Bonzo Dog Doodah Band - Hunting Tigers Out in Africa

This week I was going to put up ‘Sweet Talkin Woman’ by the Electric Light Orchestra, but due to a recent saturation of ELO and related groups within the musical interlude, I’ve decided to put it off for another week or so.

Instead, we have another of Jeffman’s many favourites, The Bonzo Dog Doodah Band.

Yes, you read that right.

The Bonzo Dog Doodah Band were a one-off during the late sixties. A bizarre combination of humour that would become synonymous with (although pre-dating) Monty Python; affected upper-class toffery, and tunage. They put out five albums in their original lifespan and were fronted by the late Vivian Stanshall, who shared songwriting and vocal duties with Neil Innes, later to go on to become an honorary Python member.

This wee gem is from their third album, Tadpoles, recorded in 1969. ‘Hunting Tigers Out in India’. The footage is from the TV show Do not Adjust Your Set, which was a forerunner to Monty Python’s Flying Circus. As you’ll see, Terry Jones introduces it. Fanshawe would be so proud.

Stay tuned, for tomorrow our TV correspondent, Jeff Mann, will be reporting from the frontline of televisual blandness.

In other news, this blog is now ranking sixth in Google for the search term “clueless f*ckwit gordon brown”… ho-hum.

Enjoy