Hinge & Bracket Live!
Ergh! On reflection the mixing of cider, lager, wine and whisky was ill advised...
Anyone who was a fan of Hinge & Bracket will be pleased to learn they are alive and well and looking to buy a flat in the Eastbourne area. I had the misfortune to show a pair of moaning old cows round our flat last week who did nothing but whinge and gripe constantly. Don't expect a call back from them but the Hinge & Bracket similarity kept me amused. Shame really, I think they'd have got on great with old Thatcher downstairs (she had a broomstick out again last night; she'll be pleased to see us go. Really hope whoever we sell to plays drums).
This won't mean much to anyone outside the UK or under 25 - Hinge & Bracket were basically a drag act who used to pretend to be two posh old dears. One used to play the piano and the other one sang. Badly. They were very popular in the early 80's (things were more basic back then).
Well, by "popular" I mean "always seemed to be on TV when I was kid", I've no idea if anyone actually liked their stuff. The same applies to Morecambe & Wise, the black and white minstrels, Cleo Lane and lots of other lame omnipresent "light entertainment" which was forced onto the British public. We didn't even have the soft-core delights of the Channel 5 film to escape to, and even if we did it would have been too embarrassing to watch something like that with your parents.
Shit, being old enough to remember the black and white minstrels makes me feel unjustly ancient. Hard to believe that such things were being passed as acceptable entertainment during my lifetime.
Anyone who was a fan of Hinge & Bracket will be pleased to learn they are alive and well and looking to buy a flat in the Eastbourne area. I had the misfortune to show a pair of moaning old cows round our flat last week who did nothing but whinge and gripe constantly. Don't expect a call back from them but the Hinge & Bracket similarity kept me amused. Shame really, I think they'd have got on great with old Thatcher downstairs (she had a broomstick out again last night; she'll be pleased to see us go. Really hope whoever we sell to plays drums).
This won't mean much to anyone outside the UK or under 25 - Hinge & Bracket were basically a drag act who used to pretend to be two posh old dears. One used to play the piano and the other one sang. Badly. They were very popular in the early 80's (things were more basic back then).
Well, by "popular" I mean "always seemed to be on TV when I was kid", I've no idea if anyone actually liked their stuff. The same applies to Morecambe & Wise, the black and white minstrels, Cleo Lane and lots of other lame omnipresent "light entertainment" which was forced onto the British public. We didn't even have the soft-core delights of the Channel 5 film to escape to, and even if we did it would have been too embarrassing to watch something like that with your parents.
Shit, being old enough to remember the black and white minstrels makes me feel unjustly ancient. Hard to believe that such things were being passed as acceptable entertainment during my lifetime.
posted by Vicki at 12:48 pm
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