His few words very soon became part of the country's vocabulary, as did so many of our phrases, and it was not long before "Don't forget the Diver" was heard on all sides, in bars, in buses, on stations, even from disembodied voices in the black-out, and practically no lift descended without someone saying in those weary tones "I'm going down now, sir!". For other uses, see, This article is about the radio programme. The news was announced on that evening's radio, at the close of the Sunday evening repeat of ITMA, by the Director General of the BBC, Sir William Haley, who insisted on making the announcement himself. [202], The Times commented that ITMA "achieved a humour of universal appeal and found eager listeners in every rank of society". Took notes that the show lacked the impact it had on radio, as Handley's performances were more intimate through a microphone than in a theatre. As a renowned figure within the industry, what advice would you give to aspiring designers? [11][a], ITMA was a character-driven comedy and contained parody and satire, unlike previous radio comedy.
The programmes were written by Ted Kavanagh and produced by Francis Worsley. [93], Professions and occupations were represented by, among others, the announcer at Radio Fakenburg;[37] Atlas, the hypochondriac strongman;[141] Bookham, a variety agent;[54] Curly Kale, a chef who hated food and loved dreadful old jokes;[149] Dan Dungeon, the jocose tour guide at Castle Weehouse;[145] Farmer Jollop;[40] Lemuel the office boy;[37] Norman the Doorman;[54] and Vodkin and Vladivostooge, two mad scientists. The Commercial Traveller, like the Diver, was a "crossing" character, distracting Handley from the business at hand with his irrelevant sales patter: Handley's scatty secretary was planned as an Italian equivalent of Funf, but "his chronic mismanagement of the English tongue proved too endearing and he remained at Handley's side as a well-loved language joke". Is there an interior designer that you are particularly fond of?
[123] In 1952 Evans Brothers published Chinstrap's autobiography—ghost-written by Kavanagh, with a foreword by Train. de Gournay helps realise your dreams of a perfect interior. Every programme is an accurate reflection of the war situation at the time. One of the programmes in November was broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme to the soldiers in North Africa, the first time the show had been transmitted to the troops.
[109] He would "mishear" an innocent remark as an invitation to a drink: The catchphrase, "I don't mind if I do", was not new,[q] but ITMA brought it into widespread popular use. They gibber, splutter, stutter, stagger, suffer from amnesia, paranoia, claustrophobia, dyspepsia, dementia, and, Series 2: September 1939 to February 1940, Series 5 and 6: September 1942 to July 1943, Series 7 and 8: October 1943 to June 1945, Series 9 to 12, post-war: September 1945 to January 1949, While the phrase "It's That Man Again", when used during the 1930s, referred to Hitler, it was originally used by members of the American. [63] Train returned to the cast, but at the end of 1944 Worsley was hospitalised for seven months. [45][46] When series three began broadcasting in June 1941, Kavanagh had introduced more characters, and set the show in the fictional seaside town of Foaming-at-the-Mouth with Handley as its mayor, renaming the programme, briefly, It's That Sand Again, before it reverted to ITMA. The show included a quiz hosted by Lionel Gamlin. Says this will bring it competitive with gas and diesel, still 2 to 3 times cost of electricity. Until the client is happy they are our responsibility. Sam, Handley's bodyguard, was prone to panic:[48]. [1] The writer Ted Kavanagh was a fan of Handley and wrote a script for a comedy sketch for him in 1926. ITMA broadcast seven series during the war, from September 1939 to June 1945: Took notes that for decades afterwards, radio and television audiences in the UK were all had 200–300 people, based on Worsley's research. Everyone had their own favourite". [16] The broadcasts had an average of eighteen-and-a-half minutes of dialogue into which Kavanagh would attempt to write one hundred laughs;[17] Foster and Furst observe that averages a laugh every eleven seconds. I always do my best for all my gentlemen. [201] "It's being so cheerful that keeps me going" also remains in use, seen in British newspapers more than 100 times in the first two decades of the 21st century. [14][17] The catchphrases were used deliberately to allow the listening public to identify which is the characters was speaking. The true story of Humphrey Chinstrap (Col. [40], For the start of the post-war ITMAs, Handley, Kavanagh and Worsley decided to change many of the cast to keep the show fresh; Dorothy Summers, Sydney Keith, Dino Galvani and Horace Percival were all released from the show and replaced by Hugh Morton, Mary O'Farrell, Carleton Hobbs and Lind Joyce, with Clarence Wright returning to the programme. We have achieved success. Neither England nor Scotland has had its own army since the Acts of Union in 1707.
