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TRAINING: Friday 9th December 2022

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1 hour ago, hardtack said:

I saw Zig & Zag doing drug humour at a Stoned Again show at the (was it?) Astor Theatre in Prahran in the late 70’s. 

Good grief.

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    I can’t recall such depth on our list before.

    Once again a credit to JT and Tim Lamb.

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    3 hours ago, durango said:

    I thought this was a topic about MFC training not a walk down memory lane.

    Just goes to show how wrong you can be!

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    3 hours ago, DeeZone said:

    What was that show called?

    pick a box (bob and dolly dyer) was the main one. think there were some others too where they competed

    and we can go back earlier to radio where jack davey ruled the roost but he never transitioned successfully to tv

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    21 hours ago, binman said:

    A grammatically challenged yoda question, as in, may be there?

    Or, a command, as in, May, be there!

     

     

     an easl comment

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    5 hours ago, Redleg said:

    Barry Jones lived 2 doors from me.

    But back to the training thread. Have the houses started tumbling yet?

    Big years for Laurie, Chandler, Deakyn Smith and J. Smith.

    i knew barry jones when he first started on the quizs and i was a teenager (maybe even pre teenager icrp)_

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    7 hours ago, chook fowler said:

    Not to forget Uncle Norman

    One of my mates barracked for Richmond and kept yelping how good a footballer Fred Swift was, enough to drive you mad. GTV Channel 9 was in Richmond, so secretly, I never watched Uncle Norman. It would have been like going to watch the Filth at their own ground amongst the toothless infidels - early prejudices were the 'go' back then and many of these shaped life and times for sheltered individuals, like children. For me,  there was nothing like watching Brian Dixon or Ronald Dale - who appeared on World of Sport (Channel 7) so often - and with that perceived loyalty, Happy Hammond won the day until the footy replay and Footy Inquest were scheduled.

     

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    16 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

    i knew barry jones when he first started on the quizs and i was a teenager (maybe even pre teenager icrp)_

    Dandenong High School teacher of History at the time, was he not?

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    7 minutes ago, Deemania since 56 said:

    Dandenong High School teacher of History at the time, was he not?

    yes i think so, but i knew him through common friends

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    3 hours ago, Tarax Club said:

    Ron and Gerry Gee appeared at the ‘Reefer Cabaret’  in the old blind institute Ormond Hall in Prahran mid-70’s. A very risqué R rated performance. Blew the socks right off of the earlier strictly PG rated Tarax Show material. The audience were reportedly ‘rollin’ in the aisles’.

    I think Ormond Hall is where I’m thinking of for the Stoned Again shows… it was on the corner of Dandenong Rd at the top of Chapel St?

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    20 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

    yes i think so, but i knew him through common friends

    Comrades.

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    12 minutes ago, hardtack said:

    I think Ormond Hall is where I’m thinking of for the Stoned Again shows… it was on the corner of Dandenong Rd at the top of Chapel St?

    Yes, puppets can be very, very naughty boys: say wicked things !Sacre Bleu...

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    31 minutes ago, Deemania since 56 said:

    Dandenong High School teacher of History at the time, was he not?

    He used to buy Mahler and Bruckner records from me when I managed the classical section of John Clements, after the Vulgar Bulgar defected to Discurio.

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    1 hour ago, hardtack said:

    I think Ormond Hall is where I’m thinking of for the Stoned Again shows… it was on the corner of Dandenong Rd at the top of Chapel St?

    Off St Kilda Rd in Moubray St tucked in behind Wesley. Still extant, refurbished relatively recently for wedding receptions. 

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    2 hours ago, Deemania since 56 said:

    Dandenong High School teacher of History at the time, was he not?

    He was a Teacher. Used to stand on the tram reading a book all the time. Had a photographic memory. Became ALP President at one stage.

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    2 hours ago, daisycutter said:

    yes i think so, but i knew him through common friends

    Surely MFC folk don’t mix with  commoners 😱

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    On 12/9/2022 at 5:05 PM, Demon Disciple said:

    Still no May 😬😬😬

    We wouldn’t expect to see May until after midnight April 30 surely. 

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    Anyone know when the next training session is held at Gosch's? 

    And did Barry Jones give the correct answer on Bob Dyer's 'Pick a Box' when he said that Earl Mountbattin was the Viceroy of India as at 1947?

    Edited by DirtyDees DDC

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    11 hours ago, Ollie fan said:

    Since there are so many certified oldsters, in this particular thread, I wonder if anyone else would like to comment on my long-held belief that Clayton Oliver is very similar to Ron Barassi. I see it in his relentlessness, his determination, and also in things like his kicking style. Some of you are obviously older than me. I remember Barassi, but I was very young. Those who remember him well: do you agree? 

    Great to be back discussing footy.
    There are certainly similarities in the way they go about their games between RDB and Clarrie, but in physique I see more of CP5. 

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    20 hours ago, DirtyDees DDC said:

    Anyone know when the next training session is held at Gosch's? 

    I would appreciate if anyone knows the answer to this question. I am prepared to confirm if May is there as payment 😜

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    On 12/10/2022 at 5:43 PM, Tarax Club said:

    Off St Kilda Rd in Moubray St tucked in behind Wesley. Still extant, refurbished relatively recently for wedding receptions. 

    It was a jazz dance back in the day, I think it was called Opus. 

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    Where are they training today???

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    15 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

    Where are they training today???

    Casey

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