Classic Showbiz Clangers: An Amusing Collection of Showbiz's Most Embarrassing Moments from Over a Century Book

Acknowledgements     vii
Foreword     ix
A Kean Member of the Chain Gang (1796)     1
Somewhat Tired and Emotional (1830-2)     4
Funeral March for a Dead Parrot (1888)     7
The Audience Knows Best (1892-Present)     9
Arbuckle Takes the Rappe (1921)     12
Do Not Panic! This is a Joke! (1924, 1926, 1938, 1961)     16
Louis B Mayer has Mousemares (1927)     19
MGM Fails to Look After its Baby (1937)     22
The Wonderful Clangers of Oz (1938)     25
Midget Mayhem (1940)     27
'A Leering, Sneering Attitude?' (1943-52)     30
'A Time of Evil' (1947-51)     34
'I'll Catch my Doo-Dahs on a Spring' (1950)     38
'A Way Must Be Found to Protect the People' (1950)     41
Mermaids Aren't Supposed to Drown (1950-1)     41
Have I Got Nudes For You (1) (1950s)     47
A Golden Oldie Never Fades (1954)     48
Round the World Without a Penny (1956)     50
The Lad Himself Says Goodbye to His Friends (1959 onwards)     54
'These Strong Egyptian Fetters I Must Break...' (1958-62)     57
Travelling Light (1962-5)     60
Twang-Xious to Succeed (1965)     62
A Royale Disaster (1967)     65
'A Three-Piss Picture' (1967)     68
Not Dead, Just Pretending (1968)     70
Last Orders Please (1969)     73
Bridge Swept Away By Troubled Waters (1969)     76
Stupid Boy, Don't You Know How to Make a Film? (1970)     79
'Now Listen, Men. When I Give the Order, Run Like Hell!' (early 1970s)     82
Snap! Crackle! Pop! (1973)     85
Manuel Takes a Hit (1975)     87
I Get a Kick Out Of You (1977)     89
'The Force Will Be With You' (1977)     92
Milligan Is Spiked (1979)     95
Bricks Dropped Heavily (1946, 1970s and 1980s)     98
St Peter Bars the Gate (1980)     101
Prime Minister Fails Again (1982)     104
Forget Body Building - Just Act! (1986)     106
The Man Who Failed to Re:Joyce (1988)     109
Pride, Coke and Prejudice (1994)     112
Escape to Freedom (1995)     114
Life Is Divine for Hugh (1995)     117
A Walk on the Dry Side (1997)     120
'And I Would Like to Thank the Attendant in the Ladies' Powder Room...' (1998)     122
Wild, Wild Turkey (1999)     125
Winona Lands an Unexpected Starring Role (2001)      129
'Cleavage and Then More Cleavage' (2001)     132
Have I Got Nudes (of the World) For You, Part 2 (2002)     135
'The Renegade Heretic Who Dares to Shock and Disturb' (2003)     138
Cross-Dressing Has an Expensive Ending (1938 and 2005)     142
Double Trouble for Pamela (2005)     144