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"Just watched Thora Hird on telly.
Loved her... wish she was still here.
who off the telly do you wish was still amongst us... doing what they did best."
she may be a bit 'niffy' !
was funny when alive though |
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"As I was walking down the street one day I saw a house on fire...
There was a man, shouting and screaming at an upper-storey window...to the crowd that was gathered there below...
For he was so afraid
"Jump! You fucker, jump!
Jump into this here blanket what we are holding...And you will be all right.
So he jumped, hit the deck, broke his fucking neck.....
There was no blanket
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"Peter Cooke and Dudley Moore....
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The worst job i had.... did i ever tell you about sqautter and the ant....fuck me i went straight to the manager....i sorry i'll feel that again.
Oh dear little Flo
I love you so
especially in yer nightie
when the moonlight flits
across yer tits
oh jesus christe almighty |
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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago
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"Les Dawson....
When he stood with the piano and did his monologues..."
I had the privilege of meeting Les Dawson at a corporate dinner, and he was one of the guests of honour!
A truly funny, but very genuine man! |
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I know nobody is keen on the idea of dying but there are some people who I just feel are just so full of life you can't imagine them ever dying cos of their lust for just being here - yet its inevitable theyre gonna go soon too. Rolf Harris and Bruce Forsythe being two of them. Also Patrick Moore, David Attenborough and Dennis Healey. Such legends in our time.
Good lord I feel positively maudling now!! |
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"I know nobody is keen on the idea of dying but there are some people who I just feel are just so full of life you can't imagine them ever dying cos of their lust for just being here - yet its inevitable theyre gonna go soon too. Rolf Harris and Bruce Forsythe being two of them. Also Patrick Moore, David Attenborough and Dennis Healey. Such legends in our time.
Good lord I feel positively maudling now!! "
Don't forget David Jason! Blimey, that's gonna be a shocker to my system if (yes, I said 'if'!!) he pops his clogs... he's invincible  |
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Don't forget David Jason! Blimey, that's gonna be a shocker to my system if (yes, I said 'if'!!) he pops his clogs... he's invincible "
I'll be to take away when Rod Stewart goes! Isnt it mad lol! |
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Don't forget David Jason! Blimey, that's gonna be a shocker to my system if (yes, I said 'if'!!) he pops his clogs... he's invincible
I'll be to take away when Rod Stewart goes! Isnt it mad lol!"
Rod Hull more like! Mind both had a liking for putting hands inside leggy birds.  |
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I know he's not dead, but Saturday night TV is really not the same without Michael Barrymore. If one entertainer was gauranteed to lift my spirits and get me laughing it was him. Fabulous sense of humour and it's such a shame his career was hamstrung by one night of madness. |
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"I know he's not dead, but Saturday night TV is really not the same without Michael Barrymore. If one entertainer was gauranteed to lift my spirits and get me laughing it was him. Fabulous sense of humour and it's such a shame his career was hamstrung by one night of madness."
He's not dead....but unfortunately his career is well and truly dead.
The poor sod has never been found guilty of anything as far as I can see... |
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"I know he's not dead, but Saturday night TV is really not the same without Michael Barrymore. If one entertainer was gauranteed to lift my spirits and get me laughing it was him. Fabulous sense of humour and it's such a shame his career was hamstrung by one night of madness."
Ask him nice and he will invite you round to play in his pool.  |
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"One death that always struck me as tragically young was Richard Beckinsale. Great comedy actor. Such innocence."
In Rising Damp he was brilliant, so too was Mr Rigsby, Leonard Rossiter. |
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""you cunt", he said. "you fucking cunt!"
blimey, what did you say?
I said, "you cunt!"
lo"
that was supposed to include and quote someone who mentioned Peter Cooke nad Dudley Moore.
lo |
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""you cunt", he said. "you fucking cunt!"
blimey, what did you say?
I said, "you cunt!"
lo
that was supposed to include and quote someone who mentioned Peter Cooke nad Dudley Moore.
lo"
Yeah, the ending is a bit surprising though. lol |
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"My all time hero is Sammy Davis jnr.. "
yep what a huge talent ,great guy and sad loss eh ,if i had 1 % of that guys natural talent i would be happy,i remember seeing him with Bruce on the london pladium awsome talent,no wonder they loved him in the ratpack. |
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"My all time hero is Sammy Davis jnr..
yep what a huge talent ,great guy and sad loss eh ,if i had 1 % of that guys natural talent i would be happy,i remember seeing him with Bruce on the london playground awsome talent,no wonder they loved him in the ratpack."
