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...Chapman to Cambridge, where he didn't cram for his exam a lot. He spent most of his time at the Footlights Club. "And one night I did a sketch John had written before, a thing called ?BBC BC' in which Bill Oddie read the news: ?Good evening, here beginneth the news. It has come to pass that...' And I did the weather forecast: ?Over the whole of Egypt, plague followed by floods, followed by frogs, and then death of all the firstborn - sorry about that Egypt.'" (Spamalot echoes this in the historian's opening narration: "...In Mercia...
Though the Cantabrigians-six men and a girl-keep their eyes on the oddball, they also have a wayward way with words. Sounding like the BBC, B.C., a newscaster announces unctuously, "Here beginneth the first verse of the news," goeth on to report the latest Old Testament news flashes. Sports items include a heavyweight bout: "At the weigh-in for the big fight tomorrow, Goliath tipped the scales this evening at 15 stone 3 lbs. and David at 14 stone 3 lbs. David's manager said this evening, 'the odd stone could make all the difference...
...Here beginneth a book of contemplation, the which is called the Cloud of Unknowing, in the which a Soul is Oned with...
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