His few words very soon became part of the country's vocabulary, as did so many of our phrases, and it was not long before "Don't forget the Diver" was heard on all sides, in bars, in buses, on stations, even from disembodied voices in the black-out, and practically no lift descended without someone saying in those weary tones "I'm going down now, sir!". For other uses, see, This article is about the radio programme. The news was announced on that evening's radio, at the close of the Sunday evening repeat of ITMA, by the Director General of the BBC, Sir William Haley, who insisted on making the announcement himself. [202], The Times commented that ITMA "achieved a humour of universal appeal and found eager listeners in every rank of society". Took notes that the show lacked the impact it had on radio, as Handley's performances were more intimate through a microphone than in a theatre. As a renowned figure within the industry, what advice would you give to aspiring designers? [11][a], ITMA was a character-driven comedy and contained parody and satire, unlike previous radio comedy.
The programmes were written by Ted Kavanagh and produced by Francis Worsley. [93], Professions and occupations were represented by, among others, the announcer at Radio Fakenburg;[37] Atlas, the hypochondriac strongman;[141] Bookham, a variety agent;[54] Curly Kale, a chef who hated food and loved dreadful old jokes;[149] Dan Dungeon, the jocose tour guide at Castle Weehouse;[145] Farmer Jollop;[40] Lemuel the office boy;[37] Norman the Doorman;[54] and Vodkin and Vladivostooge, two mad scientists. The Commercial Traveller, like the Diver, was a "crossing" character, distracting Handley from the business at hand with his irrelevant sales patter: Handley's scatty secretary was planned as an Italian equivalent of Funf, but "his chronic mismanagement of the English tongue proved too endearing and he remained at Handley's side as a well-loved language joke". Is there an interior designer that you are particularly fond of?
[123] In 1952 Evans Brothers published Chinstrap's autobiography—ghost-written by Kavanagh, with a foreword by Train. de Gournay helps realise your dreams of a perfect interior. Every programme is an accurate reflection of the war situation at the time. One of the programmes in November was broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme to the soldiers in North Africa, the first time the show had been transmitted to the troops.
[109] He would "mishear" an innocent remark as an invitation to a drink: The catchphrase, "I don't mind if I do", was not new,[q] but ITMA brought it into widespread popular use. They gibber, splutter, stutter, stagger, suffer from amnesia, paranoia, claustrophobia, dyspepsia, dementia, and, Series 2: September 1939 to February 1940, Series 5 and 6: September 1942 to July 1943, Series 7 and 8: October 1943 to June 1945, Series 9 to 12, post-war: September 1945 to January 1949, While the phrase "It's That Man Again", when used during the 1930s, referred to Hitler, it was originally used by members of the American. [63] Train returned to the cast, but at the end of 1944 Worsley was hospitalised for seven months. [45][46] When series three began broadcasting in June 1941, Kavanagh had introduced more characters, and set the show in the fictional seaside town of Foaming-at-the-Mouth with Handley as its mayor, renaming the programme, briefly, It's That Sand Again, before it reverted to ITMA. The show included a quiz hosted by Lionel Gamlin. Says this will bring it competitive with gas and diesel, still 2 to 3 times cost of electricity. Until the client is happy they are our responsibility. Sam, Handley's bodyguard, was prone to panic:[48]. [1] The writer Ted Kavanagh was a fan of Handley and wrote a script for a comedy sketch for him in 1926. ITMA broadcast seven series during the war, from September 1939 to June 1945: Took notes that for decades afterwards, radio and television audiences in the UK were all had 200–300 people, based on Worsley's research. Everyone had their own favourite". [16] The broadcasts had an average of eighteen-and-a-half minutes of dialogue into which Kavanagh would attempt to write one hundred laughs;[17] Foster and Furst observe that averages a laugh every eleven seconds. I always do my best for all my gentlemen. [201] "It's being so cheerful that keeps me going" also remains in use, seen in British newspapers more than 100 times in the first two decades of the 21st century. [14][17] The catchphrases were used deliberately to allow the listening public to identify which is the characters was speaking. The true story of Humphrey Chinstrap (Col. [40], For the start of the post-war ITMAs, Handley, Kavanagh and Worsley decided to change many of the cast to keep the show fresh; Dorothy Summers, Sydney Keith, Dino Galvani and Horace Percival were all released from the show and replaced by Hugh Morton, Mary O'Farrell, Carleton Hobbs and Lind Joyce, with Clarence Wright returning to the programme. We have achieved success. Neither England nor Scotland has had its own army since the Acts of Union in 1707.
