THE INTRO AND THE OUTRO, FOLLOWED BY THE INEVITABLE POLL

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Hi there, nice to be with you, glad you could stick around for this poll! I'd like to introduce:

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Count Basie Orchestra on triangle. (Thank you!)	6
We welcome Val Doonican as himself	3
And, representing the flower people, Quasimodo on bells.	2
A great favourite and a wonderful performer for all of us here, J. Arthur Rank on gong	2
Digging General de Gaulle on accordion. (Really wild, General! Thank you, sir.)	2
Very appealing, Max Jaffa. (Mmm, dat's nice, Max!)	2
On my left, Sir Kenneth Clark, bass sax. (A great honour, Sir.)	1
Roy Rogers on Trigger	1
Princess Anne on sousaphone. (Mmmm!)	1
Lord Snooty and his pals, tap dancing	1
And looking very relaxed, Adolf Hitler on vibes. (Nice!)	1
Great to hear the Rawlinsons on trombone	1
Wonderful to hear Brainiac on banjo	1
And Neil Innes, piano	1
Tune in Wild Man of Borneo on bongos	0
Back from his recent operation, Dan Druff, harp	0
"Hearing from you later", Casanova on horn. (Yeah!)	0
Drop out with Peter Scott on duck call	0
What a team: Zebra Kid and Horace Batchelor on percussion	0
Nice to see Incredible Shrinking Man on euphonium	0
And specially flown in for us, the session's gorilla on vox humana	0
And Sam Spoons, rhythm pole	0
And Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell, bass guitar	0
Come in Rodney Slater on the saxophone	0
With Roger Ruskin Spear on tenor sax	0
Hi Vivian Stanshall, trumpet	0
Say hello to big John Wayne, xylophone	0
And Robert Morley, guitar	0
Billy Butlin, spoons	0
Introducing Liberace, clarinet	0
With Garner "Ted" Armstrong on vocals	0
In the groove with Harold Wilson, violin	0
And Franklin McCormack on harmonica	0
Over there, Eric Clapton, ukulele. (Hi Eric!)	0
'Legs' Larry Smith, drums	0

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 01:00 (eighteen years ago)

Had to go with Sir Kenneth, but really could have been almost any one.

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 01:11 (eighteen years ago)

It will be sad when this poll is tabulated and the order gets all jumbled, losing the magnificent comedic effect of ending the list with the phrase "on gong"

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 01:32 (eighteen years ago)

I wonder if the poster known as J. Arthur Rank is still around?

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 01:34 (eighteen years ago)

"rhythm pole"

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 01:44 (eighteen years ago)

"That's NICE Max!"

― Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 02:45 (eighteen years ago)

I still love "Count Basie Orchestra on triangle. (Thank you!)"

Alice's pick: John Wayne on Xylaphone.

Oh, and that really was Eric Clapton on Uke.

― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 12:05 (eighteen years ago)

The gorilla line was going to be "Quentin Hogg on pig noises" but he threatened to sue so they replaced it. Which is just as well, as it would have been the only line that was rubbish, and now redundant (who he) anyway.

― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 12:06 (eighteen years ago)

it's all great but i'll be honest the hitler line was hysterical when i first heard it and it kind of turns you on to listening to the rest of the refs clearly.

― Frogman Henry, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 12:09 (eighteen years ago)

I love the incongruity of Princess Anne playing the sousaphone.

― The Wayward Johnny B, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 12:25 (eighteen years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/jobhosle/intro.jpg

― zappi, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 12:37 (eighteen years ago)

Good poll.

(Really wild, General! Thank you, sir.)

― braveclub, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 12:58 (eighteen years ago)

Has to be Val Doonican as himself: "HELLO DERE!"

― Dingbod Kesterson, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 12:59 (eighteen years ago)

I don't think I've ever loved a song as much as this one. And yeah, gotta be a vote for Big Val.

― Dom Passantino, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 13:27 (eighteen years ago)

I never understood who that was. I thought it was somebody called "Balhooligan."

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 14:08 (eighteen years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Doonican

― Dom Passantino, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 14:14 (eighteen years ago)

(Nice!)

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 14:17 (eighteen years ago)

Geordie joke:

Q: Why does Val Doonican sit in a rocking chair?
A: Because if he stood up he'd only Val Doonican

(I voted for J. Arthur Rank, as it's the one that I find cropping up randomly in conversation most often.)

― emil.y, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 15:45 (eighteen years ago)

Count Basie ("Ting!") for me. But Roy Rogers and Trigger nearly take it - so random and bizarre. (Is that a piss solo?)

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 15:58 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― ILX System, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― ILX System, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

And Neil Innes, piano 1

And Neil Innes, lurking (nice)

― Mark G, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 08:33 (eighteen years ago)

And Neil Innes, lurking (nice)
What? Where?

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 18:22 (eighteen years ago)

Tombot was otm.

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 18:22 (eighteen years ago)

Give a hand for nabisco, on the money

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 18:23 (eighteen years ago)

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