Posted Jun 25, 2001 by teamster
So few people nowadays seem ever to have heard of Mr. Hoffnung. My personal favourites in his body of work are the extemporized short interviews on BBC Radio with Charles Richardson, covering a multitude of topics from going to the movies, to collecting knives, to sports.
CR: Where do you like to swim, Mr. Hoffnung?
GH: (Cranky)Why in the water of course!
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CR: (asking about his favoured method of aquatic propulsion)Do you prefer the crawl?
GH: I don't crawl. I swim!
I would almost have been willing to give up the ghost myself at 34 to be as funny and multi-talented as Mr. Hoffnung:
"I was named Gerard after an uncle... and Hoffnung after Gerard."
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Posted Mar 15, 2002 by Just zis Guy, you know? † Cyclist [A690572] :: At the 51st centile of ursine intelligence
I was born at a very early age. As a matter of fact, I was four....
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