Here's a classic clip from DANNY KAYE's movie, The
COURT JESTER. If you haven't seen this film, get straight
down to HMV and buy it on DVD - it's a great laugh.
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Tuesday 29 September 2015
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Danny Kaye's daughter said that people would come up to him in restaurants and recite the "flagon with the dragon has the pellet with the poison" routine.
ReplyDeleteThere was a similar scene in Bob Hope's Never Say Die (1939), with a set of dueling pistols. "The cross is on the handle of the pistol with the bullet, the nick is on the handle of the pistol with the blank."
Bob also did a similar scene in one of his Paleface movies, TC. Great stuff.
ReplyDeleteThis routine was unashamedly " nicked" , to good effect , in 'Allo, 'Allo! with the gateau in the chateau/ the pill in the till/ the candle with the 'andle & the drug in the jug!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to see that, JP. I'll have to check if it's on YouTube.
ReplyDeletehttp://youtu.be/_Zh2-lYFjoE
DeleteIn case you didn't find it, here is the full xmas episode!
Thanks, JP, I'll be checking that out later tonight.
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