And h is courage... Tough times he went thro in his early days.
A great man |
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"My all time hero is Sammy Davis jnr..
yep what a huge talent ,great guy and sad loss eh ,if i had 1 % of that guys natural talent i would be happy,i remember seeing him with Bruce on the london playground awsome talent,no wonder they loved him in the ratpack.
And h is courage... Tough times he went thro in his early days.
A great man "
yeah did so much to bridge the black /white divide in middle america ,an important figure in us arts. |
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"Just watched Thora Hird on telly.
Loved her... wish she was still here.
who off the telly do you wish was still amongst us... doing what they did best."
Thora was quite a regular at a restaurant I worked at. Such a dear Lady, she introduced me to Pete postlethwaite and the author of Lost For Words. Who's name escapes me. |
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"has he gone?
when?
Keith Floyd? He's been gone almost two years now bless him, he had a heart attack. "
Ty. Did'nt know, wakey wakey!
Was'nt being flippant when i asked, spoke to Mrs Surrey and she said so also. Then we had a power cut. |
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"has he gone?
when?
Keith Floyd? He's been gone almost two years now bless him, he had a heart attack.
Ty. Did'nt know, wakey wakey!
Was'nt being flippant when i asked, spoke to Mrs Surrey and she said so also. Then we had a power cut."
Glad to see you got your power back xx |
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"Just watched Thora Hird on telly.
Loved her... wish she was still here.
who off the telly do you wish was still amongst us... doing what they did best.
Thora was quite a regular at a restaurant I worked at. Such a dear Lady, she introduced me to Pete postlethwaite and the author of Lost For Words. Who's name escapes me. "
Deric Longden |
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"Just watched Thora Hird on telly.
Loved her... wish she was still here.
who off the telly do you wish was still amongst us... doing what they did best.
Thora was quite a regular at a restaurant I worked at. Such a dear Lady, she introduced me to Pete postlethwaite and the author of Lost For Words. Who's name escapes me. "
John Humphrys? |
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"has he gone?
when?
Keith Floyd? He's been gone almost two years now bless him, he had a heart attack.
Ty. Did'nt know, wakey wakey!
Was'nt being flippant when i asked, spoke to Mrs Surrey and she said so also. Then we had a power cut.
Glad to see you got your power back xx"
Ty!
laptop was ok, hub was down and did'nt want to fiddle in the dark with the dongle...ahem 
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Deric Longden
Was written about the author's mother, played superbly by Thora Hird"
Probably that one Bobby was on about given the Thora Hird connection, i od have a book by John Humphrys with the same title though hence my post |
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Off topic slightly, but i wonder if a similar thread in 30 years time wil be a very short one?
Yeah, no-one will remember Amy Winehouse "
A little cynicasl of you. I'm sure her mum and dad and brother will and thats all that really matters. Death will always be personal to someone.
Reminds me of a Gary Larson cartoon. A bird is talking to camera with a mike in its 'wing'. He is on a telegraph wire and down below is a devastating airplane crash - flames coming out of it tremendous loss of life.
The bird "reporter" is saying
"Yes Larry we have that information. The name of the bird sucked into the jets engine is......"
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Off topic slightly, but i wonder if a similar thread in 30 years time wil be a very short one?
Yeah, no-one will remember Amy Winehouse
A little cynicasl of you. I'm sure her mum and dad and brother will and thats all that really matters. Death will always be personal to someone.
Reminds me of a Gary Larson cartoon. A bird is talking to camera with a mike in its 'wing'. He is on a telegraph wire and down below is a devastating airplane crash - flames coming out of it tremendous loss of life.
The bird "reporter" is saying
"Yes Larry we have that information. The name of the bird sucked into the jets engine is......"
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thora hird - makes me laugh, makes me cry
the 2 alan bennnett talking heads monologues 'a cream cracker under the settee' and 'waiting for the telegram' reduce me to tears everytime i watch them
the bit in 'waiting for the telegram' where she talks about her soldier boyfriend going off to war literally had me bawling - just a superb portrayal
les dawson also - remember reading his autobiography on holiday and being howling laughing 1 minute and crying the next - am sure the other people round that pool must have thought i was 'unstable'
beryl reid, hylda baker, diana dors, pat phoenix
and although the actor isn't dead, i do mourn no more lily savage
the parkinson inter_iews on youtube are hilarious |
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Deric Longden
Was written about the author's mother, played superbly by Thora Hird"
that too i have seen reduce many a grown man to tears - myself included ! |
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Deric Longden
Was written about the author's mother, played superbly by Thora Hird
that too i have seen reduce many a grown man to tears - myself included !"
