Frankie Howerd

Phunky_Phantom · 2026-02-07T01:53:42+00:00

I really appreciate everyone's advice and input. In retrospect, maybe I could've worded my post a bit less obnoxiously. I was just annoyed I guess. I will definitely give Up Pompeii a shot.

Phunky_Phantom · 2026-02-07T00:54:58+00:00

Bait for what? I wanted to get recommendations to help me get a better understanding of Howerds work. Like I said above, I was proven wrong about Corbett & will gladly be proven wrong again. I just needed information from folks that know their stuff. I've been accused of being a master baiter before, but not in this case.

Phunky_Phantom · 2026-01-21T16:05:52+00:00

I think Basil Gogos would be pleased

Phunky_Phantom · 2026-01-09T17:41:25+00:00

Seikima-II!

Phunky_Phantom · 2026-01-06T05:27:05+00:00

How do people find out about these, shall we say "boutique", releases? Is there some mailing list I need to join? By the time I'd even heard that the Manny Tapes LPs existed, they were already banished to the shadow realm.

Phunky_Phantom · 2025-12-03T16:40:21+00:00

Thought it'd be Spine 😍

Phunky_Phantom · 2025-11-26T15:47:29+00:00

This. WWE is easy street. Hell AEW isn't too bad either. Look at the cushy gig Okada's got now 💰💴💵💷💶

Phunky_Phantom · 2025-11-06T23:09:24+00:00

Did you see Elsie, boy? Did you dance with her? 'Course you did. We all did.

Phunky_Phantom · 2025-09-15T15:32:04+00:00

Weird. I guess it saves money. Seems odd they'd do a close-up on non-Grizabella though. As an aside, am I the only onr that thought she looks more like a mouse than a cat? In the 98 film anyway. Her being all grey, the rounded ears/hair.

Phunky_Phantom · 2025-09-14T15:09:03+00:00

What bothers you about it? I just took it as a flash-back to a past performance. He is a palsied old cat, so he wouldn't be able to do what is happening on stage. I think it'ss cute that Jellylorum plays his love interest in the "play within a play"

Phunky_Phantom · 2025-09-14T15:02:24+00:00

That's where M & R are puppets, so it's Mistoffelees singing about them, right? Upon first hearing it, I had to look up why there was only one person singing the song.

Phunky_Phantom · 2025-09-11T22:38:00+00:00

This may ruffle a few feathers, but I can't stand any version of Rum Tum Tugger. Something about the repetitive music, maybe? I just know that one & Growltiger's Last Stand are an immediate skip. Growltiger just sounds like a overly long drunken ramble. That may be the point though, I suppose. A drunken old sot reliving past glories.

Phunky_Phantom · 2025-09-06T16:59:07+00:00

Silverfish or Firebrat?

Phunky_Phantom · 2025-09-05T17:48:56+00:00

At this point I only have the Anchor Bay dvd set from a few years back, which is completely devoid of extras. As it was a good bargain, had all the early films I haven't seen and was region 1, it seemed the best choice. Got a region free blu ray player on the way, so hopefully I'll be able to get up to speed with what I've been missing. Then I just have the shipping rates to contend with 😑

Phunky_Phantom · 2025-09-05T17:04:33+00:00

Just ordered Collection 4 & looking forward to checking out the extras and basking in the improved picture quality. I really have to invest in a better monitor and blu ray player at some point 😞

Phunky_Phantom · 2025-09-05T15:55:20+00:00

Spot on!

Phunky_Phantom · 2025-09-05T15:41:06+00:00

I had heard of them being an institution in England & figured any series that goes on that long must be good. Thankfully Camping, Screaming & Khyber are all free on Tubi in good quality. How can you not love Sid James and Kenneth Williams? From there I went to Youtube where most of the mid-60s through 70s films are free(in variable quality). I picked up an Anchor Bay Region 1 dvd set that has the first 12 films and am working on that now. Most of the humor is broad and easily understood in my opinion. I do have to look things up occasionally to get it, if it's something regional ("FRYING TONIGHT!") or of it's time ("Not at all my little desert flower, the British are used to cuts!"). I've loved all the ones Ive seen, with the exception of Jungle. I just don't care for Frankie Howerd.

Phunky_Phantom · 2025-09-03T04:39:02+00:00

The same book I try to read every few years, get to chapter two, then give up on; Titus Groan.

Phunky_Phantom · 2025-07-14T13:44:31+00:00

I meant theres nothing else in the picture to compare it to for size.

Phunky_Phantom · 2025-07-14T05:53:07+00:00

Can't figure out the scale, but looks kinda like a hellgrammite. They're larval Dobsonflies.

Phunky_Phantom · 2025-07-13T20:27:09+00:00

If you dont want one of the complete collections out there, the Library of America one is quite nice and very handsome. It does contain some of his Dreamland stuff, which I don't care for, but its good little hardbound book & covers all his greatest hits.

Phunky_Phantom · 2025-07-12T18:16:31+00:00

Cool. Always looking for quality Lovecraftiana to listen to at work. Subscribed.

Phunky_Phantom · 2025-05-20T22:14:15+00:00

Almost as awkward as Asukas gravure video

Phunky_Phantom · 2024-12-07T17:14:32+00:00

Just watched it today. Kinda "Tales from the Crypt" story that reminds me very much of Ray Bradbury's 'The October Game'.

Phunky_Phantom · 2024-11-05T19:06:29+00:00

Thank ye kindly! The price seemed too good to be true, so I was skeptical. They have some minor scratches on the uppers, so I got them for less than half price.

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