Today, high culture receives but a fraction of the attention it so richly deserves. James Joyce’s Ulysses is ignored except by those who use it as a doorstop, Beethoven’s Ninth is often mistaken for some sort of German sports team, and most people’s idea of cultural literacy is knowing exactly how many times Stewie Griffin …
Category Archive: The Arts
A Bizarre Ode to the Ferrets of Old England
From “I’m Sorry, I’ll Read That Again” — the same mentally disturbed folks who brought you The Ferret Song — comes this touching tribute to the world’s favorite mustelid. This one was perpetrated, or written if you prefer, primarily by Bill Oddie, and performed by him with help from Messrs Cleese, Brooke-Taylor et al.
“How it got there i can’t tell.”
From the classic BBC radio series “I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again,” comes a song about a man with an unusual nasal obstruction. ISIRTA was perpetrated by Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden and John Cleese, the same loons who would later unleash the surreal anarchy of The Goodies and Monty Python’s Flying Circus. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS_fCLKamfo[/youtube]