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True ones please. Samuel Goldwyn of Metro Goldwyn Mayer films is offically named Samuel Goldfish. When he emigrated to the US from Poland, his actual name was Schmuel Goldfisz. The immigration officail misheard it as Samuel Goldfish which he remained for some years. Notta Lotta People Know That.
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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 11:39 - May 29 with 2156 views
Santa Claus doesn't exist.... But he did. He was a Bishop of Greek descent in Turkey. His bones were stolen by Italian sailors from Bari, where I now live and are kept in the Cathedral. In Bari he is celebrated on 7,8,9 May but St. Nicholas' day is 6th December.
Never unknowingly wrong
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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 16:40 - May 29 with 1776 views
Not many people would know that Atilla was at the fa cup semi final v West Brom at Highbury. I was waiting for a bus with him at Harlow Town station on the way home. He said he liked qpr as he once lived in Ladbroke Grove I'm pretty sure he declares for Brighton tho.
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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 20:37 - May 29 with 1664 views
The 70s hit sitcom Porridge was set in a Prison. The writers wanted a certain level of hardness and machismo in the dialogue that would be appropriate to how inmates would talk. Obviously they couldn't swear so they invented the phrase "Naff Off". It was quite clever as the venomous way Ronnie Barker's Cockney wideboy Fletcher character spat the words out it kind of felt like he was saying F... Off! Before Porridge, there was no such expletive of course but for a time in the 70s Naff Off actually crossed over into everyday language.
How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 20:37 - May 29 by NorrisGreen
The 70s hit sitcom Porridge was set in a Prison. The writers wanted a certain level of hardness and machismo in the dialogue that would be appropriate to how inmates would talk. Obviously they couldn't swear so they invented the phrase "Naff Off". It was quite clever as the venomous way Ronnie Barker's Cockney wideboy Fletcher character spat the words out it kind of felt like he was saying F... Off! Before Porridge, there was no such expletive of course but for a time in the 70s Naff Off actually crossed over into everyday language.
The shots of cell doors being slammed shut in the opening sequence were filmed in Shepherd's Bush police station.
Famously, also, the show had no theme tune - just the voice of the judge sentencing Fletcher, originally voiced by Ronnie Barker himself.
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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 06:08 - May 30 with 1447 views
How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 22:30 - May 29 by johann28
The shots of cell doors being slammed shut in the opening sequence were filmed in Shepherd's Bush police station.
Famously, also, the show had no theme tune - just the voice of the judge sentencing Fletcher, originally voiced by Ronnie Barker himself.
Learning pythagorus thereom at school and knowing the difference between a hypotenuse triangle and what is a cosine, really prepares children well for their adult life ahead !!!!!!
How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 22:30 - May 29 by johann28
The shots of cell doors being slammed shut in the opening sequence were filmed in Shepherd's Bush police station.
Famously, also, the show had no theme tune - just the voice of the judge sentencing Fletcher, originally voiced by Ronnie Barker himself.
Is it me or in terms of 'not a lot of people knowing' something, the lack of a theme tune to the start of 'Porridge' is surely obvious and thus, well known to anyone who has watched it. As is Barker's voice over.
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I wonder how many of you know there is (or was) a fairly major American car manufacturer called International Harvester? I only discovered this when I was trying to find out what the super cool jeep was in the TV drama series Animal Kingdom. This is it, an International Harvester Scout.
How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 20:37 - May 29 by NorrisGreen
The 70s hit sitcom Porridge was set in a Prison. The writers wanted a certain level of hardness and machismo in the dialogue that would be appropriate to how inmates would talk. Obviously they couldn't swear so they invented the phrase "Naff Off". It was quite clever as the venomous way Ronnie Barker's Cockney wideboy Fletcher character spat the words out it kind of felt like he was saying F... Off! Before Porridge, there was no such expletive of course but for a time in the 70s Naff Off actually crossed over into everyday language.
I've always thought that was clever (though I think "naff" meaning generally a bit crap was about before as Polari or something, I'm sure I've heard it in old runs of Round The Horne).
The other one was Scrote (generally used when in real life someone would be called a c*nt). For some reason that never took off, I don't know why as it sounds filthy.
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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 19:12 - Jun 18 with 596 views
How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 19:08 - Jun 18 by CiderwithRsie
I've always thought that was clever (though I think "naff" meaning generally a bit crap was about before as Polari or something, I'm sure I've heard it in old runs of Round The Horne).
The other one was Scrote (generally used when in real life someone would be called a c*nt). For some reason that never took off, I don't know why as it sounds filthy.
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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 19:17 - Jun 18 with 591 views
How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 19:08 - Jun 18 by CiderwithRsie
I've always thought that was clever (though I think "naff" meaning generally a bit crap was about before as Polari or something, I'm sure I've heard it in old runs of Round The Horne).
The other one was Scrote (generally used when in real life someone would be called a c*nt). For some reason that never took off, I don't know why as it sounds filthy.
I always assumed scrote was just an abbreviation of scrotum, but they probably wouldn't have got away with the full version. Or ballbag.
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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 19:21 - Jun 18 with 589 views
The "fez" made famous by Tommy Cooper should more properly be called a tarbouche.
Cooper first came across it when he was in the army in WWII and posted to Egypt. Some years later he happened to be in Egypt again and when he saw a market stall selling them, unprompted the stallholder suddenly went "Just Like That!"
"Why did you say that?", asked Tommy.
"Because every British person who comes here always says that", came the reply. "Except you".
Btw, when Tommy was in the army, he was in a cavalry regiment. Which meant he was "Trooper Cooper" - yep, he was funny even when not trying.
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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 19:42 - Jun 18 with 554 views
How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 19:31 - Jun 18 by NewBee
The "fez" made famous by Tommy Cooper should more properly be called a tarbouche.
Cooper first came across it when he was in the army in WWII and posted to Egypt. Some years later he happened to be in Egypt again and when he saw a market stall selling them, unprompted the stallholder suddenly went "Just Like That!"
"Why did you say that?", asked Tommy.
"Because every British person who comes here always says that", came the reply. "Except you".
Btw, when Tommy was in the army, he was in a cavalry regiment. Which meant he was "Trooper Cooper" - yep, he was funny even when not trying.
I prefer Super Duper Trooper Cooper.
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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 20:22 - Jun 18 with 497 views
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