Description
‘Gerard Hoffnung was a true original, in his brief 34 years he negotiated careers as a schoolmaster, cartoonist, music festival organizer, exhibited painter and tuba player, produced five best-selling books of humorous drawings about music and become an accomplished raconteur and broadcaster. We sample a brace of his immortals in The Bricklayer and French Widows, both from his speech to the Oxford Union’.(J.Tracy)
- 1. Goodness Gracious Me (Lee/Kretzmer) 3:11
Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren / Orchestra conducted Ron Goodwin 1960 - 2. The Bricklayer (Hoffnung) 7:27
Gerard Hoffnung at the Oxford Union 1958 - 3. The Blood Donor – Excerpt (Galton & Simpson) 3:57
Tony Hancock with Patrick Cargill 1961 - 4. Hand Up Your Sticks (Cook) (From “One over the Eight”) 2:28
Kenneth Williams and Lance Percival 1961 - 5. The Ballad Of Bethnal Green (Roberts) Paddy Roberts 1959 2:43
- 6. The Critics (Goodwin/Schreiner) Peter Sellers and Irene Handl 1959 6:48
- 7. French Widows (Hoffnung) Gerard Hoffnung at the Oxford Union 5:08
- 8. Shadows On The Grass (Handl) Peter Sellers and Irene Handl 6:46
- 9. Aftermyth Of War (from ‘Beyond The Fringe’) Bennett/Cook/Moore/
- 10. Not An Asp (Cook) (from “Pieces of Eight”) 4:44
Kenneth Williams and Peter Brett Rec.1959 - 11. Bangers And Mash (Lee/Kretzmer) 2:43
Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren /Orchestra conducted Ron Goodwin 1960 - 12. Madeira M’Dear (Swann/Flanders) 3:57
Michael Flanders and Donald Swann Rec.1959 - 13. Bus Drivers’ School (Newhart) Bob Newhart Rec.1960 6:20
- 14. Department Store (Berman) Shelley Berman Rec.1959 6:08
- 15. The Elements (Lehrer) Tom Lehrer 1959 2:19
- 16. Misalliance (Swann/Flanders) 3:55
Michael Flanders and Donald Swann Rec.1957 - 17. The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz (Lehrer) Tom Lehrer Rec.1953 2:22
Miller) Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller & Dudley Moore 1961 7:37
