tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post4607494212741799833..comments2024-03-22T12:57:57.273-05:00Comments on WOUNDED BIRD: A Peek Into The Past - 1957June Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-73463155234627707482008-04-01T23:14:00.000-05:002008-04-01T23:14:00.000-05:00Paul, I don't believe the habitat includes high de...Paul, I don't believe the habitat includes high desert environments.<BR/><BR/>Lapin's commentary is probably worth including here. I couldn't put it in the post, because it would give the game away.<BR/><BR/><I>"Panorama" was the BBC's top, dead serious weekly affairs and political discussion/interview programme in the 50's and 60's. One programme ended with this short on spaghetti production. I watched it the night it was first broadcast. It's totally deadpan, and when it was finished, Richard Dimbleby (who was also - to give you some idea of his gravity - the guy who did the commentary for the Coronation in 1953) closed the show, deadpan, with the statement "And that's Panorama for today, April 1st, 1957".</I>June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-61308233051271085802008-04-01T23:02:00.000-05:002008-04-01T23:02:00.000-05:00Ah, we learn something new every day, especially f...Ah, we learn something new every day, especially from Mimi. I wonder if I could plant it here in the high desert? I imagine probably not, alas.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090720645937634051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-13658511186718764262008-04-01T21:07:00.000-05:002008-04-01T21:07:00.000-05:00Susan, being raised on a farm will do that to you....Susan, being raised on a farm will do that to you.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-9959976445001476202008-04-01T18:23:00.000-05:002008-04-01T18:23:00.000-05:00Well, I was 12, but I didn't know much about the B...Well, I was 12, but I didn't know much about the BBC, but I never thought spaghetti grew on trees, cause I was raised on a farm. ;-)susan s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03679099677585214433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-146846885780054952008-04-01T17:28:00.000-05:002008-04-01T17:28:00.000-05:00You youngsters make me so jealous. Oh to be in my...You youngsters make me so jealous. Oh to be in my 50s again.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-23081361249475266182008-04-01T16:10:00.000-05:002008-04-01T16:10:00.000-05:00hey, I can't get this at work, but when I get home...hey, I can't get this at work, but when I get home.... because you know, this is my birth month (and year!)Diane M. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749136181846671327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-60027929276371771162008-04-01T15:12:00.000-05:002008-04-01T15:12:00.000-05:00Now that is too too too funny!!!And I was not quit...Now that is too too too funny!!!<BR/><BR/>And I was not quite yet born yet, but was on my way, later that year.<BR/><BR/>No wonder I love spaghetti so much.Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-79487784352164261112008-04-01T13:52:00.000-05:002008-04-01T13:52:00.000-05:00He found it because he vividly remembered it from ...He found it because he vividly remembered it from 1957 and went looking for it on the off-chance, Susan. No inspiration involved.Lapinbizarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686990585795363001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-31279529629788719542008-04-01T13:30:00.000-05:002008-04-01T13:30:00.000-05:00Oh, I see, RR. Thanks for the explanation.Oh, I see, RR. Thanks for the explanation.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-26188101430408232212008-04-01T13:26:00.000-05:002008-04-01T13:26:00.000-05:00It is a spoof, Grandmere, because in order to prot...It is a spoof, Grandmere, because in order to protect the threatened spaghetti crops in Bosnia-Hetzegovina, the BBC Panaorama documentary pretended that they were actually filming in Italy!Tim Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12237353402644996286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-23538881911563802932008-04-01T11:57:00.000-05:002008-04-01T11:57:00.000-05:00Here, there, and everywhere, Susan. Lapin is a go...Here, there, and everywhere, Susan. Lapin is a gold mine for this blog.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-39139243728522069762008-04-01T11:13:00.000-05:002008-04-01T11:13:00.000-05:00Love it! Where does he find these things?Love it! Where does he find these things?susan s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03679099677585214433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-58862428326841982812008-04-01T08:57:00.000-05:002008-04-01T08:57:00.000-05:00Spoof? How is it a spoof?Spoof? How is it a spoof?June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-77511419400246600062008-04-01T08:27:00.000-05:002008-04-01T08:27:00.000-05:00It was one of the best spoofs ever!It was one of the best spoofs ever!Tim Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12237353402644996286noreply@blogger.com