Posted by Mike F. on October 08, 2000 at 00:54:24 from 203.18.21.200:
In Reply to: Re: Two proof-reed awe knot? posted by Alan Hakim on October 07, 2000 at 23:18:49:
THE SURREALIST ALPHABET
A for 'orses
B for mutton
C for thighlanders
D for ential
E for Adam
F for vescence
G for police
H for repsect
I for Novello
J for oranges
K for Francis
L for leather
M for sis
N for a dig
O for the garden wall
P for a penny
Q for a song
R for mo
S for you
T for two
U for films
V for la France
W for a bob
X for breakfast
Y for god's sake
Z for breezes
It was a music-hall sketch by Billy Dwyer and Charlie Clapham. (Pre-1920, presumably. And, yes, I confess I had to cheat with three of them by listening to it again.)
While we're talking music-hall, does anyone else remember with as much delight the wonderful recounting of Shakespeare by Bernard Miles -- The Lowdown On Hamlet, The Truth About Tristan, and so on -- Cicely Courtniedge's Double Damask, or, joy of joys, The Fruity Melodrama? Wonderful stuff!