain is ''not'' an island --
-->'''Sir
--\\
'''Sir
Robin Day:''' Actually, I'm afraid it is Peter.
-->'''Lord
is, Peter.\\
'''Lord
Carrington:''' -- And we have to weigh up the pros and cons and get them to balance, and I would say that on the balance, the world is about to be devastated... by nuclear... by nuclear... by nuclear... er...
-->'''Sir
er...\\
'''Sir
Robin Day:''' Er, holocaust?
-->'''Lord
holocaust?\\
'''Lord
Carrington:''' Yes, er, holocaust you mentioned earlier. Now, some may think that's a bad thing, others might quite like the idea, I don't know. Don't come to me asking for a short answer to that one.
-->'''Sir
one.\\
'''Sir
Robin Day:''' Yes, well I wish I never had.

-->'''Rudolph
had.\\\
'''Rudolph
Bead, MP:''' Help! Help, we're all going to die!
-->'''Sir
die!\\
'''Sir
Robin Day:''' Yes, well, short and to the point as usual.

-->'''Frances
usual.\\\
'''Frances
Morrell:''' Well, I'm ''amazed'', we're sitting here talking about a nuclear holocaust, ''casually'' discussing the destruction of the entire planet, and ''ignoring'' the major issue, which is the appalling record of this Conservative government. The ''real'' tragedy here is that three million people will die... ''unemployed''.

-->'''Clive
''unemployed''.\\\
'''Clive
Jenkins:''' Robin, my members --
-->'''Sir
--\\
'''Sir
Robin Day:''' Yes, thank you very much, Clive --
-->'''Clive
--\\
'''Clive
Jenkins:''' No, I will have my say!
-->'''Sir
say!\\
'''Sir
Robin Day:''' Yes, if you must.
-->'''Clive
must.\\
'''Clive
Jenkins:''' At a moment like this I wonder what [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneurin_Bevan Nye Bevan]][[note]]For those unwilling to follow the link; a very well-regarded Welsh left-wing politician, who spearheaded the creation of the UK's National Health Service[[/note]] would have done, and I'm pretty sure he would have shat in his pants.



* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgap_CzceBM Drunk darts.]]

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgap_CzceBM Drunk darts.]]]]
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* A sketch based on the long-running BBC1 religious series ''Songs of Praise'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84SD8WcZIfI a vicar admonish his congregation for only turning up to worship service when it's going to be on television.]]

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* A sketch based on the long-running BBC1 religious series ''Songs of Praise'' ''Series/SongsOfPraise'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84SD8WcZIfI a vicar admonish his congregation for only turning up to worship service when it's going to be on television.]]
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84SD8WcZIfI A sketch based on the long-running BBC1 religious series ''Songs of Praise'' ]] has a vicar admonish his congregation for only turning up to worship service when it's going to be on television.

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* A sketch based on the long-running BBC1 religious series ''Songs of Praise'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84SD8WcZIfI A sketch based on the long-running BBC1 religious series ''Songs of Praise'' ]] has a vicar admonish his congregation for only turning up to worship service when it's going to be on television.]]
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84SD8WcZIfI A sketch based on the long-running BBC1 religious series ''Songs of Praise'']] has a vicar admonish his congregation for only turning up to worship service when it's going to be on television.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84SD8WcZIfI A sketch based on the long-running BBC1 religious series ''Songs of Praise'']] Praise'' ]] has a vicar admonish his congregation for only turning up to worship service when it's going to be on television.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84SD8WcZIfI A sketch based on the long-running BBC1 religious series ''Songs of Praise'']] has a vicar admonish his congregation for only turning up to worship service when it's going to be on television:
--> '''Vicar:''' We'll sing hymn number 387, "Good Christian Men Rejoice, The Beeb [[note]]short for BBC[[/note]] are Back in Town!"

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84SD8WcZIfI A sketch based on the long-running BBC1 religious series ''Songs of Praise'']] has a vicar admonish his congregation for only turning up to worship service when it's going to be on television:
--> '''Vicar:''' We'll sing hymn number 387, "Good Christian Men Rejoice, The Beeb [[note]]short for BBC[[/note]] are Back in Town!"
television.
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* A sketch based on the long-running BBC1 religious series ''Songs of Praise'' has a vicar admonish his congregation for only turning up to worship service when it's going to be on television:

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84SD8WcZIfI A sketch based on the long-running BBC1 religious series ''Songs of Praise'' Praise'']] has a vicar admonish his congregation for only turning up to worship service when it's going to be on television:
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---> '''Vicar:''' We'll sing hymn number 387, "Good Christian Men Rejoice, The Beeb [[note]]short for BBC[[/note]] are Back in Town!"

