Comedians & Comedy Writers

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Unable to verify as I’m not on Facebook but hearing that Mike Newmans family announced that he had passed away on the 6th December.

 

[YoungWillz 21,014]

Jimmy Cricket (about due for a call up as well) posted this re Mike Newman: 

 

[Dead Wait 1,129]

2 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Jimmy Cricket (about due for a call up as well) posted this re Mike Newman: 

 

As a deathlister I thought I was on top of those who were dead/alive but I genuinely thought Jimmy Cricket was no longer with us!!

[Phantom 2,531]

3 hours ago, Dead Wait said:

As a deathlister I thought I was on top of those who were dead/alive but I genuinely thought Jimmy Cricket was no longer with us!!

Same here. I was also surprised that Jimmy Cricket is older than my dad 

[msc 18,421]

On 04/09/2022 at 19:20, ladyfiona said:

Janey Godley who is/was getting treatment for cancer has announced she is going on tour next year.

 

 

 

Janey Godley's cancer spreads, still hopeful of doing her tour next year but expects it to be her last.

 

[Grim Up North 3,725]

2 hours ago, msc said:

Janey Godley's cancer spreads, still hopeful of doing her tour next year but expects it to be her last.

Because of the cancer or because she is about as funny as cancer?

[msc 18,421]

1 minute ago, Grim Up North said:

Because of the cancer or because she is about as funny as cancer?

 

See, that's my thought (see also Michael McIntyre) but, like McIntyre, she has an insane amount of fans. 

[Sean 6,309]

I don't recall her ever saying her cancer was incurable before.

[Ulitzer95 12,569]

22 minutes ago, Sean said:

I don't recall her ever saying her cancer was incurable before.

Neither do I, but it sure was nice of her to tell us before the DDP 2023 starting line  

[Sean 6,309]

4 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Neither do I, but it sure was nice of her to tell us before the DDP 2023 starting line  

Yeah ovarian cancer that has spread does not bode well at all.

[One shot Paddy 1,205]

On 12/12/2022 at 16:53, Dead Wait said:

As a deathlister I thought I was on top of those who were dead/alive but I genuinely thought Jimmy Cricket was no longer with us!!

About 12 - 15 years ago there was a false story of his death, I was asked in work about it, as apparently I'm the person who knows all about dead celebs, and told everyone that he was alive, some still argued that it was true as it had been on the radio.

[Ulitzer95 12,569]

On 23/05/2022 at 12:18, Spade_Cooley said:

Yeah, I've very much filed Godley alongside Joe Exotic in terms of people who I'm not bothering to keep tabs on.

How bout now?

[time 8,581]

On 03/12/2022 at 01:06, Vinegar Tits said:

Christopher Douglas has announced the death of his Ed Reardon/Dave Podmore co-writer Andrew Nickolds on Monday. 

 

Very sad news - 'Ed Reardon's Week' is one of *the* great radio comedies.

 

 

Proper obit for Andrew Nickolds, written by Matthew Engel, who I more associate with cricket, but then Nickolds wrote some cricket-based stuff.

[Spade_Cooley 9,513]

Can't believe I missed that death earlier this month, Ed Reardon's Week truly is one of only 10 or so truly great comedies of the 20th century and, like many, I find myself turning into Reardon more with every passing year.

[Thatcher 2,377]

John Bird, actor and satirist, dead aged 86.

 

Obituaries: BBC

[msc 18,421]

2 minutes ago, Thatcher said:

John Bird, actor and satirist, dead aged 86.

 

Was going to be a Oldies team pick for me next week. 

 

Sad loss. 

[DCI Frank Burnside 3,876]

 

[Grim Up North 3,725]

20 minutes ago, Thatcher said:

John Bird, actor and satirist, dead aged 86.

 

Obituaries: BBC

 

Oh sad news - funny clever man. 

[Deathrace 1,164]

42 minutes ago, Thatcher said:

John Bird, actor and satirist, dead aged 86.

 

Obituaries: BBC

With Bird and Fortune now gone, one wonders how long Bremner may have left...

[Spade_Cooley 9,513]

Were you weighing up secular Norwegian comedienne Shabana Rehman for your 2023 DDP? Well, bad luck: she's dead at 46. Was one of those "100% sure she'll die, 30% sure she'll QO" picks for me - I'd have been more aggressive on her in years gone by, but I felt like maybe Nadia Toffa's lack of a QO was a precedent. We'll see.

[Spade_Cooley 9,513]

23 hours ago, Deathrace said:

With Bird and Fortune now gone, one wonders how long Bremner may have left...

 

And that makes me wonder, what exactly would David Frost/Paddy Ashdown/that Welsh rugby commentator say about Rory Bremner dying? (takes glasses out of pocket)

[gcreptile 10,963]

3 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Were you weighing up secular Norwegian comedienne Shabana Rehman for your 2023 DDP? Well, bad luck: she's dead at 46. Was one of those "100% sure she'll die, 30% sure she'll QO" picks for me - I'd have been more aggressive on her in years gone by, but I felt like maybe Nadia Toffa's lack of a QO was a precedent. We'll see.

Bit annoying, yes.

[YoungWillz 21,014]

US comedian Kelly Monteith, who appeared many times in the UK and even had an eponymous TV show, reportedly dead aged 80: 

 

 

[Sly Ronnie 878]

Kelly Monteith was all over BBC2 like a rash c.1981/2 but then completely disappeared. RIP.

[YoungWillz 21,014]

23 minutes ago, Sly Ronnie said:

Kelly Monteith was all over BBC2 like a rash c.1981/2 but then completely disappeared. RIP.

Only so far you can go with crossing your eyes and sticking your chin out while talking.

 

Worked to a laugh track on his shows iirc, pretty jarring when other shows were going for the live audience. Plus Channel 4 comes along promoting the alt comedy scene and even though he was funny and new to us, he looked immediately old fashioned and out of date.

 

Doesn't seem to have harmed him though. Really kept him off my teams for a couple of years now, as wasn't sure he'd obit. But it's a quiet time for news, so he might.