His few words very soon became part of the country's vocabulary, as did so many of our phrases, and it was not long before "Don't forget the Diver" was heard on all sides, in bars, in buses, on stations, even from disembodied voices in the black-out, and practically no lift descended without someone saying in those weary tones "I'm going down now, sir!". For other uses, see, This article is about the radio programme. The news was announced on that evening's radio, at the close of the Sunday evening repeat of ITMA, by the Director General of the BBC, Sir William Haley, who insisted on making the announcement himself. [202], The Times commented that ITMA "achieved a humour of universal appeal and found eager listeners in every rank of society". Took notes that the show lacked the impact it had on radio, as Handley's performances were more intimate through a microphone than in a theatre. As a renowned figure within the industry, what advice would you give to aspiring designers? [11][a], ITMA was a character-driven comedy and contained parody and satire, unlike previous radio comedy.
The programmes were written by Ted Kavanagh and produced by Francis Worsley. [93], Professions and occupations were represented by, among others, the announcer at Radio Fakenburg;[37] Atlas, the hypochondriac strongman;[141] Bookham, a variety agent;[54] Curly Kale, a chef who hated food and loved dreadful old jokes;[149] Dan Dungeon, the jocose tour guide at Castle Weehouse;[145] Farmer Jollop;[40] Lemuel the office boy;[37] Norman the Doorman;[54] and Vodkin and Vladivostooge, two mad scientists. The Commercial Traveller, like the Diver, was a "crossing" character, distracting Handley from the business at hand with his irrelevant sales patter: Handley's scatty secretary was planned as an Italian equivalent of Funf, but "his chronic mismanagement of the English tongue proved too endearing and he remained at Handley's side as a well-loved language joke". Is there an interior designer that you are particularly fond of?
[123] In 1952 Evans Brothers published Chinstrap's autobiography—ghost-written by Kavanagh, with a foreword by Train. de Gournay helps realise your dreams of a perfect interior. Every programme is an accurate reflection of the war situation at the time. One of the programmes in November was broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme to the soldiers in North Africa, the first time the show had been transmitted to the troops.
[109] He would "mishear" an innocent remark as an invitation to a drink: The catchphrase, "I don't mind if I do", was not new,[q] but ITMA brought it into widespread popular use. They gibber, splutter, stutter, stagger, suffer from amnesia, paranoia, claustrophobia, dyspepsia, dementia, and, Series 2: September 1939 to February 1940, Series 5 and 6: September 1942 to July 1943, Series 7 and 8: October 1943 to June 1945, Series 9 to 12, post-war: September 1945 to January 1949, While the phrase "It's That Man Again", when used during the 1930s, referred to Hitler, it was originally used by members of the American. [63] Train returned to the cast, but at the end of 1944 Worsley was hospitalised for seven months. [45][46] When series three began broadcasting in June 1941, Kavanagh had introduced more characters, and set the show in the fictional seaside town of Foaming-at-the-Mouth with Handley as its mayor, renaming the programme, briefly, It's That Sand Again, before it reverted to ITMA. The show included a quiz hosted by Lionel Gamlin. Says this will bring it competitive with gas and diesel, still 2 to 3 times cost of electricity. Until the client is happy they are our responsibility. Sam, Handley's bodyguard, was prone to panic:[48]. [1] The writer Ted Kavanagh was a fan of Handley and wrote a script for a comedy sketch for him in 1926. ITMA broadcast seven series during the war, from September 1939 to June 1945: Took notes that for decades afterwards, radio and television audiences in the UK were all had 200–300 people, based on Worsley's research. Everyone had their own favourite". [16] The broadcasts had an average of eighteen-and-a-half minutes of dialogue into which Kavanagh would attempt to write one hundred laughs;[17] Foster and Furst observe that averages a laugh every eleven seconds. I always do my best for all my gentlemen. [201] "It's being so cheerful that keeps me going" also remains in use, seen in British newspapers more than 100 times in the first two decades of the 21st century. [14][17] The catchphrases were used deliberately to allow the listening public to identify which is the characters was speaking. The true story of Humphrey Chinstrap (Col. [40], For the start of the post-war ITMAs, Handley, Kavanagh and Worsley decided to change many of the cast to keep the show fresh; Dorothy Summers, Sydney Keith, Dino Galvani and Horace Percival were all released from the show and replaced by Hugh Morton, Mary O'Farrell, Carleton Hobbs and Lind Joyce, with Clarence Wright returning to the programme. We have achieved success. Neither England nor Scotland has had its own army since the Acts of Union in 1707.
