How Ace Are Buildings actor/comedian John Thomson using the phrase "oh, you cheeky monkey" - this is taken from Thompson's appearance on "Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge" in character as "Joe Beesley" an inept ventriloquist with a puppet monkey. Five In The Morning (TYCD 1) House Under The Ground (TYCD 2) Bad Idea (TYCD 3) Number One (TYCD 4) Foghorn (TYCD 5) Number One Sing-A-Long How Ace Are Buildings How Ace Are Buildings is the debut album by British alternative rock band A, released in 1997. The album was re-released in 1998, in the form of cassette and LTD Edition 12". Whereas
How Are Things in Glocca Morra? made up by composer Lane, who had devised a dummy lyric beginning with the line, "There's a glen in Glocca Morra". Harburg liked the name but insisted on changing the line to "How are things in Glocca Morra?" because this is personal and immediately evocative of nostalgia and homesickness. James Stephens' work "The Crock of Gold" (first published in 1912) refers to "the leprechauns of Gort na Gloca Mora" ("the field of the big rock" in Gaelic). It is unknown whether Lane or Harburg were aware of the novel or if this is a coincidence. Many versions of this song