Tony Hancock "Twelve Angry Men" (1/3)

depture Says:

Aug 25, 2009 - lol i never knew tony hancock was from birmingham almost same place as me lol

whybenormal Says:

Oct 5, 2009 - LOL i love that guy! He's so funny.

thaitanium12 Says:

Oct 11, 2009 - The bloke at the back of on the jury with the tash is Mario Fabrizi also in the Beatles mystery tour.

indyandnorbert Says:

Nov 3, 2009 - Very funny, great repartee, and who do we have, sauve and gracious as ever as prosecuting cousel, but wonderful Leonard Sachs, Chairman of The Good Old Days, here as ever to entertain, this time chiefly, Yourselves!

JimmyJazz35L Says:

Dec 21, 2009 - I had no idea this was a TV episode, but it all makes sense now. About 15 years ago this English guy my dad did a bit of business with bought him some Hancock's Half Hour tapes as thanks. This episode was on one of the tapes but as the other were all from the radio series I thought this was as well. Finally explains some of the laughs and dead air which are from the visual gags. I would sit there listening to the tapes wondering 'what in the world are they laughing at?'

rerevisionist Says:

Dec 29, 2009 - I remember seeing this on TV; I suppose it must have been 1959. Even then I knew it was trash, third-rate rubbish with schoolboy jokes poking fun at stuff beyond their comprehension. Hancock tried to go solo, but he couldn't write anything - Galton and SImpson's schoolboy crap was ideal for the state-controlled medium of the BBC. I expect Soviet humour was the same sort of thing. The only honest thing Hancock did was kill himself.

Tatey54 Says:

Dec 30, 2009 - In answer to rerevionist. Handcock made a lot of people laugh. The man was a genius, so why don't you keep your sick opinions to yourself and chill out a bit you asshole. The man killed himself because he was told he was moving next door to you.

1specialoffer Says:

Dec 31, 2009 - I cannot see how anyone doesn't find this funny, however humour is always subjective, but why the personal attack on Tony Hancock? If you don't like it have the decent manners to go elsewhere !

ghostofmjackson Says:

Jan 11, 2010 - hello rerevisionist, after reading your comment i had a butcher's at your channel to try and ascertain what you DO find funny. imagine my surprise when i found no evidence of a sense of humour at all, and that you were, in fact, a nazi.

rerevisionist Says:

Jan 11, 2010 - @Tatey54 - he wasn't a genius; there are uinnumerable actors turned out every year that nobody's heard of. The BBC policy has always been to promote nonentities. Just look at it. Open your mind and look. It's trash.

rerevisionist Says:

Jan 11, 2010 - @ghostofmjackson - imagine my lack of surprise when I find you're a know-nothing! I could hardly believe it

ghostofmjackson Says:

Jan 11, 2010 - well, i'm sure people wanting to see hancock won't want to read any more ill informed bile from you, so i'll try not to detain you much longer. love your comment to Tatey54 by the way: "open your mind" -rich, coming from a bnp member!

rerevisionist Says:

Jan 12, 2010 - @ghostofmjackson - it isn't ill informed. TV when it was new was regarded as an almost magical medium, with huge potential. State propaganda of the BBC type shat on it just as the USSR and USA did. But probably that sort fo thing is outside your mentality - and hence a reference to openiong your mind would mean nothing to you.

ghostofmjackson Says:

Jan 12, 2010 - ok fruitcake, you've convinced me that "hancock's half hour" is state propaganda to stop us voting to send black people out of the country. now why don't you go and have a nice lie down?

rerevisionist Says:

Jan 12, 2010 - I'll try to word this simply, as is appropriate. TV was in principle an incredible medium. Here we have a third rate actor making weak jokes about judges in wigs and jurors not being too bright. It has to be said that the BBC is right in aiming low, since there are plenty of half-wits like you unable to analyse anything - 'useful idiots' as they ar esometimes known.

ghostofmjackson Says:

Jan 12, 2010 - your powers of analysis are indeed staggering i must admit. you may have overlooked the fact that this is humour, albeit not quite to your taste, but nevertheless not really requiring in depth study. on the other hand, if you are as open minded and immune from propaganda as you profess, why in the name of christ's shitty nappies are you a BNP supporter?

rerevisionist Says:

Jan 13, 2010 - @ghostofmjackson - I've often noticed that people who aren't too bright believe what they're told - it's why there are revision notes on e.g. Shakespeare, so people know what they have to say. However, I don't really like discussing things with paedophiles like you.

ghostofmjackson Says:

Jan 13, 2010 - @rerevisionist you sidestepped the question very neatly. something for which i'm sure the others reading this page will be profoundly grateful. (i'm sure they can guess the answer if they want to)

ghostofmjackson Says:

Jan 18, 2010 - @JimmyJazz35L i had this episode and another one called "the lift" on an LP. there were a couple of moments in each when a bit of explanatory dialogue was dubbed in to cover purely visual moments ("pick that up" "put that down" etc)

JimmyJazz35L Says:

Jan 18, 2010 - The Lift was the other side of my 12 Angry Men tape. He and about 5 or 6 other people all get stuck in an elevator at the BBC right? Must have been the tape version of your record.

ghostofmjackson Says:

Jan 18, 2010 - that's right! at the end of the audio version the lift operator (hugh lloyd) is dubbed in, saying "watch that door button" so the listener would know they get stuck in the lift again. i can't remember how they covered the bit where hancock gets everyone to play charades!

markeydesade Says:

Feb 5, 2010 - Hey were all forgetting this is comedy and please dont over analyse (hope its spelt right) it may have hidden political agendas,this was made before i was born (just), it makes me laugh and nobody swears ,thats talent !

rerevisionist Says:

Feb 5, 2010 - Hancock liked Bertrand Russell - he was a bit of a lost soul really. He disliked being so dependant on Galton and SImpson, but couldn't write his own material, though he tried. I suppose the combination helped him to suicide.

bronzetax Says:

Feb 14, 2010 - To rerevisionist - keep politics out of it ! tony hancock was brilliant , one of birmingham's most famous sons , a bluenose to boot , his timing was brilliant - who do you think is funny - Billy Bragg ?

Augsnod Says:

Feb 16, 2010 - "To rerevisionist - keep politics out of it !" He'd rather keep intelligence out of it. He's just your typical, post-modern, moronic internet troll who thinks that superior intelligence must be expressed as disagreeing with everyone else. He's like the bozos who actually believe it when they say that The Beatles were garbage. If rerevisionist wants to disagree with mainstream AND critical opinion, he's welcome to; missing out on this level of enjoyment is no virtue.