Shelley Berman – 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 Shelley Berman – 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.

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