Bon Soir,

Back in the black and white television days (if you don’t know what I’m talking about, ask an old person) I recall some very funny comedy sketches.

Red Skelton marching through the middle of an American Civil War battle field bearing a flag which had the Confederate flag sewn onto the Union flag. Both sides held their fire whilst cheering him on. Until the wind changed and all hell broke loose.

In another sketch big burly Raymond Burr bearing a full black beard and a fur cap is sitting at a table in a log cabin manacled to little Flip Wilson in a Royal Canadian Mounted Police uniform. Outside a blizzard is raging. Flip is holding up a poster featuring a full black bearded fur cap bearing Raymond and proclaiming the latter is “Wanted dead or alive”. Both the poster and the manacled Raymond are staring menacingly at Flip who keeps switching from looking at one then the other whilst shaking his head and muttering “Ahhh don’t know” “Ahhh don’t know”. In the end he blurts out “They’s all look tha sayme to me”

The last Dispatch which dealt inter alia with difficulties experienced by Aboriginal Australians in obtaining ID, elicited several anecdotes.

My favourite:

“ …..there was another occasion when a troupe of Maningrida blokes were off to Japan for an opening.  One of the guy’s mother died the night before their departure. Without batting an eyelid they recruited a replacement didgeridoo player who effortlessly travelled to Japan and back on the original bloke’s passport….”

Grace Slick THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME…..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOAM7LrdW-E

And this one… (Pourquoi pas?)

Jimmy and Mama Yancey – How Long Blues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw9tMRhKEak

A bientot,

François