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Official account of The Tony Hancock Appreciation Society. Join us at tonyhancock.org.uk. Known on that other place as @east_cheam_lad. PODCAST - Very Nearly An Armful

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · Dec 10

A pint? Have you gone raving mad? I mean, I came here in all good faith, to help my country. I don't mind giving a reasonable amount, but a pint? Why, that's very nearly an armful!

#TheBloodDonor

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 2h

Married?

No

Engaged?

No

Regular girlfriends?

No

Casual girlfriends?

No

Do you like women?

Yes!

Do they like you?

No

Do they laugh at you?

Yes

In what way?

In the worst possible way!

Are you sought out at parties?

No. Sorted out sometimes, then slung out!

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 12h

Sid: Champagne on cornflakes? I've never known anything like it in my life. Brown ale, yes, but Champagne!

#SaturdayMorning
#TheNewRadioSeries

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BritCom Goes to the Movies @britcomgoes.bsky.social · 13h

The guys from @tonyhancock.bsky.social discuss their favourite bits of The Punch and Judy Man with @guy-e-walker.bsky.social and @robertcheath.bsky.social on this week's episode.

Check out the whole thing wherever you get your podcasts.

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 2d

Dropping through letter boxes and into inboxes from today, the latest edition of The Missing Page, our full colour newsletter. With news, reviews and articles on all things Hancock, isn't it about time you joined us? Find us on line and join this happy band!

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BritCom Goes to the Movies @britcomgoes.bsky.social · 2d

To catch up with our latest episode with @tonyhancock.bsky.social on The Punch and Judy Man, you can find it here or wherever you get your podcasts
pod.fo/e/3463bc

Britcom Goes To The Movies: S05 E03 - The Punch & Judy Man (w/ Very Nearly an Armful)

Who fancies a Piltdown Glory?Guy and Rob return to Tony Hancock territory for a second time, and this time they’re joined by some proper experts. Tim Elms, Martin Gibbons, and Jon Street from the...

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BritCom Goes to the Movies @britcomgoes.bsky.social · 3d

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

A second visit to Hancock. @guy-e-walker.bsky.social and @robertcheath.bsky.social are joined by Tim, Jon and Martin from @tonyhancock.bsky.social to discuss The Punch and Judy Man.

Find it below!

Amazon: shorturl.fm/4ohrg
Apple: shorturl.fm/hr3Fn
Spotify: shorturl.fm/UJy6X

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 4d

We are delighted to have been invited to join Rob and Guy on the Britcom Goes to the Movies podcast to talk about Hancock's second major film,The Punch and Judy Man and his ATV series, Hancock.

BritCom Goes to the Movies @britcomgoes.bsky.social · 4d

Brand new episode out tomorrow. @robertcheath.bsky.social and @guy-e-walker.bsky.social are joined by Tim, Jon and Martin from @tonyhancock.bsky.social appreciation society to discuss the Hancock ATV series and The Punch and Judy Man.

Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 5d

Yes, this is a re-issue of the 2007 box set, I think it was exclusive to HMV. All the surviving BBC episodes are on both, and you can pick them up quite cheaply on eBay

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 5d

It's time to send out The Missing Page, our full colour magazine, to Tony Hancock Appreciation Society members on four continents! Packed with news, reviews an articles on all things Hancock. Find us on line and join us!

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BritCom Goes to the Movies @britcomgoes.bsky.social · 6d

We're revisiting #TonyHancock of Wednesday with our brand new episode. @guy-e-walker.bsky.social and @robertcheath.bsky.social will be joined by Tim, Martin and John from @tonyhancock.bsky.social appreciation society and Very Nearly an Armful Podcast to discuss 1963's Punch and Judy Man.

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 6d

Tony: Where are we?

Captain: We're travelling at 22 and a half knots, latitude 43 by 7 and longitude 4 by 8. We're 33 and a half miles from France and 3 miles off the North Med lightship, in 2 and a half hours we'll be docking in Marseille at 19.07 hrs

Tony: A bit vague, innit?

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Nostalgia Nut @geess.bsky.social · 7d

Sunday Afternoon at Home seems appropriate given the day will be 25 hours long. And The Wild Man of the Woods.

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 7d

It was the first Hancock LP, originally released in 1960. It's popularity probably motivated Pye to re-record The Blood Donor and The Radio Ham for an LP the following year.

Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 7d

You've got the LP!

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 7d

Clocks go back tonight so spend the extra hour listening to two episodes of Hancock's Half Hour! I will listen to The Jewel Robbery and Fred's Pie Stall - which are your two?

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 8d

I don't know what he's talking about. No, no, I should know, it's in English, I should know what he's talking about. He's a human being the same as me, using words, English words, available to us all. Now concentrate. No it's 'im. It's 'im that's at fault, he's a rotten writer!

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 9d

Sid: I will not rap on my friends. There's honour among thieves you know, I won't do it, you'll have to get somebody else. I refuse to do the dirty on my mates

Tony: It's worth twenty quid a week

Sid: They're a menace to society, all of them!

#TheNewspaper

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 10d

Stop calling me Tone! When I'm doing the straight drama I'm Anthony. Let's have a little respect for the principal. It isn't right for subsidiary members of the cast to address the principal with diminuatives. Wilfred Hyde White doesn't allow his bit players to call him Chalky!

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 11d

Tony: Where's me charts, ah there we are. Let me see now, the time is five past three, yes, according to the chart the north star should be approx 2ft 9 to the left of Mrs 'iggins TV aeriel. Yes, there she is, the sailors friend.

Bill: The north star?

Tony: No, Mrs 'iggins!

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 12d

Tony: Don't think we're unaware of the real reason for this unwarranted outburst. It's class distintion isn't it? You don't think we should be in here do you, first class, people like us? You think we should be travelling up the front with the coal!

#TheTrainJourney

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 14d

Miss Pugh: Freud had some very interesting things to say about people like you

Tony: Fred who?

Miss Pugh: Freud

Tony: Fred Freud, when, where is he, what’s his telephone number? Where did he say it? Down the pub, I’ll wager, none of them like me down there!

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 15d

Tony: I wouldn't laugh, what sort of a person do you think I am, Sid? I'm an intelligent and understanding human being, I wouldn't dream of laughing at somebody else's troubles. Now, come on, I'm far too sensitive, what's it all about?.......

#FridayNightWasHancockNight

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 16d

Yes, they were appearing together in a stage show in Blackpool

Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 16d

Tony: What can two people in love know about such things, class distinction. You see, my father was only a tram conductor. It was hopeless from the start. Her father was a driver. Well, you couldn't cut across barriers like that, there was 10 bob a week difference straight away!

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 18d

A roomful of unpublished Byron, the artistic find of the century! I can feel his presence. Yes, genius has been at work here...

"I wish I were a chestnut tree, and nourished by the sun,

With twigs and leaves and branches,

And conkers by the ton!"

#LordByronLivedHere

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