Belated Joy

It occurred to me that I haven't yet revealed the brilliance that carressed the stage of the Launceston Princess Theatre during the Goodies show. It was two weeks ago now (shame!) but I will attempt to relive the magic now....

*closes eyes and shudders, taking mind back through recent history (bumpy ride) to reach that point in time when last truly happy...*

...wow, awesome. How could three people, SO old still be so sharp and clued in to politics and to what makes humans laugh? Despite the series ending in the 70's the audience is a mix of folk from the era (I actually see a walking frame) and people my age. Actually, I think my generation has the monopoly on the theatre.

My biggest fear is that the show wll consist of old men capitalising on past success, trying to pull off the same stuff. But I am wrong. It is from the very outset dignified, like listening to Grandad's war stories. A very sharp and funny Grandad.

One of those war stories is the one that follows. Entirely true, got this excerpt from Wikipedia.

On 24 March 1975 Alex Mitchell, a 50-year-old bricklayer from King's Lynn literally died laughing while watching an episode of The Goodies. According to his wife, who was a witness, Mitchell was unable to stop laughing whilst watching a sketch in the episode "Kung Fu Kapers" in which Tim Brooke-Taylor, dressed as a kilted Scotsman, used a set of bagpipes to defend himself from a psychopathic black pudding in a demonstration of the Scottish martial art of "Hoots-Toot-ochaye." After twenty-five minutes of continuous laughter Mitchell finally slumped on the sofa and expired from heart failure. His widow later sent the Goodies a letter thanking them for making Mitchell's final moments so pleasant.

Yikes.