His few words very soon became part of the country's vocabulary, as did so many of our phrases, and it was not long before "Don't forget the Diver" was heard on all sides, in bars, in buses, on stations, even from disembodied voices in the black-out, and practically no lift descended without someone saying in those weary tones "I'm going down now, sir!". For other uses, see, This article is about the radio programme. The news was announced on that evening's radio, at the close of the Sunday evening repeat of ITMA, by the Director General of the BBC, Sir William Haley, who insisted on making the announcement himself. [202], The Times commented that ITMA "achieved a humour of universal appeal and found eager listeners in every rank of society". Took notes that the show lacked the impact it had on radio, as Handley's performances were more intimate through a microphone than in a theatre. As a renowned figure within the industry, what advice would you give to aspiring designers? [11][a], ITMA was a character-driven comedy and contained parody and satire, unlike previous radio comedy.
The programmes were written by Ted Kavanagh and produced by Francis Worsley. [93], Professions and occupations were represented by, among others, the announcer at Radio Fakenburg;[37] Atlas, the hypochondriac strongman;[141] Bookham, a variety agent;[54] Curly Kale, a chef who hated food and loved dreadful old jokes;[149] Dan Dungeon, the jocose tour guide at Castle Weehouse;[145] Farmer Jollop;[40] Lemuel the office boy;[37] Norman the Doorman;[54] and Vodkin and Vladivostooge, two mad scientists. The Commercial Traveller, like the Diver, was a "crossing" character, distracting Handley from the business at hand with his irrelevant sales patter: Handley's scatty secretary was planned as an Italian equivalent of Funf, but "his chronic mismanagement of the English tongue proved too endearing and he remained at Handley's side as a well-loved language joke". Is there an interior designer that you are particularly fond of?
[123] In 1952 Evans Brothers published Chinstrap's autobiography—ghost-written by Kavanagh, with a foreword by Train. de Gournay helps realise your dreams of a perfect interior. Every programme is an accurate reflection of the war situation at the time. One of the programmes in November was broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme to the soldiers in North Africa, the first time the show had been transmitted to the troops.
