nocinema - interludes - Jerome Joy website

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!'''Normal Service Will Be Resumed As Soon As Possible''' "Of course, interspersed with all this, we were obliged to watch at least two, or even three, of the BBC's memorable 'interlude' shorts, of which, the most famous was '''The Potter's Wheel'''. These usually followed a polite, card-borne, 'technical hitch' apology, which was headed with the assurance: 'Normal Service Will Be Resumed As Soon As Possible'. And, I am bound to tell you: before a few months had elapsed, we all got to know those words by heart...and no doubt many a subsequently successful potter, cut his teeth on viewing the BBC's frequently-shown short. The same could be said for aspiring plough-boys, stimulated by 'Auntie's' traditional team of Shire-Horses, which were to be seen, regularly, wending their way through the furrows, in the rustic, field-ploughing interlude." ''(Gerry George on {small}http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/ {/small})'' "the kitten playing with the wool on a chair and under it, the mill stream, were always on. They would also be played during technical breakdowns, (common in those days), with the immortal words on the screen now and again, "Normal Service Will Be Resumed As Soon As Possible". ----
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