Comedy – Think Bensonium

Day 310: Boy named Sue, Johnny Cash

Roderick Benson — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 00:00:27 +0000

So I was listening to Radio 2 this morning and this song came on airwaves. It put a smile on my face and brought back memories of my early childhood. While the song is humorous, it also is a good example of a wordsmith’s craft. That wordsmith was actually a man called Shel Silverstein.

Day 286: Do they know it’s Covid Time, Joe

Roderick Benson — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Staying with the comedy, I think this is the song to finish the year on as it summaries the UK Tory government nicely. Let’s hope 2021 is a better year but it feels like an impossibly long time to wait before this current crop of cabinet charlatans (I mean ministers) are finally prised from the levers of power. I think humour is about the only defence we have against those in power who care nothing about those they lead.

Happy New Year Everyone

Day 285: Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree, Mel and Kim

Roderick Benson — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Another bizarre unique Christmas video. The other thing that keeps me going in life is comedy and one of my all time favourite double acts were Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones. Their head to heads were hilarious but this head to head quickly takes an interesting Christmas musical twist with none other but Kim Wilde. Well worth watching if you haven’t seen it before.

PS: this video hasn’t aged well in relation to the gag about Rolf Harris.