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Suedehead2 View member profile	23rd June 2021, 07:58 PM Post #1
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 13 April 2007 Posts: 36,668 User: 3,272	Sixty years ago today, on 23 June 1961, the Blood Donor episode of Hancock's Half Hour was shown on BBC TV (the only BBC channel at the time). It remains probably Hancock's finest half-hour.


dandy* View member profile	23rd June 2021, 09:27 PM Post #2
Mansonette Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 35,294 User: 54	I’m not sure I know it… may have to watch it this week if it’s good


King Rollo View member profile	23rd June 2021, 10:35 PM Post #3
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 3 January 2017 Posts: 10,149 User: 23,961	A pint? That's very nearly an armful! I think I first saw it in the late 70s or early 80s when it was repeated. It's very funny.


Suedehead2 View member profile	24th June 2021, 11:43 AM Post #4
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 13 April 2007 Posts: 36,668 User: 3,272	QUOTE(dandy* @ Jun 23 2021, 10:27 PM) I’m not sure I know it… may have to watch it this week if it’s good It's one of the all-time classics. The production is obviously very dated but the script still stands up very well. QUOTE(King Rollo @ Jun 23 2021, 11:35 PM) A pint? That's very nearly an armful! I think I first saw it in the late 70s or early 80s when it was repeated. It's very funny. We're not all Rob Roy, you know. That's probably about the time I first saw it although I had heard about it from my parents.


Popchartfreak View member profile	24th June 2021, 06:13 PM Post #5
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,818 User: 17,376	yes I also saw it on re-runs in "greatest Comedy Moments" and the like. I still use that one-liner once in a while to mystify younger people and have an in-joke for the oldies. kids: "what?!" me: "look it's not funny if I have to explain it!" (Knowing it's not at all funny to them if I don't explain it. It is to me, though )