[109] He would "mishear" an innocent remark as an invitation to a drink: The catchphrase, "I don't mind if I do", was not new,[q] but ITMA brought it into widespread popular use. They gibber, splutter, stutter, stagger, suffer from amnesia, paranoia, claustrophobia, dyspepsia, dementia, and, Series 2: September 1939 to February 1940, Series 5 and 6: September 1942 to July 1943, Series 7 and 8: October 1943 to June 1945, Series 9 to 12, post-war: September 1945 to January 1949, While the phrase "It's That Man Again", when used during the 1930s, referred to Hitler, it was originally used by members of the American. [63] Train returned to the cast, but at the end of 1944 Worsley was hospitalised for seven months. [45][46] When series three began broadcasting in June 1941, Kavanagh had introduced more characters, and set the show in the fictional seaside town of Foaming-at-the-Mouth with Handley as its mayor, renaming the programme, briefly, It's That Sand Again, before it reverted to ITMA. The show included a quiz hosted by Lionel Gamlin. Says this will bring it competitive with gas and diesel, still 2 to 3 times cost of electricity. Until the client is happy they are our responsibility. Sam, Handley's bodyguard, was prone to panic:[48]. [1] The writer Ted Kavanagh was a fan of Handley and wrote a script for a comedy sketch for him in 1926. ITMA broadcast seven series during the war, from September 1939 to June 1945: Took notes that for decades afterwards, radio and television audiences in the UK were all had 200–300 people, based on Worsley's research. Everyone had their own favourite". [16] The broadcasts had an average of eighteen-and-a-half minutes of dialogue into which Kavanagh would attempt to write one hundred laughs;[17] Foster and Furst observe that averages a laugh every eleven seconds. I always do my best for all my gentlemen. [201] "It's being so cheerful that keeps me going" also remains in use, seen in British newspapers more than 100 times in the first two decades of the 21st century. [14][17] The catchphrases were used deliberately to allow the listening public to identify which is the characters was speaking. The true story of Humphrey Chinstrap (Col. [40], For the start of the post-war ITMAs, Handley, Kavanagh and Worsley decided to change many of the cast to keep the show fresh; Dorothy Summers, Sydney Keith, Dino Galvani and Horace Percival were all released from the show and replaced by Hugh Morton, Mary O'Farrell, Carleton Hobbs and Lind Joyce, with Clarence Wright returning to the programme. We have achieved success. Neither England nor Scotland has had its own army since the Acts of Union in 1707.
His few words very soon became part of the country's vocabulary, as did so many of our phrases, and it was not long before "Don't forget the Diver" was heard on all sides, in bars, in buses, on stations, even from disembodied voices in the black-out, and practically no lift descended without someone saying in those weary tones "I'm going down now, sir!". For other uses, see, This article is about the radio programme. The news was announced on that evening's radio, at the close of the Sunday evening repeat of ITMA, by the Director General of the BBC, Sir William Haley, who insisted on making the announcement himself. [202], The Times commented that ITMA "achieved a humour of universal appeal and found eager listeners in every rank of society". Took notes that the show lacked the impact it had on radio, as Handley's performances were more intimate through a microphone than in a theatre. As a renowned figure within the industry, what advice would you give to aspiring designers? [11][a], ITMA was a character-driven comedy and contained parody and satire, unlike previous radio comedy.
The programmes were written by Ted Kavanagh and produced by Francis Worsley. [93], Professions and occupations were represented by, among others, the announcer at Radio Fakenburg;[37] Atlas, the hypochondriac strongman;[141] Bookham, a variety agent;[54] Curly Kale, a chef who hated food and loved dreadful old jokes;[149] Dan Dungeon, the jocose tour guide at Castle Weehouse;[145] Farmer Jollop;[40] Lemuel the office boy;[37] Norman the Doorman;[54] and Vodkin and Vladivostooge, two mad scientists. The Commercial Traveller, like the Diver, was a "crossing" character, distracting Handley from the business at hand with his irrelevant sales patter: Handley's scatty secretary was planned as an Italian equivalent of Funf, but "his chronic mismanagement of the English tongue proved too endearing and he remained at Handley's side as a well-loved language joke". Is there an interior designer that you are particularly fond of?
[123] In 1952 Evans Brothers published Chinstrap's autobiography—ghost-written by Kavanagh, with a foreword by Train. de Gournay helps realise your dreams of a perfect interior. Every programme is an accurate reflection of the war situation at the time. One of the programmes in November was broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme to the soldiers in North Africa, the first time the show had been transmitted to the troops.
