HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1991-10-09, Page 23THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1991. PAGE 23.
Blyth draw winner must
have suitcase in hand
Farce in flight
Member of the Royal Canadian Air Farce taped two episodes of their CBC Radio comedy
show in Blyth Thursday night and helped raise money for the recent expansion of Memorial
Hall at the same time. Members of the Air Farce from sound effects technician Anton Szabo
(background) to Don Ferguson, John Morgan, Roger Abbott and Luba Goy had a capacity
audience in stitches for more than two hours.
Review
Air Farce doesn ft bomb
BY KEITH ROULSTON
Here's an assignment: how do
you review a radio show performed
before a live audience. With plea
sure.
In fact with a sore side from
laughing so much and a pack of
Kleenex for wiping up the tears of
laughter.
A full house at Blyth Memorial
Hall had plenty to laugh at Thurs
day night when The Royal Canadi
an Air Farce taped two shows for
upcoming programs on CBC radio.
Anybody who wonders if anybody
listens to the taxpayer-supported
radio service in these parts would
have gotten a surprise from this
audience that obviously knew all
about the Air Farce antics. One
audience member was heard being
surprised that so many other people
knew about the group.
Hopefully most there did know
what to expect. The humour is just
risque enough to have offended
some lender ears.
The show lost nothing for being
intended for a radio audience. In
fact it is the radio audience that will
miss some of the delicious visual
antics of Roger Abbott, Don Fergu
son, Luba Goy and John Morgan.
Particularly Ferguson who brought
the house down with his imitation
of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney,
managing even to rearrange his
face to recreate the famous Mul
roney jaw.
John Morgan was also a crowd
A New
Spirit of
Giving
A iution.il program t«» cikmiragc giving
and volunteering
favourite with his phone-in caller
Mike from Clinton who is so hesi
tant he never does get to say any
thing, his funeral director with
innovative marketing techniques
and his Charlie, the collector of
antique milking machines.
The laughter started even before
the radio taping did as Roger
Abbott warmed up the audience
with his own stand-up comedy rou
tine, telling of the adventures of
travelling around the country to
tape radio shows and hitting peo
ple's funnybones with off-beat
views on today's news, like the fact
fairy tales are being changed to
"alternative lifestyles" tales. The
balding Abbott also referred to
himself as "follicularly chal
lenged".
Adding to the comedy was the
sound effects of Anton Szabo,
dressed in tux while he uses various
articles to make realisitic noises
(like a squeeze ketchup bottle filled
with water and a bucket to make
the sound of milk squirting into a
pail).
The first of the two shows taped
was heard on CBC this past week
end. The second show will be
heard Saturday at 10:35 a.m. on
CBC Stereo, 100.5 FM, London
and on Sunday at 1:08 on CBL 740
from Toronto or 93.5 on the FM
dial from London.
Proceeds from the ticket sales for
the evening go to the Blyth Festi
val's capital campaign.
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Continued from page 3
(part of your prize). After brunch
and checkout Westend Limousine
Service will be there to bring you
back to Blyth.
Thanks to the generous nature of
the merchants and clubs in and
around Blyth, many prizes have
been donated, most have a value of
at least $25. Your chance of going
home a winner is excellent.
The 1992 Blyth Rutabaga Festi
val is beginning to shape up as a
fun-filled exciting weekend. If you
have any suggestions on how to
make it bigger and better contact
Festival Chairman Bruce Papple,
523-4322 or any of the other com
mittee members or come out to the
Happy 50th
Anniversary
Jim and Janet Lawrie
October 11
Love from your family
Open House at Blyth United
Church on October 19th
2-4 p.m.
Best Wishes only please
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