Viv Stanshall as per the peelie sessions all knitted together as a connected madhouse.
Full of quotables Esp. the butler`s name.
The booze thread reminded me of the quote
If it is GC please forgive me, not heard this in ages, my copy is MIA (Edit only found a discuss of the film and a username )
these you tube bits are now ok for sound and I think this is the full set but not all by the same person:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5Tb-Byl_d8&feature=channel_page
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lpR26B3-u8&feature=channel_page
www.youtube.com/watch?v=53rBVQ08gxU&feature=channel_page
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uh6WvJlW-M&feature=channel_page
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok6BRGoEYtA&feature=channel_page
(, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:58, Reply)
Coincidentally, just got back from an afternoon on the deck of the Thekla, Viv's old home.
(, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 18:17, Reply)
Between the intellect and the sense of the absurd.
That was the old houseboat/theatre wasn`t it?
Have a doc somewhere on VHS about it.
(, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 18:29, Reply)
(I think)
Has been a club in Bristol for many years now.
He was a true genuis though. There's a fantastic biography too, called "Ginger Geezer". Very funny, and then quite sad.
(, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 19:48, Reply)