@@TheInselaffen Yes, I know but I took a 'BBC Voice' to mean a newsreader's voice as was back in the eighties and before. They've always let anyone on Mock the Week!
My goodness, there is what appears to be a house fire, in which a dog sits. He proclaims the situation to be fine, despite the calamity. It will not remain fine for much longer, I wager!
@@chaircheck2424 oh I see we have a clever one here I tell you! Good sir _I_ daresay you're presumption shall be proven to be the correct one MOST presently!! *chortles to self*
The whole family gathers at the old fireplace when it's time to listen to Mr King's "Meme Time" on the radio. Aftwerwards we all discuss the latest and dankest memes. Even grandma chuckles. Mom tucks me into my bed and turns off the oil Iamp. I'm usually too excited to fall asleep, because I can barely wait to share those memes with my good pals over the telegraph the next morning.
Well, your strange usage of the word 'mom' would indicate that you are a fellow from the colonies. That would also explain your casual access to the telegram. Unfortunately being raised in poor circumstances such things as a telegram far outstripped my meagre means and if I wanted to share a jolly meme I had to resort to jotting it down on a slip of paper which was then tied to a brick and thrown through a friends window. Ah! Even now, the sound of the tinkling of glass makes me chuckle at the happy memes spreading through the local streets.
How fortunate having such good friends to share such good memes with. I have collections of funny memes I keep in an old wooden chest. I wish I could share them too.
@@akashahuja2346 Not necessarily from the colonies. It could just have been a misspelling of 'mum'. And there are telegrams here in Blighty too, though their usage isn't quite as prominent as across the pond. There's even one of those new-fangled printed things - what are they called? Oh, I remember, 'newspapers' - that I believe is called the Daily Telegraph and Courier.
"I beg your pardon, dear listeners, I've just been informed our program is being visited by the Duke of York. My my, I wonder to what we owe such a pleasure. Let me just open the door for him and -- what?? You're not the Duke! I've been bamboozled by Lord Astley yet again!"
It appears as though young Lord Astley is rather fond of these perplexing misadventures. Pardon my use of such uncooth wording of Her Majesty's English, but blast him!
Blimey! It appears this strapping young fellow has produced a stick, only to insert it into the spokes of the very velocipede upon which he is riding. No mean feat! It is no surprise that he makes a most spectacular fall. Yes, a very peculiar man indeed; he now seems to lay blame on all his surroundings, even though his predicament is no doubt of his own volition.
"Here we have a meme of popular songwriter and entrepreneur Aubrey Drake Graham. In the first image he appears to be uninterested, if not actually offended, by a picture of Rowan Atkinson, but in the second image he is pointing approvingly at an unidentified, bearded ginger."
@@dootdoot3713 Took me a while, too, though I was confused about the Rowan Atkinson part, not the bearded ginger. (Just to let you know, you may mean 'peak', by the way.)
What you don't understand is that to get those shiny Meme nuggets, some poor northerners must go down the meme mines to retrieve them in their rawest form and then float them to Sheffield by canal donkey for processing.
"Ah, now - here's one you'll all enjoy, folks - that beast Mr Hitler is stood in a doorway in some sort of disreputable tartan hat. Written above him is the phrase: 'Promises not to annex Czechoslovakia and invade Poland', then at the base of the image, it reads 'Annexes Czezchoslovakia and invades Poland.' What sport! And that one comes to us from a Mr N. Chamberlain."
Well, here's an intriguing twist: Here is the one with the young couple who are stepping out, except that in this one, that ghastly Mr Hitler's head has been superimposed over the young gentleman's. The young lady he's holding hands with, her face has the word "Warsaw" covering it. And, see now, the young lady walking towards the viewer, her face is covered with the word "Stalingrad." Biting commentary indeed, dear listener! {In the original photoset from which the original meme originates, the two women eventually wind up getting gay married, so it works on that level as well, you see?}
Next up we have a painting of the fire of London (what a ghastly event!) and a young pup sitting in the middle of the fire, saying "this is jolly good." Keep calm and carry on, I'll say!
Alas! An anonymous advertisement, offering 50 high quality memes for a mere shilling, has instead yielded a ticket to view a short performance by the vaudeville entertainer, Mr Rick Astley.
@@pigeon_the_brit565 Indeed, fine Sires. Last I've heard of Sir Astley he was in magnificent health and performing jolly tunes somewhere near Liverpool. *sips Yorkshire tea*
I recall as a wee child hearing of the stick figure who, being engaged in the eating of a breakfast cereal, learns of a surprising truth, and in that moment of revelation, forcefully expels his mouthful in a fountain of milk and corn-flakes. Oh, how we guffawed at that young lad's extravagant expectoration.
"Ah! And this latest meme sent in today depicts a legendary filmstar from across the channel, his name is a Mr DiCaprio and- my goodness- he's looking awfully pleased with himself. He seems to be in a Western Picture, holding a glass of wine, laughing to himself with an air of superiority. Absolutely wonderful, wonderful stuff! I sure hope that is not the last we'll hear of him on 'During The Meme Time'..."
