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If anyone missed one of the highlights of ITV 2017, someone's put a big chunk (possibly all) of Gone to Pot on YouTube. Watch Pat Butcher, Bobby George, Biggins and Fash the Bash travel the US and try lots of weed. Fashanu is like a Day Today character come to life.

Bought by Mike Ashley. Probably much the same, really.

Shock news at ten tonight, LFN prefers Jeremy Corbyn.

A spokesperson for the Weyland Yutani Corporation said that astronaut Ripley had been suffering from stress.

The climate certainly changed in their relationship!

The first book - Prime Minister Portillo - was quite good, ending with a hilarious bit by Iain Dale about the Tories winning the 2001 election. Mind you, it also has a bizarre character by Bernard Ingham on Michael Heseltine over Westland, sadly for Ingham the 30 year rule produced a bunch of document which suggested he was deliberately talking bollocks. Imagine!

Out of hospital already. Dude's a machine.

If Boris ever became PM, this book will look a bit dated.

I suspect we have different standards for Deathlist-y.

One of only two living people born before 1920 that I'm surprised has never snuck on a Deathlist before. The other being Diana Athill.

Ah yes, the Metal Guru, but you need to throw the T away, as a lousy Proclaimers cover band might say. I'm not giving up the day job to do the Times Cryptic Crossword, no worries!

Suddenly got a craving for some mashed potato, don't know why...

Not a soapbox, just the flip. Might cause issues for Person A to never have a dad but the other option is Person A never existed. There is only one shot at life after all.

Yup, here's your problem. Someone set this thing to "mortal".

Flipside, bit selfish to say that kid being born deserved to not be born.

Ah yer no bad Cat, but I'm a happily married man.

Crossroads fans on twitter claiming Janet Hargreaves has died aged (c) 81. Also a regular in Compact, plus roles in Poirot, The Avengers and, err, Dr Who.

I've mentioned before, iirc, the old chippy on Great Western Rd? Chips and cheese 90p (back in 2004, think the guy's retired/dead now), and the same chips and cheese written in French for £2.50. Exact same portions. Apparently countless students and West End luvvies would wander in and ask for the French version. One of the great geniuses of our time, imo.

Chortle announce death of Peter Richens, co-writer of The Comic Strip Presents, and Churchill: The Hollywood Years. One of those is more acclaimed than the other, though I am fond of both. (The latter stars Deathlist regular Leslie Philips, too!)

FACTS OF DEATH 8/50 6th August 2018 Actress Charlotte Rae has died to give The Crowdsourced Deathlist another success. She was best known as Edna Garrett in Diff'rent Strokes (a show in which she outlived several of the younger cast), and the character was spun off into its own show, The Facts of Life. Previously to the role which gave her fame, she had roles in all the early regular American TV of the 1950s and 60s, from Play of the Week to The Phil Silvers Show. She also had success as a Broadway actress, twice nominated for Tony Awards. Rae continued acting well into her 80s with appearances in ER and Girl Meets World. Reports of Rae's battle with cancer were widely sourced last year, which led to her debuting on the list in 14th place.

Rare game lead for me!

Re Gorky Park, mentioned in past by charon and others, its on Netflix now.

Yeah, like in 2014. Billions dead worldwide before new year, iirc.

I did find that thread but its full of Tony Blackburn types!

I spent ages trying to work out what fucking thread this goes in. This seems the best spot for hip hop, showing how un-hip I am. This is what happens when people only discuss someone in deadpool threads FFS. Anyhow, who wants a DJ Casper update?