[109] He would "mishear" an innocent remark as an invitation to a drink: The catchphrase, "I don't mind if I do", was not new,[q] but ITMA brought it into widespread popular use. They gibber, splutter, stutter, stagger, suffer from amnesia, paranoia, claustrophobia, dyspepsia, dementia, and, Series 2: September 1939 to February 1940, Series 5 and 6: September 1942 to July 1943, Series 7 and 8: October 1943 to June 1945, Series 9 to 12, post-war: September 1945 to January 1949, While the phrase "It's That Man Again", when used during the 1930s, referred to Hitler, it was originally used by members of the American. [63] Train returned to the cast, but at the end of 1944 Worsley was hospitalised for seven months. [45][46] When series three began broadcasting in June 1941, Kavanagh had introduced more characters, and set the show in the fictional seaside town of Foaming-at-the-Mouth with Handley as its mayor, renaming the programme, briefly, It's That Sand Again, before it reverted to ITMA. The show included a quiz hosted by Lionel Gamlin. Says this will bring it competitive with gas and diesel, still 2 to 3 times cost of electricity. Until the client is happy they are our responsibility. Sam, Handley's bodyguard, was prone to panic:[48]. [1] The writer Ted Kavanagh was a fan of Handley and wrote a script for a comedy sketch for him in 1926. ITMA broadcast seven series during the war, from September 1939 to June 1945: Took notes that for decades afterwards, radio and television audiences in the UK were all had 200–300 people, based on Worsley's research. Everyone had their own favourite". [16] The broadcasts had an average of eighteen-and-a-half minutes of dialogue into which Kavanagh would attempt to write one hundred laughs;[17] Foster and Furst observe that averages a laugh every eleven seconds. I always do my best for all my gentlemen. [201] "It's being so cheerful that keeps me going" also remains in use, seen in British newspapers more than 100 times in the first two decades of the 21st century. [14][17] The catchphrases were used deliberately to allow the listening public to identify which is the characters was speaking. The true story of Humphrey Chinstrap (Col. [40], For the start of the post-war ITMAs, Handley, Kavanagh and Worsley decided to change many of the cast to keep the show fresh; Dorothy Summers, Sydney Keith, Dino Galvani and Horace Percival were all released from the show and replaced by Hugh Morton, Mary O'Farrell, Carleton Hobbs and Lind Joyce, with Clarence Wright returning to the programme. We have achieved success. Neither England nor Scotland has had its own army since the Acts of Union in 1707.
His few words very soon became part of the country's vocabulary, as did so many of our phrases, and it was not long before "Don't forget the Diver" was heard on all sides, in bars, in buses, on stations, even from disembodied voices in the black-out, and practically no lift descended without someone saying in those weary tones "I'm going down now, sir!". For other uses, see, This article is about the radio programme. The news was announced on that evening's radio, at the close of the Sunday evening repeat of ITMA, by the Director General of the BBC, Sir William Haley, who insisted on making the announcement himself. [202], The Times commented that ITMA "achieved a humour of universal appeal and found eager listeners in every rank of society". Took notes that the show lacked the impact it had on radio, as Handley's performances were more intimate through a microphone than in a theatre. As a renowned figure within the industry, what advice would you give to aspiring designers? [11][a], ITMA was a character-driven comedy and contained parody and satire, unlike previous radio comedy.
The programmes were written by Ted Kavanagh and produced by Francis Worsley. [93], Professions and occupations were represented by, among others, the announcer at Radio Fakenburg;[37] Atlas, the hypochondriac strongman;[141] Bookham, a variety agent;[54] Curly Kale, a chef who hated food and loved dreadful old jokes;[149] Dan Dungeon, the jocose tour guide at Castle Weehouse;[145] Farmer Jollop;[40] Lemuel the office boy;[37] Norman the Doorman;[54] and Vodkin and Vladivostooge, two mad scientists. The Commercial Traveller, like the Diver, was a "crossing" character, distracting Handley from the business at hand with his irrelevant sales patter: Handley's scatty secretary was planned as an Italian equivalent of Funf, but "his chronic mismanagement of the English tongue proved too endearing and he remained at Handley's side as a well-loved language joke". Is there an interior designer that you are particularly fond of?
[123] In 1952 Evans Brothers published Chinstrap's autobiography—ghost-written by Kavanagh, with a foreword by Train. de Gournay helps realise your dreams of a perfect interior. Every programme is an accurate reflection of the war situation at the time. One of the programmes in November was broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme to the soldiers in North Africa, the first time the show had been transmitted to the troops.
