Yuletide R&R: Hoffnung Classics

Gerard Hoffnung was a German-born multi-talented English humourist.

Here's a short musical cartoon animation


From a talk at the Oxford Union


He's perehaps best known for his telling of the Bricklater's Lament, also recorded at the Oxford Union. It's quite dated now but you have to admire the presentation.


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