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    I grew up with the Goodies, and remember eye-popping when I recognized TBT in the original Willy Wonka (same way when I saw Reggie Perrin show up in 2001: A Space Odyssey). In colour, too. All I ever remember was watching Goodies in b&w on TVNZ pre-colorTV-era, like most of the old Doctor Who’s. In my mind they were all b&w. Was the original Brit production filmed in colour or was it always black & white?

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    @Salacious-Crumb Goodies was always colour to me but we still had black and white Dr Who being played in the 80s.

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    @MiketheSnow said in R.I.P. 2020:

    James Drury, The Virginian

    Understandable that Tim Brooke-Taylor would get most of the attention and I was as big a Goodies fan as anyone but...

    The Virginian was the ultimate western series in my day and yes, I watched it on re-runs as it debuted in '62, 5 years before I was born and finished in '71. OMG I loved it and just wanted to be a cowboy. These guys, especially James Drury in his black hat, made cowboy cool and no wonder, check out the cast.

    Lee Majors, Lee J. Cobb and Doug McClure to just to name a few of the other most recognisable actors but there are heaps of others who were regulars or appeared on the show.

    And at 90 minutes per episode with 249 episodes over 9 seasons.

    They just don't make 'em like this any more.

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    @RoninWC said in R.I.P. 2020:

    Lee Majors, Lee J. Cobb and Doug McClure to just to name a few of the other most

    The Land That Time Forgot. Me and a mate were talking about Doug McLure this past weekend. Troy Donahue + Doug McClure = “Hi, you may remember me from such films as...”

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    @MiketheSnow said in R.I.P. 2020:

    James Drury, The Virginian

    Handsome man, rugged babyface made for black & white westerns. He has a small role in Peckinpah’s “Ride the High Country” shot in colour, one of the best westerns of the sixties, maybe ever, but always takes me “out of reality” a little bit when I see him, because he’s supposed to be in b&w.

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    @Salacious-Crumb said in R.I.P. 2020:

    @RoninWC said in R.I.P. 2020:

    Lee Majors, Lee J. Cobb and Doug McClure to just to name a few of the other most

    The Land That Time Forgot. Me and a mate were talking about Doug McLure this past weekend. Troy Donahue + Doug McClure = “Hi, you may remember me from such films as...”

    Absolutely, he was one of my favourite actors growing up. He was in heaps of movies and TV shows but it was the Virginian that really did it for me. Loved that show and his character in it.

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    Speaking of the Goodies, just watched an episode on Jones on Sky - still as funny as I remember it being.

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    @Godder Anybody still read The Beano?

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    @Salacious-Crumb Not me, I'd forgotten about it until right now!

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  • SiamS Offline
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    @Salacious-Crumb not for about 40years. And whoopee, whizzer and chips, tiger magazine with Billys boots ( magical football boots, was my favourite)
    I guess Viz is the adult version of those childhood staple comics for gen x'ers.

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    @Salacious-Crumb said in R.I.P. 2020:

    @Godder Anybody still read The Beano?

    My 11-year old nephew and then his 50-year old dad

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    #209

    For anyone who watched WWF in the 80s or 90s, the legendary ring announcer, Howard Finkel has died. Apparently he came up with the name 'Wrestlemania'.

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    https://stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/121070979/brian-dennehy-tonywinning-stage-screen-actor-dies-at-81

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    @canefan said in R.I.P. 2020:

    https://stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/121070979/brian-dennehy-tonywinning-stage-screen-actor-dies-at-81

    One of my favourites

    Brilliant in First Blood.

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    I can't upvote a death but Dennehy was still appearing in The Blacklist as recently as last year.

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    @MiketheSnow You spelled Cocoon wrong.

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    Leeds United legend, Norman "Bites Yer Legs" Hunter, has died after contracting COVID-19:

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    @sparky said in R.I.P. 2020:

    Leeds United legend, Norman "Bites Yer Legs" Hunter, has died after contracting COVID-19:

    The highlight reel just shown on the BBC would have seen Norman have a very short career in the modern game.

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    @MiketheSnow The famous 1975 tussle between Norman Hunter and Franny Lee. They were England room mates:

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    @sparky said in R.I.P. 2020:

    @MiketheSnow The famous 1975 tussle between Norman Hunter and Franny Lee. They were England room mates:

    Fancy Lee had the better of proceedings

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