The infamous orgasm episode (NSFW): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RkhQsGCXco
A note for younger readers. This was from a time when there was maybe only one screen in the house and whole families would gather round it and watch shows together.
Desmond Morris has died
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#22"Morris had spent his national service lecturing soldiers in fine arts" Imagine trying to explain impressionism to some conscript squaddies.
Hey, I was one of those -- get off my lawn!
;)
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#23RIP. He's better known for his works about people and sex, but I know him from his book "Catwatching", which is a very thoughtful observational study of cats.
My family had cats when I was young and I walked the neighbor's dog too. I fondly remember reading the translated versions of Catwatching and Dogwatching in the early 90s.
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#24"Morris had spent his national service lecturing soldiers in fine arts" Imagine trying to explain impressionism to some conscript squaddies.
Why would conscrtpt squaddies have any more trouble with that, than you? Or me? People everywhere are very smart, curious and want to something other than kill. There are exceptions, but they're exceptions
Indeed. Conscript squaddies were representative of the population, that's how conscription worked. Except for being all men, of course. It's no more silly to expect them to be interested in art, than to expect schoolchildren to be.
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#25On of Swindon's more illustrious sons.
I grew up being told the two biggest names were Morris and Diana Dors.
I have to agree with other threads that I don't believe most of his conjectures, but they're great for stimulating thought.