Joey Russ 7,220 Posted September 27, 2018 4 minutes ago, Death Impends said: I'm three decades SC's junior yet the Sesame Street people meant just as much to my childhood. It's really telling to the show's staying power. Ditto here. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted September 27, 2018 16 minutes ago, msc said: ^ In a case of it being a very small world, I know of Rip Taylor via Silence of the Hams! A few of my own, still breathing then Britt Allcroft (1943) - Thomas the Tank engine producer Ringo Starr (1940) - Thomas narrator Brian Cosgrove (1934) - Founder of Cosgrove Hall, creators of Danger Mouse and Count Duckula David Jason (1940) - Voice of Danger Mouse All will get obits, but not for some time, I'd think! Now we certainly had Thomas -- like I said I cut it off at my 'childhood' in general. We also had Danger Mouse but that didn't arrive on PBS until easily the mid 1980s, I want to say well past that....and I used to watch it all the time cuz it was funny 'adult' funny kinda like the Flintstones could be, rather than a kids show. I turned a few people onto it but in the end I gave it a year and left for greener TV pastures lol. I had originally listed names from a few animated shows but deleted them. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted September 27, 2018 msc yeah that's the rub -- being where they are, all of yours will most certainly obit, whereas other than the obvious 4 or 5 names on my list, we're probably in the 25-33% range. Hell, a few may not get NYTimes obits tbh. I dunno, those original cast Sesame Street folks are almost sainthood, so they'll obit around here. Not so sure about writers or smaller shows like Pufnstuf or Banana Splits. When Judith Lawrence goes they'll shut down Canada for the day, and she will get a NYTimes obit but even as big as her announcement will be I have no idea if it'll travel the ocean blue. I'm safely assuming y'all never heard of Mr. Dressup. I'm safely assuming anyone outside of the Great Lakes area hasn't in America lol. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted September 27, 2018 27 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: Ditto here. Yep, me too. Also Fraggle Rock. Basically all of the Henson stuff was over like rover here. 2 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: Not so sure about writers or smaller shows like Pufnstuf or Banana Splits. Both were shown here - before my time - so the stars might get obits. 19 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: Now we certainly had Thomas -- like I said I cut it off at my 'childhood' in general. We also had Danger Mouse but that didn't arrive on PBS until easily the mid 1980s, I want to say well past that....and I used to watch it all the time cuz it was funny 'adult' funny kinda like the Flintstones could be, rather than a kids show. Hah, yeah, it's good for that. I was older at the time but for younger family members I quite liked the US shows Animaniacs and Recess for that same reason - so many gags aimed at the older audience watching with the younger siblings/kids/etc. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted September 27, 2018 OOOoooo Fraggle Rock forgot that one! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted September 27, 2018 2 hours ago, Deathray said: Most of the episodes of Rosie and Jim that we're shown when I was a kid where the ones with Neil Brewer (the one with that concertina) but it's sad to lose the creator of such a brilliant show. Although that theme tune probably pissed millions of parents off. Yes, yes it bastard did! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markb4 892 Posted September 27, 2018 44 minutes ago, Death Impends said: I'm three decades SC's junior yet the Sesame Street people meant just as much to my childhood. It's really telling to the show's staying power. I concur. Jim Henson and the gang started a great thing there! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted September 27, 2018 ^ I hated that fucking song too, tbh! As for... That's better. Also produced one of the best photoshop pisstakes in Doctor Who Magazine - even if only comprehensible to Biblio and Willz... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RIP Wee Jum 1,559 Posted September 27, 2018 On 09/07/2018 at 14:18, Bibliogryphon said: Freddie Jones – The Ghosts of Motley Hall (b.1927) Played Sandy Dick in one episode of Just William Well made me laugh anyway Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted September 27, 2018 5 hours ago, Sir Creep said: It makes me sad I don't know most of your characters/people on your list .... we just grew up with different shows, but they were still our immersion into TV and all that. I hold these people (below) as important in my life as I'm sure you do yours. Here's a quick list from us Yanks that we can attach to yours. Granted, it's all about time and space, and the children's shows I grew up with (on a black and white tv tyvm) are certainly not those of the 1990s e.g. Some names you'll obviously know. Joan Ganz Cooney - co-creator Sesame Street (SS) - b 30/11/1929 - 88 Lloyd Morrisett Jr. - co-creator SS - b 2/11/1929 - 88 Caroll Spinney - Oscar the Grouch (SS) - b 