Ken, the Boxer

[oogiebe]

Who remembers Ken the Boxer? Who did he beat up on?

[Mimmy]

obviously not current scene if no one remembers, going into history.

[oogiebe]

What was Ken's main problem?

[gilgamesh]

Well Ken Clean Air System's problem was that he slept a little more than he should've, and couldn't find an appropriate opponent. They had this guy fighting little girls FFS

[oogiebe]

Well Ken Clean Air System's problem was that he slept a little more than he should've, and couldn't find an appropriate opponent. They had this guy fighting little girls FFS

Damn you are f'n good! Although his problem was "Ken's problem is that he has a small particle of brain, stuck in is skull."

[Caractacus]

aww c'mon ,just every Baby Boomer remembers "Ken the Boxer"
( That particular episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus originally aired on the BBC
Oct.27.1970
to put it in perspective)

[Kalan]

I didn't enjoy it.... It's the standard comedy sketch that depicts boxers as brainless subhumans who look to the house cat for guidance -- because the cat is 10 times as smart as anyone gets in a ring and gets his brains beaten out...

I also never liked "Requiem for a Heavyweight" .... "Somebody Up There Likes Me" and "Raging Bull" .... Rocky Graziano and Jake LaMotta (who were friends) weren't as stupid as they were portrayed by Newman and De Niro.

[gilgamesh]

I didn't enjoy it.... It's the standard comedy sketch that depicts boxers as brainless subhumans who look to the house cat for guidance -- because the cat is 10 times as smart as anyone gets in a ring and gets his brains beaten out...

I also never liked "Requiem for a Heavyweight" .... "Somebody Up There Likes Me" and "Raging Bull" .... Rocky Graziano and Jake LaMotta (who were friends) weren't as stupid as they were portrayed by Newman and De Niro.

I don't find Newman or De Niro to be portraying Graziano or Lamotta as stupid in those movies. Now Requiem for a Heavyweight is obviously about a punchy Heavyweight who was no good for anything else except fighting. Still a solid movie, but certainly depressing.

The Monty Python thing is just meant to be silly. I don't take it as an insult to boxers, just a bit of absurdity.

[Caractacus]

and don't forget Colin "Bomber" Harris

[Caractacus]

Jack Bodel vrs Sir Kenneth Clark (noted Art Historian).

[Caractacus]