I would note you didn't exactly state your preference post-exposure. The "thank you" could be sarcastic. Now that you have heard it, are you better for it?! Physically, mentally, spiritually... whatever.
My personal favourite is the one where the peculiar character "Willy Wonka" from Roald Dahl's children's book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", as portrayed by the late Gene Wilder, rests his head on his hand, looking down quite condescendingly at an unseen person and imploring them to elaborate.
Lol one time I was listening to a small town's radio, and they actually did his!! Reading memes and photos that their listeners sent. It was quite entertaining to be honest. The host had a hard time explainig the images 😂
"And here, in this first panel, a costumed 'super-hero' looks positively beset by a dilemma of sorts. Sweat pours from his face. Then in the next panel, we see what is causing such distress: a picture of an evening gown, with two labelled buttons, of which he may press only one. The label on the first button reads: 'The dress is blue and black'. The second: 'The dress is white and gold'. For just one moment, I hadn't the slightest notion what this meant untill I recalled the related bulletin, from one year prior, issued by that community newsletter 'Face-Book'."
Ah, here's one hot off the presses, Linda's brought it to me just now - thank you Linda - it appears to depict some variety of fantastical creature, a Pocket-Book Monstrosity, as the youngsters call it. This one is of an aquatic nature, and a rather lethargic temperament if I recall, seated behind a desk. And he is relaying in all earnesty and haste, that the Archduke Franz Ferdinand has just been shot. Quite spurious indeed, as the Archduke has of course been dead for quite some time.
"Oh dear. This meme is quite an ancient one. Honestly someone had go deep into the archives for this one. It appears to be a cat that is made out of a breakfast pastry leaping gingerly through the vastness of space while it excretes a rainbow colored bowel stream."
Another classic subscriber-submitted vignette consists of a dashing fellow walking in an urban environment, with ear-located speakers affixed; what is being issued from a portable acoustic device appears to be a recurring thematic production of an audio broadcast entitled, "Jessica's Wednesday" - and it has a strong, subversive shift in the narrative at the end! Quite a vexing circumstance, that - could it be that the recorded narrative and the goings-on of the man's travel were, in some fashion, connected?
If only you could see the Memes, but allow me to reiterate that you can't! Oh he's got a little bit of Memes on him, now he's dead! Oh the Memes my Lord, the Memey memey Memes
Star Trek Alien: Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra. Captain Picard: Your system of communication is ridiculous! How am I supposed to understand a bunch of arbitrary cultural references?! Star Trek Alien: Spider-man, when he pointed at spider-man.
"Heh, people talking in references, that's wild." Two hours later I'm echoing "Same hat!! Same hat!!" to my friend as we react to a coincidence in our lives.
Jolly good radio show, that "Meme Time". That Mister Becket-King is such a swell, well-spoken fellow, with an excellent taste in prime memage. His recounting of that Amogus meme was marvelous, I dare say! Can you imagine? A gentleman standing with his arms crossed in front of a rubbish bin-looking little fellow and saying "Amogus"! Truly the peak of comedy of our time!
And would you believe it? He took it upon himself to devise a creation allowing him to transfigure into a gherkin! Of all the things in the world, to think a person would end up as a brined cucumber must surely be the most ridiculous and enjoyable notion one would entertain.
@@NowhereBeats memes also seem to have become even more mainstream, which means that everyone uses the newest memes all the time, and the older ones even when they're already dead. Their shelf life is extremely short and thus the good ones can't even survive long enough to evolve into something other than corrupt garbage. But I also miss the better part of the old memes. They were classic.
Vintage memes like the portly young gentlemen cutting quite the rug to a amusing little ditty from beyond the Carpathians. Not to mention the sinister semi-mechanical chap who begged to inform us that he had just now forcibly taken possession of a considerable number, indeed the entirety, of the bases.
Dear Mr King I write you too bring the unfortunate news that your latest bearcat happen to feature memes that are considered by many, myself included, to be deceased, so to speak. My younger cousin reports experiencing emotions that made her contract and grimace. We both beg you to consider introducing more timely pieces of meme-orabilia. Yours truly, Cockatiel Cowboy
I would listen to this every morning if you did it! This had me in tears laughing! I'm POSITIVE if "memes" were a thing in the radio era this would be how they'd play out. Thank you so much for posting these. They've been an absolute treat to start the weekend with.
Memes were definitely a thing. They were just audio memes. Such as Jack Benny's "Cucamonga!" and other catchphrases, and certain ad jingles, such as "J-E-L-L-OOOOO"
The Lambeth Walk was a meme dance in the 1940s, kind of like the Harlem Shake or Macarena were. They used to edit footage of Hitler to make it look like he was doing the dance. Satirical cartoons were around long before then, too, magazines like Punch were really popular in the 1800s and there's some from the time that even look like early Virgin vs Chad memes.
"For our next meme, we have red-headed man with long hair, dressed in a blue dinner jacket. Claims to be an interdimensional superhero! Very whimsical, but somewhat relatable."
