IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN JUMPED ON, THAT EGG

March 6, 2015 11:36 AM

JUMPING ON EGGS WITHOUT BREAKING THEM
posted by Sticherbeast (30 comments total)

Over the years I have learned that Monty Python was more of a documentary than a comedy.
posted by benito.strauss at 11:44 AM on March 6, 2015 [21 favorites]

I was waiting for some sort of ridiculous punchline but this looks real. Wow. The shorts really makes it.
posted by tunewell at 11:47 AM on March 6, 2015 [1 favorite]

Look, it was Britain in the 70s, you had to make your own fun.
posted by The Whelk at 11:48 AM on March 6, 2015 [18 favorites]

Thanks, eggs.

Theggs.
posted by Rhaomi at 11:49 AM on March 6, 2015 [17 favorites]

Jumpin' on me eggs, she has.
posted by phaedon at 11:53 AM on March 6, 2015

[Compère] That is Tiddles, I believe?

[Man] Yes, this is, this is Tiddles.

[Compère] Yes, and what does she do?

[Man] She flies across the studio and lands in a bucket of water.

[Compère] By herself?

[Man] No, I fling her.
posted by Sing Or Swim at 11:54 AM on March 6, 2015 [4 favorites]

Surprisingly enough, I have seen a tutorial. (Don't click if you want to believe).
posted by SharkParty at 11:58 AM on March 6, 2015 [2 favorites]

This is both very funny and somehow sad.
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 12:07 PM on March 6, 2015

So, not unlike Yogic Flying then?
posted by CheeseDigestsAll at 12:10 PM on March 6, 2015 [1 favorite]

oh my god, Doug Henning went to my highschool.
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 12:14 PM on March 6, 2015 [1 favorite]

And to think, this gent sold his soul to the devil in order to become the greatest—whatever it is this is—in the world!
posted by Atom Eyes at 12:18 PM on March 6, 2015

WITCHCRAFT! BURN THE WITCH!!
posted by sexyrobot at 12:26 PM on March 6, 2015

"That I can burrow through an elephant."
posted by The Bellman at 12:33 PM on March 6, 2015

Don't egg him on.
posted by oneswellfoop at 12:40 PM on March 6, 2015 [1 favorite]

This video has been an effective antidote to a day filled with the incompetence of others. Thank you.
posted by grumpybear69 at 12:44 PM on March 6, 2015 [1 favorite]

It may not be the egg, but something's sure cracked.
posted by Greg_Ace at 12:46 PM on March 6, 2015 [1 favorite]

I...I don't even know how to respond to this.
posted by Kitteh at 1:05 PM on March 6, 2015

I'm pretty sure that's what it looks like just before a segment producer gets fired off-camera, but somewhere in there is the germinating seed of everything River Tam does.
posted by Navelgazer at 1:11 PM on March 6, 2015 [1 favorite]

c u on the eggs
posted by Zerowensboring at 1:18 PM on March 6, 2015

Oh man, Nationwide ... a news magazine dedicated to showing that the UK was united at something or other. Usually batshitinsanity.

A similar type was Tremont “Bob” Blackman, aka Bob the Tray. Muuuletrraain!
posted by scruss at 2:29 PM on March 6, 2015

"I see this is where the legs come in."

This: "That's it, is it? That is the jumping on the eggs," is a masterclass in the British way of telling someone they're being really really stupid.

*picks self off the floor after rolling there* And a young Sue Lawley too. Thanks Metafilter! I don't think even Valerie Singleton and the baby elephant is better than this.
posted by glasseyes at 2:56 PM on March 6, 2015 [1 favorite]

Thanks, eggs.

Theggs.

I think this is more of a

"This week's hobby is the hobby of jumping on an egg without breaking it. What you will need for this week's hobby is...an egg, some legs, and a weak lemon drink"

type situation. God rest you, Simon Quinlank.
posted by Jon Mitchell at 3:54 PM on March 6, 2015

Wasn't this a Eurythmics song?
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 4:15 PM on March 6, 2015

I want to see him do it with HUMAN NOSES!
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 6:38 PM on March 6, 2015 [1 favorite]

Wasn't this a Eurythmics song?

Sweet quiche are made of eggs
Who am I to plead and beg
I lift up my heel and bend my leg
Everybody's jumping on something
posted by Greg_Ace at 6:41 PM on March 6, 2015 [5 favorites]

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
posted by InsertNiftyNameHere at 10:18 PM on March 6, 2015

Everything wrong with British television to this day summed up in 49 seconds.
posted by 3.2.3 at 8:08 AM on March 7, 2015

I'll gladly trade you Fox News for this.
posted by benito.strauss at 9:30 AM on March 7, 2015

I remember that. My father and I agreed it was underwhelming forty years ago. "Nationwide" was rubbish. You (IIRC) got half an hour of local news followed by half an hour (6.30 to 7.00) of chopping between the BBC's far-flung studios. Probably quite hard to do then, but still rubbish. In 1974 you had three channels. ITV was probably showing Crossroads and BBC2 didn't start until after 7.00. The hot stuff at the start is Sue Lawley (the Police very nearly sang a song about her) but I don't know who it is at the end.
posted by StephenB at 12:57 PM on March 7, 2015

Sue Lawley (the Police very nearly sang a song about her)

I'm embarrassed how long it took me to figure that one out.
posted by Greg_Ace at 1:03 PM on March 7, 2015