Satire bites in odd directions sometimes

[gmc]

Ah the seventies, when inflation was in double figures, nelson mandela was a dangerous terrorist and south africa one of our major allies in the war against whatever, the shah was in iran and the iconic british leyland car was a beige morris marina.

was philip madoc not the master in doctor who at one point?

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Originally Posted by gmc

was philip madoc not the master in doctor who at one point?

You're perhaps thinking of Roger Delgado, and a worthy adversary he played too. I enjoyed those occasions when he was deviously wickeding on the screen.

Philip Madoc as Magua the Huron was one of the sexiest role-models of the twentieth century. Errol Flynn wasn't even close.

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Originally Posted by oscar

I did not know any of this. Very interesting. It would be great if you could post the copy.

I found one but it's not the most perfect sound quality imaginable. Partly because it's off a 1969 tape off the radio by the sound of it but you might get the gist of some of the humour. There's a Bill Oddie paean to Jimmy Young half way through as well.

ISIRTA 1969-01-26

They don't make programs like that any more.

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I almost hate to do this but I found another one with Mr Oddie singing in French...

ISIRTA 69-02-09

Do you know the Ferret Song?

[Galbally]

I used to love the goodies when I was little in the 70s, I didn't really get what was going on in it, but they were funny because they fell over a lot and got hit by things. Its quite surprising looking back at it, because the humour is a lot more biting and adult than I realized, though of course its done in a kinda ludicrous and twee way.

Its amazing how free people were to say things on mainstream british TV in those days that were actually controversial. Nowadays, you can curse and be vulgar all you want of course, or show your genitals, but you can't really say things about race or religion at all anymore to a ridiculous degree, or seriously question certain things that are now taken as PC gospel.

Interesting, it shows our modern lack of confidence about ourselves I think.