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

Has anyone heard Rowan Atkinson's sketch of a best man's speech? It follows an amusing Father of the Bride speech sketch...I think it was on his "Live in Belfast" album.

By the way, at my wedding to my first husband and during the reception, the best man's speech consisted of "The Groom would like to make a speech."

My new husband stood up and said "The bride would like to say something."

So I stood up and made an impromptu speech thanking everyone for coming, the bridesmaid and everyone who had helped to prepare the reception.

I should have known then that the marriage was doomed to failure!

Oops! Methinks I got the title muddled up...

I should have said "Rowan Atkinson's Father of the Bride & Best Man's Speech Sketch"

I haven't touched a ! Honest guv!

I believe he also did a speech by the vicar - very funny album. Unfortunately I've only got it on vinyl and nothing to play the bu**er on, but still remember most of it ('welcome to Hell - I am the Devil, but you can call me Toby. We like to keep things informal, as well as infernal round here. That's just a little joke...' - hey, that's not bad seeing as I haven't listened to it in about 10 years...!)

Ah but being able to remember the sketch that accurately must be because you played it so frequently in the first place!

I rather liked how all the damned were lined up "Marmite eaters, Mormons...etc" and how he told the Christians that the Jews were right and that the atheists must be feeling a right bunch of charlies!

"Eternity without relief..." s for the nearest loo, just in case.

I met her in the first class lounge of a jumbo jet
It was love at first sight - Romeo and Juliet
She looked pretty good and I was down on luck
So I paid her a fortune for a flying fucrying out loud!

Do I want her, do I love her, would I sacrifice my life for her if I could?
if the pope catholic, is Luxembourg small and do those hairy bears shhhhh.
in the woods....


Do you know, between us we could probably come up with the whole album!

There's no need as I could actually lay my hands on my copy right now...once I've moved the kids, their toys, school bags and the planks of wood out of the way...

Laying my hands on my copy isn't the problem, it's the cutting it up so that it's big enough to fit in my cd player, where I'm going to have difficulty

Me too...

My better half in a moment of extreme wisdom decided to cut the cable from our deck to the rest of the stereo system in order to make room for a recently acquired DVD player. At the time he said that we never used the thing anyhow. Since then, we've wanted to play several of our old records!

I now have to brave either one of the children's bedrooms and use their old midi system to make tape recordings of any records that I suddenly have the urge to listen to...Mind you, that sort of hassle if enough to squash any sudden urges!

lol

It just so happens that I have quite a few of Mr Atkinson's sketches on my computer. Unfortunately, not the Best Man one, but I do have 'Conservative Party Conference', 'Welcome to Hell' and my personal favourite, 'Jesus the Entertainer', as well as a few others I've forgotten. I'm not exactly sure how it would work, but there's always a chance I could try and email it to you somehow.
Give me a shout.

'But the Lord said "No, I am he who comes before", and they were sore amazed and said "Then Master, how shall we know the true Lord?" and Jesus said "By his name shall ye know him, and he shall have a slightly religious name, and he shall be called Paul, and Daniels shall he be called.". "Paul Daniels?" they cried. And Jesus said "Yes. Something like that". Here ends the lesson.'

Pure genius