RIP 2022
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Barry Cryer. Comic genius.
Have you heard the one about the couple and the Archbishop...? Barry Cryer bows out with one final joke
The veteran comedy writer and star of Radio 4’s I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue died in hospital on Tuesday, aged 86
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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.
Have you heard the one about the couple and the Archbishop...? Barry Cryer bows out with one final joke
The veteran comedy writer and star of Radio 4’s I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue died in hospital on Tuesday, aged 86
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...
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Dr Johnny Fever
Howard Hesseman, ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ and ‘Head of the Class’ Star, Dead at 81
Howard Hesseman, the actor who starred as Johnny Fever on 'WKRP in Cincinnati' and Charlie Moore on 'Head of the Class,' has died at 81.