Everyone is talking about the radio sketch of “Meme Times”, but what about that photo citation? “Spaceman photo by NASA, probably. I mean, who else is it gonna be?” That’s funny.
Nice! I also appreciate that he made the effort to use a different pose than the one used in the referenced meme. But I think the best of all is that the theater seating of the opera house from which the show is being broadcast is reflected in the astronaut's helmet visor. Gotta love a creator that pays attention to the smallest details like that.
The Meme Boffins of Broadcasting House really does sound like the sort of thing you'd hear on old-school BBC. Well worth that shilling for the radio licence fee.
I can imagine they get a slightly modified version of the same meme in the next day to describe and the announcer is just like "Oh, bother. We seem to be getting duplicates into the show. This is a meme we covered yesterday of the young man walking with his lady and looking back at another young lady. This one simply has some text over each person to denote it is different from the original. Oh that was so very funny to see yesterday, but it seems to have fallen out of style. Please do send us new memes daily rather than those nasty day old, stale ones. We thank you for your cooperation."
And now for some correspondence starting with one missive that states, "I am the first person to write something and post it in response to this production." We regret to inform you that you are in fact the second person to do so. Better luck next time, chap.
@@Feasco I have had Mr Repostsleuthboffin search through the archives of Broadcasting House, and I have discovered that this meme was actually sent in by a Mr thr0w4a4y_69 precisely 18 days prior.
Full respect to the writing effort of this! It feels like a flawless rendition of the language of that era, and I could never have constructed that vocabulary and tone. Awesome Alasdair!
This one seems to be an image whose colors are somewhat corrupted, making it hard to see what it is depicting. There is however, written in Impact typeface, a single letter located in the middle bottom of the image. That letter is a capital E.
There's always some extraordinary attention to detail to call out in your videos. I appreciate that you took the effort to do a reflection of the theatre in the astronaut's helmet.
I think this one goes over my head. What exactly is the joke? I know after a google that Emund Hillary and Hilary Swank are real persons. Is that the joke?
Many then-young listeners still have vivid memories of this 1940 show when they sat in their darkened living rooms, curtains closed because the Jerries dropped some memes on them...
"It is a rare occurence that contents from 'During the Meme Time' align with current news, but I can all but agree with this frog that it is, in fact, Wednesday, my fellows!"
That was most awfully brilliant. I'm pleased to be able to inform you that I did indeed recognise every dashed one of those radio memes, and had a jolly good chuckle to them all, and your top-notch narration of them! Awesome twist at the end, too. XD
I edit nonfiction books for children and young adults, and in one of them I was describing how memes are being used in advertising more often now. Couldn't use a photo of the ad I wanted to talk about, so I had to describe it: "the Success Kid meme, in which a young boy appears to be doing a fist pump in victory."
"And here we have... oh I must say, this one is somewhat frightening listener, but this appears to be another of image of that lovable feline named after a President of America, reimagined as some manner of horrid creature, apologising to their owner. I believe this was meant for our late night sister broadcast, Unsettling Spaghetti..."
I say, look at this feline fellow! He's asking for a Hamburg steak sandwich with cheese! Well, I don't know that that's too wise, old chap! I'd say you're asking for an upset stomach! "Can I has castor oil," perhaps?
"Oh goodness, i can't remember the last time i laid eyes upon this particular meme. You see listener, imagine a rather heavyset cat sitting on table with a facial expression which betrays that this feline is mid meowing. And the caption above the furry little fellow reads as such; 'I CAN HAS CHEESEBURGER?'. Ha, i tell you listener that i've never beheld a more time-honoured meme than this one."
You've outdone yourself again Alastair Beckett, king (note the comma). Also discovered loremen this week so my head is completely filled with nonsense.
Well, this lovely meme has been uncovered by one of our listeners from an old land owners records and is believed to be one of the first memes ever to be printed on those new fangled printing press machines in London. These pamphlets were distributed all about the land owners land and dwellings amongst the common folk. It reads "all your dwellings are belong to us" Fascinating.....
Now would you look at this. A little round creature, I believe it's a frog, dressed in lederhosen and a dapper little hat, carrying a glass pint of lager. The script is German and I have been told by our translators it means "It is Wednesday, my good fellows." Indeed it is, little frog, and what a lovely Wednesday it is here on BBC 1940's
I used to remember the pre-war Meme Time. They used to depict a more jolly and happy society, such as the gentleman with a great mandible smirking at the audience with a set of crooked teeth; or the infamous cat with a buttered piece of bread on his back running in the sky while emitting rainbows. After the war, Meme Time changed and became more complex, like the reality that changed with it.
00:55 "I have fourscore and nineteen problems but a wench does not number among them." Wench or no wench fourscore and nineteen problems is still a lot of problems.
"Today on Capitol Hill, the fish was delish, and according to U.N. secretary council members, it made quite a dish. You are listening to member-supported public radio."
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That is the most accurate BBC voice I have ever heard outside of the BBC.
No, he wouldn't be allowed in the BBC now with that voice. Far too proper.
