h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Entry: Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band 'Intro and Outro' - the Musicians - A1012591
Author: St Demon Drawer (100 entries!!)[Now leading Fantasy Football! Faint!!!] - U104826

Guess whos working at cleearing out their to do box.

This has been an age in the making and I've finally tracked all the mentioned people down. However there is more on the made up band members than the actual band.

Good idea for an entry.

There are a fair few spelling mistakes which I may get around to pointing out - Val Doonican was a staple, not a stable.

I'm surprised you didn't mention the infamous "Quentin Hogg on Piggy Grunt" incident!

Your explanation of Vox Humana isn't quite right. As well as being an organ stop, Vox Humana means "human voice" in Latin, so it is ironic that a session gorilla is used for this particular tasks.

Excellent!

It seems a little odd that you include thumbnail biographies of 'Legs' and Neil Innes, but not the others. I'd suggest reducing the existing ones to 'band member', or expanding a little on the ones that just say 'band member' (apart from Viv Stanshall, for whom a link to the Edited Entry would probably do).

Maybe I should see about rounding up all the people who written unedited bits about the Bonzos and putting together a collaborative Entry on the band...

Seems accurate from what I can remember off the top of my head, its been at least two days since I last lstened to this song a few spelling mistakes that even I noticed; including television spelt rong where you mention Rutland wekend TV, also, you could put a link into George Formby as there is an edited article as far as I remember I've some rough notes on the band mainly their early years as they formed; I was* intending to write it as a guide entyr one day, but it kind of got left on the harddrive sometime back in 2002 Sir Henry at Rollinson end is a weird album... I'm never sure just how clever it is, or/and just how dumb I am not to get bits of it, perhaps I'm just not weird enough looking good though

At the end of the article;
J Arthur Rank......
if you have even seen a ....
Should that 'even' be an 'ever'?

at the beginning, and this might probably just be my c**p grasp of the english language:
The band came as with many bands in the mid sixties out of Art School, in this case Goldsmith's College of Art
Should that be that way round?
roudn a bit the other way?;;
'as with many bands in the mid sixties the band came.... oh maybe i'm talking nonsense now

No 2 legs makes sence. Now I'mm at work I'll carry out the speelcheck.

Gnomon what Quinton Hogg on Piggy Grunt incedent?

I hope the Vox Humana discribtion is now up to scratch a little rearrangement and restructuring.

I made sense! can I have that in writing please? think I'll stick Tadpoles on the Hi Fi now

You did. but now!

Quick can I have some Dried Frog Pills pronto?

All spell checked now!

some SPs

toured including hte famous live --> the famous

Then agian it could be Neil Innes nervousness ---> Then again



possible footnot explainign that a J Arthur is rhyming slang, when y0u mention it is a euthermism



enjoyable read though

Thanks for that sorted.

Content:

Robert Valatino Liberace -- I don't know if he was called Robert. There is a Robert Liberace who is an artist, but I think that is a different person. Liberace's first name was Wladziu, and note the spelling of Valentino.
You say Eric Clapton plays on this record, but does he actually play ukelele?
Landscrape into Art -- are you sure it is LandsCrape?
at least that give him something to talk to the euphonium. -- I don't understand this at all.

h2g2 Style:

early 80s --> early 1980s
May 26th 1907 --> 26 May, 1907
I guess his brand of preaching --> presumably because his brand of preaching
in the 60s and 70s in the 1960s and 70s

Choice of words:

more recognised than his own work --> more recognised than for his own work
which is record --> which is a record
he did want to own them all --> he wanted to own them all
in his Berlin bunker as the Russians approached his bunker --> in his Berlin bunker as the Russians approached

"However his well known vocals, he shows used to air to 20 million American's weekly in the 1960s and 70s, would surely seem a little out of place in this company."
I'm not sure exactly what you intended to say in this. It is confused.

created a Peer --> made a Peer
and a become British Open Gliding Champion -- I think the word "become" got in here by accident
at the time of the phone -- this should be "at the time of the recording", I think

Punctuation:

stick around like to introduce --> stick around. Like to introduce
mid sixties the Bonzo --> mid sixties, the Bonzo
missing full stop after Alan Clark
He was like his father however unsuccessful --> He was, like his father, however, unsuccessful
his greatest venture he skippered --> his greatest venture. He skippered
event, he was whitewashed --> event; he was whitewashed
Colu, however he is a computer spy --> Colu; however, he is a computer spy
overlooked, in fact --> overlooked. In fact

Spelling:

Worlds highest --> World's highest
Britains potential entry --> Britain's potential entry
It's leader --> Its leader
friends as art school --> friends at art school
where he meet Viv --> where he met Viv
which as the only chart hit --> which was the only chart hit
that lead to a connection --> that led to a connection
including hte famous --> including the famous
live at the Hollywood Bowl --> 'Live at the Hollywood Bowl'
Ruttles --> Rutles (I think)
Sousaphone in very amusing --> Sousaphone is very amusing
Guinness book of Records --> Guinness Book of Records
controversially headline --> controversially headlined (I think)
Lib-Lap pact --> Lib-Lab pact
Wilson handling --> Wilson's handling
He was educated and Winchester --> He was educated at Winchester
Bill Clinton presidency --> Bill Clinton's presidency
will all the gathered musicianship --> with all the gathered musicianship
Then agian --> Then again
Neil Innes nervousness --> Neil Innes' nervousness
peel of bells --> peal of bells
DC Comics Superman --> DC Comics' Superman
which have be conjured --> which have been conjured
1030s and 40s --> 1930s and 40s
a art school lecturer --> an art school lecturer
he repeated he success --> he repeated his success
his opponents body --> his opponent's body
a strikes a gong --> and strikes a gong
is as added bonus --> is an added bonus
he is in song at all --> he is in the song at all

Gulp

Looks good. I went to university with Vivian Stanshall's second cousin....

Only one suggestion - the 'only chart hit' link under the 'Neil Innes' section doesn't work because of a stray space inserted before the 'A' number.

Gnomon you're a hard task master. But I'd beatn you to the last one.

Otto Link is fixed.

So... the 'piggy grunt' episode? I know a little of the background but I'll leave it to Gnomon to explain it properly

Off to read the entry a few more times before commenting

However it was appearing with the band on Do Not Adjust You Set that led to a connection that would have a great influence on Innes. It was here that he

should that be 'Do not adjust your* set'?

Thats great DD - The only suggestion I have would be to include The Young Ones when talking about Neil Innes.

Viv once said when asked about how how he picked the artists for this song, that he just made them up as he went along, and then produced a highly tenuous story linking all the names through the song. Alas I don't remember much of the conversation, which took place in The Golden Cross Inn in Coventry (Just by the cathedral - I'm sure you know it.) as the 4 or 5 people around the table were somewhat the worse for wear.

In what context McKay do I mention the Young Ones?