Comedians & Comedy Writers

[Bentrovato 1,087]

2 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

BBC Radio 2 just announced the death of comedian Tim Brooke-Taylor.

Apparently he had tested positive for COVID-19.

BBC4 just confirmed. Very sad. 

[Ulitzer95 12,589]

Not so Goodie news...

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... I'll get my coat.

[YoungWillz 21,042]

BBC Obit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52262490

[Leon Brittan 294]

Honestly devestated. Grew up on the goodies rip Tim 

[The Old Crem 3,584]

16 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.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52262490

BBC Obit.

[YoungWillz 21,042]

4 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

BBC Obit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52262490

 

Just now, The Old Crem said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52262490?at_campaign=64&at_custom4=C71B8708-7CB6-11EA-BA0B-BFAF96E8478F&at_custom1=[post+type]&at_medium=custom7&at_custom2=twitter&at_custom3=%40BBCNews

BBC Obit.

[Ulitzer95 12,589]

This is trivial but worth a mention.

Brooke-Taylor is the second cast member of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory to die in the last week. The other being dwarf actor Malcolm Dixon.

Asides from the living child actors, the only surviving cast are now Wilkinson and Goffe of the oompa loompas, unless Shin Hamano (b. 1928), the Japanese candy store owner, is still alive in obscurity somewhere.

[msc 18,439]

Robert Webb is a very lucky chap.

 

Basically: routine medical showed up major heart issue, emergency open heart surgery, on mend.

 

Tsk tsk, Gooseberry Reaper, don't go picking on one of the few 21st Century double acts that are actually funny (note - other opinions are available and may no doubt flow forth)  in your 2020 kill 'em all.

[Youth in Asia 1,087]

Struggling to think of any other 21st century double acts actually, it was more of a 20th century concept

[msc 18,439]

17 minutes ago, Youth in Asia said:

Struggling to think of any other 21st century double acts actually, it was more of a 20th century concept

 

Yes, come to think of it, when I say I don't like other 21st century double acts, I basically mean the Little Britain duo.

 

There's also Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, if they count, but they do Inside No 9 which is great.

[YoungWillz 21,042]

Whose Line Is It Anyway? (UK) Alumni.

 

Peter Cook (b. 17 November 1937; d. 9 January 1995)

Archie Hahn (b. 1 November 1941)

Graeme Garden (b. 18 February 1943)

Jonathan Pryce (b. 1 June 1947)

Betty Thomas (b. 27 July 1947)

George Wendt (b. 17 October 1948)

Chris Langham (b. 14 April 1949)

Enn Reitel (b. 21 June 1950)

Clive Anderson (b. 10 December 1952)

Jon Glover (b. 26 December 1952)

John Sessions (b. 11 January 1953)

Debi Durst (b. 24 March 1953)

Griff Rhys Jones (b. 16 November 1953)

Catherine O'Hara (b. 4 March 1954)

Arthur Smith (b. 27 November 1954)

Steve Steen (b. 26 December 1954)

Jimmy Mulville (b. 5 January 1955)

Jim Sweeney (b. 7 February 1955)

Mike McShane (b. 25 June 1955)

Stephen Frost (b. 28 December 1955)

Rory McGrath (b. 17 March 1956)

Paul Merton (b. 9 July 1957)

Stephen Fry (b. 24 August 1957)

Colin Mochrie (b. 30 November 1957)

Sandi Toksvig (b. 3 May 1958)

Jane Brucker (b. 14 May 1958)

Jan Ravens (b. 14 May 1958)

Karen Maruyama (b. 29 May 1958)

Ryan Stiles (b. 22 April 1959)

Julian Clary (b. 25 May 1959)

Josie Lawrence (b. 6 June 1959)

Richard Vranch (b. 29 June 1959)

Jim Meskimen (b. 10 September 1959)

Greg Proops (b. 3 October 1959)

Tony Slattery (b. 9 November 1959)

Caroline Quentin (b. 11 July 1960)

Rory Bremner (b. 6 April 1961)

Laura Hall (b. 21 September 1961)

Neil Mullarkey (b. 30 November 1961)

Eddie Izzard (b. 7 February 1962)

Debra Wilson (b. 26 April 1962)

Patrick Bristow (b. 26 September 1962)

Brad Sherwood (b. 24 November 1964)

Chip Esten (b. 9 September 1965)

Ardal O'Hanlon (b. 8 October 1965)

Phil LaMarr (b. 24 January 1967)

Wayne Brady (b. 2 June 1972)

Samuel Johnson (b. 8 February 1978)

 

The following have no dob associated on Wiki or IMDB. Martin Hawkins was a camera operator who obviously starred once, most likely when Ryan Stiles went rogue.

 

Niall Ashdown (b. ??????1964)

Mark Cohen (b. ??????????)

Russell Fletcher (b. ????????)

Martin Hawkins (b. ??????????)

Richard Kaplan (b. ????????????)

George McGrath (b. ????????)

Paul Rider (b. ??????????)

Lee Simpson (b. ???????)

Christopher Robin Smith (b. ?????1959)

Ron West (b. ????????)

Denelda Williams (b. ????????)

[Spade_Cooley 9,521]

This "not updated since 2006" Angelfire page has a few more births. http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/cccookie76/vstats.html

[Ulitzer95 12,589]

Full DOB for Hall. Can’t find any others.

[Ulitzer95 12,589]

On 22/05/2020 at 15:05, YoungWillz said:

Richard Kaplan (b. 3 January 1925; d. 29 September 2018)

This can’t be right YW. Below are pics of him. He wasn’t born in 1925. There’s a film producer with these birth and death dates on IMDb but it’s surely a different person.

 

 

[YoungWillz 21,042]

Just now, Ulitzer95 said:

This can’t be right YW. Below are pics of him. He wasn’t born in 1925. There’s a film producer with these birth and death dates on IMDb but it’s surely a different person.

 

 

I blindly followed the link on IMDB. I'll smack him into the living unknowns.

 

Literally, who cares, you and I know the ones who will quickly obit, then slowly obit, then there's folk like this Kaplan guy who will never, ever obit, all for DDP purposes of course!

[Ulitzer95 12,589]

6 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

I blindly followed the link on IMDB. I'll smack him into the living unknowns.

 

Literally, who cares, you and I know the ones who will quickly obit, then slowly obit, then there's folk like this Kaplan guy who will never, ever obit, all for DDP purposes of course!

Tbh, I’m very surprised only Peter Cook has gone. At least six of them are gone from the U.S. version.

[chilean way 1,898]

Wrong thread I think...

[YoungWillz 21,042]

I keep saying, change the title, change the title, but no, no.....

[chilean way 1,898]

3 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

I keep saying, change the title, change the title, but no, no.....

Sorry, that confused me...

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Where’s the confusion?

- Comedians

- Those who write comedy (sketch, TV, or for comedians).  
 

Kinda what the title says hmmmmm?

[Joey Russ 7,220]

Just now, Sir Creep said:

Where’s the confusion?

- Comedians

- Those who write comedy (sketch, TV, or for comedians).  
 

Kinda what the title says hmmmmm?

I think the comics part might be the confusion since comic books are now a popular format. 

[Toast 16,138]

24 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

Where’s the confusion?

- Comedians

- Those who write comedy (sketch, TV, or for comedians).  
 

Kinda what the title says hmmmmm?

 

But it doesn't say

Comedians and Comedy Writers

It says

Comics and Comedy Writers
 

"Comics" is ambiguous. "Comedians" is not.

 

[Slackhurst Broadcasting 374]

I’m guessing the above was about the late Denny O’Neil.* Perhaps there should be a thread for Comic Books and Strips?

 

(*Who was a very notable figure in his field - one of the definitive writers in American comics’ “Bronze Age” of the early Seventies.)

[Death Impends 7,964]

The thread title has now been disambiguated.

[Miracle Aligner 249]

7 minutes ago, Death Impends said:

The thread title has now been disambiguated.

 

Pandering to folk who can't read again?