RIP 2022
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@nzbloke Really surprised he made it this far TBH.
Worst concert I ever attended was Meatloaf. About a decade ago. Voice had gone and he was basically an invalid even then.
Great back catalogue though and seemed like a good fluffybunny
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Barry Cryer. Comic genius.
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@nzbloke Really surprised he made it this far TBH.
Worst concert I ever attended was Meatloaf. About a decade ago. Voice had gone and he was basically an invalid even then.
Great back catalogue though and seemed like a good fluffybunny
True, makes you wonder how a fair few of the older rockers are still alive with all the drugs they've taken over the years... not good when a great rocker like him keeps performing when he was well past his best, they spoil their reputation a bit, yeah, he did seem like a top bloke.
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@victor-meldrew said in RIP 2022:
Barry Cryer. Comic genius.
Very sad... shows you how talented he was as a writer having created jokes for the Two Ronnies, they were outstanding comedians too.
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About Barry Cryer, from Michael Palin's Facebook page
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Barry Cryer, only 86, was my first thought. Guys like him seemed really old when I watched them on the tele.
Then I walk past a mirror and go "oh shit, that's right..."
Any of you other "not young" blokes still see the world through 18-24 year old eyeballs?
Or is it simply that I've mixed up Barry and Max😒
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@nzbloke said in RIP 2022:
Very sad... shows you how talented he was as a writer having created jokes for the Two Ronnies, they were outstanding comedians too.
He was a regular for decades on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - one of the funniest shows you will ever hear - which involved a lot of improvisation. He was doing the improv stuff years before the likes of Steve Carell or Paul Merton made it became popular.
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@victor-meldrew nice mate.
I remember an old timer years ago telling me "you know you're old when All Blacks and cops look like kids"
I think we're well past that transition 🙂
BTW, I've gone from cringing to proudly marvelling. I mean, we made it this far, didn't we...
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@nzbloke said in RIP 2022:
Very sad... shows you how talented he was as a writer having created jokes for the Two Ronnies, they were outstanding comedians too.
Typical Barry Cryer:
"A man drives down a country lane and accidentally runs over a cockerel. He goes to the farmhouse and knocks on the door.
A woman opens and the man says, “I appear to have killed your cockerel. I’d like to replace him.”
The woman replies: “Please yourself, the hens are round the back."'
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@victor-meldrew said in RIP 2022:
@nzbloke said in RIP 2022:
Very sad... shows you how talented he was as a writer having created jokes for the Two Ronnies, they were outstanding comedians too.
He was a regular for decades on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - one of the funniest shows you will ever hear - which involved a lot of improvisation. He was doing the improv stuff years before the likes of Steve Carell or Paul Merton made it became popular.
…. I think you’ll find that’s Mornington Crescent!
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@victor-meldrew said in RIP 2022:
I remember an old timer years ago telling me "you know you're old when All Blacks and cops look like kids"
I think we're well past that transition 🙂For me it when Steve Hansen started to look young-ish
Christ you must be 200 years old
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@victor-meldrew said in RIP 2022:
I remember an old timer years ago telling me "you know you're old when All Blacks and cops look like kids"
I think we're well past that transition 🙂For me it when Steve Hansen started to look young-ish
Christ you must be 200 years old
Over 2000 actually...