@@davew4998 Too late friend. ABK has been on Mock The Week. He has his finger in the BBC piehole now.
@@TheInselaffen Yes, I know but I took a 'BBC Voice' to mean a newsreader's voice as was back in the eighties and before. They've always let anyone on Mock the Week!
@@davew4998 I can tell you don't watch much BBC content
@@johnmartinez7440 I watch little else.
It’s quite the zoetrope, it appears to be a frog, green in colour, pedalling a unicycle, with the caption, ‘oh gosh, what do we have here?’
"here arrives the well known gentleman, oh dear, how is life going?"
Детерминизм это Свобода 🤙 🤙
I had to google this, which means i'm officially old, but I don't care 😎
"Thus arrives the lad"
@@alaia-awakened It's around half a decade old now
My goodness, there is what appears to be a house fire, in which a dog sits. He proclaims the situation to be fine, despite the calamity. It will not remain fine for much longer, I wager!
I daresay the hound is in for a rude awakening in the near future!
It certainly seems that this blighted cur hasn't the first idea what's going on around him!
what the dog doin?
By George I tell you, it is in fact, actually _NOT_ fine, I repeat *not* fine at all I tell you! *Cue raucous laughter *
@@chaircheck2424 oh I see we have a clever one here I tell you! Good sir _I_ daresay you're presumption shall be proven to be the correct one MOST presently!! *chortles to self*
I think this only goes to prove memes are better on the radio
Agree.
4 score and 19 problems but a wench is not among them is priceless
Telly has less quality to it.
...& a teeny bit more original!
Memes - for those with no _actual_ wit of their own.
If the meme does not work on the radio, it is a bad meme
The whole family gathers at the old fireplace when it's time to listen to Mr King's "Meme Time" on the radio. Aftwerwards we all discuss the latest and dankest memes. Even grandma chuckles. Mom tucks me into my bed and turns off the oil Iamp. I'm usually too excited to fall asleep, because I can barely wait to share those memes with my good pals over the telegraph the next morning.
Well, your strange usage of the word 'mom' would indicate that you are a fellow from the colonies. That would also explain your casual access to the telegram.
Unfortunately being raised in poor circumstances such things as a telegram far outstripped my meagre means and if I wanted to share a jolly meme I had to resort to jotting it down on a slip of paper which was then tied to a brick and thrown through a friends window.
Ah! Even now, the sound of the tinkling of glass makes me chuckle at the happy memes spreading through the local streets.
LMAO
Hey, you got your ♥️ back!
How fortunate having such good friends to share such good memes with. I have collections of funny memes I keep in an old wooden chest. I wish I could share them too.
@@akashahuja2346 Not necessarily from the colonies. It could just have been a misspelling of 'mum'. And there are telegrams here in Blighty too, though their usage isn't quite as prominent as across the pond. There's even one of those new-fangled printed things - what are they called? Oh, I remember, 'newspapers' - that I believe is called the Daily Telegraph and Courier.
You see the crux of the humour is that he turns himself INTO a pickle, truly it must be the most hilarious thing that I have ever seen.
A pickle! next thing you'll have me believing he ran around shouting that he insisted on being called the "pickled Richard" due to his briny state.
he has transformed himself into a sourkraut, most laugh-inducing feces i have have witnessed!
you see listeners one has to have intellect of the highest caliber to understand the humour of Richard and Mortimer
Positively spiffing, old boy. Quite the yarn you've spun for yourself.
By Jove he turned himself into a gherkin! It's the most humorous jape I've ever seen
what an esteemed collection of peculiar imagery indeed
No comments?
Abdullah Bazil *Never have been.*
one might go as far to describe it as singular.
Quite.
"I beg your pardon, dear listeners, I've just been informed our program is being visited by the Duke of York. My my, I wonder to what we owe such a pleasure. Let me just open the door for him and -- what?? You're not the Duke! I've been bamboozled by Lord Astley yet again!"
RickRoll?
It appears as though young Lord Astley is rather fond of these perplexing misadventures. Pardon my use of such uncooth wording of Her Majesty's English, but blast him!
Lol best one so far
I certainly do hope that some day he will give us up as a target for such jests!
You have gotten Richardrolled!
Blimey! It appears this strapping young fellow has produced a stick, only to insert it into the spokes of the very velocipede upon which he is riding. No mean feat! It is no surprise that he makes a most spectacular fall. Yes, a very peculiar man indeed; he now seems to lay blame on all his surroundings, even though his predicament is no doubt of his own volition.
Verily, tis one of the` most sophisticated sounding English comments I've had the pleasure of reading this month.
Looool, that is rad!
"Here we have a meme of popular songwriter and entrepreneur Aubrey Drake Graham. In the first image he appears to be uninterested, if not actually offended, by a picture of Rowan Atkinson, but in the second image he is pointing approvingly at an unidentified, bearded ginger."
