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derek kelly

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We are not back to money money money again surely !
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Looks like a history lesson is needed.

This is where 'ah-ha' originated.


Alan Partridge did an Abba medley in one of his early chat shows including' Voulez Vous - Ah Ha' which spawned his 'ah ha' catchphrase.


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Wrong it was the Aha from knowing me knowing you that spawned his catchphrase, hence "knowing me Alan partridge, knowing you.....(guest name)
 

derek kelly

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Andrew, you are just like my eldest brother, He's also an argumentative tit who refuses to accept he can be wrong, the other week he said to me "remember when you used to deliver papers to Jack Charlton?" I corrected him, I was at school with Jack Charlton's son & I delivered Billy Bremner's paper, he then told me I was wrong, so to prove my point I informed him that my paper round was at Templenewsam not Halton, Billy lived on plantation ave at Templenewsam Jack lived on Chapel street Halton, he still tried saying I was wrong.
 

andyBeaker

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Andrew, you are just like my eldest brother, He's also an argumentative tit who refuses to accept he can be wrong, the other week he said to me "remember when you used to deliver papers to Jack Charlton?" I corrected him, I was at school with Jack Charlton's son & I delivered Billy Bremner's paper, he then told me I was wrong, so to prove my point I informed him that my paper round was at Templenewsam not Halton, Billy lived on plantation ave at Templenewsam Jack lived on Chapel street Halton, he still tried saying I was wrong.



Derek, you are just like my eldest brother, He's also an argumentative tit who refuses to accept he can be wrong, the other week he said to me "remember when you used to deliver papers to Jack Charlton?" I corrected him, I was at school with Jack Charlton's son & I delivered Billy Bremner's paper, he then told me I was wrong, so to prove my point I informed him that my paper round was at Templenewsam not Halton, Billy lived on plantation ave at Templenewsam Jack lived on Chapel street Halton, he still tried saying I was wrong.
 

Cougar377

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Derek, you are just like my eldest brother, He's also an argumentative tit who refuses to accept he can be wrong, the other week he said to me "remember when you used to deliver papers to Jack Charlton?" I corrected him, I was at school with Jack Charlton's son & I delivered Billy Bremner's paper, he then told me I was wrong, so to prove my point I informed him that my paper round was at Templenewsam not Halton, Billy lived on plantation ave at Templenewsam Jack lived on Chapel street Halton, he still tried saying I was wrong.

Thanks for clearing that up. :rolleyes:
 

Jaws

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Just found this.. Agnetha looks goofy and how unpolished the act looked... love it !

 

andyBeaker

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Just found this.. Agnetha looks goofy and how unpolished the act looked... love it !



That lack of polish I think helped build the brand. It was so cheesy it was cool.

Oh, along with a few decent tunes of course.

If you visit the Abba Museum in Stockholm (which is brill) you can see how cheap and cheerful a lot of the props were - the iconic ABBA sign in the picture below was a regular prop used in stage shows - when you get up close you can see it is a few sheets of fifth hand plywood covered in 50p light fittings from B&Q with shrouds made from used tin cans with a coat of blackboard paint, complete with runs, over the whole lot. Brilliant!

I hear there is an Abba 'virtual reality' tour lined up - the museum has a virtual reality live performance by the band - it is unbelievably realistic, it really is like they are performing live. Ah ha.

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