HG Wells wrote it Orson Welles presented it as a radio broadcast it was a one hour radio play.. turned out to be a great spoof.
I understood what you meant,, spoofs are extremely hard to write and I wonder if the art of story telling is not becoming lost in favor of the sound bite... there are many great stories being written today,
As I am writing this I am wondering if we are not losing the art of listening.
Allan
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 3:57 PM, archytas <nwterry@gmail.com> wrote:
You rather make my point Allan. I have a feeling the particular
matter was more about Orson Wells' self-publicity than for real.
Radio remains in my life as it did with The Goon Show and various
similar, including the queer innuendo Round the Horn - Beyond Our Ken
series onto Hitch-hiker. I still love really simple jokes. Upstairs
Downstairs started as quite a political statement before lapsing to
smaltz rigsy. I've been taping Borgen - a Danish political thingy - I
suspect because the Danish actresses look so good.
On Feb 5, 2:08 pm, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 70 is the new 50, Allan, in case you hadn't noticed. :-) Some of us
> are lucky in health and looks- it's mostly luck.
>
> On Feb 5, 3:36 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > They don't?
> > What about HG Wells radio presentation of "The War of the Worlds"?
> > That was nothing but a spoof and from what I understand it effect many
> > parts of the world including GB.
> > Allan
>
> > Oop sorry Neil you were to young to remember that,, I wonder if Rigsy was
> > listening?
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> > On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 2:17 AM, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > My impression is that the spoofs don't get to a lot of people. I
> > > agree the individuality bit Molly. Humour in sit-com had lost it's
> > > bite until The Office.
>
> > > On Feb 4, 4:24 pm, Molly <mollyb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > there are types of humor that are cruel. I don't think they are fun
> > > > or funny. I like the absurd, the little twist of view that does not
> > > > demean, but presents the unexpected in a way that catches us off-guard
> > > > and allows us to witness our individuality (that we often mistake for
> > > > a worldview)
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> > > > On Feb 4, 9:22 am, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > I am increasingly concerned by those who seem to expect moral
> > > > > behaviour in drunken revelry!
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> > > > > On Feb 4, 2:02 pm, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > > > > There are also "insecurities" when giving definitions! Satire is
> > > > > > definitely within the genre of comedy. I was trying to stress the
> > > > > > merry side of humor- funny, as ancient comedy derived from phallus
> > > > > > rites (Dionysus) and related drunken revels. My first real term
> > > paper
> > > > > > was on "Lysistrata" (Aristophanes) but I was only 17 so probably
> > > > > > missed most of the gags to the relief of the nun! :-) Maybe it's life
> > > > > > that is cruel at times- we're all in a "nice mess".
>
> > > > > > On Feb 3, 11:29 am, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > > > Perhaps only in the way we all have insecurities rigsy - I find I
> > > want
> > > > > > > to work as though there is some purpose but can broadly cope with
> > > the
> > > > > > > parochialism of it all with something of a laugh at 'mice and men'.
> > > > > > > Part of the trick is to do with recognising statements like 'the
> > > > > > > freedom of the individual' are structured under wider practice like
> > > > > > > secular democracy and playing the hand you get.
> > > > > > > I spent some time years ago doing evaluation research (usually into
> > > > > > > management development). It's generally useless stuff any
> > > scientist
> > > > > > > would junk pretty quickly - whatever one focuses on soon loses its
> > > > > > > meaning in wider society and tends to have been defined itself in
> > > our
> > > > > > > habits and Idols. If education works at all it has to be defined
> > > in
> > > > > > > terms of what we are, and general society and its junk are very
> > > > > > > depressing. We have clearly not produced a widely rational Demos!
> > > > > > > Humour is a bit of a way in to some of this, yet is also a means to
> > > > > > > ignore it and reinforce xenophobia.
> > > > > > > There should be insecurity in thinking - for many of the great
> > > social
> > > > > > > ideas have been utterly flawed. The question is less to do with
> > > > > > > incredulity towards the grand-narratives (the current worst
> > > obviously
> > > > > > > being unbridled wealth creation) and more with recognising what we
> > > > > > > have become and how this needs to change without promises of
> > > > > > > salvation. I find this hard enough to bear to need a few 'larfs'!
