Hello,

I'm hoping you can help me ID a British comedy bit I heard/loved long ago. The local, "comedy DJ" who aired it doesn't remember. (Too much California "medicine," I s'pect!) But, he suggested "The Goon Show." Anyway...

THE SET-UP:
Pupil enters English school master's office. Pupil's mediocrity becomes increasingly apparent as head master reads the beginnings of a few of his essays, all of which begin, "My mother, who I live with...," then loosely/lamely link in the subject.

Finally, when he can stand the inferior work no longer, the head master sputters, "...with whom I live, my mother with whom I live!"

Thank you for any input you may offer.

David

PS
Should you find any grammatical errors herein, feel free to point them out humourously!
D

Sounds vaguely like 'A Bit Of Fry & Laurie'

Ah - no. It's from 'Not The Nine O'Clock News':

http://youtu.be/LL-zer6-Rs0

Quote: shaggy292 @ 27th July 2014, 6:43 AM BST

Sounds vaguely like 'A Bit Of Fry & Laurie'

Ah - no. It's from 'Not The Nine O'Clock News':

http://youtu.be/LL-zer6-Rs0

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Thanks for the source and the link. Righto! Jolly good! (Please pardon me for tossing out a Britishism or two.)

Actually, the link is not exactly as I remember. I'm sure the one I heard referred to "...my mother..." But it's obviously the same set-up and punch line. Perhaps they tried variations over time.

Thanks awfully. (Whoops, another Britishism! Please excuse; as some say in America: I didn't mean nothin' by it!)

Dave