AUDIO FILES plus TEXTS/"LYRICS"

Tom Lehrer (14 audio files plus "lyrics")

                                                                                        Bill Bryson, Notes from a Small Island
1) Bill Bryson,Small Island1.mp3  2) Bill Bryson,Small Island2.mp3  3) Bill Bryson,Small Island3.mp3  4) Bill Bryson,Small Island4.mp3  5) Bill Bryson,Small Island5.mp3     
                                             

X sound: God Bless My SUV.mp3                   text: SUV, Capitol Steps (word list, text 2, #16) 
X
sound: Little Blue Riding Hood.mp3            text: Stan Freberg, Little Blue Riding Hood 
 
X sound: St George and the Dragonet.mp3     text: Stan Freberg, St. George and the Dragonet
X
sound: The Day Nothing Happened(Monty Python).mp3  text:
The Day Nothing Happened (conditional clauses, Monty-Python-style)      
X sound: Finest Hour(Churchill).mp3                                    text: Finest Hour
X
sound:
Rule Britannia.mp3                                                 text: Rule Britannia

                                         HUMOUR (I) plus: #02, #3, #08, #09, #15, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23                              > complete content                 
#02 
X sound: The Sermon.mp3                                                       text: The Sermon
#03 
X sound: Dunsinane Blues.mp3                                                text: Dunsinane Blues
#08
  X sound: Party Political Speech.mp3                                       text: Party Political Speech
#09 
X sound: Eurovision Song Contest.mp3                                   text: Eurovision Song Contest
#15
  X sound: Novel Writing.mp3                                                    text: Novel Writing
#19)
X sound: bulbous bouffant.mp3                                               text: Bulbous Bouffant, The Vestibules  
#20) X sound: Shakespeare(Atkinson).mp3                                     text: "Blackadder's version of Hamlet"    
#21) X sound: Noel Coward,The Stately Homes of England.mp3   text: The Stately Homes of England
#22) X sound: Noel Coward,Mad Dogs and Englishmen.mp3        text:  Mad Dogs and Englishmen
#23) X sound  
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wveW9Tw2JKE                        text: Don't let's be beastly to the Germans

                                           SKETCH AS SKETCH CAN: #2, #4, #8, #11, #13, #19                                              > complete content
#2)  
X sound: Critic's Choice.mp3              text: Critic's Choice, Kenneth Williams
#4)
    X sound: The Driving Instructor.mp3 text: The Driving Instructor, Bob Newhart
#5)  
X sound: Constable Savage.mp3         text: Constable Savage
#8)   X sound: Argument Sketch.mp3          text:
Argument Sketch 
#11)
X sound: The Charity Sketch.mp3      text: a) Charity Sketch (original) b) Charity Sketch (CHRI$TMA$ version)
#13) X sound: Buy British.mp3                    text: Buy British, Kenneth Williams
#19)
X sound: Penultimate Supper.mp3      text: The Penultimate Supper, Monty Python

                                                                                       PLUS PLUS PLUS PLUS PLUS PLUS: "MIXED BAG"
PLUS (K. Th. March 2)
X sound: Maurice blows his trumpet for Karin.mp3
PLUS (R. L. August 2)
X sound: King Reiner, keep stompin'!.mp3, X sound: Sir Duke.mp3 
PLUS:
X sound: let it snow.mp3  text: Let it snow
PLUS (H. T. April 12th)
 X sound: Daffodils,Wordsworth.mp3    text: Daffodils 
PLUS:
X sound:
Blues Brothers,The Old Landmark.mp3    movie script/text: sermon at Triple Rock Church
PLUS: (Chr. & Ph.): X sound: CONGRATULATIONS! (Pomp & Circumstance).mp3
PLUS: (Cl. Sp. September 25):
X sound: Birthday Fanfare.mp3
PLUS:
X sound: Big Game,Rich Little.mp3  text: Big Game; Rich Little
PLUS:
X sound: Have Some Madeira, M'dear.mp3    text: Have Some Madeira, M'dear
PLUS:
X sound: Fairytale of New York, The Pogues  text: Fairytale of New York
PLUS:
X sound: Any Questions, Friday December 2, 2011.mp3
PLUS:
X sound: Farewell to the Rhondda.mp3  text: Farewell to the Rhondda
PLUS: Harry Rowohlt in praise of The New Yorker
(in German)
X sound: Harry Rowohlt.mp3
PLUS "Oettinger": 1)
X sound: icehole, Austrian English.mp3  2) X sound: Seehofer, BBC interview .mp3  text: Seehofer, BBC interview

!!!Spring Has Sprung!!!
"lyrics": I wandered lonely as a cloud 
X sound: Daffodils,Derek Godfrey.mp3  X sound: Daffodils,Wordsworth.mp3 (W.E.P.)
                                                                                                X sound:
Daffodils,M.Jackson-style.mp3                                                
"lyrics":
It was a lover and his lass 
X sound: It was a lover and his lass,P.D.Q.Bach.mp3  X sound: It was a lover and his lass,Cleo Laine.mp3
         
"lyrics": Tom Lehrer, Poisoning Pigeons in the Park   X sound: Poisoning Pigeons In The Park.mp3
Yes, T. L. sto.. or rather "adapted" the idea for "Poisoning Pigeons ..." from G. K.:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiH5BsVTcyg 

And what better way to finish off than by humming along to the tune of  Monty Python's classic: "Always look on the bright side of life ..."
        X sound: Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life.mp3    text: Always Look On The Bright Side of Life

"Always -look-on-the-bright-side-of-life SPECIAL":
1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrdEMERq8MA
2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTXiqKGFNso 
3)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9dp62_eric-idle-always-look-on-the-bright_music

 

Peter Hitchens: Eurosceptic,Peter Hitchens1.mp3

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