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Come to think of it, what became of Stayin Alive and Moosey?

I never quite get what's being suggested with stories like that. Is that 11,000 people who would otherwise not have died? Is it 11,000 on top of the normal death figures? Presumably many of them were very old and frail, and would have gone anyway, whether there'd been a heatwave or not. So it must be very difficult to quantify how many deaths the heatwave was directly responsible for. I suppose anyone whose last words were: "this heat! I can't stand it! Aaaaargh!" (expires) would be a "tick."

I believe Tim Brooke-Taylor is a regular on the Radio 4 panel game "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" (hosted by DL mentionee Humphrey Lyttleton) but I can't imagine that supplies him with a living wage. As for what else he does, after-dinner speaking would be my guess.

You may disagree StarCrossed, but I thought this picture from a previous thread was rather stylish. Would it work as an avatar do you think?

Strange, I always thought it was spelt "Alzheimers." With the i before the e, shouldn't it be pronounced to rhyme with "beamers?" Just checked that link ... I was right!

More details here.

I heard he was making an all-star record to benefit the victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Ernest Saunders is the authority I believe, still the only man to make a full recovery from it. And no, I don't mean he was "the authority" (though you never know )

May I suggest ... "Jimmy's NOT Young?"

AIUI Mr Beckham is working hard on that. regards, Hein AIUI....que? "As I understand it, " perhaps? Congrats from me, Mr Josco. I am working on the slowest-ever thousand, myself (should get there in 2008 or thereabouts)

Possibility I suppose, but I reckon Ronnie C has another five years minimum. Don't forget Ernie Wise outlived Eric Morecambe by 15 years despite doing very little solo work, it's not always the end for the surviving half of a double act. Oh and welcome to the forum Ravenstorm.

Absolutely! I was originally Pining For The Fjords (not exactly catchy) before I lost my internet connection and forgot all my passwords, so it was easier to re-register. I don't mind my name now, but my wife thought of a much better one shortly after I joined - Mr Macabre - which has now been taken, by a non-poster Only trouble with a name like this is that it's a bit limiting, avatar-wise, though I may branch out into non-dog related images before long

You may know this song about her, by Elvis Costello on the album Spike. I shall be playing it when the day comes.

I was thinking in terms of candidates for the 2006 Deathlist, Iain.

So who saw the re-run of the BAFTA tribute show tonight then? There were plenty of prospective DL choices there: Warren Mitchell, Eric Sykes, Bill Cotton, Leslie Phillips, Peter Vaughan ... surely one of those gentlemen could oblige next year?

So am I! Of a similarly "heavy" persuasion, by the look if them.

Try this for a more natural solution.

I expect to see him playing "Old Codger" in BBC1's Doctors soon, then - that was Tony Britton's lot yesterday. Don't wait up, indeed ...

I've just read all those comments (the debate on the BBC page, that is) - thought I recognised a familiar name or two there? For months I've been reading about this DDP, and at last I know what it is!

Unless I've missed it, nobody has been "mocking" Ronnie Barker, or "saying horrid things" about him. The worst anyone has said, is that some of his TV work was not as good as "Porridge" or "The Two Ronnies". What's wrong with that?

I've got a helpdesk, apparently! Must try it sometime.

Just looking through this thread again, I wonder what became of lospalmas7. Last we heard, he was about to move to Hull. They have the interweb there surely?

Or here, even.

And I bet they tell the owners they "buried them in the garden."

Sorry - we can't stop them gossiping you know!