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Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show - Second Series | 
 enlarge | Artist: Count Arthur Strong
Label: Komedia Entertainment
Category: Music
List Price: £18.99
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 572
Format: Box Set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.6
EAN: 5060126000013
ASIN: B00127GVTE
Release Date: February 11, 2008
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | And Now On Radio 4... | | • | Motivational Speech Practice | | • | Discussing Techniques With Wilf, The Butcher | | • | Returning The Casssette Recorder Machine | | • | Pre-motivational speech Preparations With Geoffrey | | • | Mrs. Robinson's Introduction | | • | Question And Answer Session | | • | Back At Wilf's | | • | Credits | | • | And Now On Radio 4... | | • | Queuing At The Shop | | • | Malcolm Arrives For Audition Run Through | | • | Arthur Rehearses For Just A Minute | | • | Lunch At Gerry's Cafe | | • | Arrival At The BBC | | • | Wrong Place At The Right Time | | • | Back At Gerry's | | • | Credits |
Disc 2
| • | And Now On Radio 4... | | • | Aurthur The Playwright | | • | Barry Cryer Asks For A Favour | | • | Pest Control At Gerry's Cafe | | • | The Soulder Of Mutton | | • | Eating Kebab At Arthur's Place | | • | Arrival At The Fundraiser | | • | Arthur's After Dinner Speech | | • | Back At Gerry's | | • | Credits | | • | And Now On Radio 4... | | • | Things Do Today | | • | Telephone Call From Oxford University | | • | Swatting Up At The Library | | • | Meeting The Other Guest Speakers | | • | The Oxford Union Debating Society | | • | Arthur's Theory On Evolution Versus Creation | | • | Dalziel And Pascoe Video From Wilf | | • | Credits |
Disc 3
| • | And Now On Radio 4... | | • | The Official Opening Of A Shoe Shop | | • | Quick Stop At The Shoulder Of Mutton | | • | Queing At The Hospital | | • | Late For His Appointment | | • | Arthur In Surgery | | • | Back At The Shoulder Of Mutton | | • | Credits | | • | And Now On Radio 4... | | • | Do-It-Yourself Wills | | • | Streaky Bacon At Opticians | | • | Arthur Discusses his Imminent Lecture With Wilf, The Butcher | | • | Deciphering Hieroglyphics At Gerry's Cafe | | • | Meeting Geoffrey At The Hall | | • | Sound And Lighting Cues | | • | Thank You To The Audience | | • | Credits |
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Top-drawer British Comedy at its Creative Best December 30, 2008
Irish Reader (Bastardstown, Republic of Ireland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Steve Delaney is one phenomenally talented comedy actor. Radio 4 is already known for the high quality of its comedy output, but this material is their "Creme de la Creme". Count Arthur Strong (Delaney) is the middle-aged, fumbling, penny-pinching master of the malapropism. The convincing Yorkshire accent and skilfully affected speech impediment are superb - as is Delaney's small pool of supporting actors. This particular style of humour is not everyone's cup of tea, but I find it side-splittingly funny.
There are 6 episodes in a series, each episode being 28 minutes long as the crow flies. It's all recorded before a live audience. Each malapropism is hilarious enough in its own right, and there are literally scores in each episode. But almost as funny again is the Count's desperate flustering to the recall the CORRECT word each time. The delivery and timing of the gags are what make this a true masterpiece of radio comedy. So if you're a fan of malapropisms and verbal screw-ups in general, order your copy without further adieu!
COMMENTS SPECIFIC TO SERIES TWO:
Many people have written autobiographies about Arthur Strong. Although he mixes with people from Oxford of Camshaft, he doesn't expect anyone to stand on celery. In his professional cavity, the Count gives motivational talks to rooms full of empty people, often employing Reverse Psychosis - a technique he learnt from a Chinese philosopher named Confusion. Arthur believes supermarkets should have celebrity aisles so VIPs don't have to rub soldiers with the pepperoni. Mad men give lunatics a bad name, and that's why head-cases are stigmatised...the bloody idiots!
the main man October 17, 2008
colin j (wales)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
if and when a funnier performer than the great
count arthur appears then i will make a large amount of my home made piccawilly and bathe in it
It Just Gets Better And Better..... March 10, 2008
Stephen Wright (Gravesend, Kent, UK)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I don't really understand why there have been complaints about this show. Some people will just moan about anything, especially those that just don't 'get it' straight away. And there will always be those that don't, in the same way as some didn't get Monty Python or Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In in the beginning.
Although the character Count Arthur Strong portrays a doddering gentleman probably in his late 60's, (You can almost imagine that this is the sort of character that Harry Worth would have ended up morphing into in his shows thirty years on), I would guess that Steve Delaney is possibly only in his late thirties. But that is only a guess, such is his ability to portray this aging character so well.
The living legend that is Count Arthur Strong stumbles from one crisis to another dragging down everyone else with him within a half-mile radius, leaving chaos and pandemonium (a small keyboard instrument with pedals, according to the Count) in his wake. The well written scripts are very funny, and have many 'laugh out loud' moments, so much so that on several occasions I have had to flip back to listen again to some gags I missed due to still laughing over the previous one.
Series two is of course more of the same where series one left off, and although you could start with this set and subsequently purchase series one, you can hear how the character has developed over time. I love the way his voice changes inflection when he is talking to, then subsequently arguing with himself over something or other. The scripts are written and performed by the man himself, and I for one will be first in the queue for series three. Episode three in series two also includes a guest appearance from Barry Cryer, no less.
If you have heard a little of the Count before, buy this set of discs, you won't be disappointed. If you haven't heard any of the Count before and are partial to a little off the wall comedy, then buy this set of discs, you won't be disappointed.
A hidden gem February 5, 2008
R. Lewis (Wales)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I susspose you could say this reknowned celery is a legend in his own lunchtime.
Fantastic 3rd series just finished on Radio 4. Glad to see the 2nd is out on cd - it's a must buy.
Tatty bye...
If you don't love this stick it where the sun hurts... February 4, 2008
Ariadne (Devon U.K.)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
We've just been to see Count Arthur Strong live and he is every bit as hilarious on stage as he is on radio. It must only be a matter of time before Count Arthur Strong's Television Show. The Radio 4 series has just ended (boo), in the meantime listen to series one and two on CD. There is not a single unfunny episode. Guaranteed to make the sun shine!!
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