Aww shucks! If you'd have pencilled "a cute little redhead" then I could have understood that meme!
his name is WHAT
You made me work for that
For those who, like me, aren’t at the pique of their thinking ability, beckett king is the “bearded ginger”. Took me more than I’d like to admit
@@dootdoot3713 Took me a while, too, though I was confused about the Rowan Atkinson part, not the bearded ginger. (Just to let you know, you may mean 'peak', by the way.)
What you don't understand is that to get those shiny Meme nuggets, some poor northerners must go down the meme mines to retrieve them in their rawest form and then float them to Sheffield by canal donkey for processing.
Tis a hellish life. Even worse than those poor Welsh Pot Noodle miners
Lord have mercy.
A blessing! A blessing from the lord!
We all have to do our part, old chap. Some people's parts are merely a tad more agreeable than others'.
@@hazukichanx408 my wife says this to me often.
"Ah, now - here's one you'll all enjoy, folks - that beast Mr Hitler is stood in a doorway in some sort of disreputable tartan hat. Written above him is the phrase: 'Promises not to annex Czechoslovakia and invade Poland', then at the base of the image, it reads 'Annexes Czezchoslovakia and invades Poland.' What sport! And that one comes to us from a Mr N. Chamberlain."
Well, here's an intriguing twist:
Here is the one with the young couple who are stepping out, except that in this one, that ghastly Mr Hitler's head has been superimposed over the young gentleman's.
The young lady he's holding hands with, her face has the word "Warsaw" covering it.
And, see now, the young lady walking towards the viewer, her face is covered with the word "Stalingrad."
Biting commentary indeed, dear listener!
{In the original photoset from which the original meme originates, the two women eventually wind up getting gay married, so it works on that level as well, you see?}
Ha! Got eem!
Next up we have a painting of the fire of London (what a ghastly event!) and a young pup sitting in the middle of the fire, saying "this is jolly good." Keep calm and carry on, I'll say!
Best one!
Alas! An anonymous advertisement, offering 50 high quality memes for a mere shilling, has instead yielded a ticket to view a short performance by the vaudeville entertainer, Mr Rick Astley.
Really, astonishing for I had heard that the poor fellow had passed away
@@akashahuja2346 you appear to be wrong in the assumption, according to interwebs he seems quite well
@@pigeon_the_brit565 Indeed, fine Sires. Last I've heard of Sir Astley he was in magnificent health and performing jolly tunes somewhere near Liverpool.
*sips Yorkshire tea*
@@DansuB4nsu03 That's Sir Richard to you, you young scallywag.
My grandmother used to love Meme Time. She'd always listen to it while scrubbing the potatoes for dinner.
A tough time for meme lovers, what with the rationing of memes
Even the great Laughing Salesman enjoys the Meme Time!
Neat!
You talk about scrubbing potatoes as if that is a thing of the past :)
I recall as a wee child hearing of the stick figure who, being engaged in the eating of a breakfast cereal, learns of a surprising truth, and in that moment of revelation, forcefully expels his mouthful in a fountain of milk and corn-flakes. Oh, how we guffawed at that young lad's extravagant expectoration.
Extravagant expectoration is a phrase I never thought I'd hear, and I'm not quite sure how I feel about it XD
This actually provides a valuable service in communicating memes to the visually impaired
kepp this comment on 69 upvotes. very good.
@@PixelLeon-gl2ox we’ve all failed
"you remember when the radio was 'ard? they 'ad this geezer describing the memes and we'd piss our pants we did. but you can't say that now anymore."
Nowadays, you say you like memes and they throw you in jail!
Scotland intensifies@@johnmartinez7440
"Ah! And this latest meme sent in today depicts a legendary filmstar from across the channel, his name is a Mr DiCaprio and- my goodness- he's looking awfully pleased with himself. He seems to be in a Western Picture, holding a glass of wine, laughing to himself with an air of superiority. Absolutely wonderful, wonderful stuff! I sure hope that is not the last we'll hear of him on 'During The Meme Time'..."
The pond*
@@johnmartinez7440 ...Leonardo DiCaprio's not from France?
@@kelsodavis Sounds like an Italian sort to me.
@@Somnogenesis God forbid!
‘Meme boffins’ is not a phrase I was expecting or wanting to hear today, thank you.
I would note you didn't exactly state your preference post-exposure.
The "thank you" could be sarcastic.
Now that you have heard it, are you better for it?! Physically, mentally, spiritually... whatever.
@@Mythraen I am changed.
I saw the Meme Boffins open for Nirvana in 1991.
My personal favourite is the one where the peculiar character "Willy Wonka" from Roald Dahl's children's book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", as portrayed by the late Gene Wilder, rests his head on his hand, looking down quite condescendingly at an unseen person and imploring them to elaborate.
Lol one time I was listening to a small town's radio, and they actually did his!! Reading memes and photos that their listeners sent. It was quite entertaining to be honest. The host had a hard time explainig the images 😂
Petition for ABK to have a podcast where he just describes memes for half an hour.
I'd take a 15-min podcast
Yes!!!
