Lady Die 63 Posted October 5, 2005 Does anyone know if Ronnie was deaf or partly so? No, not deaf, dead. Are you deaf? pardon? partly dead? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
football_fan 42 Posted October 5, 2005 Does anyone know if Ronnie was deaf or partly so? No, not deaf, dead. Are you deaf? pardon? partly dead? What did you say? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VileBody 11 Posted October 5, 2005 Does anyone know if Ronnie was deaf or partly so? No, not deaf, dead. Are you deaf? pardon? partly dead? By the way has anyone noticed that Ronnie Barker died on Monday? You'd think someone would have posted something... Ah, I love it when one of these guys goes - we get so many wonderful new friends. I thought Barker was an outstanding comic actor and writer, and Porridge is probably the greatest comedy drama (hardly a sitcom) ever screened. I also liked the silent seaside postcard films which you rarely see screened I was always baffled by the 2R's, however. There were some obviously great sketches like the "four candles" but otherwise the whole thing seems ratehr hollow and disjointed in retrospect. They clearly had no chemistry as a performance team unlike, say Morecombe and Wise, or Mel Smith and Gryff Rees Jones. Indeed I always got the impression that Barker thought RC was a telentless little gnome and bore every minute he was on screen with him with teeth-grinding annoyance. I thought Open All Hours was just embarrassing and tasteless. Mean Northern git crushes life out of underdeveloped dependent child and sexually harrasses local nurse. Oh and he's got a stutter and a dangerous cash register. F**k me, what a laugh... The rest of the TV stuff is just terrible. Anyway that was all a bit churlish - he was clearly hugely talented and it's sad to see him gone. It's just a shame that more of his energies hadn't been directed into more comic acting and writing - what might his Falstaff have been like? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anwar Sadat Posted October 5, 2005 " In a packed programme tonight we will be talking to an out-of-work contortionist who says he can no longer make ends meet." Gerald Wiley aka Ronnie Barker Anwar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Die 63 Posted October 5, 2005 Deep sea divers with chicken pox - do they come up to scratch? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest anon Posted October 5, 2005 i think you should be disgusted with your selves discussing wether somone is dead yet. have some respect!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Die 63 Posted October 5, 2005 i think you should be disgusted with your selves discussing wether somone is dead yet. have some respect!! Are you dead yet? Thought not. Shame. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
honez 79 Posted October 5, 2005 i think you should be disgusted with your selves discussing wether somone is dead yet. have some respect!! I'll start the bidding at 6 mistakes, possibly 7. Any other offers? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Die 63 Posted October 5, 2005 i think you should be disgusted with your selves discussing wether somone is dead yet. have some respect!! I'll start the bidding at 6 mistakes, possibly 7. Any other offers? I can only see 5 (spelling & grammatical mistakes), but obviously posting on this forum was a mistake too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cerberus 302 Posted October 5, 2005 i think you should be disgusted with your elves discussing wether somone is dead yet. Sorry - we can't stop them gossiping you know! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VileBody 11 Posted October 5, 2005 6 if you count the meaningless double "!" . I'm also a bit worried about the ambiguous participle or gerund use of "discussing" - are we supposed to be disgusted with "our selves (sic)" who happen to be discussing etc., or are we to be disgusted with the discussing which belongs to us? Alternatively, he (or she) may have meant "your selves' discussing" and missed out the apostrophe - that's actually quite a profound thought, ie that we should be disgusted by the actions of our inner souls or "selves" in discussing dead people. Whatever. Phuq off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted October 5, 2005 great loss of a comic genius Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ronnie Barker Posted October 5, 2005 I can confirm that I am dead Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josco 49 Posted October 5, 2005 I can confirm that I am dead Thank you Janeo! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Die 63 Posted October 5, 2005 I can confirm that I am dead Thank you Janeo! It's an abuse of power looking to see who's pretending to be a guest & then telling everyone. Spoilsport!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,903 Posted October 5, 2005 Did anyone else find "Open All Hours" bloody depressing or was that just me? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest me! Posted October 5, 2005 he is dead now tho Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,101 Posted October 5, 2005 i think you should be disgusted with your selves discussing wether somone is dead yet. have some respect!! I'll start the bidding at 6 mistakes, possibly 7. Any other offers? Can't see any more than 6. Name that mistake! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Cheri Posted October 5, 2005 Yes Ronnie Barker is dead he died on monday evening Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,101 Posted October 5, 2005 Yes Ronnie Barker is dead he died on monday evening Ronnies dead? Nnnnnnnooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Die 63 Posted October 5, 2005 Did anyone else find "Open All Hours" bloody depressing or was that just me? "Open all hours", TV to slit your wrists to. I'd rather endure The Moomins. Ditto. All his other stuff was great but Open All Hours was c-c-c-complete c-c-c-crap Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,101 Posted October 5, 2005 Did anyone else find "Open All Hours" bloody depressing or was that just me? "Open all hours", TV to slit your wrists to. I'd rather endure The Moomins. Ditto. All his other stuff was great but Open All Hours was c-c-c-complete c-c-c-crap Nah! Going Straight was ( I thought ) his worst. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boudicca 702 Posted October 5, 2005 he is dead now tho I did wonder if it was possible to construct some sort of narrative using these emoticons. Presumably, like Arabic, it would be read from right to left, starting with the "ill" face. I gave it a full ten seconds of my attention before becoming distracted by something shiny. Perhaps someone else can do better.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 5, 2005 Nah! Going Straight was ( I thought ) his worst. You've not seen Clarence then! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
