There are hundreds of Jack Benny radio comedy episose that you can listen to today that are hilarious and they are from the 1930's and 40's.

indeed!

And missing Mr. John Charles Daley.

64 years now. Even your comment is a blast from the past.

I presume that's akin to "is it bigger than a breadbox."

The term 'saggermaker's bottom knocker' was explained in the Blue Peter Annual, c.1975, I seem to remember.

Bernard Braden.

GLFVIDEO...Considering that the said content was paid for exclusively by licence payers money, that's a very disappointing attitude for them to take, indeed. They should be temporary keepers of the said content, on behalf of the nation. It is, after all OUR culture that they're denying us, and a strong case could be made as to whether or not they have the right to withhold it!!

I owe her an apology...she was fined.

+Scott Kuzminski She was only 62 at the time and had been noted by her friends for strange eccentric reclusive behaviour in her last years in sharp contrast to her previous socialite lifestyle. Most connected with WML UK came to abrupt, unfortunate endings.

from what i can tell, it might have been an accident. if she had been suffering from dementia of any type like alzheimers, it could have been unintentional.

Lady Isobel did commit suicide after being wrongly convicted of shop lifting a can of tuna and a carton of cream, she had Alzheimer’s and forgot to pay and she could not live with the shame, she was a relative of mine, very sad, she was a very elegant lady

@@debbiemiddlemiss1652 Yes I 've just come across a reference to Lady Isobel Barnett in a book by Jeremy Clarkson who said that she was " a women I admired greatly". It is such a pity that society cannot be more understanding when trivial matters occur within otherwise long and positive lives.

@@debbiemiddlemiss1652 She was of an era that was much more civilised. All who fondly remember her from panel of What's My Line" were shocked to hear of her demise. And for such a petty thing. Such a shame!

+Bambi Harris It is not so much a difference of terminology specific to the U.K. or the U.S., but a mere choice of words; though wage prevails over (salary), people tend to think of wages as the sort of thing a carpenter or builder or locksmith works for, whereas, salaries are more indicative of solicitors/attorneys, executives-in-business and politicians. As 70-80% of the population was broadly categorised as working class, 'wage' was the term you would here most in the street. Plus, in post-war Britain, the Middle Classes and things associated with them began to be looked at with disfavour by the majority, including Middle-Class families themselves as something to be ashamed off, leading to things like the prim and proper manner of speech, formal attire, fancy words (salary), and sentiment over heritage and traditions becoming, to a large extent obsolete. Though, that was yet to make itself felt at this period. Wage and wager in Australia, are often associated with gambling; both terms are equally acceptable with people settling for both U.S. and British forms to reconcile, creating double interchangeable names, e.g. a lift is also an elevator.

+Matthew Laurence (Matternick-europhile) Yes I have come across a lot of interesting language tidbits since being here (im an aussie in america) . I find it all entertaining there. Just what they choose to utilize and how it is expressed :-)

Yes, Miss Kilgallen would have got it in an instant!

No it's slightly badly re-edited.