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starfish
05-01-2006, 16:40
Just wondered if anyone else saw the excellent wee programme about The Broons on BBCScotland last week. I liked the theory that Maw Broon put herself about a wee bit hence the differences in the kids. And of course the bit where they said the Maggie Broon was voted the sexiest ever Scot. :D
My g/f was amazed that people other than me actually get a copy of the book every year.
So who else still gets a copy from their maw for Christmas.
70 years? Jings!
Funny, always just accepted the Broons as being a universal phenonmenon (I know, I know...) until I moved to London and was watching repeats of Naked Video with my flatmates. The Broons sketch came on and was flabbergasted to discover none of them had any idea what was going on. Don't think my explanation of why it was funny really cleared things up for them either :)
Donna Ferentes
06-01-2006, 09:11
I liked the theory that Maw Broon put herself about a wee bit hence the differences in the kids.Crivens!
stroober
06-01-2006, 11:18
Help ma boab!!!
lang rabbie
06-01-2006, 13:14
Has anyone else noticed the uncanny likeness between pugnacious Joe Broon and Gordon Ramsay?
Has anyone else noticed the uncanny likeness between pugnacious Joe Broon and Gordon Ramsay?
Now you come to mention it...
Is Oor Wullie older or younger than the Broons?
Ich bin ein Mod
06-01-2006, 13:44
Dunno, but I like the theory that Oor Wullie is actually one of triplets, the other two being the "twins" from the Broons, based on they look a bit similar and that Wullie is "Oor Wullie" and not just plain Wullie
Wee bit off topic but interesting stuff (scroll down to the bottom) about the origins of Oor Wullie (was trying to find out which was older and it is indeed the Broons)
http://www.compalcomics.com/marketreport/autumn2005.htm
And there's an exhibition on in Glasgow entitled 'The Art of Oor Wullie and The Broons' from Jan 11th!
http://www.thatsbraw.co.uk/News/News.htm
(Well seen it's Friday afternoon :) )
starfish
06-01-2006, 17:18
Off topic my arse. Good links :) . I didnt know the origins of Oor Wullie, now i do. Pity i wont be near Glasgow for a while, i would have liked to have seen the exhibition.
Off topic my arse. Good links :) . I didnt know the origins of Oor Wullie, now i do. Pity i wont be near Glasgow for a while, i would have liked to have seen the exhibition.
Thought I'd better put in the off topic thing in case this was one of those hardcore threads where people get all upset ('This is a Broons thread, not an Oor Wullie one...!') :D
Might have to see if I can fit in a wee trip up there.
Velouria
07-01-2006, 14:47
hehe :D
And I know someone who lives on the real Whinny Brae - it does exist. It's in Dundee or Broughty Ferry, depending who you ask :) and is the steepest road in Dundee... However it's no longer fully navigable; for safety reasons they closed off the steepest bit. Too many people ended up seriously injured ...
bristle-krs
07-01-2006, 14:56
My g/f was amazed that people other than me actually get a copy of the book every year.
i thought 'the broons' and 'oor wullie' alternated each year, as did 'the bash street kids' and 'dennis the menace', in a fiscally prudent manner most befitting of dc thomson ;)
i used to subscribe to the 'post' (down in kent) for the funnies. i think it arrived on a tuesday!
Velouria
07-01-2006, 15:45
i used to subscribe to the 'post' (down in kent) for the funnies. i think it arrived on a tuesday!
jings! crivvens! help m'boab!
nino_savatte
07-01-2006, 17:25
Has anyone else noticed the uncanny likeness between pugnacious Joe Broon and Gordon Ramsay?
:D
Velouria
08-01-2006, 23:22
hehe :D
And I know someone who lives on the real Whinny Brae - it does exist. It's in Dundee or Broughty Ferry, depending who you ask :) and is the steepest road in Dundee... However it's no longer fully navigable; for safety reasons they closed off the steepest bit. Too many people ended up seriously injured ...
And here it is (http://velouria.twenex.org/whinnybrae/)
inflatable jesus
12-01-2006, 01:07
I really love the broons! :)
Well, I didn't like that one story where one of the Broons overhears another one saying something, and the eavesdropper misunderstands the meaning of it. Then they get worked up into a panic before finding out that it's just a misunderstanding.
No wait, that was all of them.
It's shite and so is Oor Wullie. Who the fuck cares about Dundonians in the fifties?
lang rabbie
12-01-2006, 19:17
Who the fuck cares about Dundonians in the fifties?
All those exiled south of the border, who use Broons catchphrases as a completely impenetrable code that the Sassenachs cannae ken. :cool:
RubberBuccaneer
13-01-2006, 11:09
I used to read these as a child in darkest Cardiff.
My grandmothers sister in law was married to a Scotsman who had the Sunday Post sent to him and then he passed them on to us.
I used to get the annuals sent as well.
I used to read these as a child in darkest Cardiff.
My grandmothers sister in law was married to a Scotsman who had the Sunday Post sent to him and then he passed them on to us.
I used to get the annuals sent as well.
Haven't seen the Sunday Post for a very long time -- is it as cringingly awful as I remember?
nino_savatte
13-01-2006, 12:35
Haven't seen the Sunday Post for a very long time -- is it as cringingly awful as I remember?
It is indeed.