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---> --> '''Vicar:''' We'll sing hymn number 387, "Good Christian Men Rejoice, The Beeb [[note]]short for BBC[[/note]] are Back in Town!"

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* A sketch based on the long-running BBC1 religious series ''Songs of Praise'' has a vicar admonish his congregation for only turning up to worship service when it's going to be on television:
---> '''Vicar:''' We'll sing hymn number 387, "Good Christian Men Rejoice, The Beeb [[note]]short for BBC[[/note]] are Back in Town!"



* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vk5K-4PGYQ&t=54s Atkinson plays Jean-Pierre, a TV panelist]] who turns a discussion on the functionality of the British Museum into a rant on the possible sexual imagery of other London landmarks.
--> '''Jean-Pierre:''' Nelson's Column?! PAH!! It is Nelson's '''''WILLY!'''''

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vk5K-4PGYQ&t=54s Atkinson plays Jean-Pierre, a TV panelist]] who turns a discussion on the functionality of the British Museum into a rant on the possible potential sexual imagery of other London landmarks.
--> '''Jean-Pierre:''' Nelson's Column?! PAH!! '''''PAH!!''''' It is Nelson's '''''WILLY!'''''

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* Gerald the Gorilla. "Wild? I was absolutely livid". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beCYGm1vMJ0
* Drunk Darts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgap_CzceBM

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* Gerald the Gorilla. "Wild? I was absolutely livid". https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beCYGm1vMJ0
com/watch?v=7vk5K-4PGYQ&t=54s Atkinson plays Jean-Pierre, a TV panelist]] who turns a discussion on the functionality of the British Museum into a rant on the possible sexual imagery of other London landmarks.
--> '''Jean-Pierre:''' Nelson's Column?! PAH!! It is Nelson's '''''WILLY!'''''
* Drunk Darts. https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgap_CzceBMcom/watch?v=beCYGm1vMJ0 Gerald the Gorilla.]] "Wild? I was absolutely livid!"
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgap_CzceBM Drunk darts.]]

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* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl6TWGRcs6E "Stout Life" sketch]], ''especially'' when Rowan Atkinson's character ("This is Ron Miller of the extremist group F.L.A.B., 'Fat Louts Against Bikinis'!") begins heckling the panel:
-->'''Ron Miller:''' Look at this slimming magazine... slimming magazine! This isn't a million miles from Adolf Hitler was trying to do! We demand a fat Prime Minister, more obesity in the media, the banning of the word 'ample', we want the force-feeding of skinnies!

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* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl6TWGRcs6E "Stout Life" sketch]], ''especially'' when Rowan Atkinson's Creator/RowanAtkinson's character ("This is Ron Miller of the extremist group F.L.A.B., 'Fat Louts Against Bikinis'!") begins heckling the panel:
-->'''Ron Miller:''' Look at this slimming magazine... slimming magazine! This isn't a million miles from Adolf Hitler UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler was trying to do! We demand a fat Prime Minister, more obesity in the media, the banning of the word 'ample', we want the force-feeding of skinnies!



* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJELPktT2mU "Nasty Headmaster" sketch]], where Rowan Atkinson's [[DirtyOldMan headmaster character]] [[HotForStudent desperately wants to cane a graduating student]]. Most of the sketch is incredibly dark humor, especially now. But ''the end!''

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* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJELPktT2mU "Nasty Headmaster" sketch]], where Rowan Atkinson's Creator/RowanAtkinson's [[DirtyOldMan headmaster character]] [[HotForStudent desperately wants to cane a graduating student]]. Most of the sketch is incredibly dark humor, especially now. But ''the end!''



* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asUyK6JWt9U The "Life of Christ" sketch]], which makes fun of the then-contemporary debate about Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian by having a film about some guy named Jesus Christ that is clearly a lampoon of the comic Messiah himself, Creator/JohnCleese.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asUyK6JWt9U The "Life of Christ" sketch]], which makes fun of the then-contemporary debate about Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'' by having a film about some guy named Jesus Christ that is clearly a lampoon of the comic Messiah himself, Creator/JohnCleese.Creator/JohnCleese.
* Gerald the Gorilla. "Wild? I was absolutely livid". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beCYGm1vMJ0
* Drunk Darts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgap_CzceBM

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--->'''Savage:''' He's a villain, sir.
--->'''Police Chief:''' And, and a jailbird, sir.

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--->'''Savage:''' He's a villain, sir.
--->'''Police Chief:'''
sir. And, and a jailbird, sir.
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** Later:
--->'''Police Chief:''' Savage, why do you keep arresting this man?
--->'''Savage:''' He's a villain, sir.
--->'''Police Chief:''' And, and a jailbird, sir.
--->'''Police Chief:''' I know he's a jailbird, Savage, he's down in the cells now! We're holding him on "possession of curly black hair and thick lips".
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-->'''Headmaster:''' You've been asking for this for some time, Africa!

