Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ncsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!mcnc!ncsu!mauney From: mauney@ncsu.UUCP (Jon Mauney) Newsgroups: net.movies,net.tv.drwho Subject: What's so funny about Esher? Message-ID: <2760@ncsu.UUCP> Date: Wed, 9-Jan-85 14:56:32 EST Article-I.D.: ncsu.2760 Posted: Wed Jan 9 14:56:32 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Jan-85 07:32:06 EST Organization: N.C. State University, Raleigh Lines: 18 Xref: watmath net.movies:5436 net.tv.drwho:747 In "The Rutles", a spoof documentary on a parody of the Beatles, Eric Idle describes the evidence supporting the "Stig is dead" theory, and then says: "Although Stig was far from dead, he was not far from Esher." Standing in front of a sign that says "Welcome to Esher" he describes what Stig was doing. In the "Black Orchid" episode of Doctor Who, Nyssa says that she's not from Worchester, but from (The Empire of) Traken. Mrs. Taubert guesses that Traken must be somewhere near Esher. When Nyssa admits that she doesn't know where Esher is, Mrs. Taubert says that this shows good taste. Would someone in the UK enlighten me, please. Is there something inherently funny about Esher? Or is this just a coincidence? -- _Doctor_ Jon Mauney, mcnc!ncsu!mauney \__Mu__/ North Carolina State University