Episode 34: The Cycling Tour

Episode 34: The Cycling Tour (1972)

• Waltz from Faust, Act II (1859) Charles Gounod [perf. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra cond. Rudolf Kempe, 1967 album “Vienna Philharmonic on Holiday” (HMV ALP 1974)] (Title, Mr. Pither’s theme)
• **Jack in the Box (1971) John Worsley, lyr. David Myers [sung by Terry Jones] (Gulliver thinks he is Clodagh Rodgers)
• **Jack in the Box (1971) John Worsley, lyr. David Myers [sung by John Cleese & Eric Idle] (Bruns)
• If I Ruled the World (from ‘Pickwick’) (1963) Cyril Ornadel, lyr. Leslie Bricusse  [perf. Harry Secombe with Angela Morley (then Wally Stott) Orchestra & Chorus, 1963 album “If I Ruled the World” (Philips BF 1261)] (Stock clip of Lenin)
• Jack in the Box (1971) John Worsley, lyr. David Myers; arr. Johnny Arthey [perf. Clodagh Rodgers et al. cond. Johnny Arthey, 1971 album “Jack in the Box” (RCA 2066)] (French couple in car)
• Dance of the Young Kurds (from ‘Gayane’) (c.1939) Aram Khachaturian [perf. London Symphony Orchestra cond. Anatole Fistoulari, 1963 album “Gayaneh Ballet Suite” (World Records Club CM 41)] (Cycling to Smolensk)
• Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 (1901) Sir Edward Elgar [perf. London Symphony Orchestra cond. Sir Arthur Bliss, album “Pomp and Circumstance Marches / Things to Come / Welcome the Queen” (Ace of Diamonds ADD 255)] (British consulate)
• The Long Haul (1966) Keith Papworth [perf. International Studio Orchestra cond. Jack Trombey, 1966 album “Modern Transport” (De Wolfe DW/LP 2980)] (Stock clip of train)
• **Just an Old-Fashioned Girl (1955) Marve A. Fisher [sung by Terry Jones] (Gulliver thinks he is Eartha Kitt)
• ? (Drumroll, firing squad)
• Variety Play Off (A) (1970) Milton Hunter (Harry Rabinowitz) [1970 album “Links and Bridges / Openings, Closings, and Fanfares” (Standard ESL 110)] (‘Saturday Night at the Moscow Praesidium’)
• C’est si bon (1947) Henri Betti, lyr. André Hornez [perf. Eartha Kitt with Henri Rene & His Orchestra, 1953 album “That Bad Eartha” (HMV DLP 1067)] (Eartha Kitt intro)
• Fire (from ‘Gayane’) (c.1939) Aram Khachaturian [perf. London Symphony Orchestra cond. Anatole Fistoulari, 1963 album “Gayaneh Ballet Suite” (World Records Club CM 41)] (Russians chase Gulliver)
• Waltz from Faust, Act II (1859) Charles Gounod [perf. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra cond. Rudolf Kempe, 1967 album “Vienna Philharmonic on Holiday” (HMV ALP 1974)] (End credits)
• Jack in the Box (1971) John Worsley, lyr. David Myers; arr. Johnny Arthey [perf. Clodagh Rodgers et al. cond. Johnny Arthey, 1971 album “Jack in the Box” (RCA 2066)] (Animated monsters)