Brand new, a tiny taste of Post Office Scandal The Musical, the Socks' latest show. Here the Socks sing about the creator of the Penny Pots, Sir Rowland Hill. Recorded live at Leicester Comedy Festival 2024
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The Scottish Falsetto Socks Present: Post Office Scandal The Musical
Their 13th brand new comedy show, all done in the best possible taste. Honest! An hour of songs, sketches, socks and violence, telling the true story of the Post Office Scandal, and much much more.
★★★★ "A distracting tonic for the times" - The Scotsman
★★★★★ "Had every single audience member... laughing until they cried" - Edinburgh Evening News
★★★★ "The finest, funniest fringe comedy you will see in Edinburgh" - Everything Theatre
Post Office Scandal is the Socks' 13th new hour long comedy show, following such Edinburgh Fringe hits as Socks Do Shakespeare, Socks Do Superheroes, Eurovision Sock Contest, Boo Lingerie The Socky Horror Show, and Minging Detectives.
The show has already proved controversial, with some online commentators suggesting the subject matter may be in poor taste. Barbara on Facebook writes:"Those involved had their lives ruined, a few were even driven to suicide So what's so funny about that !!!"
The Socks are keen to reassure fans that they will be handling the topic in the best possible taste. Anyone who remembers their past songs and sketches, that have dealt sensitively with everything from Brexit to the sexual politics in Shakespeare, and from The Bechdel Test to racial stereotypes in Eurovision, will be prepared for the Socks handling this with the delicacy and gentle touch you'd expect from a man with socks on his hands.
Have you never heard of Rowland Hill?
Well, you're familiar with Penny Post? Penny Post? Is she on Loose Women?
No no the uniform Penny post was established in 1839 when Rowland Hill...
I tell you what. Go and get your guitar, go and get your guitar, and let's see if I
can explain this through the medium of song Go for it, tell us all about Rowland Hill Rowland Rowland Rowland
Let me tell about Rowland Rowland Rowland Rowand
Kept the letters flowing To people who're too far away to meet
Through
any wind and weather He kept the folks together
If they had a post box on their street Rowland Rowland Rowland
Kept the mail trucks going To far off souls and soldiers in their camps
Cos everything was better If you could send a letter
As long as you could afford a stamp Lick it up, stick it down
Fill it in, sign it off Pick it up, stick in the Royal Mail
Load them up, ride them off Sort them out, pack them up
Post them in to your door - Royal Mail Key change! Once so were not any, soon there w
ould be many
Stamps that they call it Penny Black On letters you would write them
Now they're a collector's item Commemorative stamps a sight to see
Then along came others They call First Day Covers
But you'll get nowhere with Philately Lick it up, stick it down
Fold it in, sign it off Pick it up, stick it in the Royal Mail
Load them up, ride them off Sort them out, pack them up
Post them in to your door Royal Mail! Cha cha cha thank you thank you
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