19sixtysix
13-01-2006, 14:55
The Sunday Post reaches more people across the population only due to oor wullie and the broons. At times it can make the daily mails seem liberal. I still buy it if I find one down here in darkest london.
starfish
18-01-2006, 15:52
It is indeed.
So i take it that Merry Macs Funpage is still in existence then. That used to be less funny that Cracker jokes.
pogofish
19-01-2006, 12:09
Haven't seen the Sunday Post for a very long time -- is it as cringingly awful as I remember?
Yup & I have to admit they used one of my photos the other weekend! :o
Used to get the Beano as a kid & the Sunday Post was my Gran's favourite paper. Fond memories! :D
Also remember the skit on them where the wins were into glue, Hen was on heroin, Daphne got pregnant & Ma was beating the shit out of Pa. Real childhood-ending stuff! :D
Rocket Romano
19-01-2006, 12:27
Thats the Broons thread done for the year,
Filled wi' laughter fun and cheer.
But if it's mair o' the same ye seek -
Ye'll find them in Sunday Post each week
nino_savatte
19-01-2006, 12:29
The awful Lorraine Kelly 'writes' a column for the Sunday Post. :eek:
Velouria
21-01-2006, 18:16
My sister went for an interview once with DC Thomson & Co and the interviewer seemed unnaturally concerned over whether she was a Catholic or a Protestant (even in the mid 80s I believe such a question might have been illegal) ... being neither my sister declined to answer and said it was none of their business ... funnily enough didn't get called back.
There is a quite good book called the DC Thomson Bumper Fun Book which was an exposé of some of their shadier practices (or at least the ones they could print without breaking any libel laws). An interesting read if you can find a copy these days. If anyone does have a copy I'd be interested in a photocopy of it. I no longer have access to the one copy I read (it was locked up in the local history section of my uni's library and I only got the chance to read it cause I happened to pick the lock ... :D).
Among other interesting DC Thomson facts is that their entire fleet of lorries is still plain battleship grey with no distinguishing features. This is a legacy of the General Strike when the Mr Thomson of the time decided the show must go on no matter what happened (especially as there was a rival paper on the go which was very left-leaning and critical of the Thomsons...) and hired scab labour to keep the presses and the distribution going. So many of the lorries were attacked that the entire fleet was painted battleship grey, and remains so to this day... nowadays of course they stick out like a sore thumb because no one uses grey lorries these days :)
There are also allegations of underhand business practices being used to force rivals out of business. However as this is a public forum and I don't like court, no more on that subject. Suffice it to say that it is odd that Dundee had one free newspaper, then it had two, and now it has none ... :)
The Thomson family themselves are extremely secretive and little is known of them, despite them running one of Scotland's largest publishing empires ...
edit: this book is the one I am talking about:
http://www.thatsbraw.co.uk/Books/bumperbook.jpg
My Grandmother used to give me an Oor Wullie and a Broons book to me every Christmas. I stopped getting them when I was about 17 when she died. I used to really enjoy them.
pinkmonkey
23-01-2006, 14:43
Despite not being Scottish, I used to get The Broons annual every xmas too.
I've had the misfortune of being in the car with my gran at the top of Whinny Brae when she stalled once, and we rolled backwards right down the hill, i was crapping myself. Nothing happened to us, but this was at least 20 years ago and i can remember it clearly. She's still driving the streets of Broughty Ferry too; beware :eek:
Broons and Oor Wullie were standard stocking fillers for me too, but i haven't read one in years. A few friends knocked up the classics 'Wullie frip taks a trip' and 'Pa Broon-acid casualty' some years back, but i daren't post them up here, DC Thompson sound hardcore.
Another couple of 'aquaintances' stumbled boozily into a tatoo convention several months back. The one came out with Oor Wullie on his pail tatooed on his upper arm, the other (and the clearly more mentailst of the two) with Pa Broon crucified on his leg. Although it could easily be taken Hitler, Charlie Chaplin etc etc the intent was there, and it made laugh intermittently for days.
lang rabbie
31-01-2006, 13:02
Another couple of 'aquaintances' stumbled boozily into a tatoo convention several months back. ... the other (and the clearly more mentailst of the two) with Pa Broon crucified on his leg.
Crivvens! :eek:
Doesn't that requires "lang forset and forethocht purpos of malice" rather than mere boozy stumbling. :confused:
Velouria, don't know why but found your last post kind of depressing reading. Think it's the contrast between the innocent times thing and the evil empire. Silly eh? :(
moonsi til
02-02-2006, 11:54
I think the Broons and oor Wullie came out on alternate years, there was always a drama between me and my sisters for them on xmas day, me being the younger would always end up having to wait till boxing day. I live in England now and generally folk don't find either funny..x
crustychick
03-02-2006, 11:25
And here it is (http://velouria.twenex.org/whinnybrae/)
Looks great for sledgin' :)
starfish
03-02-2006, 15:59
A few friends knocked up the classics 'Wullie frip taks a trip' and 'Pa Broon-acid casualty' some years back, but i daren't post them up here, DC Thompson sound hardcore.
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Reminds me of a mate from school who did an Oor Wullie/Broons crossover cartoon. It involved Wullie, Soapy, Fat Boab, Wee Eck & Daphne Broon. :eek:
Maggie was too nice for that sort of thing.
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