You should read his books about Thermal his cat, they will have you roaring with laughter |
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following on from this (another excellent thread), does anyone think 'we' or the site users of the future will be waxing equally lyrically about todays celebrities / comedians??
seems to be in the age before stand up that a lot of the classic entertainers did the theatre of hard knocks in working mens clubs / rep etc and had more skills acroos the board (s)?
guys like alan carr dont even compare..
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"following on from this (another excellent thread), does anyone think 'we' or the site users of the future will be waxing equally lyrically about todays celebrities / comedians??
seems to be in the age before stand up that a lot of the classic entertainers did the theatre of hard knocks in working mens clubs / rep etc and had more skills acroos the board (s)?
guys like alan carr dont even compare..
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i saw alan carr live before he hit the 'big time' and he was much funnier than i find him these days.
as a live (and unrecorded) act, his jokes, stories, wisecracks, come backs and put downs were fantastic
i think tv and dvd place constraints on the content of the performance.
that said, i am also a big fan of the older comics including (shock horror)bernard manning.
having again seen him live on a few occasions, he was genuinely funny.
i think he made a 'show' of himself with the deliberately bigoted attempts at humour, but his wise cracks, piss taking and heckler put downs were often far funnier than the jokes you already knew the punchline too |
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"Just watched Thora Hird on telly.
Loved her... wish she was still here.
who off the telly do you wish was still amongst us... doing what they did best.
Thora was quite a regular at a restaurant I worked at. Such a dear Lady, she introduced me to Pete postlethwaite and the author of Lost For Words. Who's name escapes me.
Deric Longden "
Thanks Pet, its my age yaknow |
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"following on from this (another excellent thread), does anyone think 'we' or the site users of the future will be waxing equally lyrically about todays celebrities / comedians??
seems to be in the age before stand up that a lot of the classic entertainers did the theatre of hard knocks in working mens clubs / rep etc and had more skills acroos the board (s)?
guys like alan carr dont even compare..
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French and Saunders.
Wood and Walters.
Female comediennes have really given us some iconic performances and programmes.
Who could forget Mrs Overall from Acorn Antiques? |
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"Who could forget Mrs Overall from Acorn Antiques?
didn't she choke on one of her own macaroons ?  "
Every time I order two soups for lunch I have a secret giggle thinking of Julie Walters portrayal of the elderly waitress.
My family and friends teased me with that when I was waiting tables, used to come in and shout two soups at me. |
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" My family and friends teased me with that when I was waiting tables, used to come in and shout two soups at me.
but were they 'on the trolley' ? "
 comedic genius. |
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"ronnie barker was brilliant "
one of my favourite 'sketches' was from 'open all hours' when nurse gladys was in the shop :
ronnie barker : what can i do you for nurse gladys ?
lynda baron : a packet of polo mints
ronnie barker : cheap at half the price
such simple humour |
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"Victoria Wood's Barry and Freda (Let's Do It
So damn funny
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZCIKjYDf1g
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She's mad!
Another lot of talented females, Fascinating Ada make's I larf lots. |
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"Victoria Wood's Barry and Freda (Let's Do It
So damn funny
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZCIKjYDf1g
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agreed
i also laughed my little socks off at the 'welcome to the world of sacharel' sketch
'this weeks special offer on special offer' |
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"Victoria Wood's Barry and Freda (Let's Do It
So damn funny
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZCIKjYDf1g
She's mad!
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She's actually very clever (as well as mad).
If you listen to her humour and how it is written, it deliberately makes reference to brands that we would recognise.
The comedy of association draws in a large amount of people because we understand instantly the points of reference.
so for example, she wouldn't refer to a biscuit as a biscuit, it would be 'a mcvities chocolate hobnob' so the term of reference draws us straight in |
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"following on from this (another excellent thread), does anyone think 'we' or the site users of the future will be waxing equally lyrically about todays celebrities / comedians??
seems to be in the age before stand up that a lot of the classic entertainers did the theatre of hard knocks in working mens clubs / rep etc and had more skills acroos the board (s)?
guys like alan carr dont even compare..
French and Saunders.
Wood and Walters.
Female comediennes have really given us some iconic performances and programmes.
Who could forget Mrs Overall from Acorn Antiques?"
Wood is a genius, and Walters very good also.
not saying there are not any as good as 'in the day' just done seem to be to the same level...probably just rose tinted reading glasses... |
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"Bill Hicks, a funny America. "
Ohh yes, of comedians, i miss Bill big time, offt the material he could glean from current affairs right now etc,lovely thought.  |
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