question, originally an ad lib by Julia Lang on 16 January 1950, became so well known that it appears in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations It has been incorporated and sampled by many artists and musicians; for instance, in the episode "The Idiot's Lantern", in the revived series of Doctor Who, it was used by the alien presence known as "The Wire" appearing on a television screen and addressing its first victim, the hapless Mr Magpie. in a later episode of Doctor Who, "The Timeless Children", the line was reformulated by The Master as "Are you suffering comfortably? Then I'll begin" on addressing The Doctor in the Matrix. as the opening of the narration by Stanley Unwin of the Small Faces' "Happiness Stan" song cycle on Side 2 of their Ogden's Nut Gone Flake album, rendered in Unwin's characteristic style "Are you all sitting comftybold two-square on your botty? Then I'll begin." as the opening line in the film The Others. by English actor John Wood in the 1983 film WarGames. in the song "It Doesn't Really Matter" by the Canadian band Platinum Blonde on their 1983 Standing in the Dark album. as the title, and included in the lyrics of, the Moody Blues song "Are You Sitting Comfortably?" from the 1969 album On the Threshold of a Dream. at the beginning of the Slade song "Did Your Mama Ever Tell Ya?", which appeared on the band's 1976 album Nobody's Fools. in the band alt-J's song "Hand-Made", from the 2012 album "An Awesome Wave". in the opening monologue in the episode "The Narrow Escape Problem" of the TV series Fargo. in the soundtrack of PlayStation game Jet Moto 3 at "Shipwreck Cove" arena. in the Monty Python sketch "Children's Stories", from season 1, episode 3: "How to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away". Performer Eric Idle opens the sketch with the words: "Hello children, hello. Here is this morning's story. Are you ready? Then, we'll begin". in the graphic novel "V for Vendetta", at the beginning of V monologue "Good evening, London". See also Watch with Mother Sandmännchen The German equivalent to Listen with Mother, which starts with the opening "Nun, liebe Kinder, gebt fein Acht. Ich habe euch etwas mitgebracht" (Now, dear children, pay attention. I have brought you something) in the same way that Listen with Mother started "Are You Sitting Comfortably? Then