Subj : Re: What is Brians mother afraid of? and Day of the Doom
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From : cruciverbalist
Date : Sun Apr 13 2008 11:26 am

From: [email protected] (cruciverbalist)

"Stig Carlsson" <[email protected]> wrote:


>I have seen on TV, some years back, a sketch where a group of people, among
>them John Cleese and  Marty Feldman are sitting on a mountain side or in a
>cave waiting for the doom. It will come in just a few minutes and John
>Cleese is telling everyone how terrible it will be with fire and frogs
>raining etc. They count down 5,4,3,2,1,0 and..........................
>nothing happens. They look around a little and John says "Ok, same time next
>week".
>
>Where does this come from? I have checked the 1948 show but it is not on the
>CD�s.

I could be wrong but I believe it's from The Secret Policeman's Ball
(or the Secret Policeman's Other Ball).

Jack
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