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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” 21:12 - Dec 17 with 82750 viewscolinallcars

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 2390 viewsizlingtonhoop

How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 11:21 - May 29 by TheChef

Eurasia innit.



I try to discoverrrrr...
...a little something to make me swee ter
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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 11:46 - May 29 with 2380 viewsizlingtonhoop

How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 11:21 - May 29 by TheChef

Eurasia innit.



Attila the stockbroker

Airstrip One

https://www.reverbnation.com/attilathestockbroker/song/11251922-the-ballad-of-ai
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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 12:28 - May 29 with 2303 viewswombat

How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 10:44 - May 29 by BazzaInTheLoft

The guillotine was still being used in France at the same time as Star Wars was being shown.


afer watching the more recent star wars films since disney bought them i wish it was val now to be honest

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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 13:37 - May 29 with 2201 viewsMrSheen

How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 10:44 - May 29 by BazzaInTheLoft

The guillotine was still being used in France at the same time as Star Wars was being shown.


Around the same time the French were showing John Profumo, Christine Keeler et al what a proper scandal looks like.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markovi%C4%87_affair
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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 14:06 - May 29 with 2153 viewsPlanetHonneywood

Martin Luther King's assassin, James Earl Ray, was arrested at Heathrow Airport.

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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 14:29 - May 29 with 2116 viewsmloclam65

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 2010 viewsizlingtonhoop

How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 11:46 - May 29 by izlingtonhoop

Attila the stockbroker

Airstrip One

https://www.reverbnation.com/attilathestockbroker/song/11251922-the-ballad-of-ai


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 1898 viewsNorrisGreen

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.
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(No subject) (n/t) on 20:37 - May 29 with 1898 viewsNorrisGreen

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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 22:30 - May 29 with 1812 viewsjohann28

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 1681 viewsnumptydumpty

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 !!!!!!


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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 06:23 - May 30 with 1674 viewsPlanetHonneywood

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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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 17:07 - May 30 with 1477 viewsNewBee

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.


Reading about Porridge having no theme tune, I thought: "Nah, I'm sure I know the tune for that" (a slow, brass number).

But on checking, you are quite right - I was thinking of the music accompanying the closing credits, which presumably doesn't count as a "theme":



Though for a bonus point, the film of the series did have a theme - "Free Inside", sung by Joe Brown (of "Bruvvers" fame).
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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 17:32 - May 30 with 1432 viewshantssi

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.


I’m pretty sure the outside scene in the opening was filmed at St Albans an old prison now luxury flats.
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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 17:38 - May 30 with 1427 viewsaston_hoop

How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 17:32 - May 30 by hantssi

I’m pretty sure the outside scene in the opening was filmed at St Albans an old prison now luxury flats.


Yep, I used to live very nearby, was still relatively similar to the credits as of about 15 years ago when I left. Seems to have changed a bit since.

https://tworonnies.co.uk/2017/05/27/porridge-filming-location/

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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 13:27 - Jun 18 with 1008 viewsMrSheen

Here’s a good one. A former MP for Darlington later declared himself the 14th Dalai Lama. It wasn’t Peter Mandelson.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Trebitsch-Lincoln
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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 13:58 - Jun 18 with 965 viewsizlingtonhoop

How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 13:27 - Jun 18 by MrSheen

Here’s a good one. A former MP for Darlington later declared himself the 14th Dalai Lama. It wasn’t Peter Mandelson.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Trebitsch-Lincoln


Well it wouldn't be Peter.
Who was MP for Hartlepool...
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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 14:47 - Jun 18 with 925 viewshubble

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.


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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 19:08 - Jun 18 with 841 viewsCiderwithRsie

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 830 viewsizlingtonhoop

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 825 viewsNewBee

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 823 viewscolinallcars

I think polari was a gypsy word for as you say, something a bit crappy.
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How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 19:31 - Jun 18 with 804 viewsNewBee

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 788 viewscolinallcars

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 731 viewsMrSheen

How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 13:58 - Jun 18 by izlingtonhoop

Well it wouldn't be Peter.
Who was MP for Hartlepool...


I said it wasn’t!
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