Dave Allen – Think Bensonium https://bensonium.com Sight through thought Tue, 04 Apr 2023 21:11:16 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://bensonium.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/NewEYEIcon-100x100.png Dave Allen – Think Bensonium https://bensonium.com 32 32 Week 52: Aeroplanes, Dave Allen https://bensonium.com/sketch/week-52-aeroplanes-dave-allen/ https://bensonium.com/sketch/week-52-aeroplanes-dave-allen/#respond Fri, 24 Mar 2023 00:00:57 +0000 https://bensonium.com/?post_type=comedy&p=6181 So just under a year ago I opened my comedy section with a series of sketches from the late great Dave Allen. Therefore it seems appropriate to bring this little series to a close with the late great Allen capturing his thoughts on air travel a theme which of course has been the butt of much comedy over many years.

Bonus Clip

When I was a young child my late father used to have a single record from the American Comedian Shelly Berman. One of the sketches on this record was the one posted below. As children my brother and I used to listen to this record again and again. After leaving Australia in 1997, I did not hear the sketch again until a few years ago when I looked it up on Youtube. Hearing it again brought back lots of pleasant memories and made me feel very nostalgic for a past age that is now long gone. A time even before modern jet engines as this sketch was old even when I was a boy. Sadly in the Youtube version below, the sketch is cut off before it finishes.

]]> https://bensonium.com/sketch/week-52-aeroplanes-dave-allen/feed/ 0 Week 1: Several Sketches by Dave Allen https://bensonium.com/sketch/week-1-several-sketches-by-dave-allen/ https://bensonium.com/sketch/week-1-several-sketches-by-dave-allen/#respond Thu, 31 Mar 2022 23:00:57 +0000 https://bensonium.com/?post_type=comedy&p=4390 So let’s begin our collection with some old comedy from the late great Dave Allen. This video are a set of short sketches Allen did which used to appear between his comedy monologues. Some of the short sketches in this mashup are funnier than others (some are quite dated now especially the old woman whose dog fouls on the pavement) our Dougal does that all the time and of course any modern dog owner now carries a complete set of poop bags for such eventualities.

However, there are a couple in this mashup that should make you laugh out loud especially the one with pretty woman trying to flag down the car driver.

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