The Bricklayer: 17 Comedy Classics

Contents:
1. Goodness Gracious Me (Lee/Kretzmer)                                                       
Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren / Orchestra conducted Ron Goodwin
Rec.1960

2. The Bricklayer (Hoffnung)                                                                           
Gerard Hoffnung at the Oxford Union
Rec.1958

3. The Blood Donor – Excerpt  (Galton & Simpson)                                      
Tony Hancock with Patrick Cargill   
Rec.1961

4. Hand Up Your Sticks (Cook) (From “One over the Eight”)                          
Kenneth Williams and Lance Percival
Rec.1961

5. The Ballad Of Bethnal Green (Roberts) Paddy Roberts
Rec.1959                     

6. The Critics (Goodwin/Schreiner)
Peter Sellers and Irene Handl
Rec.1959        

7. French Widows (Hoffnung)
Gerard Hoffnung at the Oxford Union            

8. Shadows On The Grass (Handl)
Peter Sellers and Irene Handl                   

9. Aftermyth Of War (from ‘Beyond The Fringe’)
Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller & Dudley Moore
Rec.1961  

10. Not An Asp (Cook) (from “Pieces of Eight”)                                                 
Kenneth Williams and Peter Brett  
Rec.1959

11. Bangers And Mash (Lee/Kretzmer)                                                              
Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren / Orchestra conducted Ron Goodwin
Rec.1960

12. Madeira M’Dear (Swann/Flanders)                                                               
Michael Flanders and Donald Swann
Rec.1959

13. Bus Drivers’ School (Newhart)
Bob Newhart  
Rec.1960                             

14. Department Store (Berman)
Shelley Berman  
Rec.1959                              

15. The Elements (Lehrer)
Tom Lehrer
Rec.1959                                                      

16. Misalliance (Swann/Flanders)                                                                       
Michael Flanders and Donald Swann
Rec.1957

17. The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz (Lehrer)
Tom Lehrer  
Rec.1953                      

‘Gerard Hoffnung was a true original, in his brief 34 years he negotiated careers as a schoolmaster, cartoonist, music festival organizer, exhibited painter and tuba player, produced five best-selling books of humorous drawings about music and become an accomplished raconteur and broadcaster. We sample a brace of his immortals in The Bricklayer and French Widows, both from his speech to the Oxford Union.' - J Tracy

Time: 78mins
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