The highlight of every episode was when the couples were asked about "making whoopee" - the euphemism the show used for sex to mollify censors.
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"Domestikator," a 40-foot-tall inhabitable sculpture that was to be part of the FIAC fair's public art program, is shaped like two figures making whoopee.
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You wouldn't give "Vox" to an extraterrestrial curious to know what earthlings mean by making whoopee, and you wouldn't give "Substitute" to an undergraduate curious to know what it means to teach.
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Because the word "sex" could not be used on television at the time, host Bob Eubanks often asked questions about "making whoopee," which led to giggles, embarrassing comments and millions of viewers.
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"Makin' Whoopee" is a jazz/blues song, first popularized by Eddie Cantor in the 1928 musical Whoopee!. Gus Kahn wrote the lyrics and Walter Donaldson composed the music for the song as well as for the entire musical. The title refers to celebrating a marriage. Eventually "making whoopee" became a euphemism for intimate sexual relations.
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A series of video games based on the character also appeared. The first were Danger Mouse in Double Trouble and Danger Mouse in the Black Forest Chateau (both in 1984) followed by Danger Mouse in Making Whoopee! in 1985. Two mobile games were published by ZED Worldwide; Danger Mouse: Quiz in 2010 and Danger Mouse in 2011.
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Everett's first screen appearance was in the 1965 film Dateline Diamonds which had a plot based around the pirate ship MV Galaxy. He also appeared in several television series, beginning in 1968 with a production for Granada Television called Nice Time which was co-presented by Germaine Greer and Jonathan Routh. In 1970 he made three series for London Weekend Television (LWT): The Kenny Everett Explosion, Making Whoopee and Ev; and he also took part (along with such talents as Willie Rushton and John Wells) in the 1972 BBC TV series Up Sunday. In 1973, Everett provided the voice of the cat 'Charley' in the Charley Says animated series of public information films.
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The Newlywed Game is an American television game show that pits newly married couples against each other in a series of revealing question rounds to determine how well the spouses know or do not know each other. The program, originally created by Robert "Nick" Nicholson and E. Roger Muir (credited on- screen as Roger E. Muir) and produced by Chuck Barris, has appeared in many different versions since its 1966 debut. The show became famous for some of the arguments that couples had over incorrect answers in the form of mistaken predictions, and it even led to some divorces. Many of The Newlywed Games questions dealt with "making whoopee", the euphemism that producers used for sexual intercourse to circumvent network censorship.
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Karl Dallas reported Disley as having "single-handedly created a revival of interest in the music of Stephane Grappelli, which has taken him to Carnegie Hall, Australia, and New Zealand" (the latter in September 1974). "...the night he closed at the Palladium, he went to The Troubadour where he was booked later that night to perform his folk club act of idiocy and mayhem, keeping up the tradition he has built up over the past 20 years for delivering a shrewd mixture of musical brilliance and vocal insanity."Karl Dallas, Melody Maker July 27, 1974, "Disley - still making whoopee" There were a few changes in line-up with Ike Isaacs, Louis Stewart, and John Etheridge alternating as second guitarist. The Disley Trio accompanied Grappelli for another five years until Disley was forced to take a break in 1979 after breaking his wrist when he was knocked down by a motorcycle in London.
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By 1971, for the album "Making Whoopee", the band's membership consisted of Bob Kerr, Vernon Dudley Bohay Nowell, Sam Spoons, James Chambers, John "Evil Gieves" Watson, Biff Harrison, Franklin Tomes and David Glasson. In 1976, for the album "The Whoopee Band", the membership consisted of Evil John Gieves Watson (banjo), Vernon Dudley Bohay Nowell (tenor banjo), Biff Harrison, David Glasson (piano), Jim "Golden Boots" Chambers, Bob Kerr For an August 1977 gig, the membership consisted of Bob Kerr - Trumpet, Trombone, Vernon Dudley Bowhay-Nowell - Banjo, "Gentleman Frankie" Tooms - Sousaphone, Sam Spoons - Drums, "Evil John" Gieves Watson - Banjo, Biff Harrison - Clarinet, Saxophone, Jim "Golden Boots" Chambers - Saxophone, David "Mr. Piano" Glasson - Piano. In 1978, for the "Hard Pressed" album, the membership consisted of Bob Kerr (cornet), Jim "Golden Boots" Chambers (alto sax), Vernon Dudley Bohay Nowell (tenor banjo), "Evil" John Gieves Watson, Biff Harrison, David Glasson (piano), Sam Spoons (drums) and Frank Tooms In 1981, for the "Things That Go Bump in the Mike" album, the membership consisted of Bob Kerr, Jim Chambers, Vernon Dudley Bohay Nowell, Biff Harrison, Sam Spoons, Hugh Crozier (piano) and Frank Tooms.
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