<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" version="2.0"><channel><title>The Alan Beggaritt Monologues</title><description>Impersonations of Alan Bennett - done on a budget.

This is 'Diet Comedy' at it's best - 95% joke free?
Come and find out!</description><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Neil Baxter)</managingEditor><pubDate>Fri, 1 Nov 2024 01:33:36 -0700</pubDate><generator>Blogger http://www.blogger.com</generator><openSearch:totalResults xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><link>http://beggaritt.blogspot.com/</link><language>en-us</language><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><copyright>Neil Baxter 2008</copyright><itunes:image href="http://www.atof40.dsl.pipex.com/cr/beggarittlogo.jpg"/><itunes:keywords>comedy,alan,bennett,beggaritt,spoof,impression,impersonation</itunes:keywords><itunes:summary>Impersonations of Alan Bennett - done on a budget. This is 'Diet Comedy' at it's best - 95% joke free? 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"You'll have my blood sugar through the roof!"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ahem... as you can see, I'm a fan of the "Alan Bennett" series of monologues ("Talking Heads") and indeed of the famous author and playwright in general.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are my efforts in, what I hope can be seen as, creating an affectionate rather than offensive 'variation' based on his work and style - I hope you like them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Who're you talking too," Mam said, "You're not on that computer are you? Doctor Chaudharry said it wan't helping you, and Mrs. Brinsop said that their Trevor'd got wed to a Lithuanian woman all because of a £10 webcam he'd got involved with after buying from Argos!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I didn't say anything...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><author>comedyrambles@gmail.com (Neil Baxter)</author></item></channel></rss>