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  • Norfolk Born

    What N links:
    - a trombonist from the 1920s and 1930s;
    - a TV panellist from the 1950s;
    - a singer featured in a Shakespeare-inspired musical filmed in the 1960s; and
    - a character in an opera premiered in the 1980s?
    (One of the four is, as you might suspect, not music-related, but - to quote another panel show - ' 'The Name's The Same').
    Last edited by Guest; 19-04-11, 12:57. Reason: Wording clarified

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    • Nick Armstrong
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      • Nov 2010
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      Originally posted by Ofcachap View Post
      What N links:
      - a trombonist from the 1920s and 1930s;
      - a TV panellist from the 1950s;
      - a singer featured in a Shakespeare-inspired musical filmed in the 1960s; and
      - a character in an opera premiered in the 1980s?
      (One of the four is, as you might suspect, not music-related, but - to quote another panel show - ' 'The Name's The Same').
      Ah! At last, one I can pounce on... Partly because I saw David Nixon on a retrospective about Tommy Cooper the other day and remembered he'd been on "What's My Line"

      So it's Nixon
      - Teddy Nixon
      - David Nixon
      - Marni Nixon who did the vocals for Natalie Wood's 'Maria' in West Side Story
      - Nixon as in China...
      "...the isle is full of noises,
      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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      • Norfolk Born

        My Lord?
        Yes, what is it, Baldrick?
        It's Caliban...
        What about him?
        Well..he's pounced, like a - like a...
        Like a pouncing thing, Baldrick?
        Er...yes - and he's got the right answer.
        Well done Mr. C!

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        • Nick Armstrong
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          By the way ofca, unusual BBC prominence for this story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13117674

          O! I now have a question to set, don't I... O.K. here it is. An O unites the following:


          Nameless, I am at work, more and more.
          "...the isle is full of noises,
          Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
          Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
          Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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          • Norfolk Born

            Perhaps she's going to take over at the Queen Vic.
            There were some cracking jokes in Monday's 1930 episode, of which this is arguably the best:
            Kevin I was going to offer you a lift to the hearing.
            Sally I'd rather be driven by Stevie Wonder.
            Stephanie Cole has settled in very quickly as the latest Weatherfield battleaxe and looks like being a valuable addition. When asked to sit down as she was looking tired, she replied: 'I said I came on the bus - I didn't push it'.

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            • Nick Armstrong
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              • Nov 2010
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              Originally posted by Ofcachap View Post
              Perhaps she's going to take over at the Queen Vic.
              There were some cracking jokes in Monday's 1930 episode, of which this is arguably the best:
              Kevin I was going to offer you a lift to the hearing.
              Sally I'd rather be driven by Stevie Wonder.
              Stephanie Cole has settled in very quickly as the latest Weatherfield battleaxe and looks like being a valuable addition. When asked to sit down as she was looking tired, she replied: 'I said I came on the bus - I didn't push it'.
              Very very good. Stephanie Cole is a class act anyway! Hope for many more put-downs like that!
              "...the isle is full of noises,
              Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
              Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
              Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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              • amateur51

                Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                Very very good. Stephanie Cole is a class act anyway! Hope for many more put-downs like that!
                I hadn't realised that Stephanie Cole was in EastEnders.

                She was magnificent with the equally glorious recently departed Graham Crowden in Waiting for God - what a team

                Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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                • Nick Armstrong
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                  • Nov 2010
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                  Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                  I hadn't realised that Stephanie Cole was in EastEnders.

                  She was magnificent with the equally glorious recently departed Graham Crowden in Waiting for God - what a team

                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4VDPFhgP9E
                  Ammy, old fruit: it's not 'Stenders, it's Corrie!! She turned up only last week. She plays the lugubrious Roy Cropper's mum... both with downturned mouths that made them alarmingly (and amusingly) convincing as mother and son
                  "...the isle is full of noises,
                  Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                  Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                  Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                  • amateur51

                    Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                    Ammy, old fruit: it's not 'Stenders, it's Corrie!! She turned up only last week. She plays the lugubrious Roy Cropper's mum... both with downturned mouths that made them alarmingly (and amusingly) convincing as mother and son
                    Ooops scuse I!

                    Now Roy is married to the woman (I use the term in its broadest and most modern sense) called Hayley, issit?

                    Don't want to upset some of the more tender souls on here.

                    Roy has a face like a seed cake that's been divided up with an axe?

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                    • Nick Armstrong
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                      • Nov 2010
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                      Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                      Now Roy is married to the woman (I use the term in its broadest and most modern sense) called Hayley, issit?
                      That's the chap

                      Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                      Roy has a face like a seed cake that's been divided up with an axe?
                      That's the chap







                      PS - yes, SC magnificent in "Waiting..." stomping around with cape and stick, putting the boot in...

                      PS2 - going to have a crack at my question???
                      "...the isle is full of noises,
                      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                      • rubbernecker

                        Originally posted by Caliban View Post
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                        Nameless, I am at work, more and more.
                        Here we have three masses by Ockeghem:
                        Missa sine nomine
                        Missa Au travail suis
                        Missa De plus en plus

                        He also wrote a Mass called Mi-Mi, but sadly not one called Les Beaux Pantalons, or smartypants...

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                        • Norfolk Born

                          [QUOTE=Caliban;47930][COLOR="blue"][COLOR="blue"]PS - yes, SC magnificent in "Waiting..." stomping around with cape and stick, putting the boot in...
                          And in 'Open All Hours'.

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                          • Nick Armstrong
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                            Originally posted by rubbernecker View Post
                            Here we have three masses by Ockeghem:
                            Missa sine nomine
                            Missa Au travail suis
                            Missa De plus en plus

                            He also wrote a Mass called Mi-Mi, but sadly not one called Les Beaux Pantalons, or smartypants...
                            Nor Missa Tu es arrivé de nulle part, nor Missa Le beau Cul.

                            Because you came out of nowhere to snaffle that one, smartar**...

                            It was right up your back-alley anyway - a well-timed return

                            Set us a P-souper

                            "...the isle is full of noises,
                            Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                            Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                            Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                            • Nick Armstrong
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                              • Nov 2010
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                              Incidentally I see the AA thread smashed through the 40,000 views barrier without a murmur...
                              "...the isle is full of noises,
                              Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                              Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                              Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                              • rubbernecker

                                Originally posted by Caliban View Post

                                Because you came out of nowhere to snaffle that one, smartar**...:winkeye
                                I shall forthwith return to my primordial sludge, but not before laying this before you:
                                What P -
                                - describes an astrological curtain raiser;
                                - is a supposedly angst-ridden symphony;
                                - is shared by both a pop group and their 1975 hit?

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