[109] He would "mishear" an innocent remark as an invitation to a drink: The catchphrase, "I don't mind if I do", was not new,[q] but ITMA brought it into widespread popular use. They gibber, splutter, stutter, stagger, suffer from amnesia, paranoia, claustrophobia, dyspepsia, dementia, and, Series 2: September 1939 to February 1940, Series 5 and 6: September 1942 to July 1943, Series 7 and 8: October 1943 to June 1945, Series 9 to 12, post-war: September 1945 to January 1949, While the phrase "It's That Man Again", when used during the 1930s, referred to Hitler, it was originally used by members of the American. [63] Train returned to the cast, but at the end of 1944 Worsley was hospitalised for seven months. [45][46] When series three began broadcasting in June 1941, Kavanagh had introduced more characters, and set the show in the fictional seaside town of Foaming-at-the-Mouth with Handley as its mayor, renaming the programme, briefly, It's That Sand Again, before it reverted to ITMA. The show included a quiz hosted by Lionel Gamlin. Says this will bring it competitive with gas and diesel, still 2 to 3 times cost of electricity. Until the client is happy they are our responsibility. Sam, Handley's bodyguard, was prone to panic:[48]. [1] The writer Ted Kavanagh was a fan of Handley and wrote a script for a comedy sketch for him in 1926. ITMA broadcast seven series during the war, from September 1939 to June 1945: Took notes that for decades afterwards, radio and television audiences in the UK were all had 200–300 people, based on Worsley's research. Everyone had their own favourite". [16] The broadcasts had an average of eighteen-and-a-half minutes of dialogue into which Kavanagh would attempt to write one hundred laughs;[17] Foster and Furst observe that averages a laugh every eleven seconds. I always do my best for all my gentlemen. [201] "It's being so cheerful that keeps me going" also remains in use, seen in British newspapers more than 100 times in the first two decades of the 21st century. [14][17] The catchphrases were used deliberately to allow the listening public to identify which is the characters was speaking. The true story of Humphrey Chinstrap (Col. [40], For the start of the post-war ITMAs, Handley, Kavanagh and Worsley decided to change many of the cast to keep the show fresh; Dorothy Summers, Sydney Keith, Dino Galvani and Horace Percival were all released from the show and replaced by Hugh Morton, Mary O'Farrell, Carleton Hobbs and Lind Joyce, with Clarence Wright returning to the programme. We have achieved success. Neither England nor Scotland has had its own army since the Acts of Union in 1707.
Jack Train and John Snagge recalled that Chinstrap was based on an acquaintance of Snagge's, a retired, Handley's words parody the opening and closing announcements of the popular radio show. He’s quite eclectic and uses our products in his designs out in Hollywood, we love him. People have to make decisions about where they are going to live and how they are going to decorate. Coffee of cup. We paint want clients want, we paint what clients need, and we have to interpret clients’ tastes. [75] She described Sophie as "a terrible child who never stopped eating, with the inevitable sickening results". "It's being so cheerful that keeps me going". Handley died during the twelfth series, the remaining programmes of which were immediately cancelled: ITMA could not work without him, and no further series were commissioned. His first programme back was V-ITMA, the special edition show of 11 May 1945, which celebrated the end of the war in Europe. [24][25], In an article in the Radio Times that accompanied the first programme, Worsley described the premise of the show: Handley "gets hold of a ship, equips it with a transmitter and studio, and sails the Seven Seas scattering broadcast culture (Handley brand) and 'commercials' (any brand). [73][74], Series 11, which began in September 1947, had the final recruit to the ITMA cast: Hattie Jacques, who played Ella Phant and Sophie Tuckshop. What would you say is your favourite work in the showroom currently? [207] The size of the audience was unprecedented; one historian records that more than sixteen million people listened to ITMA every week",[42] and another that "a staggering 40 per cent of the population" regularly tuned in. Handley was known to keep to a script, with little or no ad-libbing to worry the producers. I was with a rather nice designer in LA recently, Martin Lawrence Bullard.
