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Artist, illustrator, tuba-player, writer, broadcaster, Quaker and clown, Hoffnung's gifts as eccentric and raconteur are celebrated here in a compilation of all the existing Hoffnung recordings, including the famous Bricklayer Story.
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53 of 57 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This audio gem is an absolute must for Hoffnung fans. Containing the famous Charles Richardson interviews and the Oxford Union "bricklayer" speech, it will have you laughing until you cry. As a Hoffnung fan since I was at school, it was a delight to listen to him again after so many years. Immaculate.
21 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio Cassette
You need to know nothing of Hoffnungs work to appreciate his surreal and humanistic sense of humour. These tapes never fail to help lighten me up when I need a good laugh. The interviews with Charles are the highlight for me. Worth six stars!
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is great comedy. At turns surreal, observational and improvisational with superb timing and delivery.
Any fan of anything funny at all should give this a whirl.
Soon you'll also wonder why Hoffnung is not a household name along with others of his time.
Ignore the absence of hype. Get it and chuckle.
Any fan of anything funny at all should give this a whirl.
Soon you'll also wonder why Hoffnung is not a household name along with others of his time.
Ignore the absence of hype. Get it and chuckle.
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A CLASSIC
I have always adored this man's comedy, and it's a treat to have these routines collected here. The "interviews" with Charles Richardson are gloriously dotty - easily as inventive... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mumsareader
Hoffnung A Last Encore
Is the title a promise? I can't describe how disappointed I was with this one.
CD1 is a series of tedious and, after a while, predictable interviews and I had to grit my... Read more
CD1 is a series of tedious and, after a while, predictable interviews and I had to grit my... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mrs. SC Pithers
Bricklayer
An unmissable classic. It even contains the bricklayer's story - told as only he could tell it.
Published 22 months ago by Mike Fletcher
Worth it for 'The Builder' alone
I only bought this specifically for the story of 'The Builder' which was delivered to the Oxford Union after what sounds as though it must have been a very good dinner! Read more
Published on 15 Jan 2010 by D. Chisholm
Some things are best remembered
I bought these CDs because of the bricklayer's story. I remembered that from when I was a child and a friend used to play it on vinyl. Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2010 by J. L. Caddick
Intelligent humour at its best
I am ordering the CD because the audio tape I have has just worn out. Whenever I am at all down I listen to the Charles Richardson interviews because they restore my faith in... Read more
Published on 16 Sep 2009 by Mr. W. J. Barnes
Poor value
The Hoffnung Oxford Union speech is justly famed and still makes me laugh after many years of familiarity. Read more
Published on 1 Sep 2009 by T. Dwyer
buy this for the Oxford Union speech
In truth, there is very little material still in existence for this artist. So this is a must for fans and a lasting record. Read more
Published on 23 July 2009 by Red Rose
A delightful trip into the absurd
Another reviewer of this product complained that the interview section with Charles Richardson isn't very funny - a reaction I simply can't understand, as these twelve interviews... Read more
Published on 8 Jun 2008 by O. Buxton
A mixture of the dire and the inspired
Gerard Hoffnung died in the year I was born -- 1959 -- at the absurdly young age of 34. Today he is best known for his cartoons and THAT speech to the Oxford Union, recorded a... Read more
Published on 7 Nov 2003 by Gavin Wilson
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