RIP 2022
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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.
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So this bloke died the other day apparently.
A genuine real life tough guy, contemporary of Bruce and Chuck back in the day.
Amazing stunt to take the full force of Bruces kick like he did at 2.26 ( apparently one of the guys catching him broke his arm but I reckon that’s Hollywood bullshit ). Anyway RIP Robert Wall.
Martial arts master and Bruce Lee’s co-star Bob Wall dies at 82
Lee gave Wall his big break filming ‘Way of the Dragon’ in Hong Kong, where American black belt recalled he was challenged to fights ‘everywhere I went’ by locals.
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I listened to this at the gym and at lunch today - 2 hours of Stuart Goldsmith interviewing Barry Cryer, about his life, and how he practices the art of comedy. Gold.
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Bamber Gascoigne: Former University Challenge host dies aged 87
Away from quiz shows, he wrote the novel Murgatroyd's Empire in 1972, and later hosted the documentary series The Christians in 1977. He was also part of Victorian Values in 1987 and The Great Moghuls in 1992.
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@mikethesnow said in RIP 2022:
Away from quiz shows, he wrote the novel Murgatroyd's Empire in 1972, and later hosted the documentary series The Christians in 1977. He was also part of Victorian Values in 1987 and The Great Moghuls in 1992.
I will remember his finest episode
The less said about his earlier video nasty, the better!
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@machpants said in RIP 2022:
@mikethesnow said in RIP 2022:
Away from quiz shows, he wrote the novel Murgatroyd's Empire in 1972, and later hosted the documentary series The Christians in 1977. He was also part of Victorian Values in 1987 and The Great Moghuls in 1992.
I will remember his finest episode
The less said about his earlier video nasty, the better!
One of the best episodes. The series as a whole was a who's who of English comedy for the next 10 years. French and Saunders, Hale and Pace, Smith and Jones, Lenny Henry. Emma Thompson even makes an appearance as one of the footlights kids, along with Stephen Fry. I don't recall Hugh Laurie getting any time. And more I'm sure I've forgotten. I have the dvds, might be time to revisit. But I wonder how the kids will see it?
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