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The Spawn of NTNON
JyZude Started conversation Aug 16, 2000
"Not the Nine O'Clock News" has spawned a few knock-off's on CBC Radio and Television in Canada. For instance, "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" is a half-hour mock television news show making fun of Canadian politics in a similar manner.
As well, CBC Radio 1 has "Definitely Not the Opera" at the same time as CBC Radio 2's "The Opera", though DNTO is not exactly comedy.
JyZude
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Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Aug 16, 2000
That's interesting... was the original NTNOCN ever shown in Canada? I wouldn't have thought the references to obscure British politicians would travel well, but then it seems to go down okay with British people who weren't even born when it was first shown, so I don't know...
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Fruitbat (Eric the) Posted Aug 17, 2000
Yes, it did show up in Canada: that's where I saw it. We kinda got used to references to obscure politicians with Python "...until the name Maudlin is almost totally obscured"...."Reginald Maudlin's...elbow".
Never knew who they were, other than public figures, but seeing them lampooned in that fashion made them obviously idiotic and has jaded my attitude toward politicians since...strangely, few other comedy groups use politicians in the same fashion...
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TIMELORD Posted Aug 17, 2000
I only just got the ntnocn LP hedgehog sandwedge it has quite a few of the best songs such as i belive and i like trucking.
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