"And here, in this first panel, a costumed 'super-hero' looks positively beset by a dilemma of sorts. Sweat pours from his face. Then in the next panel, we see what is causing such distress: a picture of an evening gown, with two labelled buttons, of which he may press only one. The label on the first button reads: 'The dress is blue and black'. The second: 'The dress is white and gold'. For just one moment, I hadn't the slightest notion what this meant untill I recalled the related bulletin, from one year prior, issued by that community newsletter 'Face-Book'."
Ah, here's one hot off the presses, Linda's brought it to me just now - thank you Linda - it appears to depict some variety of fantastical creature, a Pocket-Book Monstrosity, as the youngsters call it. This one is of an aquatic nature, and a rather lethargic temperament if I recall, seated behind a desk. And he is relaying in all earnesty and haste, that the Archduke Franz Ferdinand has just been shot. Quite spurious indeed, as the Archduke has of course been dead for quite some time.
"Oh dear. This meme is quite an ancient one. Honestly someone had go deep into the archives for this one. It appears to be a cat that is made out of a breakfast pastry leaping gingerly through the vastness of space while it excretes a rainbow colored bowel stream."
“Oh, and you won’t believe this, dear viewer, but the cat is actually repeating ‘nyan’ over and over again! Doesn’t that make you laugh?”
Another classic subscriber-submitted vignette consists of a dashing fellow walking in an urban environment, with ear-located speakers affixed; what is being issued from a portable acoustic device appears to be a recurring thematic production of an audio broadcast entitled, "Jessica's Wednesday" - and it has a strong, subversive shift in the narrative at the end! Quite a vexing circumstance, that - could it be that the recorded narrative and the goings-on of the man's travel were, in some fashion, connected?
Sadly, the walking fellow couldn't hear the approaching bus, so we'll never know the ending
If only you could see the Memes, but allow me to reiterate that you can't! Oh he's got a little bit of Memes on him, now he's dead! Oh the Memes my Lord, the Memey memey Memes
Damn, you've nailed my 'describing things the audience can't see' sub-genre.
@@ABeckettKing hopefully it becomes a... Thing that spreads and gets popular.
Bits of meme flying into my eyes!
Star Trek Alien: Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.
Captain Picard: Your system of communication is ridiculous! How am I supposed to understand a bunch of arbitrary cultural references?!
Star Trek Alien: Spider-man, when he pointed at spider-man.
"Heh, people talking in references, that's wild."
Two hours later I'm echoing "Same hat!! Same hat!!" to my friend as we react to a coincidence in our lives.
omg! those aliens actually did speak meme! 🤯
"Bruh! When the guy fainted!"
"Homer Simpson in the garden hedge."
@@o00nemesis00o HERE COMES DA BOIIII OH SHIT WADDUP
Jolly good radio show, that "Meme Time". That Mister Becket-King is such a swell, well-spoken fellow, with an excellent taste in prime memage. His recounting of that Amogus meme was marvelous, I dare say! Can you imagine? A gentleman standing with his arms crossed in front of a rubbish bin-looking little fellow and saying "Amogus"! Truly the peak of comedy of our time!
That was quite suspicious of him, wouldnt you agree?
And would you believe it? He took it upon himself to devise a creation allowing him to transfigure into a gherkin! Of all the things in the world, to think a person would end up as a brined cucumber must surely be the most ridiculous and enjoyable notion one would entertain.
@@minhuang8848 One must be in possession of a rather sizable cranium to truly appreciate such a farce.
You're American
@@o00nemesis00o no
This was sure a moral booster to us down in the air raid shelter, it was nice to forget away the problems pouring down on us. Thank you
I miss the quality of vintage memes. They don't make them like that anymore.
@@NowhereBeats memes also seem to have become even more mainstream, which means that everyone uses the newest memes all the time, and the older ones even when they're already dead. Their shelf life is extremely short and thus the good ones can't even survive long enough to evolve into something other than corrupt garbage.
But I also miss the better part of the old memes. They were classic.
Vintage memes like the portly young gentlemen cutting quite the rug to a amusing little ditty from beyond the Carpathians. Not to mention the sinister semi-mechanical chap who begged to inform us that he had just now forcibly taken possession of a considerable number, indeed the entirety, of the bases.
Dear Mr King
I write you too bring the unfortunate news that your latest bearcat happen to feature memes that are considered by many, myself included, to be deceased, so to speak. My younger cousin reports experiencing emotions that made her contract and grimace. We both beg you to consider introducing more timely pieces of meme-orabilia.
Yours truly, Cockatiel Cowboy
I'm not convinced A. B-K hasn't stumbled across original audio he's simply lip synced too. ❤️😂🤣
"The medium makes the message" is one interpretation of the joke
Long Live The New Flesh
The medium is the message, or, if you prefer, the medium is the massage.
Edmund Hillary-Swank, love it
I would listen to this every morning if you did it! This had me in tears laughing! I'm POSITIVE if "memes" were a thing in the radio era this would be how they'd play out. Thank you so much for posting these. They've been an absolute treat to start the weekend with.
