Hangman

[Courtenay]

Hmmm! How about an I?

[Domino]

Four eyes. I'm sorry, I'll type that again - four Is.

-I--/-I--A--/-A-E/---I-/----/-IS/-A----

[Courtenay]

Hey, who are you calling four eyes?? (I wear glasses)

Got any Hs?

[Domino]

Yes, and I'll drop them especially for you.

-I--/-I-HA--/-A-E/---I-/H---/HIS/-A----

[Daisy]

Would there be an R anywhere there?

[Domino]

There is indeed. All 4 of them. Could be the Tattenham Corner.

-I--/RI-HAR-/-A-E/R--I-/H---/HIS/-AR---

[Courtenay]

I'm going to take a guess...

King Richard gave Robin Hood his pardon?

[Fiona1986]

Looks like a good guess, Courtenay. I got "Richard" but was stumped there was no "Kent", "Owl's Dene" or "Bentley"

[Daisy]

Fiona... I guess we need to read EB's Tales of Brave Adventure!

[Fiona1986]

I believe I actually have a Dean copy of it as well

[Courtenay]

It's one I knew from when I was little (my sister and I were both big fans of anything to do with Robin Hood), so that's how I figured out who else "Richard" could be!

[Domino]

Excellent work, Courtenay. You weren't the only one to be fascinated by Robin Hood when little. I remember going to see the Disney film, "The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men", in 1952, which starred Richard Todd as Robin. Then in 1953, there was the BBC serial, "Robin Hood", which had Patrick Troughton as Robin. In 1955, ITV had the Richard Greene series, which was famously written by several Hollywood scriptwriters who had been blacklisted by the McCarthy enquiry, using pseudonyms. The storylines oozed quality.

The book you need to read, Ilsa and Fiona, is "Tales of Robin Hood" (later called "The Robin Hood Book".

The short straw's fallen your way now, Courtenay. Over to you.

Dave

[sixret]

Well done, Courtenay!

[Fiona1986]

I tried really hard to post this yesterday but nothing was working!

Let's not forget the classics of Maid Marian and her Merry Men from CBBC, the animated Disney classic of the 70s and of course the marvellous Kevin Costner version

LOCKSLEY I'M GOING TO CUT YOUR HEART OUT WITH A SPOON.

Why a spoon, cousin? Why not an axe?

Because it's DULL, you twit. It'll hurt more.



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[Courtenay]

Let's not forget the classics of Maid Marian and her Merry Men from CBBC...

Oh yes!!! We had it on the ABC as well when I was 11 or so. (All together now — Maaaaariaaaaan... )

And yes, I know it's my turn next here — I'm still thinking about it!