No more 'Seaman Staines'

[boots]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8166946.stm




























Not that there ever was.

[serf]

Post by boots
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8166946.stm
Not that there ever was.

Indeed. Didn't someone get a libel conviction for suggesting that
there was?

--
serf
Pan in bits

[ogden]

Post by serf

Post by boots
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8166946.stm
Not that there ever was.

Indeed. Didn't someone get a libel conviction for suggesting that
there was?

"There is a persistent urban legend, repeated by the now-defunct UK
newspaper the Sunday Correspondent, which ascribes sexually suggestive
names ? such as Master Bates, Seaman Staines, and Roger the Cabin Boy
(meaning to have sex with) ? to Captain Pugwash 's characters, and
indicating that the captain's name was a slang Australian term for oral
sex. John Ryan successfully sued both the Sunday Correspondent and The
Guardian newspapers in 1991 for printing this legend as fact. [1]

In a stage show in Frome on 5 June 2009, Richard Digance claimed to have
originated this urban legend in a 1970's sketch. A 25-year injunction
preventing Digance making any further references to Captain Pugwash
expired at the end of 2008 and the material is now part of his act."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Pugwash#Libel_case_regarding_double
_entendres

[Vass]

Post by serf

Post by boots
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8166946.stm
Not that there ever was.

Indeed. Didn't someone get a libel conviction for suggesting that
there was?

"There is a persistent urban legend, repeated by the now-defunct UK
newspaper the Sunday Correspondent, which ascribes sexually suggestive
names ? such as Master Bates, Seaman Staines, and Roger the Cabin Boy
(meaning to have sex with) ? to Captain Pugwash 's characters, and
indicating that the captain's name was a slang Australian term for oral
sex. John Ryan successfully sued both the Sunday Correspondent and The
Guardian newspapers in 1991 for printing this legend as fact. [1]

In a stage show in Frome on 5 June 2009, Richard Digance claimed to have
originated this urban legend in a 1970's sketch. A 25-year injunction
preventing Digance making any further references to Captain Pugwash
expired at the end of 2008 and the material is now part of his act."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Pugwash#Libel_case_regarding_double
_entendres


and Rainbow

[ogden]

Post by ogden

Post by serf

Post by boots
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8166946.stm
Not that there ever was.

Indeed. Didn't someone get a libel conviction for suggesting that
there was?

"There is a persistent urban legend, repeated by the now-defunct UK
newspaper the Sunday Correspondent, which ascribes sexually suggestive
names ? such as Master Bates, Seaman Staines, and Roger the Cabin Boy
(meaning to have sex with) ? to Captain Pugwash 's characters, and
indicating that the captain's name was a slang Australian term for oral
sex. John Ryan successfully sued both the Sunday Correspondent and The
Guardian newspapers in 1991 for printing this legend as fact. [1]
In a stage show in Frome on 5 June 2009, Richard Digance claimed to have
originated this urban legend in a 1970's sketch. A 25-year injunction
preventing Digance making any further references to Captain Pugwash
expired at the end of 2008 and the material is now part of his act."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Pugwash#Libel_case_regarding_double
_entendres
and Rainbow
http://youtu.be/nSUIPp45DpI

That was a a not-for-broadcast christmas tape made for the crew, which
is a rather different matter.

Your quoting's fucked, btw.

[Veggie Dave]

Post by ogden
That was a a not-for-broadcast christmas tape made for the crew, which
is a rather different matter.

IIRC it was for Comic Relief.

[ogden]

Post by Veggie Dave

Post by ogden
That was a a not-for-broadcast christmas tape made for the crew, which
is a rather different matter.

IIRC it was for Comic Relief.

Unlikely, as it was recorded and first shown as part of the OBA 1
christmas tape in 1979, according to t'interweb:

http://rainbow.arch.scriptmania.com/rainbow_tv_episode.html

[boots]

Post by ogden

Post by serf

Post by boots
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8166946.stm
Not that there ever was.

Indeed. Didn't someone get a libel conviction for suggesting that
there was?

"There is a persistent urban legend, repeated by the now-defunct UK
newspaper the Sunday Correspondent, which ascribes sexually suggestive
names ? such as Master Bates, Seaman Staines, and Roger the Cabin Boy

Although this audio clip shows distinguishing the names was difficult.
http://msgboard.snopes.com/radiotv/audio/pugwash2.wav