Completely agree. Every day please
Memes were a thing in the radio era, just not as image macros, which is itself a meme (how meta!).
Memes were definitely a thing. They were just audio memes. Such as Jack Benny's "Cucamonga!" and other catchphrases, and certain ad jingles, such as "J-E-L-L-OOOOO"
@@kurenan4564 Exactly right!
The Lambeth Walk was a meme dance in the 1940s, kind of like the Harlem Shake or Macarena were. They used to edit footage of Hitler to make it look like he was doing the dance.
Satirical cartoons were around long before then, too, magazines like Punch were really popular in the 1800s and there's some from the time that even look like early Virgin vs Chad memes.
If you did a weekly radio programme of exactly this, I swear I would tune in faithfully.
"For our next meme, we have red-headed man with long hair, dressed in a blue dinner jacket. Claims to be an interdimensional superhero! Very whimsical, but somewhat relatable."
This seems to be a modern adaptation of the 1789 classic ''𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖆𝖑 𝕬𝖑𝖆𝖇𝖆𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝕭𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕬𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖈𝖗𝖆𝖈𝖞''
Finally an ABK and M Night Shyamalan collaboration.
Everyone is talking about the radio sketch of “Meme Times”, but what about that photo citation? “Spaceman photo by NASA, probably. I mean, who else is it gonna be?”
That’s funny.
It could always be a Russian cosmonaut picture instead, as meme time did always strive for originality this seems like a missed opportunity.
The NASA astronaut photo is PD rather than CC-BY-SA, so doesn't require attribution.
something wrong with you if that was the funniest part...
Nice! I also appreciate that he made the effort to use a different pose than the one used in the referenced meme. But I think the best of all is that the theater seating of the opera house from which the show is being broadcast is reflected in the astronaut's helmet visor. Gotta love a creator that pays attention to the smallest details like that.
@@KyleJMitchell As a long-time Photoshopper I love that kind of attention to detail.
The Meme Boffins of Broadcasting House really does sound like the sort of thing you'd hear on old-school BBC. Well worth that shilling for the radio licence fee.
The Memetic Audiosphere
I appreciated the "During the Meme-time" reference to Monty Python's Life of Brian LP recording. That's some deep-level nerdistry right there.
'Edmund Hillary Swank' might just be the most underrated joke on this channel.
Did NOT see that ending coming. Well done!
I feel like from this point forward, I won't be able to appreciate memes unless someone describe them to me in this manner.
I can imagine they get a slightly modified version of the same meme in the next day to describe and the announcer is just like
"Oh, bother. We seem to be getting duplicates into the show. This is a meme we covered yesterday of the young man walking with his lady and looking back at another young lady. This one simply has some text over each person to denote it is different from the original. Oh that was so very funny to see yesterday, but it seems to have fallen out of style. Please do send us new memes daily rather than those nasty day old, stale ones. We thank you for your cooperation."
And now for some correspondence starting with one missive that states, "I am the first person to write something and post it in response to this production."
We regret to inform you that you are in fact the second person to do so. Better luck next time, chap.
@@Feasco I have had Mr Repostsleuthboffin search through the archives of Broadcasting House, and I have discovered that this meme was actually sent in by a Mr thr0w4a4y_69 precisely 18 days prior.
You say this, but the local radio station actually sounds like this when they read the memes people leave on their Facebook page...
I would pay for 3 hours of this every week, 6am sharpish
You dont't see memes, you feel them.
In my tiny brain.
Truly, madly, deeply.
@@monkeytennis7477 It's a mad, mad world
Full respect to the writing effort of this! It feels like a flawless rendition of the language of that era, and I could never have constructed that vocabulary and tone. Awesome Alasdair!
Omg you nailed the poncey nasal accent, what Terry Pratchett called "modulated yawning"
I don’t remember the exact quote in another discworld book but it’s along the lines of “The sort of accent that makes “house” rhyme with “mice””
This one seems to be an image whose colors are somewhat corrupted, making it hard to see what it is depicting. There is however, written in Impact typeface, a single letter located in the middle bottom of the image. That letter is a capital E.
A truly mementous moment in the history of broadcasting.
There's always some extraordinary attention to detail to call out in your videos. I appreciate that you took the effort to do a reflection of the theatre in the astronaut's helmet.
Thank you to Mrs. Edmund Hillary-Swank indeed! Love these little jokes that almost go unnoticed.
I think this one goes over my head. What exactly is the joke? I know after a google that Emund Hillary and Hilary Swank are real persons. Is that the joke?
@@SpecialSalads Hillary-ous!
I really appreciate the additional touches, like the film grain and the those old timey film black spots.
Many then-young listeners still have vivid memories of this 1940 show when they sat in their darkened living rooms, curtains closed because the Jerries dropped some memes on them...
This is exactly how i try to describe a meme to my sister when i forget to show her the picture
"It is a rare occurence that contents from 'During the Meme Time' align with current news, but I can all but agree with this frog that it is, in fact, Wednesday, my fellows!"
