Scarby Posted 27 May 2005 Posted 27 May 2005 Dont know if this has been done before. But follow this link Army Spoof and this is from the BBC! A spoof video of the song (Is This The Way To) Amarillo, performed by British soldiers in Iraq, has crashed Ministry of Defence computers. Troops in the Royal Dragoon Guards shot a home video at their Al Faw base of their version of the video sung by Tony Christie and mimed by Peter Kay. They e-mailed it to Army friends in London, but so many tried to download it that the MoD server could not cope. The MoD said the spoof was "brilliant" and the crash did not cause problems. A spokesman said: "The soldiers maintaining their morale on operations is always important. "The fact that it proved so popular in the office and caused the system to crash is unfortunate, but this did not affect operations and the system is up and running again." According to the Sun newspaper, each download took up 52MB, causing the system to collapse. The role of Peter Kay in the troops' video - called Is This The Way To Armadillo - was taken on by Staff Sgt Roger Parr, from Runcorn, Cheshire. In the spoof, which was e-mailed out last Friday, he marches through the Iraqi camp mimicking the comedian and summoning up fellow squaddies along the way. At the end of the video three portable toilets come into shot with the doors on two swinging open to reveal naked squaddies. The Sun said the MoD had alerted units to the e-mail and ordered them to delete it from their systems. The Dragoon Guards were on a six-month peacekeeping tour when the video was shot with a handheld video camera, and are now back at their base in Munster, Germany. Sgt Parr, speaking from Munster, said: "We did the video towards the end of our six-month tour in Iraq. "It had been a lot of hard work and we just wanted to get a bit of a laugh and lift morale." He was aware that the MoD computer system had crashed but said: "I didn't get into trouble. "I was told it had done no harm and that everyone - the lads and everyone else - had loved it." He said Christie had rung to congratulate him. Christie told the BBC the video "did turn out fantastically". "I thought it was fantastic, it's really funny. It's a song that's very uplifting and the lads are out in a dangerous place." and The three soldiers responsible for a spoof video of the song (Is This The Way To) Amarillo have welcomed the "fantastic" response to their efforts. Troops in the Royal Dragoon Guards shot a video at their Al Faw base, in Iraq, of their version of the video sung by Tony Christie and mimed by Peter Kay. They e-mailed it to Army friends in London, but the MoD server crashed because so many tried to download it. Among those to praise their efforts has been Defence Secretary John Reid. Mr Reid paid tribute to the Royal Dragoon Guards when opening the Queen's Speech debate on defence in the Commons on Wednesday. "Her Majesty's armed forces never cease to amaze me. To be able to carry out such acts of determination, sacrifice and heroism in so many spheres of the world and, at the same time, to be recording hit videos is a measure of the quality of the British Armed Forces," he said. But despite the praise from on high, the creators say they will now "get down to being normal soldiers". The role of Kay in the troops' video, called Is This The Way To Armadillo and e-mailed out last Friday, was taken on by Staff Sgt Roger Parr, from Runcorn, Cheshire. The Dragoon Guards were on a six-month peacekeeping tour when the video was shot with a handheld video camera, and are now back at their base in Munster, Germany. 'Fantastic' response Sgt Parr was flown in to London to answer questions from the media about the stunt. He was accompanied by Sgt Andy Stokoe, who came up with the idea, and Captain Mungo Ker, who filmed it. Staff Sgt Parr, who welcomed the response that the stunt had attracted, said: "It's been fantastic - more than we expected. "It was just done for the lads and for the welcome home party." The 34-year-old from Runcorn, Cheshire, said he would have to see if a follow-up might be produced in the future, before adding: "We need to get down to being normal soldiers." In the spoof Sgt Parr marches through the Iraqi camp mimicking the comedian and summoning up fellow soldiers along the way. Sgt Stokoe, who came up with the idea for the stunt, said it had been created to entertain troops who have been stationed in Basra after the song attained anthemic status among soldiers. "We had six months out there and some of the things we did were very draining mentally and physically," said the 35-year-old from Rochdale, Lancashire, who appeared in the video with a blue towel around his waist. "This was really a morale boost. It shows we were doing our job but still had time for a sense of humour." The film was played at a reunion in Germany and was so popular that it was broadcast repeatedly throughout the night. Tony Christie sang the 1971 record, which became a number one hit this year after it was released for Comic Relief. He has already congratulated the troops on their effort. Fantastic
Scarby Posted 27 May 2005 Author Posted 27 May 2005 ...and very old! 116222[/snapback] bothered its only a week old and i have been awat for a week and as it wasnt posted before i thought i would as people might have seen it
Scarby Posted 27 May 2005 Author Posted 27 May 2005 thanks for posting it scarbo it's great. 116278[/snapback] no worries stezza me old china...
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