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The show has a cult following, notably a Mrs. Trellis of [[North Wales]], and supports the care in the community initiative by providing work for geriatric comic performers and superannuated jazz musicians. Samantha sits on Humph's right hand and scores regularly.
 
The show has a cult following, notably a Mrs. Trellis of [[North Wales]], and supports the care in the community initiative by providing work for geriatric comic performers and superannuated jazz musicians. Samantha sits on Humph's right hand and scores regularly.
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Probably the most famous game played by the team is [[Mornington Crescent]]. As most people know the rules to this game, or can track down the International Mornington Crescent Society rulebook, they will not be repeated here. However, beginners may like to see the [http://www.isihac.co.uk/games/mcvariations/novice.html | transcript from a novice’s game]. The following are the simplified rules for Mornington Crescent:
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Probably the most famous game played by the team is [[Mornington Crescent]]. As most people know the rules to this game, or can track down the International Mornington Crescent Society rulebook, they will not be repeated here. However, beginners may like to see the [http://www.isihac.co.uk/games/mcvariations/novice.html transcript from a novice’s game]. The following are the simplified rules for Mornington Crescent:
 
# Get to Mornington Crescent.
 
# Get to Mornington Crescent.
 
# Stop your opponents getting there first.
 
# Stop your opponents getting there first.
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On the show the teams frequently play one of the [http://www.isihac.co.uk/games/mcvariations/index.html | Variations]
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On the show the teams frequently play one of the [http://www.isihac.co.uk/games/mcvariations/index.html Variations]
    
Many of the comments made by the octogenarian chairman have made the show notorious for including far more and far ruder innuendo and double entendre than the BBC would ever broadcast on television in a similar early evening timeslot. The show's standard response to this is that any humour exists solely in the mind of the listener. An example of this humour is the following example, where the chairman discusses what Samantha will be doing after the show: "She's looking forward to going out for an ice cream with her Italian gentleman friend. She says she's looking forward to licking the nuts off a large Neapolitan."
 
Many of the comments made by the octogenarian chairman have made the show notorious for including far more and far ruder innuendo and double entendre than the BBC would ever broadcast on television in a similar early evening timeslot. The show's standard response to this is that any humour exists solely in the mind of the listener. An example of this humour is the following example, where the chairman discusses what Samantha will be doing after the show: "She's looking forward to going out for an ice cream with her Italian gentleman friend. She says she's looking forward to licking the nuts off a large Neapolitan."
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