There was, I’m sure a big literature of adventures in which Carruthers and his companions might be, say, in the Raj or the bush of some African Colony.

The sort of story that was later lampooned by the Monty Python team as the British TV series Ripping Yarns”. But I don’t think this can have originated there: I recall older adults knowing it back in the 1970s, and seriously doubt they got it from

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I've just giggled my way thru the penultimate #RippingYarns , Golden Gordon. I had completely forgotten the nice little easter egg in it; John Cleese makes a brief, unspoken, cameo ~3/4 of the way thru.

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[1977] Ripping Yarns - "Across the Andes by Frog", Walter Snetterton (Michael Palin) is an explorer unluckily forgotten. His expedition had been trying to prove that frogs could scale the highest mountains. He wanted to cross the Andes by frog.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX-sUg_QQuE

#OldBritishTelly #RippingYarns #MichaelPalin

[1977] Ripping Yarns - “The Curse of the Claw”, Sir Kevin Orr is anxious to return the Sacred Claw of the Naga hills given him as a child by his uncle Jack but warned that unless it is returned before his sixtieth birthday the curse of the claw will kill him. Starring Michael Palin.

https://youtu.be/NEAevDIAwS4

#OldBritishTelly #RippingYarns #MichaelPalin

[1979] Ripping Yarns - "Golden Gordon", Barnestoneworth United is the worst football team of 1935, who lose every match. Gordon Ottershaw is their loyal fan determined to prevent them from being disbanded after their final game. Comedy tale starring Michael Palin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O1pH-NEa6I

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Utter silliness. #RippingYarns Tomkinson’s Schooldays #TerryJones #MichaelPalin https://youtube.com/watch?v=OM_FZh1wDco&feature=share

[1976] Ripping Yarns - “Tomkinson’s Schooldays”, boarder Tomkinson is thoroughly miserable at Graybridge public school where he has to fight the grizzly bear, get nailed to the wall on St Tadger’s Day and do the bidding of Grayson the school bully. Starring Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Ian Ogilvy.

https://youtu.be/Txa8MhykatE

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