05. Sheds

06/03/22 • 22 min

Bill has successfully (and surprisingly) built a garden shed and from that, he and Helen unearth a rich treasure trove of fascinating facts about George Bernard Shaw and Julie Andrews, which leads them to the 2003 World Whistling Champion and Henry Fonda’s home made honey.

Related Links:

George Bernard Shaw’s shed:

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/george-bernard-shaws-garden

George Bernard Shaw with Vivien Leigh at Shaw’s Corner:

https://anniebeebuzz.com/2015/08/22/surprising-finds-5-a-revolving-writers-hut/

Gone With The Wind Trailer starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh featuring a halitosis-ridden kiss:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X94oZgJis4

Opening scene to The Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrew featuring the shot from the helicopter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fH2FOn1V5g

A Spoonful of Sugar from Mary Poppins, starring Julie Andrews featuring her whistling robin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L4qauTiCY4

2003 World Whistling Champion David Morris whistles Flight of the Bumblebee:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzFhgMvxH40

Yuki Takeda whistles his rendition of Flight of the Bumblebee:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHHr1SKjycQ

Bumblebee Conservation Trust:

https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/

Sylvia Plath’s bee-based poems:

https://thebeeproject.weebly.com/sylvia-plath-and-the-bee-poems.html

The Beatles, She Said She Said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLzfo59AdEc

Peter Fonda inspires John Lennon and kills his buzz in the process:

https://reelrundown.com/celebrities/Peter-Fonda-and-the-Beatles

Ravi Shankar teaches George Harrison how to play the sitar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxI6IkH9Mvo

Surprising appearances on Coronation Street:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD2zlufPGqg

Cinzano advert featuring Joan Collins and Leonard Rossiter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkjidE0WnAI

Clark Gable in It Happened One Night, the inspiration behind Bugs Bunny’s carrot crunching:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcrth90C3D4

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Related Links:

George Bernard Shaw’s shed:

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/george-bernard-shaws-garden

George Bernard Shaw with Vivien Leigh at Shaw’s Corner:

https://anniebeebuzz.com/2015/08/22/surprising-finds-5-a-revolving-writers-hut/

Gone With The Wind Trailer starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh featuring a halitosis-ridden kiss:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X94oZgJis4

Opening scene to The Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrew featuring the shot from the helicopter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fH2FOn1V5g

A Spoonful of Sugar from Mary Poppins, starring Julie Andrews featuring her whistling robin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L4qauTiCY4

2003 World Whistling Champion David Morris whistles Flight of the Bumblebee:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzFhgMvxH40

Yuki Takeda whistles his rendition of Flight of the Bumblebee:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHHr1SKjycQ

Bumblebee Conservation Trust:

https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/

Sylvia Plath’s bee-based poems:

https://thebeeproject.weebly.com/sylvia-plath-and-the-bee-poems.html

The Beatles, She Said She Said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLzfo59AdEc

Peter Fonda inspires John Lennon and kills his buzz in the process:

https://reelrundown.com/celebrities/Peter-Fonda-and-the-Beatles

Ravi Shankar teaches George Harrison how to play the sitar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxI6IkH9Mvo

Surprising appearances on Coronation Street:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD2zlufPGqg

Cinzano advert featuring Joan Collins and Leonard Rossiter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkjidE0WnAI

Clark Gable in It Happened One Night, the inspiration behind Bugs Bunny’s carrot crunching:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcrth90C3D4

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Previous Episode

04. University Challenge

Fun fact finders Helen and Bill discover something curiously interesting about the former University Challenge Question Master Bamber Gascoigne, and before you know it, they are stumbling across Paddington Bear, David Bowie, Diana Dors and the last woman to be hanged in the UK.

Related Links:

A classic incorrect answer on University Challenge answer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47SnI5GGqY8

The house that Bamber Gascoigne inherited:

https://www.westhorsleyplace.org/

Outtakes from BBC’s comedy series Ghosts (shot on location in Bamber Gascoigne’s inherited house):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m6DOPitdVU

Bamber Gascoigne penned Share My Lettuce listing

http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_s/sharelettuce.htm

Paddington 2 trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52x5HJ9H8DM

Paddington 2 was co-written and directed by Paul King, but not this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlXtrnh-Ejo

Clip from Lady Godiva Rides Again, the 1951 film featuring Diana Dors and uncredited appearances from Joan Collins and the last woman to be hanged in the UK, Ruth Ellis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waH0HyzKC7I

Channel Four Television’s Who Got Diana Dors’ Millions?

https://vimeo.com/130444535

Adam and the Ants, Prince Charming video featuring Diana Dors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p__WmyAE3g

Rolf Harris performs War Canoe which Prince Charming is a clear rip off of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2SOEVbKsTE

Rolf Harris performs Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport with The Beatles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd14NxZuvGg

Connie Francis performs Lipstick on Your Collar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8x5cUFoDnU

Johnny Cash, Fuego D’Amor (Ring of Fire in Spanish)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0u5d2vQ8fw

David Bowie performs Helden (Heroes in German)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb6Gbi1MpoE

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06. Penny Come Quick

Join Helen and Bill on another adventure down the never ending internet rabbit hole as they somehow get from places with funny names to Cilla Black, via Levi's jeans and Albert Einstein.

Related Links:

Pennycomequick’s Wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennycomequick

Wetwang Village:

https://www.wetwang.org.uk/wetwang-history/

Croatia’s strangely named places:

https://www.croatiaweek.com/the-many-strange-place-names-of-croatia/

Fugging in Austria

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugging,_Upper_Austria

Shitterton, Dorset in Bournemouth Echo

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/14515534.shitterton-doesnt-make-this-years-rudest-place-names-list-but-somewhere-in-dorset-does/

Albert Einstein’s leather jacket: