I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Radio 4

[YoungWillz 20,890]

On ‎11‎/‎07‎/‎2019 at 19:12, YoungWillz said:

Halfway through the current series and no sign of Graeme Garden or Barry Cryer.

The Times has picked up on this: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/im-sorry-i-havent-a-clue-stalwarts-barry-cryer-and-graeme-garden-take-a-breather-gzchj75rf

[msc 18,375]

On 11/07/2019 at 19:12, YoungWillz said:

Halfway through the current series and no sign of Graeme Garden or Barry Cryer.

 

On 11/07/2019 at 20:36, Bibliogryphon said:

Last time Graeme was on Would I Lie To You. He sounded weak and subdued.

 

Off radar, Graeme Garden got a pacemaker last year or two, and his doctors have told him he needs to drastically cut down his work on heart related health grounds.

 

No word of late bar "recovering from hip replacement", but my least favourite TV personality Gyles Brandreth apparently told friends Barry has been "unwell for a while".

[Deathrace 1,161]

Cryer was a very heavy smoker allegedly so it's probably related to that. 

[YoungWillz 20,890]

8 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

BBC Radio 2 just announced the death of comedian Tim Brooke-Taylor OBE at the age of 79.

Apparently he had tested positive for COVID-19.

So, I'll just cross post this here.

 

Tim Brooke-Taylor is a radio and TV legend, and I'll miss him. RIP.

[Handrejka 1,899]

1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

So, I'll just cross post this here.

 

Tim Brooke-Taylor is a radio and TV legend, and I'll miss him. RIP.

 

So sad. He was one of those I thought would go on forever. 

[Youth in Asia 1,079]

Tim Brooke-Taylor is the 4th DDP pick to be whacked by coronavirus.

[Deathrace 1,161]

I would have predicted Tim Brooke-Taylor to have outlived Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden. Very sad news 

[Toast 16,026]

12 minutes ago, Deathrace said:

I would have predicted Tim Brooke-Taylor to have outlived Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden. Very sad news 

 

Me too, I had GG down to go first.

[Handrejka 1,899]

7 minutes ago, Toast said:

 

Me too, I had GG down to go first.

 

Me too. I also thought he would outlive Richard O'Sullivan, his co-star in Me and My Girl.

[Sir Creep 7,068]

I defer to this thread and to Tim Brooke-Taylor being on it.  I loved The Goodies and this was sad news to awake to this Easter.  RIP.

SC

[time 8,548]

New material from Barry.

 

(Apologies for the I/G embedding)

[YoungWillz 20,890]

Barry Cryer still enjoying a ciggie. Quite right Bazza, stairs and smoking not killed him yet!

[Deathrace 1,161]

6 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Barry Cryer still enjoying a ciggie. Quite right Bazza, stairs and smoking not killed him yet!

Cryer doesn't look too bad here for 85. 

[Handrejka 1,899]

Barry Cryer doesn't look too bad. Jack Dee looks fucking awful 

[Deathrace 1,161]

Jack Dee looks like Jack Nicholson. Graeme Garden looks okayish. 

[Bibliogryphon 9,491]

31 minutes ago, Deathrace said:

Jack Dee looks like Jack Nicholson. Graeme Garden looks okayish. 

Really I took one look at Greame Garden and was tempted to bet my redundancy money on Bill Oddie being the last surviving Goodie.

[JQW 276]

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue producer Iain Pattinson dies, aged 71.

 

https://twitter.com/pbjmanagement/status/1361324797087657987

[Apostate 14]

On 15/02/2021 at 15:05, JQW said:

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue producer Iain Pattinson dies, aged 71.

 

https://twitter.com/pbjmanagement/status/1361324797087657987

 

Barry Cryer said while Dee and his predecessor Humphrey Lyttelton are “rightly lauded” for hosting I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue, Pattinson’s contribution cannot be overstated.

He said: “His mastery of the witty line hitting target in just a few words was unsurpassed.”

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/tributes-paid-to-comedy-writer-iain-pattinson-following-his-death-aged-68-40096329.html

 

[time 8,548]

Courtesy of Chortle.co.uk, every Lionel Blair intro to the Sound Charades round, all written (according to chortle) by Iain Pattinson.

 

[Cerberus 294]

Don't remember hearing him at all in the last series, rather worryingly, but Barry Cryer was on last night's show, and sounded in pretty good voice - well, for someone who had to sing 'There's No-one Quite Like Grandma' to the tune of 'Theme from New York, New York.' A very Deathlisty name though, and probably worth considering for 2022. 

[Bibliogryphon 9,491]

Peter Purves has just tweeted that Barry Cryer has died

[Bibliogryphon 9,491]

Confirmation of Barry Cryer from The Evening Standard

[msc 18,375]

Oh no, that's very sad news - but doesn't feel unexpected.

[harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,679]

13 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said:

Confirmation of Barry Cryer from The Evening Standard

 

There hasn't been a documentary about UK comedy without Barry as a talking head since, ooh, 1996 - can the genre even continue now?

 

Come on Vinegar Tits, what was he really like?

[Bibliogryphon 9,491]

2 minutes ago, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said:

 

There hasn't been a documentary about UK comedy without Barry as a talking head since, ooh, 1996 - can the genre even continue now?

 

Come on Vinegar Tits, what was he really like?

Yes he was always on hand to provide the commentary on the passing of the other comedians with whom he had worked. Because so much was behind the scenes as a writer he was probably in a unique position. I imagine John Lloyd fulfilling that role for the next generation and Barry has outlived most of his contemporaries