26/12/1933 - 84 Bob McGrath - 'Bob' (SS) - b 13/6/1932 - 86 Loretta Long - 'Susan' (SS) - b 4/10/1938 - 79 Emilio Delgado - 'Luis' (SS) - b 8/5/1940 - 78 Jaime Sanchez (Rodriguez) - (SS) - b 19/12/1938 - 79 David Nowell - Mr. McFeely on Mr. Roger's Neighborhood (MRN) - b 24/11/1938 - 79 Joe Negri - Mr. Handyman (MRN) - b 10/6/1926 - 92 Ted Nichols - theme etc composer, Banana Splits - b 2/10/1928 - 90 Don Sandberg - writer, Banana Splits and The Bozo Show - b 1930 - abt 88 Richard Donner - Director/producer, Banana Splits - b 24/4/1930 - 88 Billie Hayes - 'Witchiepoo' on H.R. Pufnstuf - b 5/8/1932 - 86 Paul Dooley - Co-creator of The Electric Co (TEC) - b 22/2/1928 - 90 Bill Cosby - TEC - b 12/7/1937 - 81 Rita Moreno - TEC - b 11/12/1931 - 86 Morgan Freeman - TEC - b 1/6/1937 - 81 Rod Coneybeare - puppeteer, The Friendly Giant (a Canadian show us Detroit kids got to see) - b 31/3/1930 - 88 Judith Lawrence - 'Casey' and 'Finnegan', Mr. Dressup (another Canadian show) - b. unk but she's gotta be 80+. Arte Johnson - Presenter on the Hot Fudge Show (a Detroit area only classic!) - b. 20/1/1929 - 89 Let me put Rip Taylor back seeing as msc referred to his entry (I otherwise decided to delete cartoons, kinda getting away from topic imho). RIP TAYLOR - Sigmund & the Sea Monster (a cartoon) - b. 13/1/1935 - 83 Judith Lawrence is born in 1932 and turns (has turned) 86 this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted September 27, 2018 Looking at this thread reminds me many years ago I compiled a list of all Muppet Show guests (original series only) and whether they were still among the living or had passed. Every now and then I update it when a guest dies. I believe this is now an accurate listing The list is in order of appearance: MUPPET GUESTS GUEST STATUS Juliet Prowse dead Connie Stevens alive Joel Grey alive Ruth Buzzi alive Rita Moreno alive Jim Nabors dead Florence Henderson dead Paul Williams alive Charles Aznavour alive dead Harvey Korman dead Peter Ustinov dead Bruce Forsyth dead Sandy Duncan alive Candice Bergen alive Avery Schreiber dead Ben Vereen alive Phyllis Diller dead Vincent Price dead Valerie Harper alive dead Twiggy alive Ethel Merman dead Kaye Ballard alive dead Mummenschanz alive (all except Andres Bossard) Don Knotts dead Zero Mostel dead Milton Berle dead Rich Little alive Judy Collins alive Nancy Walker dead Edger Bergen / Teresa Brewer dead (both) Steve Martin alive Madeline Kahn dead George Burns dead Dom DeLuise dead Bernadette Peters alive Rudolf Nureyev dead Elton John alive Lou Rawls dead Cleo Laine alive Julie Andrews alive Jaye P. Morgan alive Peter Sellers dead Petula Clark alive Bob Hope dead John Cleese alive Cloris Leachman alive dead Rita Coolidge / Kris Kristofferson alive--(both) alive/dead Leo Sayer alive Roy Clark alive dead Gilda Radner dead Pearl Bailey dead Jean Stapleton dead Alice Cooper alive Loretta Lynn alive dead Liberace dead Marisa Berenson alive Raquel Welch alive dead James Coco dead Helen Reddy alive dead Harry Belafonte alive dead Lesley Ann Warren alive Danny Kaye dead Spike Milligan dead Leslie Uggams alive Elke Sommer alive Sylvester Stallone alive Roger Miller dead Dale Evans / Roy Rogers dead (both) Lynn Redgrave dead Cheryl Ladd alive John Denver dead Crystal Gayle alive Shields & Yarnell alive / dead Dyan Cannon alive Victor Borge dead Linda Lavin alive Dudley Moore dead Arlo Guthrie alive Beverly Sills dead Kenny Rogers alive dead Lola Falana alive Phyllis George alive dead Dizzy Gillespie dead Liza Minnelli alive Anne Murray alive Jonathan Winters / Star Wars actors dead /alive (all except Peter Mayhew) Christopher Reeve dead Lynda Carter alive Alan Arkin / Carol Channing alive (both) (dead (both)) Doug Henning dead Andy Williams dead Diana Ross alive Gene Kelly dead Loretta Swit alive Joan Baez alive Shirley Bassey alive James Coburn dead Brooke Shields alive Glenda Jackson alive dead Senor Wences dead Deborah Harry alive Paul Simon alive Melissa Manchester alive Tony Randall dead Mac Davis alive dead Carol Burnett alive Gladys Knight alive Hal Linden alive Marty Feldman dead Chris Langham alive Wally Boag dead Johnny Cash dead Buddy Rich dead Linda Ronstadt alive Roger Moore dead Jean-Pierre Rampal dead 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RIP Wee Jum 1,559 Posted September 27, 2018 Tim Child creator of 80's/90's kids show Knightmare - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Child and Dungeon Master Treguard AKA actor Hugo Myatt - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Myatt 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RIP Wee Jum 1,559 Posted September 27, 2018 Margaret Stuart Barry (1927) author of the book Simon and The Witch, which was made in to a kids tv show 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,577 Posted September 28, 2018 21 hours ago, YoungWillz said: John Cunliffe Sun Obit: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7361143/john-cunliffe-dead-85-rosie-jim-postman-pat/ There was a nice piece on the Today programme this morning. One of my daughters favourite books was Postman Pat has Too Many Parcels. I read that to her so many times. