This was a poster I kept from my student room in Ilford that I shared with my friend Pete. We lived in a tiny room just big enough for two single beds and a space in between in which we put out paraffin heater (the only heating). We put a kettle on top of that heater. By morning there was enough water for us to make a cup of chocolate which served as our breakfast. We could each reach out and make our hot chocolate without having to get up. Even with the heater on all night it was freezing. All the heat went out through the French windows at the end. They always had ice on the inside.
At the time IT was being taken to court on charges of indecency. The underground Press was being hounded by the establishment. They wanted them shut down.
IT and OZ were ours. We felt that they were the voice of dissidence.
We tried to decorate our dingy room by putting up home-made posters that reflected our views. This was one of them.
This was just prior to me moving to Green Lanes and the flat that featured in Danny’s Story.
This book took fifty years in the making.
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Correction : European windows!
Ha – nice one Andrew! I’m learning.
What about the Norwegian joke? Did it hit the spot?
Yes. And who says the Nordic countries (and Germany) don’t have a sense of humour? It’s obvious about Derbys.
I think the Nords are just as cutting as us. The Germans, for one reason or another were extremely slow to ever allow any forms of alternative humour onto their TV screens and they were decades behind us in that respect. Whilst we had had That Was The Week That Was or the even earlier show – I’ve forgotten it’s name, “From The Fringe”??, they’d have clowns having custard pie fights.
When I was in Berlin, Germany’s “top” comedian wore a red curly wig and made silly noises whilst miming. He was absolutely the worst thing I’d ever seen. Mr. Bean he certainly was not.
Meanwhile we had Not The Nine O’Clock News and already had Monty Python, Fawlty Towers and a hundred other comedy greats.
Another reason to be cheerful.
Think of the connotations here, Opher. Could you imagine a basis where European comedy standards could be imposed upon our TV screens? It really doesn’t bear thinking about!
We certainly lead in humour! Nobody comes close. Particularly satire and sending up all the politicians, royalty and ‘worthies’. From the Goons through Marty Feldman, Not Only but Also, and the Pythons to Boris.