A Right Kick In The Ball

"The Hitler Moustache" met up to all expectations last night with
Richard Herring on form as always.

The set itself was the usual set of laughs that could never get on television
but more in a childish juvenile way as opposed to nasty dark humour
a la Frankie Boyle.

As expected, a lot of the performance consisted on how we perceive
attitudes to racisim and Richard nailed it when saying that lesser educated
people always saw 4 sub sections of race;

1: White people

2: Black people (Africans/African Americans)

3: Chinese people (Chinese/Japanese)

and number 4: A hybrid of Indian, Pakistani, Turkish and Mexican people.

Richard also looked into other cultural figures other than Chaplin who
have sported toothbrush moustaches including Ron Mael from Sparks
and Mr Bronson.

Well you couldn't have a Richard Herring gig without at least one
Grange Hill reference.

There were also gags about Carol Thatcher's slip up and I almost
stood up to applaud after Richard's joke about Carol only being famous
for "emerging from Mrs Thatcher's snatch"

I'd have loved it if they'd included jokes about Anton Du Beke as well
but it's understandable considering the routine was written
before all the fuss broke out.

Anton did get a bit of a ribbing however in the As It Occurs To Me
podcasts so he didn't completely escape the wrath of the Herring.

I didn't get a photo this time round as again I forgot to bring
my camera but then again, the Holly analogy sprang to mind
as I always ask myself which is photo is more worthy of owning.

I also liked it at the end of the performance when they played
the Dad's Army theme, and the full one at that as it included
the line that you don't here on television;

"#So watch out Mr Hitler you have met your match in us
If you think you can crush us we're afraid you've missed the bus"

On arriving back in Canterbury I've noticed that the builders
have returned and taken out the front window frame from the house.

I hope they manage to sort it out but I very much doubt Mum
and Dad will want to come up to my room
to watch television, judging by all the clutter inside.

On that note for the rest of today I plan to re-visit another
vintage Look And Read serial and the first one I saw nontheless
"Through The Dragon's Eye" from Autumn 1989 although I didn't
see it until a couple of years later.

It was a rather bizarre one to start off with as in the series
"golden era" it was one of the only ones not to include Wordy
with more of an emphasis on the story carefully slipping in
word related riddles throughout.

Charles Collingwood however isn't absent overall as the voice of
Wordy can be heard as the giant rat Rodey.

And of course there's the songs as performed by the Dave Benson-Phillips
of his day Derek Griffiths, accompanying the ever synthy scores
from Roger Limb of the Radiophonic Workshop.

By 1989 Doctor Who had dropped the Radiophonic Workshop
in favour of freelance composers and if you watch an episode of
Look and Read from the late 80s followed by one of Doctor Who
from the same time you'll notice the difference instantly.

Not that the scores from either series have stood the test of time
but I find them entertaining for many reasons.

Almost comedic.

Talk about "post-modern" more a case of "pre-modern".