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-->'''Headmaster:''' You've been asking for this for some time, Africa!Africa!
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asUyK6JWt9U The "Life of Christ" sketch]], which makes fun of the then-contemporary debate about Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian by having a film about some guy named Jesus Christ that is clearly a lampoon of the comic Messiah himself, Creator/JohnCleese.
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-->'''Clive Jenkins:''' At a moment like this I wonder what [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneurin_Bevan Nye Bevan]][[note]]For those unwilling to follow the link; a very well-regarded Welsh left-wing politician, who spearheaded the creation of the UK's National Health Service[[/note]] would have done, and I'm pretty sure he would have shat in his pants.

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-->'''Clive Jenkins:''' At a moment like this I wonder what [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneurin_Bevan Nye Bevan]][[note]]For those unwilling to follow the link; a very well-regarded Welsh left-wing politician, who spearheaded the creation of the UK's National Health Service[[/note]] would have done, and I'm pretty sure he would have shat in his pants.pants.
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJELPktT2mU "Nasty Headmaster" sketch]], where Rowan Atkinson's [[DirtyOldMan headmaster character]] [[HotForStudent desperately wants to cane a graduating student]]. Most of the sketch is incredibly dark humor, especially now. But ''the end!''
-->'''Headmaster:''' You've been asking for this for some time, Africa!
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-->'''Clive Jenkins:''' At a moment like this I wonder what Nye Bevan would have done, and I'm pretty sure he would have shat in his pants.

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-->'''Clive Jenkins:''' At a moment like this I wonder what [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneurin_Bevan Nye Bevan Bevan]][[note]]For those unwilling to follow the link; a very well-regarded Welsh left-wing politician, who spearheaded the creation of the UK's National Health Service[[/note]] would have done, and I'm pretty sure he would have shat in his pants.
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-->'''Police Chief:''' <{{Beat}}> Against the same man, Savage.

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-->'''Police Chief:''' <{{Beat}}> ''({{Beat}})'' Against the same man, Savage.



* The Question Time sketch, in which the panellists are informed that the Soviet Union has just launched 50, 000 megatons of nuclear warheads against Britain, which will be arriving in approximately four and a half minutes. Highlights include:
-->'''Lord Carrington:''' You see, Great Britian is ''not'' and island --

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* The Question Time ''Question Time'' sketch, in which the panellists are informed that the Soviet Union has just launched 50, 000 50,000 megatons of nuclear warheads against Britain, which will be arriving in approximately four and a half minutes. Highlights include:
-->'''Lord Carrington:''' You see, Great Britian is ''not'' and an island --



-->'''Lord Carrington:''' -- And we have to way up the pros and cons and get them to balance, and I would say that on the balance, the world is about to be devasted... by nuclear... by nuclear... by nuclear... uh
-->'''Sir Robin Day:''' Uh, holocaust?
-->'''Lord Carrington:''' Yes, uh, holocaust you mentioned earlier. Now, some may think that's a bad thing, others might quite like the idea, I don't know. Don't come to me asking for a short answer to that one.

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-->'''Lord Carrington:''' -- And we have to way weigh up the pros and cons and get them to balance, and I would say that on the balance, the world is about to be devasted...devastated... by nuclear... by nuclear... by nuclear... uh
er...
-->'''Sir Robin Day:''' Uh, Er, holocaust?
-->'''Lord Carrington:''' Yes, uh, er, holocaust you mentioned earlier. Now, some may think that's a bad thing, others might quite like the idea, I don't know. Don't come to me asking for a short answer to that one.



-->'''Frances Morrell:''' Well, I'm ''amazed'', we're sitting here talking about a nuclear holocaust, ''casually'' discussing the destruction of the entire planet, and ''ignoring'' the major issue, which is the appalling record of this Conservative goverrnment. The ''real'' tragedy here is that three million people will die... ''unemployed''.

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-->'''Frances Morrell:''' Well, I'm ''amazed'', we're sitting here talking about a nuclear holocaust, ''casually'' discussing the destruction of the entire planet, and ''ignoring'' the major issue, which is the appalling record of this Conservative goverrnment.government. The ''real'' tragedy here is that three million people will die... ''unemployed''.
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* The Question Time sketch, in which the panellists are informed that the Soviet Union has just launched 50, 000 megatons of nuclear warheads against Britain:
-->'''Clive Jenkins:''' At times like this I wonder what Nye Bevan would have done, and I'm pretty sure he would have shat in his pants.