>
> > > > > > > On Feb 3, 12:08 pm, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > > > > > > Out of the foggy memory- yes, I think Aristotle's treatment of
> > > comedy
> > > > > > > > was lost...might have burned in the fire at the Alexandrian
> > > library
> > > > > > > > (?)- heaven only knows what was lost in that sad event- the cure
> > > for
> > > > > > > > the common cold?//The Papacy set a bad example but doesn't
> > > democracy/
> > > > > > > > free enterprise do the same?// You don't seem insecure to me.
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> > > > > > > > On Feb 2, 7:49 am, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > "Four Lions" is a brilliant piece mocking Islamic terrorism
> > > from all
> > > > > > > > > sides. I rather like teasing humour and farce. I might
> > > almost be
> > > > > > > > > your mocking friend - I'm insecure enough at times! Umbero
> > > Eco (Name
> > > > > > > > > of the Rose) had the very existence of an Aristotle text on
> > > humour as
> > > > > > > > > a threat to the Church. Our current religion is in need to
> > > mockery.
> > > > > > > > > A system that encourages a vastly wealthy class hardly sounds
> > > like a
> > > > > > > > > starting point for reasonable equality of opportunity! Etc.
>
> > > > > > > > > On Feb 2, 12:11 pm, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > > Satire is meant to bite- so it's not truly comedy, i.e.
> > > scorn versus
> > > > > > > > > > merriement. Yes- I heard ethnic, racial, sexist jokes
> > > growing up but
> > > > > > > > > > they were not mean-spirited then political correctness
> > > pounced though
> > > > > > > > > > now the style in political and social humor is
> > > mockery>distain/
> > > > > > > > > > contempt. I do like slapstick- another great was Sid Ceasar-
> > > also Mel
> > > > > > > > > > Brooks maybe Jewish humor derives from their tragic
> > > history, in part.
> > > > > > > > > > As for Kierkegaard, I might have smiled if I could wade
> > > through his
> > > > > > > > > > style- maybe I was not fair with K. One friend still reminds
> > > me of
> > > > > > > > > > doing the right thing and is grateful that when a mutual
> > > "friend"
> > > > > > > > > > thought the behavior of the "ex" in a messy divorce was
> > > hysterically
> > > > > > > > > > funny I said this is her life and it is not funny at all-
> > > there is a
> > > > > > > > > > lot of cruelty found in the "nicest" places sometimes.
> > > Another ex-
> > > > > > > > > > friend is a great mocker- takes on accents and puts on a
> > > little show
> > > > > > > > > > to illustrate her superiority over others and I don't doubt
> > > I am
> > > > > > > > > > another on her list. But these type are just cruel and
> > > insecure.
>
> > > > > > > > > > On Feb 1, 8:42 am, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > > > My child hood was littered with jokes. How do you keep an
> > > Irishman
> > > > > > > > > > > busy all day - put him in a barrel and tell him to
> > > micturate in the
> > > > > > > > > > > corner. The Germans bombed our chip shop and had no sense
> > > of humour.
> > > > > > > > > > > In France, the Belgians are the butt or "Irish" jokes;
> > > elsewhere the
> > > > > > > > > > > Poles. Jokes often rely on 'taking the Micky' -
> > > ridiculing someone
> > > > > > > > > > > else. In Englishmen, Scotsmen and Irishmen jokes it was
> > > common for
> > > > > > > > > > > the English and Scots to be the suckers to a sharp and
> > > cunning
> > > > > > > > > > > Irishman. Even the holocaust has been subject to joking -
> > > often by
> > > > > > > > > > > the victims.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > I have taught Kierkegaard as an example of dark, lengthy
> > > Danish humour
> > > > > > > > > > > (and can point to books on same). There is an affinity in
> > > his work
> > > > > > > > > > > with the Monty Python poverty joke in which each in turn
> > > recalls a
> > > > > > > > > > > childhoods in greater poverty than the last. Eventually,
> > > just as one
> > > > > > > > > > > thinks the guy claiming to have lived in a shoebox on the
> > > central
> > > > > > > > > > > reservation of the M6 has 'won' the game another bloke
> > > says,
> > > > > > > > > > > "Shoebox? You had a shoebox. Luxury!" Kierkegaard does
> > > this with
> > > > > > > > > > > Christianity.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > My own humour is dark, but it's rare I mean anyone harm.
> > > I used to
> > > > > > > > > > > think that satire offered some hope of change, but in
> > > recent years
> > > > > > > > > > > have come to see it as merely part of the problems we
> > > have. It is of
> > > > > > > > > > > the Establishment and feigns resistance.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > I think humour might be part of a way out of chronic
> > > illusion; but it
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> > |_D Allan
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