Boring Folk Day

Subject: RE: Boring Folk Day
From: Will Fly
Date: 14 Jun 09 - 12:57 PM

well I wouldn't mind seeing Kingsley the Vet if his mate Herb Pile was going to perform alongside him.

Subject: RE: Boring Folk Day
From: Folknacious
Date: 14 Jun 09 - 12:29 PM

Ahem. So what do we think of Boring Folk Day? Have Sally P-H and Big Ed managed to derail yet another topic at birth?

Subject: RE: Boring Folk Day
From: Will Fly
Date: 14 Jun 09 - 12:07 PM

For me, Arthur's classic film was "The Ghost Train".

Subject: RE: Boring Folk Day
From: Geoff Wallis
Date: 14 Jun 09 - 11:53 AM

Tommy Trinder was hardly a 1950s comedian - the 1940s was his heyday. Here's a short clip of him http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-73982680102821659.

I remember seeing both Tommy and Arthur at one of the Moss Empires in the late 1950s and they were two of the funniest comedians I've ever heard. Both were also regulars on the Light Programme's 'Does the Team Think?' and Arthur made one classic film, 'The Love Match'.

Subject: RE: Boring Folk Day
From: GUEST,Captain Jack Sparrow
Date: 14 Jun 09 - 11:52 AM

Is that edition of sTROOF available in an internet-only edition for we all at sea folk?

Fifteen men on a deadman's chest, yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.

Subject: RE: Boring Folk Day
From: Vic Smith
Date: 14 Jun 09 - 11:52 AM

Dick Miles said:-
"I find the Ramblings of an old codger by Joe Stead,more amusing."

Oh, yes! That Joe Stead - what a comic! He really has me in fits when I read his funnies! Here's a side-splitter from his most recent circular -

if Muslims and non-Muslims continue to breed at the present rate then the Muslim population will eventually outstrip the non-Muslim population in Great Britain. Already at my wife's old school (a Church of England school please note) the Muslim intake of children now outstrips the non-Muslim children and as a consequence my grand-daughter Jasmine has more Muslims in her class than non Muslim; and I'm wondering, if this trend continues, just what are we going to do with all the forthcoming taxi drivers, Asian restaurateurs and corner shops?

Or perhaps it is not funny. Perhaps it is deeply offensive to British Muslims. Perhaps this sounds like it could have been lifted from an election circular for the BNP.

No, on reflection, it is unacceptable and racist.

You'll have to explain what you find "amusing" in this to me, Dick.

Subject: RE: Boring Folk Day
From: The Sandman
Date: 14 Jun 09 - 11:32 AM

I find the Ramblings of an old codger by Joe Stead,more amusing.

Subject: RE: Boring Folk Day
From: Folknacious
Date: 14 Jun 09 - 10:17 AM

The Rotters Of Coppingdean and Elmer P. Bleaty on the cover of the latest issue of sTROOF

Subject: RE: Boring Folk Day
From: Vic Smith
Date: 14 Jun 09 - 10:11 AM

Dick Miles said:-
"some of those tedious 1950 comedians like Arthur Askey,Archie Andrews,Tommy Trinder,a bit old hat."

Well. it's true that some of Archie Andrews's jokes were a bit "wooden", but then I always blamed Peter Brough for that!

(As an aside, I remember thinking at the time that having a ventriloquist on the radio rather spoiled the whole point of it...... but then who I to complain? I once featured a dancer on my radio programme! I remember lying on the studio floor holding a microphone to a dance board whilst the great Ross Allen tapped out his incredible patterns on it.)

Subject: RE: Boring Folk Day
From: Leadfingers
Date: 14 Jun 09 - 10:07 AM

The link to Borfolk 1 didnt work for me - Do I need to download somethng ?

Subject: RE: Boring Folk Day
From: Folknacious
Date: 14 Jun 09 - 10:05 AM

Sorry, I mean Jeff . . .

Subject: RE: Boring Folk Day
From: Folknacious
Date: 14 Jun 09 - 10:03 AM

Why have they copied Mudcat? Is it some kind of take-off, but without the magic?

Ah, but you've got it all wrong! If the spat between Sally Pasty-Head and Deirdre Spart on Mud-e-Ceilidh isn't as funny as those regular ones between their alter egos on Mudcat, therefore Mudcat must be the humorous parody of Mud-e-Ceilidh and you don't actually exist in real life!











that's a relief then





I'm glad Jeff Ooer stepped in to halt it...

What I really want to know is whether Joe is any relation to WH Death Ooer who has apparently been edited out of photographic history between The Rotters Of Coppingdean and Elmer P. Bleaty on the cover of the latest issue of sTROOF

Subject: RE: Boring Folk Day
From: The Sandman
Date: 14 Jun 09 - 09:44 AM

at a guess, I would say its Lawrence Heath.
[imo]a fairly predictable,almost boring, light hearted spoof[not much has changed since Southern Rag days].,the sort of spoof,that reminds me of some of those tedious 1950 comedians like Arthur Askey,Archie Andrews,Tommy Trinder,a bit old hat.
Amusing?,about as amusing as The Navy Lark.,
still Mudcat should be flattered.,imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Subject: RE: Boring Folk Day
From: Vic Smith
Date: 14 Jun 09 - 09:38 AM

Who runs it?

It's run by my great friend, Frank Ingnobody, who has been running folk clubs almost as long as I have - and for long before you became interested in this genre. I won't hear a word against him.

Anyway, Frank has booked Kingsley The Vet for his BORING FOLK DAY so you'd better be careful.... you are not supposed to talk about him!

Subject: RE: Boring Folk Day
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 14 Jun 09 - 09:15 AM

Why would folk want to take the p*ss of Mudcat though?

Who runs it?

Subject: RE: Boring Folk Day
From: Will Fly
Date: 14 Jun 09 - 09:13 AM

It's an affectionate piss-take of the Mudcat pages - just another page in a long-running and very funny spoof of this forum. A little light laughter for a hot, sunny Sunday afternoon...

Subject: RE: Boring Folk Day
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 14 Jun 09 - 09:07 AM

Why have they copied Mudcat?

Is it some kind of take-off, but without the magic?

Subject: RE: Boring Folk Day
From: Will Fly
Date: 14 Jun 09 - 09:04 AM

Wondrous - an excellent spat on the main thread, but I'm glad Jeff Ooer stepped in to halt it...

Subject: Boring Folk Day
From: Folknacious
Date: 14 Jun 09 - 08:48 AM

Is anybody planning on going to Boring Folk Day? It seems to be already creating controversy on Mud-e-Ceilidh because of the inclusion of Kingsley The Vet from Loads Of Fans.