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* The Question Time sketch, in which the panellists are informed that the Soviet Union has just launched 50, 000 megatons of nuclear warheads against Britain:
Britain, which will be arriving in approximately four and a half minutes. Highlights include:
-->'''Lord Carrington:''' You see, Great Britian is ''not'' and island --
-->'''Sir Robin Day:''' Actually, I'm afraid it is Peter.
-->'''Lord Carrington:''' -- And we have to way up the pros and cons and get them to balance, and I would say that on the balance, the world is about to be devasted... by nuclear... by nuclear... by nuclear... uh
-->'''Sir Robin Day:''' Uh, holocaust?
-->'''Lord Carrington:''' Yes, uh, holocaust you mentioned earlier. Now, some may think that's a bad thing, others might quite like the idea, I don't know. Don't come to me asking for a short answer to that one.
-->'''Sir Robin Day:''' Yes, well I wish I never had.
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-->'''Rudolph Bead, MP:''' Help! Help, we're all going to die!
-->'''Sir Robin Day:''' Yes, well, short and to the point as usual.
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-->'''Frances Morrell:''' Well, I'm ''amazed'', we're sitting here talking about a nuclear holocaust, ''casually'' discussing the destruction of the entire planet, and ''ignoring'' the major issue, which is the appalling record of this Conservative goverrnment. The ''real'' tragedy here is that three million people will die... ''unemployed''.
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-->'''Clive Jenkins:''' Robin, my members --
-->'''Sir Robin Day:''' Yes, thank you very much, Clive --
-->'''Clive Jenkins:''' No, I will have my say!
-->'''Sir Robin Day:''' Yes, if you must.
-->'''Clive Jenkins:''' At times a moment like this I wonder what Nye Bevan would have done, and I'm pretty sure he would have shat in his pants.
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--->'''Clive Jenkins:''' At times like this I wonder what Nye Bevan would have done, and I'm pretty sure he would have shat in his pants.

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--->'''Clive -->'''Clive Jenkins:''' At times like this I wonder what Nye Bevan would have done, and I'm pretty sure he would have shat in his pants.
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-->'''Miller:''' Organising plump discos, I expect!

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-->'''Miller:''' Organising plump discos, I expect!expect!
* The Question Time sketch, in which the panellists are informed that the Soviet Union has just launched 50, 000 megatons of nuclear warheads against Britain:
--->'''Clive Jenkins:''' At times like this I wonder what Nye Bevan would have done, and I'm pretty sure he would have shat in his pants.
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* The [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl6TWGRcs6E]"Stout Life" sketch[/url], ''especially'' when Rowan Atkinson's character ("This is Ron Miller of the extremist group F.L.A.B., 'Fat Louts Against Bikinis'!") begins heckling the panel:

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* The [url=http://www.[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl6TWGRcs6E]"Stout com/watch?v=Rl6TWGRcs6E "Stout Life" sketch[/url], sketch]], ''especially'' when Rowan Atkinson's character ("This is Ron Miller of the extremist group F.L.A.B., 'Fat Louts Against Bikinis'!") begins heckling the panel:
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6IBiR9m3vY The Swedish Chemist's Shop.]]

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6IBiR9m3vY The Swedish Chemist's Shop.]]]]
* The [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl6TWGRcs6E]"Stout Life" sketch[/url], ''especially'' when Rowan Atkinson's character ("This is Ron Miller of the extremist group F.L.A.B., 'Fat Louts Against Bikinis'!") begins heckling the panel:
-->'''Ron Miller:''' Look at this slimming magazine... slimming magazine! This isn't a million miles from Adolf Hitler was trying to do! We demand a fat Prime Minister, more obesity in the media, the banning of the word 'ample', we want the force-feeding of skinnies!
-->'''George Fletcher:''' Ron, you're doing the movement more harm than good! Now, sit down!
-->'''Miller:''' Where was the Reverend Whiston at Notting Hill Gate in '79 during the worst flab riots this country's ever seen?
-->'''Rev. Whiston:''' I hardly think that's...
-->'''Miller:''' Organising plump discos, I expect!
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-->'''Police Chief:''' <{{Beat}}> Against the same man, Savage.

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-->'''Police Chief:''' <{{Beat}}> Against the same man, Savage.Savage.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6IBiR9m3vY The Swedish Chemist's Shop.]]
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO8EpfyCG2Y The 'Constable Savage' sketch.]]
-->'''Police Chief:''' In short, Savage, in the space of ''one month'' you have brought ''one-hundred and seventeen'' ridiculous, trumped-up and ludicrous charges.
-->'''Constable Savage:''' Yes sir.
-->'''Police Chief:''' <{{Beat}}> Against the same man, Savage.

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