Swanee Kazoo
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Swanee Kazoo is a recurring comedic music game on the BBC radio panel show "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue," in which panellists play well-known tunes badly on kazoos and similar instruments for others to guess.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Swanee Kazoo canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedy music game
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radio panel game ⓘ recurring game ⓘ |
| appearsIn | episodes of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Barry Cryer
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Colin Sell NERFINISHED ⓘ Graeme Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ Humphrey Lyttelton NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Dee NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Brooke-Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | guessing tunes ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | BBC Radio 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| culturalContext | British radio comedy tradition ⓘ |
| format | panel show game ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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music game ⓘ |
| hasAudience | listeners of BBC Radio 4 ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
audience recognition of tunes
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deliberately poor musical performance ⓘ running joke on the programme ⓘ |
| hasGameElement |
host sets up the joke
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team-based guessing ⓘ |
| hasReception | cult following among fans of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue ⓘ |
| hasRule |
other panellists must guess the tune
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panellists play well-known tunes badly ⓘ |
| hasTitleOrigin | combination of swanee whistle and kazoo ⓘ |
| humourStyle |
deadpan presentation
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musical parody ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | parody of music quizzes ⓘ |
| medium | radio ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comic mangling of popular songs
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use of kazoos on British radio ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
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games segment of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC ⓘ |
| recurrence | irregular recurring feature ⓘ |
| relatedTo | other musical games on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult radio comedy audience ⓘ |
| usesInstrument |
kazoo
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novelty instruments ⓘ swanee whistle ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue