Uploaded by colincolenso on Oct 25, 2008
From Gerard Hoffnung's 1958 Oxford Address.
Hoffnung, a cartoonist, tubist, impresario, broadcaster and public speaker was aged just 33 at the time of this performance. Unfortunately he died of a brain haemorrhage the following year.
More about him here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Hoffnung
His entire lecture from the Oxford Address is available here:
http://beemp3.com/download.php?file=584603&song=Oxford+Union+Address
I posted this because I was surprised I couldn't find it on youtube.
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Glorious humour. I see that it has collected 9 dislikes. Billy Connolly fans? Not enough bad language?
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Amazing.............. When humour was humourous..... not obscene
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They just don't make comedy like that anymore!
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brill
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I dare anyone to keep a straight face listening to this absurdly silly story.
BRILLIANT!
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I have just remembered I have this on a vinyl record. This is just wonderful.
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'at this point I must have lost my presence of mind . . .' Genius understatement!
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I've loved his cartoons for years, never heard this before. Hilarious.
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I heard this on CKUA radio this morning, program The Road Home at about 5:30am. It is so good. Thanks!!!
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@rodfulton Absolute perfection, as you say.
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OMG THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH! i HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND THIS FOR AGES! I remember I heard this delightedly for the first time as a kid, when my dad returned with it from an Open University summer course in engineering-The physics of pulley's! Thx
springrobin 2 years ago 11
Thanx to Murray Charters in the Brantford Expositor for exposing this gem to his readers!
kristinahillwashere 2 years ago 9