Things that went over your head...

[amines2058]

Thanks Tordelback so everyone was right, and the real Barbara Hershey is a nutter. Glad that is all cleared up!

[Big_Dave]

Originally the confectioners, but if I remember correctly the 'Barbara' first name came from a readers' poll in the Meg.

runner up was judgey mcjudgeface  http://metro.co.uk/2016/03/20/boaty-mcboatface-leads-online-poll-for-name-of-new-research-ship-5763140/

[I, Cosh]

Was out with a friend last night and learned something I'd been oblivious to.

Him: "Oh, I see Garry Shandling's died. Bummer."
Me: "Who's that?"
Him: "Garry Shandling. American comedian?"
Me: "Oh. Never heard of him."
Him: "The Larry Sanders Show?"
Me: "Eh? I vaguely remember that being on but I always assumed it was one of those shitey American chatshows they used to fill up empty bits of the schedules with."
Him: "..."

[Steve Green]

It was treated pretty horribly by whatever maniac was scheduling BBC 2 programmes though...

[ming]

Huck Widney - who he?

I've wondered about who the hell Huck Widney was since Chopper tagged his block in UnAmerican Graffiti back in 1981.  Any clues?

[Steve Green]

Heh, was reading the same thread I think.

No idea.

[ming]

Heh, was reading the same thread I think.

Probably!  Whenever I look at that page I always wonder about Huck Widney...  Why couldn't it have been Rita Tushingham Block or Ernest Borgnine or someone?  Bah!

[M.I.K.]

If Huck Widney's not a real person, it could be a Scottish dialect pun in-joke thing.

[Frank]

If Huck Widney's not a real person, it could be a Scottish dialect pun in-joke thing.

I was thinking the same thing. To explain: in idiomatic lowland Scots, would not becomes widnae (wid-nay), just as cannot gives way to cannae (can-nay), and will not transforms into willnae (can-nay). An old Scottish joke relies on the same speech pattern:


What's the difference between Bing Crosby and Walt Disney? Bings sings but Walt Disney


I can't think of any similar joke that has the punchline Huck widnae, though.

[ming]

If Huck Widney's not a real person, it could be a Scottish dialect pun in-joke thing.

I was thinking the same thing. To explain: in idiomatic lowland Scots, would not becomes widnae (wid-nay), just as cannot gives way to cannae (can-nay), and will not transforms into willnae (can-nay). An old Scottish joke relies on the same speech pattern:


What's the difference between Bing Crosby and Walt Disney? Bings sings but Walt Disney


I can't think of any similar joke that has the punchline Huck widnae, though.

Tom Sawyer wanted to swim in the Mississippi but Huck Widney /widnae...?

[Definitely Not Mister Pops]

If Huck Widney's not a real person, it could be a Scottish dialect pun in-joke thing.

I was thinking the same thing. To explain: in idiomatic lowland Scots, would not becomes widnae (wid-nay), just as cannot gives way to cannae (can-nay), and will not transforms into willnae (can-nay). An old Scottish joke relies on the same speech pattern:


What's the difference between Bing Crosby and Walt Disney? Bings sings but Walt Disney


I can't think of any similar joke that has the punchline Huck widnae, though.

Tom Sawyer wanted to swim in the Mississippi but Huck Widney /widnae...?

There's the Billy Connelly classic about the Weegie in the phone box who gets redirected to the operator:

"Here daft lad, the fanes nae workin'! I'm tryin tae ring ma burd!"

"Is there money in the box?"

"No its jist meself!"

[Spikes]

I don't get it.

[Mike Carroll]

I reckon it's "money" = "many"

-- Mike

[Spikes]

Ah!

[JayzusB.Christ]

Just rereading some early Day of Chaos episodes, before the shit hit the fan.  Lovely bit of Wagner irony here when you know what's coming...