After recovering in a Scottish sanatorium from a nervous breakdown, the leading lady catches a Cross Country* train for Penzance. In the train she is chatted up by a fellow passenger.
Unfortunately the train breaks down near Taunton and has to be towed to the nearest station where they can be transferred to a following stopper. Hence the immortal line, and only one, for which the film is remembered,
"Don't let's ask for the Cornish Riviera. We have Tiverton Parkway".
* For those unfamiliar with UK railways, Cross Country operates a service of trains with units called Voyagers, which in comparison with the High Speed sets they replaced are cramped for a long journey. They also seem to stop everywhere.
Fight At The Museum
An evening of drunken fisticuffs destroys half the plunder at the British Museum, including the Parthenon Marbles and the Rosetta Stone.
Well, if we are allowing hymn/sacred song titles (and why not - I'm always up for a pun!) how about, 'Now tweet the name of Jesus'?
And we know there is always, always one item of footware stuck in the washing machine, thus, 'Sock of Ages'.
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That last word is just asking to become 'bummer'.
Then of course the's the football-themed 'VAR and Peace' except it isn't, says my football-mad church colleague.
Nothing much happens, but it’s relaxing.
Nice - could be the begininng for a fruit-based franchise.
That was one happy piece of fruit.
Clever!
After recovering in a Scottish sanatorium from a nervous breakdown, the leading lady catches a Cross Country* train for Penzance. In the train she is chatted up by a fellow passenger.
Unfortunately the train breaks down near Taunton and has to be towed to the nearest station where they can be transferred to a following stopper. Hence the immortal line, and only one, for which the film is remembered,
"Don't let's ask for the Cornish Riviera. We have Tiverton Parkway".
Frock envy in the outback
Abby. Abby Normal.
Both, alas, pinched from Monday's IISIHAC!
Mr T stars in a weekly TV show about Tottenham Hotspur (n.b. I am a Spurs fan - just an exasperated one)
Early pre-ELO Roy Wood band winds up on a magical journey to Munchkinland and environs.
That first letter 'N' is just asking to be changed to a 'V'.
Finale of The Beverly Hillbillies…
Return of the Jed
… or is it?
The Empire Strikes Bach
What if a much earlier composer has made the music, rather than John Williams?
Sol
Han accidentally flies the Millennium Falcon into a star, making a very short movie indeed.
I belive it was a bee movie.
Mary Baker Eddy's treatise on the healing power of strong drink.
Our Founding Fathers have a bit of fun while drafting the Constitution.
A guide book concerning the etiquette of farting in bed.
Following the destruction of most of humankind, the earth is taken over by church architects.
Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara finish off some fresh fruit
One with the Wind
Olivia de Havilland coaches Bette Davis through a harrowing labor.
An evening of drunken fisticuffs destroys half the plunder at the British Museum, including the Parthenon Marbles and the Rosetta Stone.
- when the girl realises this is actually not the man for her after all.
Obviously, these are the first two in a trilogy, leading up to
Close Encounters of the Third Rind
Neat!
Amazing Graze
And we know there is always, always one item of footware stuck in the washing machine, thus, 'Sock of Ages'.
Hymn about a brothel that's miles from anywhere -
Where you can see All Thongs Bright And Beautiful.
Which brings to mind my favorite version of this old chestnut.
Potential transplant recipients form an orderly queue.