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Post by richardwoods on Oct 3, 2018 20:11:54 GMT
In "The Goodies DVD File", Andrew Pixley says tweedy suits on one side and silver Gary Glitter outfits on the other for the Inbetweenies on TOPT. So it wasn't a gender bender thing like the Paul McCartney special. (The routine was based on Tommy Cooper's Jekyll and Hyde one-man drama: "Nice nice nice! (flip) "Evil evil evil!") Well that's really interesting, sounds like a case of "the memory cheats". Funny that, I must be confused with something else.
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Kev Hunter
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Post by Kev Hunter on Nov 10, 2018 15:46:54 GMT
Thanks Ray, that's a shame as I remember The Imbetweenies performance being clever as well as controversial. It certainly would struggle to get shown anywhere today. Do you know if it actually banned as such or was there just a lot of fuss about it? I have that single, having bought it immediately after seeing The Inbetweenies on TOTP : though technically a double-A-side, the single clearly shows "Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me" as the A-side and "The Inbetweenies" as the B-side, Bradley's (the label) using different colours to mark out A from B. I don't remember any controversy over "The Inbetweenies" : that was certainly the side featured on TOTP and the Top 20 show each Sunday night through to the end of its chart run ; it was actually "Father Christmas" that was 'banned' by the BBC because of its 'suggestive' lyrics. I never heard it played on the radio (then or now). Just going back to this thread - I rediscovered my 1974 diary and I have noted that amongst records by Roxy Music, Man, Barclay James Harvest, Lou Reed and others, Alan Freeman played "Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me" on his Saturday afternoon show of 21st December, so it can't have been banned as such.
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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Nov 10, 2018 23:28:41 GMT
I have that single, having bought it immediately after seeing The Inbetweenies on TOTP : though technically a double-A-side, the single clearly shows "Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me" as the A-side and "The Inbetweenies" as the B-side, Bradley's (the label) using different colours to mark out A from B. I don't remember any controversy over "The Inbetweenies" : that was certainly the side featured on TOTP and the Top 20 show each Sunday night through to the end of its chart run ; it was actually "Father Christmas" that was 'banned' by the BBC because of its 'suggestive' lyrics. I never heard it played on the radio (then or now). Just going back to this thread - I rediscovered my 1974 diary and I have noted that amongst records by Roxy Music, Man, Barclay James Harvest, Lou Reed and others, Alan Freeman played "Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me" on his Saturday afternoon show of 21st December, so it can't have been banned as such. Interesting! The show was on from 3pm!
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Post by Dale Rumbold on Nov 11, 2018 12:30:20 GMT
As they always stated at that time, the BBC didn't actually 'ban' any record, but just restricted its usage on radio / TV : I think "Father Christmas" was therefore subject to this 'restricted air-play' policy which meant it would not be featured on TOTP or the Top 20 show. To date, I've still never heard it played on the BBC as part of their Christmas hits etc that do the rounds on Suffolk.
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