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

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-19664920
"A 47-year-old man has appeared before Perth Sheriff court accused of causing fear and alarm by being aggressive with a black pudding."



I was going to title this thread something like 'You couldn't make this stuff up', but I'm almost certain The Goodies used it in one of their episodes. and if they didn't they jolly well should have

They did, here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuP1eycaA6c

ECKY THUMP!

They did indeed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRviD5ppfY4

I remember this episode from my teens.

Of course, I remember it being vastly funnier. Oh well.

Too late, BG

Ah, I knew it That one and Twinkle have to be their two most memorable shows. I wish I still had my 'I'm a Goodie' t-shirt, but it's long since turned to dust in a landfill somewhere in Essex

My link is the full episode, Magwitch. I just happened to see it a few days ago. I can't remember why I found it. It might have been mentioned on Reddit possibly.

Anywhoo... plate of shrimp, or plate or shrimp. You can't explain it. It's a lattice o' coincidence.

Fair do's, BG.

I was trying to out me fellow Manc.

I bet you didn't go back in yer 'ouse to watch The Goodies after yer Silver Jubilee Street Party...

Srsly, I think every house on our little cul-de-sac* had that on after the party was over.


*Just came over all Hyacinth Bucket, then. It was a council house cul-de-sac.

I was lucky to see The Goodies at all in Texas. Our PBS (commercial free Public Broadcast Service) station ran them back around 1980.

Oh gods, if only I'd perviewed, I was trying to out*do* me fellow Manc...

*Surreptitiously adjusts the subject while no-one's looking*

*thinks that there may be something different*