That was most awfully brilliant. I'm pleased to be able to inform you that I did indeed recognise every dashed one of those radio memes, and had a jolly good chuckle to them all, and your top-notch narration of them!
Awesome twist at the end, too. XD
"the gentleman (if you can even call him that)."
I edit nonfiction books for children and young adults, and in one of them I was describing how memes are being used in advertising more often now. Couldn't use a photo of the ad I wanted to talk about, so I had to describe it: "the Success Kid meme, in which a young boy appears to be doing a fist pump in victory."
"And here we have... oh I must say, this one is somewhat frightening listener, but this appears to be another of image of that lovable feline named after a President of America, reimagined as some manner of horrid creature, apologising to their owner. I believe this was meant for our late night sister broadcast, Unsettling Spaghetti..."
Someone needs to make an Unsettling Spaghetti podcast where they do proper old-school radio plays of creepypastas.
@@michaelpirrone "Oh, but if it was not your father, good madame, who could have sent the telegraph?"
I say, look at this feline fellow! He's asking for a Hamburg steak sandwich with cheese! Well, I don't know that that's too wise, old chap! I'd say you're asking for an upset stomach! "Can I has castor oil," perhaps?
Oh no he's a meme lord now
"Oh goodness, i can't remember the last time i laid eyes upon this particular meme. You see listener, imagine a rather heavyset cat sitting on table with a facial expression which betrays that this feline is mid meowing. And the caption above the furry little fellow reads as such; 'I CAN HAS CHEESEBURGER?'. Ha, i tell you listener that i've never beheld a more time-honoured meme than this one."
One wonders where this particular feline learnt his grammar!
I would definitely tune in to extended episodes of this. Much better than The Now Show
Not really sure how those two things are related, but OK.
I like how I was able to instantly identify each of the memes you were describing.
That twist was too good
I’d love to see a weekly meme reading from you this was great.
Big question: Is 2 women shouting at cat the most popular meme or is it the couple where the man looks after another woman?
That cat meme is my favorite 😆
The depth of the "wait, this is a sketch?"... in the end
I'm breathless 😂
You've outdone yourself again Alastair Beckett, king (note the comma). Also discovered loremen this week so my head is completely filled with nonsense.
Mate....your stuff is great! Thank you so much.
And here is a picture of a dog which appears to be making brief statements using incorrect grammar! And dog is misspelled! How amusing!
Well, this lovely meme has been uncovered by one of our listeners from an old land owners records and is believed to be one of the first memes ever to be printed on those new fangled printing press machines in London. These pamphlets were distributed all about the land owners land and dwellings amongst the common folk.
It reads "all your dwellings are belong to us"
Fascinating.....
*THE WORLD NEEDS MORE OF THIS*
This deserves a part 2!
"This one went over my head if I'm being honest with you."
Here in Australia, we have two radio presenters (Hamish and Andy) that read a comic strip out during their show. It's great.
Now would you look at this. A little round creature, I believe it's a frog, dressed in lederhosen and a dapper little hat, carrying a glass pint of lager. The script is German and I have been told by our translators it means "It is Wednesday, my good fellows." Indeed it is, little frog, and what a lovely Wednesday it is here on BBC 1940's
I say, ol' chap, this is smashing! I've mailed in my own meme and am eagerly awaiting your next broadcast!
I used to remember the pre-war Meme Time. They used to depict a more jolly and happy society, such as the gentleman with a great mandible smirking at the audience with a set of crooked teeth; or the infamous cat with a buttered piece of bread on his back running in the sky while emitting rainbows. After the war, Meme Time changed and became more complex, like the reality that changed with it.
For some reason, the thing that I like the most about this video is that you actually included credits for a carbon ringmount microphone model.
That was classy.
00:55
"I have fourscore and nineteen problems but a wench does not number among them."
Wench or no wench fourscore and nineteen problems is still a lot of problems.
I love your channel i can't believe I only recently found it, I'm sending good vibes your way man ty for making me laugh:)
"Today on Capitol Hill, the fish was delish, and according to U.N. secretary council members, it made quite a dish. You are listening to member-supported public radio."
For real, I've been listening to old Time radio for the last 20 years. This mashup of 2 of my favorite things, OTR & memes? Good sir, chapeau 👏
I wonder if the meme broadcast provoked any emotions in mr. Blobby.
“I have four score and nineteen problems- but a wench does not number among them.” 😂
And here we have a rather delightful depiction of Jesus of Nazareth cradling a an infant from the genus tyrannosaurid theropod.
Thank you for catering to our blind viewers, my good man. It took me 7 hours to find the play button.
Everything sounds better when said with a transatlantic accent. It's the 20's again and we've come full circle
Now all we need is a 70's teen screaming pog while playing Table Tennis on their Odyssy xD
I’ve been looking for this video for months
and then he pulled out a comically large spoon
Short skit comedy channels are so rare on RUclips these days. Keep making these I absolutely love them
If you like ABK I highly recommend checking out Joel Haver.
I could watch this stunning readhead describe memes for hours
This is peak youtube. Genuinely one of my favourite creators - everything on point : )