Comments | caz963: Stand and Deliver!

caz963

Stand and Deliver!

May 31, 2011 00:04

Anyone who's been paying attention, will know of my love for the CBBC show Horrible Histories. It won the award for Best Sketch Show at this year's British Comedy Awards (a kids' show - gasp!) and deservedly so. It's the BBC at its best - educational AND entertaining ( Read more... )

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canterlevi May 30 2011, 23:18:22 UTC

Sounds like Mr. Turpin's life was romanticized much like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in the American Wild West (thanks in no small part to Robert Redford and Paul Newman). Sometimes I think people forget what ruthless SOBs they truly were.

caz963 May 31 2011, 09:41:37 UTC

Oh, definitely. He's another of those unsavoury characters who has been turned into a good guy by folklore. But that's one of the things that's so great about this show and the books it's based on; it tells kids the truth behind the famous stories and myths. If you listen to the lyrics (which you clearly have!) they tell the proper story.

cheesygirl May 30 2011, 23:21:46 UTC

Hee! He's got the eyeliner as well. :D

caz963 May 31 2011, 09:42:28 UTC

He has! Of course, my kids are too young to remember Adam Ant - but for the adults it was the icing on the cake!

hooloovoo_42 May 31 2011, 00:28:41 UTC

Love it! The moody looking posse cracked me up. And they managed to get Prince Charming in, too.

caz963 May 31 2011, 09:39:08 UTC

I know! I was waiting for a Diana Dors lookalike to show up!!

kathyh May 31 2011, 08:16:43 UTC

I loved that. I watched it on the iPlayer last night and even hubby woke up and laughed. aBook cracked me up completely as well.

de23 May 31 2011, 16:04:28 UTC

Oh, this was funny! I loved Adam Ant, even saw him in concert in Nashville TN in 1983ish. Am I going to have to get out my old tapes now? ;-)

hooloovoo_42 May 31 2011, 23:35:22 UTC

In 1983 the 6 yr old I babysat for had a poster of Adam Ant on his wall!