I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
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"I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again" was a 1960s–70s BBC radio comedy sketch show known for its surreal humor and for launching the careers of several prominent British comedians, including members of the future Monty Python team.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10462491 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again Context triple: [I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, basedOn, I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again]
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A.
So Sorry, I Said
"So Sorry, I Said" is a song featured on the album "Results" by Liza Minnelli, produced by the Pet Shop Boys and known for its synth-pop style.
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B.
The Man Who Says Words in the Wrong Order
"The Man Who Says Words in the Wrong Order" is a classic Monty Python sketch featuring a character whose comically jumbled speech satirizes language, communication, and social awkwardness.
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C.
I Could Write a Book
"I Could Write a Book" is a popular show tune from the 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical "Pal Joey," which has since become a jazz and pop standard.
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D.
Stories I Might Regret Telling You
Stories I Might Regret Telling You is a candid memoir by singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright, reflecting on her unconventional upbringing, family, and career in music.
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E.
Lost in a Good Book
Lost in a Good Book is a comic fantasy novel by Jasper Fforde that continues the adventures of literary detective Thursday Next in a world where books and reality intertwine.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again Target entity description: "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again" was a 1960s–70s BBC radio comedy sketch show known for its surreal humor and for launching the careers of several prominent British comedians, including members of the future Monty Python team.
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A.
So Sorry, I Said
"So Sorry, I Said" is a song featured on the album "Results" by Liza Minnelli, produced by the Pet Shop Boys and known for its synth-pop style.
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B.
The Man Who Says Words in the Wrong Order
"The Man Who Says Words in the Wrong Order" is a classic Monty Python sketch featuring a character whose comically jumbled speech satirizes language, communication, and social awkwardness.
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C.
I Could Write a Book
"I Could Write a Book" is a popular show tune from the 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical "Pal Joey," which has since become a jazz and pop standard.
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D.
Stories I Might Regret Telling You
Stories I Might Regret Telling You is a candid memoir by singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright, reflecting on her unconventional upbringing, family, and career in music.
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E.
Lost in a Good Book
Lost in a Good Book is a comic fantasy novel by Jasper Fforde that continues the adventures of literary detective Thursday Next in a world where books and reality intertwine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
BBC radio programme
ⓘ
radio comedy series ⓘ |
| basedOn | Cambridge Footlights revue material NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | radio ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Cambridge University Footlights Club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1973 ⓘ |
| followedBy | I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | radio sketch show ⓘ |
| genre |
sketch comedy
ⓘ
surreal humour ⓘ |
| hasAudience | studio audience ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Bill Oddie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Hatch NERFINISHED ⓘ Graeme Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ Humphrey Barclay NERFINISHED ⓘ Jo Kendall NERFINISHED ⓘ John Cleese NERFINISHED ⓘ John Otto Cleese NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Murdoch NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Brooke-Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ Timothy Bateson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComposer | Bill Oddie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasContributor |
Bill Oddie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eric Idle NERFINISHED ⓘ Graham Chapman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart | The Curse of the Flying Wombat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasThemeMusicBy | Bill Oddie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | Monty Python's Flying Circus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationOfRecording | BBC studios, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | audio ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
musical parodies
ⓘ
running gags ⓘ wordplay ⓘ |
| notableFor |
launching careers of several future Monty Python members
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surreal and anarchic style ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Curse of the Flying Wombat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 80+ ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 9 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
BBC Home Service
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
BBC Radio NERFINISHED ⓘ BBC Radio 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ BBC Radio 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Cambridge Circus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | BBC ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | completed series ⓘ |
| startTime | 1964 ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult listeners ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again Description of subject: "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again" was a 1960s–70s BBC radio comedy sketch show known for its surreal humor and for launching the careers of several prominent British comedians, including members of the future Monty Python team.
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