Sean 6,282 Posted March 14, 2018 Christ they are dropping like flies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,616 Posted March 14, 2018 There's a long dark cloud pouring incessant rain on Morecambe today. I mean, that's not exactly news - but you get where I'm going With all due respects to some scientist who got mentioned on the news this morning Bowen's demise is seismic by comparison. Rant over! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,397 Posted March 14, 2018 7 minutes ago, Sean said: Christ they are dropping like flies. Say say two thousand one eight party over, oops, out of timeSo tonight the Reaper's gonna party like it's twenty-sixteen. Doesn't scan as good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,093 Posted March 14, 2018 Stay out of the black and into the red. Nowt in this game for someone that's dead. 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
One shot Paddy 1,202 Posted March 14, 2018 He should get a Viking funeral, set adrift in a burning speedboat!! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,093 Posted March 14, 2018 Just now, One shot Paddy said: He should get a Viking funeral, set adrift in a burning speedboat!! Through the streets of Birmingham? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
One shot Paddy 1,202 Posted March 14, 2018 Down a local canal. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted March 14, 2018 Can't be arsed checking, but is that the first of the main cast of Phoenix Nights to peg? Spikey and Kay next please. And that Moorehouse cunto too. Eta. McGuiness. No lightee no likee. Why did I like the series if they're all a bunch of cunts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,474 Posted March 14, 2018 Ced Beaumont, who played The Captain in the first two episodes, died in 2002. John Axon played the guy who Clinton Baptiste caused an argument with his girlfriend ("Tell her before she gets hurt"), died 2008. Can't be arsed to go down the cast list any further than that. Fun (not fun) facts: John Axon was named after his grandfather John Axon, a train driver who received a posthumous George's Cross for sacrificing his life to stop a greater disaster in a 1957 runaway freight incident. Ewan McColl wrote a radio ballad about him: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted March 14, 2018 That cool. Still laugh thinking on the Uboat puggy at the Captains on screen wake. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,328 Posted March 14, 2018 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/14/jim-bowen-bullseye-host-and-comedian-dies-aged-80 Decent article on Jim Bowens life and career in The Guardian. My grandparents always watched Bullseye so for me Jim Bowen is very much a part of my childhood memories. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted March 14, 2018 We seem to be in a period of major celeb deaths now. I bet hit no 4 will be within days ! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,726 Posted March 14, 2018 1 hour ago, charon said: Can't be arsed checking, but is that the first of the main cast of Phoenix Nights to peg? Depends on your definition but I'd say not. He was only in the first episode of Series 2 iirc, relatively big name cameo but just the one off. Main cast is different, lest we forget Ted Robbins was almost, and may still be, the first to go there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,717 Posted March 14, 2018 Hawking and Bowen on same day - not surprising that Jim checked out on a double. 2 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,352 Posted March 14, 2018 Such a shame. Only treble 19, 13, double 5*. No age, really. *Yes, or 20 20 D20. Or T16 D16. Or 20 10 Bull. Or... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,726 Posted March 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, The Quim Reaper said: Such a shame. Only treble 19, 13, double 5. No age, really. Surely the seasoned darts player goes 20, 20, double top, no? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,352 Posted March 14, 2018 16 minutes ago, RoverAndOut said: Surely the seasoned darts player goes 20, 20, double top, no? Oh alright...in fact, you could actually do it with T16 D16 while we're being dickheads about it 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,063 Posted March 14, 2018 I never got the knack of throwing darts. On a good day I can get one to stick in. the wall . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,726 Posted March 14, 2018 17 minutes ago, Toast said: I never got the knack of throwing darts. On a good day I can get one to stick in. the wall . Non-darts player to throw first. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,575 Posted March 14, 2018 29 minutes ago, Toast said: I never got the knack of throwing darts. On a good day I can get one to stick in. the wall . You'd fit in well in the team I play for. Chalker generally has to wear body armour. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,414 Posted March 14, 2018 One of my favourite gameshow hosts , he didn't make bullseye about himself or smother it with a 'showbiz' personality it was about the contestants and the game. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heef 166 Posted March 15, 2018 In tribute, I'll post the only song I know which has a reference to Bullseye. Over to you, Supergrass: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,903 Posted March 15, 2018 I'm struggling to get my head round Jim Bowen being only in his mid 40s when Bullseye started. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,328 Posted March 15, 2018 13 minutes ago, Handrejka said: I'm struggling to get my head round Jim Bowen being only in his mid 40s when Bullseye started. Is that revelation making you feel your age? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,903 Posted March 15, 2018 1 minute ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: Is that revelation making you feel your age? Yes. There have been quite a few moments like that this week. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites