Tuesday, 29 September 2015

THE VESSEL WITH THE PESTLE...



Here's a classic clip from DANNY KAYE's
movie, The COURT JESTER.  If you haven't yet
seen this film, get straight down to HMV and buy
it on DVD - it's a great laugh.
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6 comments:

  1. TC29 September 2015 at 18:25

    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.

    There 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."

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  2. Kid29 September 2015 at 22:47

    Bob also did a similar scene in one of his Paleface movies, TC. Great stuff.

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  3. John Pitt10 October 2015 at 00:03

    This 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!

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  4. Kid10 October 2015 at 00:05

    I'd like to see that, JP. I'll have to check if it's on YouTube.

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    1. John Pitt10 October 2015 at 15:10

      http://youtu.be/_Zh2-lYFjoE
      In case you didn't find it, here is the full xmas episode!

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  5. Kid10 October 2015 at 15:20

    Thanks, JP, I'll be checking that out later tonight.

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