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ISIRTA I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again

My Name is Angus Prune,
and I always listen to,
I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again.
My name is Angus Prune,
and I never miss,
I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again.
I sit in my bath,
and I have a good laugh,
'cos the sig-tune is known after me.
My name is Angus Prune,
and this is my tune, - it goes;
I - S - I - R - T - A
I'm Sorry I'll Read That A - gain.

Tune: Trad.
Lyrics: A. Prune
Arranged A. Prune

 

ISIRTA Site


One of the funniest BBC Radio Comedy shows,
starring and mainly written by:

The Cast
Tim Brooke-Taylor
John Cleese
Graeme Garden
David Hatch
Jo Kendall
Bill Oddie

Produced By
Humphrey Barclay
and later
David Hatch

Music from:
Dave Lee & the Boys
"The Boys! - You should see them!" - D. Hatch
arranged by Leon Cohen

 


 ● I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again (03/04/64)
Cam.net.uk Definitive Site (Above is an example)
Britishcomedy.org.uk Series in detail
Campusprogram.com Summary with links to most associated programs and artists

Polari

Polari (or alternatively Palare, from parlare, "to talk" in Italian) is a form of cant slang, used in the gay subculture in Britain in the 1950s and 1960s.

Polari is a mixture of Lingua Franca, Italian, Romany and Cockney back slang: common words pronounced as if spelled backwards. For example: 'ecaf' for face, which then became 'eek' in Polari (this gives rise to the archetypical Polali phrase: "How bona to vada your ecaf!" - "How good to see your face!").

Polari was used in London fish markets and the gay subculture in Britain in the 1950s and 1960s, becoming more widely known from its use by two camp characters, Julian and Sandy, in Round the Horne, a popular BBC radio show. It grew up primarily to disguise homosexual activity from intruders to the community (such as undercover policemen), but also because of the homosexual community's strong links with the entertainment industry (including circuses, hence the Romany link).

A great many words from polari have entered mainstream slang, such as "naff". This was brought to popular attention in the television sitcom Porridge in the 1970s, which employed it as an alternative to expletives which were not at the time considered broadcastable.

To give an example of the etymology of Polari words, many people regard 'naff' as an acronym referring to heterosexual men as "Not Available For F*****g". Through usage, it simply came to mean something which wasn't very good. Porridge expanded its use as a verb: "naff off!".

See also: Cockney rhyming slang.

Campusprogram.com


 ● Round The Horne (1964)
Campusprogram.com Summary with links to most associated programs and artists
Bbc.co.uk BBC Radio 7 (Sky)
Johnbarber.com Good History

Whirligig-tv.co.uk


 ● Beyond Our Ken (01/07/58)
Britishcomedy.org.uk Episode Guide
Whirligig-tv.co.uk Has a sound clip
Talkingbooks.org Cassettes available here

Navylark.org.uk


 ● The Navy Lark (29/03/59)
Bbc.co.uk BBC Radio 7 (Sky)
Talkingbooks.orgl 15 Cassettes available here
Navylark.org.uk Appreciation Society
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Last Updated: 04/08/2008 - My Favourite 'Retro' Radio - Other Stuff - Neils Personal Web