Chit Chat - Host with the most
The late and much lamented Humphrey Lyttelton was infamous for his deadpan delivery of smutty innuendoes on Radio 4’s I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue. Most of them featured the antics of the show’s fictitious scorer, the glamorous Samantha. Here are Tabard’s favourite Lyttelton offerings:
Tim Brooke-Taylor, Humphrey Lyttelton, Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer - the I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue cast on BBC Radio 4 Photo: BBC / Richard Kendal
“Samantha has to nip off to the National Opera, where she’s been giving private tuition to the singers. Having seen what she did to the baritone, the director is keen to see what she might do for a tenor.”
“Samantha has to go now as she is off to meet her Italian gentleman friend who’s taking her out for an ice-cream. She says she likes to spend the evening licking the nuts off a large Neapolitan.”
“Samantha has to nip off to a Welsh Conservative Association dinner for their most senior MP, whose name is said to be almost impossible to pronounce. She’s certainly found the longest standing Welsh member a bit of a mouthful.”
Smut? Perish the thought.
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