Prince Vulpine

If I could relive my life, I'll happily make exactly the same mistakes, but this time be sure to get away with them. Providing I stop drinking twice the Government guidelines, I reckon I might just make 70. Perhaps I should cut out the ciggies too. Alternatively, being murdered sometime in the next couple of years by a large vigilante group of aggrieved husbands would be cool, but chance would be a fine thing.

There are a couple of villages in Devon and Cornwall called Splat. Yes, I know it's not rude, but it's still silly. I also think there's a village/hamlet somewhere in the North called 'Pratt'.

There were some amusing lines in Dick Turpin, but for some reason they tended to be spoken by other characters. Writer Richard Carpenter went on to scribble Robin Of Sherwood,which had MUCH better lines and wasn't as miscast

why did anyone have to mention Tessa Wyatt??? Now I'll have to go through the whole day with a cushion on my lap Like you, Phantom, I once carried a torch for Tessa. I only came to DL after googling wistfully for Wyatt. DL seems to be the only place you can find any current mention of her. So its thanks to this thread for keeping her memory going. So sorry guys this thread must go on like an eternal flame (eyes moisten) As a sitcom Brinsworth House has great potential. Charlie Drake, Fluff Freeman, R.O'S.... bung in some double entendres, bladder gags and gales of canned laughter, how could it fail? It works at so many levels from trite com to black humour. Does anyone have the number of Charlie Drake's agent? An excellent idea. It'd be like 'Only When I Laugh' with armchairs I googled Ray Cooney too. He was born in 1932 and still breathes.

I saw Mr Holoway in a provincial production of 'Godspell' about fifteen years ago. He looked exactly like he did in his TP years, except taller.

"you are terminated"

Ahh, George. Famous for kicking footballs. And now you've kicked the bucket. Pity you didn't kick the bottle.

Alas poor Lich, thy brain hath stroked And now we see, thou hast gone and croaked The peeps on here are rather pissed Thy name, it seems, was not on their List.

...Ted Rogers? Ok, maybe he was clever to do that 3-2-1 finger flip with his eyes crossed, but in what way is he classic comedy? Anyone who has a dustbin with a smiley face as a mascot is unlikely to put much of a dent in the anals of comedy. Annals. Whatever.

My kids are into Beatle songs at the moment (my fault), and we're discussing what the songs actually mean. To aid me in this task, last week I stuck the words 'Lucy In The Sky' into Answers.com It responded: 'LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS or did you mean: William Shatner's musical career'

Never heard of him. Wish I could say the same of today's footballers.

The one who was in Me And My Girl. Tim Brooke Taylor

That series hasn't been too kind to its stars, has it? Its lead character is prematurely in a nursing home, and we've annoyed his relative Juice O'Sullivan. The receptionist has passed, Joanne Ridley's vanished from the map despite - or maybe because of - her sister's high-profile topless prancing about in the 80's. I seem to recall they had an ambitious mother who wanted her daughters to gain a lot of publicity to further their careers. Nice one Mum. Any idea what that bloke from The Goodies is up to now?

I know someone with a silicone testicle. I know the thread's moved on somewhat, but I thought I'd mention it anyway.

Thanks for the link Tempus. Mr Askwith seems to have been one of the few who knew that the times had caught up with him, and sodded off to summier climes rather than stay in Blighty and become a taxi driver or an alcoholic

Bet you fancied Swiftnick and his perm

Of course you can, if you don't mind helping me beat back the spiders that keep trying to invade

'Pointless ranter'? Well, CHEERS!

Hi people I only found this site in the first place cos I wondered where Richard had so suddenly and completely disappeared to. In the months since then, I've been following it avidly. Thank you for all the belly laughs! I think R was just one of many victims of a sudden and complete switch that happened when Mrs T got elected. All of a sudden the old 70's comedians who had entertained us for years with their 'sambo' jokes weren't funny anymore, and the Rik Mayalls and Ben Eltons moved in to replace them, with their own brand of humour which is already starting to look dated. Richard isn't the most high-profile victim - that would be Benny Hill. And what about Barry Evans, star of Adventures Of A Taxi Driver and Mind Your Language, who - ironically - ended his days as a taxi driver and got very little footage when he died, despite the fact he was murdered. They may not have been particularly talented, but they suited the needs of their times, and when those times changed - suddenly and irrevocably - they were all cast adrift. I was never a fan of Richard's comedies, but as a child I was a huge fan of Dick Turpin - which I own on DVD and it's still a great laugh even now - and as far as I can see he's just another victim of a cultural shift which virtually nobody from his time could adapt to. Robin Nedwell wasn't exactly telling jokes until the moment he died either. Pray for the soul of Robin Askwith. Wherever he is now, he must be telling his nurses, 'I remember the time...'