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Ripping Yarns
1976 · TV series · 45 min episodes · 2 seasons
Created by Michael Palin, Terry Jones
A British television comedy series, written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones of Monty Python fame. Following an initial pilot episode in January 1976, it ran for two subsequent series of five and three episodes in October 1977 and October 1979 respectively. Each episode had a different setting and characters, looking at a different aspect of British culture and parodying pre-World War II literature aimed at schoolboys.
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There's an extended pro shovel monologue in the gripping Boy's Own Adventure series:
Ripping Yarns Episode 2: The Testing of Eric Olthwaite (1977)
Eric Olthwaite is interested in precipitation patterns in West Yorkshire, shovels and black pudding. He is so boring that his family all leave home to escape him. One day he is accidentally caught up in a bank robbery and discovers that the robber shares his interests in shovels, black pudding and rainfall so they team up to make daring raids to steal rainfall records. Eric becomes famous and is considered interesting again, so much so that he is made the mayor of Denley Moor. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074rnw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYpsz2eAKOs
If you like this, I have a great episode of Ripping Yarns for you, starring Michael Palin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYpsz2eAKOs
I'm reminded of the Ripping Yarns episode Across the andes by frog
So good.