NTNOCN: James Bloody Burke (1980)

[ion010101]

Funny. For some reason I've never heard of ntnon. One of those vastly superior things that ends up forgotten and unnoticed.

[mongex25]

a great show making fun of another great one.... greatness squared

[scarletharlot69]

James Bloody Burke yayay!

[marktrade88]

I thought that was great. I'm a fan of Burke, having watched "The Day the Universe Changed" in high school and then all the Connections series later on. I remember how one student took so much delight in watching Burke walk out from behind something in an historical scene. "He's everywhere!"

[TheLastBrainLeft]

@marktrade88 If you watch the beginning of the "Day the Universe Changed" episode Point Of View, as the camera pans over an American warship, his head magically appears out of nowhere from behind a structure when a missile launcher makes a sharp turn. The look he sports is eerily like that of our good friend Troll Face.

[Glenn1967ful]

This is just what James Burke was like a berk who made very expensive programmes on location to show how clever he was at our expense. Unfortunately he was no David Attenborough and acted like a pretentious prat.

[epsteinsmutha1]

@Glenn1967ful Or did he?

[mikkrack]

@epsteinsmutha1 lol

[siflrock]

good god that looked dangerous

[epsteinsmutha1]

That was a funny sketch. Or was it?

[dellmotu]

This is that " white humor"... meaning that only a white person would find this funny...

[sarah1641]

Wow. I'm not sure if you are attempting humor or just racist.

[GuineaJay]

Some people don't like Tyler Perry movies.

[UKSazzy67]

I laughed my tits off!! This is sooo funny!!!

[StayUgly]

@UKSazzy67 Or is it?

[CPCaptainSky]

Haha, "Because I like to shout!"

[deltapeco]

connections was a fave of mine back in the day...

expained things in a very interesting way i thought

[UKSazzy67]

That video had me in stitches! I remember that clip so well from Not The Nine O Clock News, I also remember the James Burke programmes very well, he talked such a load of crap.

[pw3uk]

Actually, he didn't. Try watching some of his videos on here.

[mjoeddjaevel]

Or did he?

[robinoi]

i rea-l-l-yy wouldn't want to be Mel SMith in this sketch, standing just feet in front of a jostling helicopter, not least with those runners to jab into him at the flick of the control but the tailblades to shred him up should some fly get into the cockpit ... no way! FUCK that!!

[GoblinXXX]

Dangerous comedy.

[soeffingwhat]

The Pilot was obviously very well trained, and I guess Smith wanted to take the risk for the purpose of the show (Life is about taking risks after all) but I guess i'd agreed with you.

[robinoi]

the pilot was not well trained!! He had been indicted in the My Lai massacre for rocketblasting a Vietnamese primary school, and he was also charged with taking out two bus queues by toppling the chopper onto them.

he'#s NOT well trained. He's EVIL

you're a fool and to be pitied.

[soeffingwhat]

How do you know about that Pilot? And any pilot who can do that has to have some good training. Oh and don't bother pitying me, look in the mirror if you want to do that.

[RavenPrecept]

Yes, it looked extremely dangerous. That 'copter was really not wanting to hover in one place.

[Gromitdog1]

You have to be suspicious of James Burke as he promotes the apollo moon landing hoax as authentic, so either he's on the payroll or he's an idiot, i'll let you decide.

[ketmaniac]

Oh, he's on the payroll. He was also part of the "Canada" hoax, a 300-year-old conspiracy involving a large territory in North America where there's no crime and people ride around in snow-plows. Of course there's no such place, but to stop anyone finding out the truth they pay people to go round calling themselves "Canadian" and talking about ice-hockey. There are thousands of these "maple-leafers" on YouTube, and they're very plausible impostors, but I'm not fooled.

[ELuhn]

Of course, YouTube itself is just part of the massive military/industrial/Hollywood lie called the "Internet," in which people are tricked out of their credit card information by fooling them into believing that words on a typewriter can actually be spread throughout the world using nothing more than electrons, of all things; whereas it's all just done with mirrors and an ambidextrous, 12-fingered midget.

Or is it?

[LocalH3ro]

No offence but Canada does exist (you hoser), I've seen Strange Brew, so take off,(M)eh!

[ketmaniac]

No offence (as you say), but what is a "hoser"?

Yes, Canada does exist, but jokes at the expense of conspiracy theorists also exist, and will continue, as long as people have a sense of humour. Have you got one of those?

[LocalH3ro]

I have an excellent sense of humour (a good pithy scottish one) but I can also associate with conspiracy theorists having been totally absorbed with X-Files (another fine Canadian product, leastways the earlier series). Lighten up bro!

[ketmaniac]

Someone who fails to see a joke in the first place should never tell anyone else to lighten up.

[robinoi]

you should read the Rough Guide to Conspiracy Theories

[Concreteowl]

@robinoi or should I? Consider connections, a series of televisual essays about the apparently causal and chance connections between technological innovations and random events which begins at the World Trade Center and discusses how NY and flight 911 was plunged into chaos by one tiny unexpected event and then shows the twin towers blotted out by a tabulation card with the words falling down. He also dwells on the leap from plough to pyramid and a terrorist scenario in London, or does he?

[jejwkrp]

A "hoser" was defined by Bob and Doug McKenzie as "what you call your little brother when your mother is in the room" that is to be akin to idiot or stupid.

It can also be used as a stereotype, that is a Canadian who drinks beer, watches hockey and wears plaid (for a visual example see the McKenzie brothers).

[OOHNTAH61]

Back in the early 80's I bought a LP at a used record store called "The Best of the 9-O-clock News" and had a lot of good laughs from it but never saw the show. Thanks to YouTube I can actually see the sketches that go along with what I heard. This is soooo cool!

[Ikonicre]

James Bloody Burke, or is it..?

[Lunipart]

i cant stop questioning the last thing i said. classic observation

[SillyOclock]

good evening. or is it?

burke was a man very keen to give the impression he was dead clever and a much deserved target for the brilliant ntnon gang in another of their classic sketches.

[163richardb]

Another NTNOCN classic , very accurate too ! I remember at the time that the ' or is it ? ' line peppered the Connections programme !

[Reload139]

Maybe he was wairing ear plugs to soften the noise.

[neemz2000]

"That is a really dangerous skit"

That was my first thought too. I doubt they'd allow it today (Health & Safety regs.)

[soccom8341576]

which is one more reason to believe that he is a hero

[kirintokyo]

James Burke is a REAL hero who makes us see without coercion, the error of our ways more so than any technology, religion, doctrines, dogmas and false beliefs due to humanity's blind faith. His contributions are small yet the impact can be deep, meaningful, and powerful.

[soccom8341576]

He's going to get ear damage

[groovydoo]

That is a really dangerous skit

[BunnyVenus]

i liked that one please post more up please ^_^:P

[t0pher67]

Hilarious!