A bat! That's it! It's an omen.. I'll shall become a bat!
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They were all pretty hilarious as someone's wife or mother. But it seems Terry was always playing someone's mum if needed in a skit.
Oh, I don't remember them being on ABC. I was probably too young to stay up that late. In those days there was only one TV in the house. Every once in a while I would try and sneak back downstairs but if you got caught Mom or Dad would tell you to get back to bed!
I do remember that ABC seemed to get all the British imports and over the summer months they would play them instead of reruns. They had a comedy show the Marty Feldman Comedy Machine . That's also how I got to see the Avengers with Steed and Mrs Peel. The got the rights to the color episodes only because that was a big deal back then. I didn't see the B/W episodes until much later.
We're about the same age, IM, so I also had all the same problems you stated. In fact, that first Monty Python episode I saw only happened because my parents went to a party (leaving the TV to we kids ).
I never saw the Marty Fieldsman show, but I can recall having to go the my crib as The Avengers opening credits were rolling (circa '68). I had to wait a few years before I became a fan watching it in rerun form.I do remember that ABC seemed to get all the British imports and over the summer months they would play them instead of reruns. They had a comedy show the Marty Feldman Comedy Machine . That's also how I got to see the Avengers with Steed and Mrs Peel. The got the rights to the color episodes only because that was a big deal back then. I didn't see the B/W episodes until much later.
A bat! That's it! It's an omen.. I'll shall become a bat!
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The Marty Feldman show was just a one time summer replacement I think. When I saw the title Avengers I thought it was going to be about the Marvel characters! But I was old enough to catch on to it's tongue in cheek style.
Was also reading how Terry Jones was very much a scholar and considered an authority on Chaucer. I barely remember reading the Canterbury Tales !
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My phone just hit me with a push notification that Kobe Bryant just died in a helicopter crash.
Dark does not mean deep.
****. And I think his wife just had another baby, too.
literally the day after Lebron passed him on the scoring list, this is freaking surreal
Just saw this pop up on my PC. How horrible!
You might be right, but I hope not. That's just too much.
Kobe Bryant among 5 dead in helicopter crash in Southern California
Basketball legend Kobe Bryant is among five people who died in a helicopter crash in the wealthy Southern California residential neighborhood of Calabasas, ABC News has confirmed.
There were no survivors in the crash around 10 a.m. local time Sunday, fire officials said in a press conference. The Sikorsky S-76 helicopter crashed under unknown circumstances, a spokesperson from the National Transportation Safety Board told ABC News.It is unclear who the helicopter belonged to or where it originated from and was going to. Firefighters are working on containing the fire that resulted. None of the other victims have been identified.
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