Terry Jones
Terry Jones Michael Palin – Ripping Yarns – Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B Germany, 1917. Major Errol Phipps (Palin) is a legend among prisoners of war. He has attempted over five hundred escapes, two hundred of them before he left England. One day, he is transferred to the most infamous prison camp: Stalag Luft 112B. He tries nine Read more…
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Terry Jones Michael Palin – Ripping Yarns – Golden Gordon
Golden Gordon Huddersfield, 1935. Barnstoneworth United is a small football club, once playing in the top leagues, now losing every game. One of their fans, Gordon Ottershaw (Palin), who has named his son Barnstoneworth United (John Berlyne), comes home after every lost match and smashes the furniture in fury. Read more…
Antique-Slang
Hard times – Jacking off the dog to feed the cat
Since we are in the depression of 2008 it is time to recycle a phrase used during the great depression of the 1930's. When people are really stretched financially they are said to be doing the following: Jack off the dog to feed the cat
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Michael Palin – Ripping Yarn – Murder at Moorstones Manor
Murder at Moorstones Manor Scotland, 1926. Sir Clive Chiddingfold (Frank Middlemass), the irascible proprietor of Moorstones Manor has his birthday. His sons Hugo and Charles (both played by Palin) drive up with their fiancées. Hugo, the elder, is only interested in motors and seen as a loony by the Read more…
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Terry Jones Michael Palin Rippin Yarn – The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
Howard Molsen has a new shovel. Its a lovely shovel. It has a great big brass handle. Know what he is going to do? He’s going to put it next to the other one. The Testing of Eric Olthwaite Denley Moor, 1934. Eric Olthwaite (Palin) is interested in Read more…
Michael Palin Terry Jones – Ripping Yarns – Across the Andes by Frog
Across the Andes by Frog Peru, 1927. Walter Snetterton (Palin) is an explorer unluckily forgotten. His expedition had been trying to prove that frogs could scale the highest mountains. He wanted to cross the Andes by frog. The expedition starts in the sleepy village of Quequeña, where they are Read more…
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Michael Palin Terry Jones – Ripping Yarns – Curse of the Claw
The Curse of the Claw Last episode of the first series of Michael Palin’s and Terry Jones’ priceless "Ripping Yarns", in which the two Ex-Pythons wittily lampoon cultural cornerstones of the British Empire. The terrifying story of a man who dabbled in the dark mysteries of the Orient, and Read more…