BA cabin staff usurp 'Marvellous Scenes'

[The Large One]

I know a bloke who knows a bloke who works for British Airways. Now this bloke (I use the word loosely as he is a trolley dolly) so loved the phrase 'marvellous scenes', that he took it to work with him.

So when the flight from London to Bermuda was about to touch down in Hamilton, the captain came over the airwaves (ooer), and said something like 'ladies and gentlemen, we aer just passing the coast of Bermuda and will be touching down in a few minutes. If you look to your left, you can see the coast of Bermuda, which really do give you some marvellous scenes.'

This bloke also made the same point on the return flght, and apparently, it is not uncommon for BA long-haul flight staff to use this phrase.

I think that someone on here should trademark or copyright this phrase before it gets out of of hand. At the very least, one of my colleagues is going to register either www.marvellousscenes.com or www.marvellousscenes.co.uk web addresses. (I am a computer Luddite when it comes to these matters.)

Any suggestions for what marvellous scenes can be put on this website? Go.

 

[Albion Rob]

Yup, I'm pretty sure the catchphrase Marvellous Scenes was invented on NSC, ALAN!




















Only joking

 

[saltash seagull]

some of a sunny day in cardiff maybe?

 

[Mendoza]

i got the t shirt

maybe make banners that can be shown at sporting events.
i had a good chance as i was in front row at wimbledon

 

[Yorkie]

Btw a bloke I work with went to Portugal for a fortnight and saw the England games.

He commented to me about the Brighton banners he saw and the Marvellous Scenes one.
He wasn't sure what it was until I explained.

Poor chap is a ManUre fan.

 

[The Large One]

Yup, I'm pretty sure the catchphrase Marvellous Scenes was invented on NSC, ALAN!

It's ours now...

 

[Gully]

Mendoza 10 that is a superb idea, Soccer Saturday on Sky had their "Save Chip" posters, we can do the same with "Marvellous Scenes", we could even run a competition to see who can get on the box fastest.

 

[The Large One]

Mendoza 10 that is a superb idea, Soccer Saturday on Sky had their "Save Chip" posters, we can do the same with "Marvellous Scenes", we could even run a competition to see who can get on the box fastest.

Better still, 'lend' it to Sky Sports for that show...

 

[Lush]

I thought it was a Richie Benaud phrase?

GET COPYRIGHTING NOW!!!!!

 

[Storer68]

Three years later, in 1990, it was back to number 1 with the triple platinum The 12th Man Again album.

The nineties continued to be kind to Birmingham. In February 1992 the musical single Marvellous, by The 12th Man featuring M.C.G Hammer (and also featuring premier league rock heroes Jimmy Barnes, John Farnham, Glen Shorrock and Diesel) was a number one platinum single.

In December of the same year, a third album Still The 12th Man, became the fastest-selling Australian artist recording EMI has ever handled, selling more than 200,000 units in a matter of weeks. The fourth album Wired World Of Sports 2 did even better. Released in early December 1994, Wired World Of Sports 2 won the ARIA for Highest Selling Album and Best Comedy Album. Rather than (as is usually the case with comedy projects) the joke wearing thin, it has seemed to take on more potency, albeit by moving beyond its initial cricket restraints onto a wider sporting panorama.

On the surface, the ‘secret’ of The 12th Man recordings appears obvious – take a highly visible hero speaking a familiar and serious line and slip in the magic word for the squeaky clean hero to say. “I really like the impact the swearing has” says Birmingham “And so do the punters. They all reckon it’s exactly what the commentators would say if they weren’t on live TV.” But that is merely a component of an extraordinary tapestry of nuances, satire, parody and clever creation. There is also a startling array of Indian and Pakistani names which seem to take on lives on their own. “I’ve had a lot of fun with names,” explains Birmingham, “Because I’ve laughed for years at the commentary team’s attempts to wrap their tongues around some of the pronunciations.”

The entire cricketing and sporting fraternity cop one giant serve from The 12th Man but none with quite the meticulous attention (and, no doubt, affection) as Benaud. “Richie’s wife said I had him down to a tee,” Birmingham reveals, “and he’s usually pretty cool about all the stuff I’ve done. He’s said in interviews that he thinks I do a very good job, which is great because, at the end of the day Richie is definitely the man from whom the most piss has been extracted. Thankfully Richie realises that all this is just the figment of some idiot’s fertile imagination. He often sends me a written critique of my records, his common complaint being that I swear too much.” These days Richie has become, thanks largely to The 12th Man, a huge cult figure. He’s probably one of the most imitated people in Australia. “It’s incredible” says Birmingham “Everyone has a go at doing Richie these days – men, women, kids, even little furry animals!”

 

[JJ McClure]

I've got the 12th man and the wired world of sports on tape and they're bloody hilarious.

Max "And here come the Australians looking resplendant in their canary yellow uniforms"
Bill "Canary yellow!, that's Australian gold my friend and don't you f***ing forget it"

makes me laugh anyway.

 

[Dave the OAP]

Tony Grieg

" the appeal goes in.....the figer's up, the umpires Hugearse"

" here comes the rain...thats it, run you little Sri lankan bastards.....its a great day for Victoria, for Australia, for the world....Merve Merve Merve...get him up here, I want to whup him...." Bill lawry

To the gymnast seriously injured in a vaulting accident.......... So james, did you have a miscalculation of the length of your run up, or did you just f*** up?.................I just fu cked up"
C/o Wired World of Sport

Billy Birmingham...genious

" twoooooo, twennnny twooooo for twoooooooo" Richie

Fan "Hey Richie, how about an autograph?"
Richie " ok son "
Fan " who shall I sign it for?"
Richie " f*** off you little bastard"

 

[Pevenseagull]

t-shirt being made up for the cricket at Hove today, bit chilly mind


will have to get pi***ed

 

[the full harris]

I've got the 12th man and the wired world of sports on tape and they're bloody hilarious.

Max "And here come the Australians looking resplendant in their canary yellow uniforms"
Bill "Canary yellow!, that's Australian gold my friend and don't you f***ing forget it"

makes me laugh anyway.

never heard of it.

 

[Incredigull]

Richie Benaud


His throw went absolutely nowhere near where it was going.
That slow motion replay doesn't show how fast the ball was travelling.
There was a slight interruption there for athletics. -Richie Benaud, referring to a streaker at Lord's, BBC TV
Laird has been brought in to stand in the corner of the circle. - Richie Benaud, Channel 9
He's usually a good puller - but he couldn't get it up that time