My Word - Series 12 Omnibus

Описание: Six surviving episodes from the twelfth series of the radio comedy panel show My Word, originally broadcast on the BBC Home Service in spring 1964. All feature Frank Muir, Denis Norden, Dilys Powell and host Jack Longland; the first two also posthumously feature Nancy Spain, who was killed in a plane crash en route to the 1964 Grand National on 21st March. Anne Scott-James replaces Spain from the third episode on.

Due to the unchanging cast and paucity of info on recordings, it's difficult to determine the sequence of My Word episodes even with radio listings, so some guesswork has been used in the arrangement of this omnibus.

0:00 - Series 12 Episode 1, 24th April 1964
Definitions: Ticklebrain, Leet, Lifter, Wannion
Who & What: Thanes Of Cawdor & Fife, Plays Set In Verona, Shylock's Daughter, King Lear's Daughters
Quotations: "Ye spotted snakes with double tongue, thorny hedgehogs be not seen...", "I am gone sir, and anon sir, I'll be with you again...", "The master, the swabber, the boatswain and I, the gunner and his mate...", "By the pricking of my thumbs..."
On Shakespeare: "If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare; if we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators...", "The stream of Time, which is continually washing the dissoluble fabrics of other poets, passes without injury by the adamant of Shakespeare...", "They were built out of music...", "If, in fact, Shakespeare's plays were found not to have been written by Shakespeare, I for one would not wish to act in them anymore..."
Phrases: "The quality of mercy is not strained...", "Four lagging winters and four wanton springs..."

27:46 - Series 12 Episode 2, 1st May 1964
Definitions: Polyhistor, Fusiform, Hornbook, Bear Leader
Shakespeareanisms: Mumble-News, Ear Bussing/Kissing, Rooky, Nit
Quotations: "Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run...", "There is nothing on earth intended for innocent people so horrible as school...", "Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school...", "Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching..."
Phrases: "We've been together now for forty years...", "Shoot, father, I am not afraid..."

55:28 - Series 12 Episode 3, 8th May 1964
Definitions: Mangrove, Stylite, Roc, Persiennes
Mythology: Perseus's Father, Perseus's Helmet, Underworld River & Ferryman, God Of Shepherds
Origins: Place Was A Shambles, How Many Beans Make Five, Unearned Increment, Sea Shanties
Books About Animals: Garm - A Hostage, Lassie Come Home, White Fang, The Tale Of Mrs Tiggywinkle
Collective Nouns: Eggs, Onions, Trees, Bread
Phrases: "She's my sweetheart, I'm her beau...", "Actions speak louder than words..."

1:23:20 - Series 12 Episode 4, 15th May 1964
Definitions: Eland, Pasham, Oligarchy, Umiak
Mythology: Parents & Kingdom Of Paris & Hector, Who Killed Hector, Food Drink & Home Of The Gods, Difference Between Cyclops & Argus
Quotations: "It was the English, Kaspar cried, who put the French to rout; but what they fought each other for, I could not well make out...", "Here's a health unto His Majesty, with a fa-la-la-la la-la-la...", "When blood is nipped and ways be foul, when nightly sings the staring owl...", "Airly Beacon, Airly Beacon; oh, the weary haunt for me..."
Kings: King Of The Forest, Books Of The Four Kings, The King Of The Waters, The King Of Bath
Collective Nouns: Labourers, Magistrates, Angels, Runners
Phrases: "My old man said follow the van...", "And thereby hangs a tale..."

1:51:04 - Series 12 Episode 5, 22nd May 1964
Definitions: Scree, Ptosis, Tonsure, Isocracy
Love Interests: John Ridd, Minnehaha, Barkis, Sophia Western
Quotations: "I loved a lassie, a bonny, bonny lassie..."; "Oh the gladness of her gladness when she's glad, and the sadness of her sadness when she's sad..."; "Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth ashes and sparks, my words among mankind..."; "Come cheer up my lads, 'tis to glory we steer..."
Acronyms: AWOL, BASIC, EuroMart, Flak
Shakespeare Opening Lines: "Nay, but this dotage of our general's o'erflows the measure...", "In sooth, I know not why I am so sad...", "Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour draws on apace...", "Sir Hugh, persuade me not; I will make a Star Chamber matter of it..."
Phrases: "Wonders will never cease...", "Our fears do make us traitors..."

2:18:52 - Series 12 Episode 6, 29th May 1964
Definitions: Hypaethral, Pawnee, Cairngorm, Durbar
Shakespearean Parents: Katherina's father, Romeo's mother, Desdemona's father, Hamlet's mother
Origins: Windfall, Something Up Your Sleeve, Crossgrained, Stuck Up
Cuts: Cut Direct, Cut Infernal, Cut Sublime, Cut Indirect
Collective Nouns: Charm, Skulk, Stud, Leap
Phrases: "To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive...", "A stitch in time saves nine..."