His few words very soon became part of the country's vocabulary, as did so many of our phrases, and it was not long before "Don't forget the Diver" was heard on all sides, in bars, in buses, on stations, even from disembodied voices in the black-out, and practically no lift descended without someone saying in those weary tones "I'm going down now, sir!". For other uses, see, This article is about the radio programme. The news was announced on that evening's radio, at the close of the Sunday evening repeat of ITMA, by the Director General of the BBC, Sir William Haley, who insisted on making the announcement himself. [202], The Times commented that ITMA "achieved a humour of universal appeal and found eager listeners in every rank of society". Took notes that the show lacked the impact it had on radio, as Handley's performances were more intimate through a microphone than in a theatre. As a renowned figure within the industry, what advice would you give to aspiring designers? [11][a], ITMA was a character-driven comedy and contained parody and satire, unlike previous radio comedy.
The programmes were written by Ted Kavanagh and produced by Francis Worsley. [93], Professions and occupations were represented by, among others, the announcer at Radio Fakenburg;[37] Atlas, the hypochondriac strongman;[141] Bookham, a variety agent;[54] Curly Kale, a chef who hated food and loved dreadful old jokes;[149] Dan Dungeon, the jocose tour guide at Castle Weehouse;[145] Farmer Jollop;[40] Lemuel the office boy;[37] Norman the Doorman;[54] and Vodkin and Vladivostooge, two mad scientists. The Commercial Traveller, like the Diver, was a "crossing" character, distracting Handley from the business at hand with his irrelevant sales patter: Handley's scatty secretary was planned as an Italian equivalent of Funf, but "his chronic mismanagement of the English tongue proved too endearing and he remained at Handley's side as a well-loved language joke". Is there an interior designer that you are particularly fond of?
[123] In 1952 Evans Brothers published Chinstrap's autobiography—ghost-written by Kavanagh, with a foreword by Train. de Gournay helps realise your dreams of a perfect interior. Every programme is an accurate reflection of the war situation at the time. One of the programmes in November was broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme to the soldiers in North Africa, the first time the show had been transmitted to the troops.
[109] He would "mishear" an innocent remark as an invitation to a drink: The catchphrase, "I don't mind if I do", was not new,[q] but ITMA brought it into widespread popular use. They gibber, splutter, stutter, stagger, suffer from amnesia, paranoia, claustrophobia, dyspepsia, dementia, and, Series 2: September 1939 to February 1940, Series 5 and 6: September 1942 to July 1943, Series 7 and 8: October 1943 to June 1945, Series 9 to 12, post-war: September 1945 to January 1949, While the phrase "It's That Man Again", when used during the 1930s, referred to Hitler, it was originally used by members of the American. [63] Train returned to the cast, but at the end of 1944 Worsley was hospitalised for seven months. [45][46] When series three began broadcasting in June 1941, Kavanagh had introduced more characters, and set the show in the fictional seaside town of Foaming-at-the-Mouth with Handley as its mayor, renaming the programme, briefly, It's That Sand Again, before it reverted to ITMA. The show included a quiz hosted by Lionel Gamlin. Says this will bring it competitive with gas and diesel, still 2 to 3 times cost of electricity. Until the client is happy they are our responsibility. Sam, Handley's bodyguard, was prone to panic:[48]. [1] The writer Ted Kavanagh was a fan of Handley and wrote a script for a comedy sketch for him in 1926. ITMA broadcast seven series during the war, from September 1939 to June 1945: Took notes that for decades afterwards, radio and television audiences in the UK were all had 200–300 people, based on Worsley's research. Everyone had their own favourite". [16] The broadcasts had an average of eighteen-and-a-half minutes of dialogue into which Kavanagh would attempt to write one hundred laughs;[17] Foster and Furst observe that averages a laugh every eleven seconds. I always do my best for all my gentlemen. [201] "It's being so cheerful that keeps me going" also remains in use, seen in British newspapers more than 100 times in the first two decades of the 21st century. [14][17] The catchphrases were used deliberately to allow the listening public to identify which is the characters was speaking. The true story of Humphrey Chinstrap (Col. [40], For the start of the post-war ITMAs, Handley, Kavanagh and Worsley decided to change many of the cast to keep the show fresh; Dorothy Summers, Sydney Keith, Dino Galvani and Horace Percival were all released from the show and replaced by Hugh Morton, Mary O'Farrell, Carleton Hobbs and Lind Joyce, with Clarence Wright returning to the programme. We have achieved success. Neither England nor Scotland has had its own army since the Acts of Union in 1707.
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