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,577 Posted September 28, 2018 10 hours ago, Wee Jum said: Margaret Stuart Barry (1927) author of the book Simon and The Witch, which was made in to a kids tv show Another unique on my theme team but obit chances may be dodgy. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,577 Posted September 28, 2018 10 hours ago, alt obits guy said: Looking at this thread reminds me many years ago I compiled a list of all Muppet Show guests (original series only) and whether they were still among the living or had passed. Every now and then I update it when a guest dies. I believe this is now an accurate listing The list is in order of appearance: MUPPET GUESTS GUEST STATUS Juliet Prowse dead Connie Stevens alive Joel Grey alive Ruth Buzzi alive Rita Moreno alive Jim Nabors dead Florence Henderson dead Paul Williams alive Charles Aznavour alive Harvey Korman dead Peter Ustinov dead Bruce Forsyth dead Sandy Duncan alive Candice Bergen alive Avery Schreiber dead Ben Vereen alive Phyllis Diller dead Vincent Price dead Valerie Harper alive Twiggy alive Ethel Merman dead Kaye Ballard alive Mummenschanz alive (all members) Don Knotts dead Zero Mostel dead Milton Berle dead Rich Little alive Judy Collins alive Nancy Walker dead Edger Bergen / Teresa Brewer dead (both) Steve Martin alive Madeline Kahn dead George Burns dead Dom DeLuise dead Bernadette Peters alive Rudolf Nureyev dead Elton John alive Lou Rawls dead Cleo Laine alive Julie Andrews alive Jaye P. Morgan alive Peter Sellers dead Petula Clark alive Bob Hope dead John Cleese alive Cloris Leachman alive Rita Coolidge / Kris Kristofferson alive (both) Leo Sayer alive Roy Clark alive Gilda Radner dead Pearl Bailey dead Jean Stapleton dead Alice Cooper alive Loretta Lynn alive Liberace dead Marisa Berenson alive Raquel Welch alive James Coco dead Helen Reddy alive Harry Belafonte alive Lesley Ann Warren alive Danny Kaye dead Spike Milligan dead Leslie Uggams alive Elke Sommer alive Sylvester Stallone alive Roger Miller dead Dale Evans / Roy Rogers dead (both) Lynn Redgrave dead Cheryl Ladd alive John Denver dead Crystal Gayle alive Shields & Yarnell alive / dead Dyan Cannon alive Victor Borge dead Linda Lavin alive Dudley Moore dead Arlo Guthrie alive Beverly Sills dead Kenny Rogers alive Lola Falana alive Phyllis George alive Dizzy Gillespie dead Liza Minnelli alive Anne Murray alive Jonathan Winters / Star Wars actors dead /alive (all) Christopher Reeve dead Lynda Carter alive Alan Arkin / Carol Channing alive (both) Doug Henning dead Andy Williams dead Diana Ross alive Gene Kelly dead Loretta Swit alive Joan Baez alive Shirley Bassey alive James Coburn dead Brooke Shields alive Glenda Jackson alive Senor Wences dead Deborah Harry alive Paul Simon alive Melissa Manchester alive Tony Randall dead Mac Davis alive Carol Burnett alive Gladys Knight alive Hal Linden alive Marty Feldman dead Chris Langham alive Wally Boag dead Johnny Cash dead Buddy Rich dead Linda Ronstadt alive Roger Moore dead Jean-Pierre Rampal dead Could be a good category for a future scavenger hunt. Though at the current rate of progress the might all be dead before we need one. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,521 Posted October 1, 2018 Geoffrey Hayes is up above the streets and houses. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,725 Posted October 1, 2018 10 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Geoffrey Hayes is up above the streets and houses. RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,521 Posted October 1, 2018 For those who've never heard the full version of the "Rainbow" theme, it's a prog folk madness. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,101 Posted October 1, 2018 25 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Geoffrey Hayes is up above the streets and houses. Oh Twangers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted October 1, 2018 In other news - Val Singleton and Peter Purvis both (apparently) to feature on screen in 60th anniversary celebrations for Blue Peter - form studying opportunity in a time of high scoring on this thread 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted October 1, 2018 He was looking rough on Pointless Celebs a few years back. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted October 1, 2018 12 minutes ago, msc said: He was looking rough on Pointless Celebs a few years back. Not that long ago, came here to say the same. My era. I'm really sad. RIP my Geoffrey. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted October 1, 2018 On 27/09/2018 at 18:18, alt obits guy said: Looking at this thread reminds me many years ago I compiled a list of all Muppet Show guests (original series only) and whether they were still among the living or had passed. Every now and then I update it when a guest dies. I believe this is now an accurate listing The list is in order of appearance: MUPPET GUESTS GUEST STATUS Charles Aznavour alive Charles Aznavour dead 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted October 1, 2018 2 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said: Geoffrey Hayes is up above the streets and houses. Biggest death of the day by far IMO ! He has been reunited over the rainbow with Zippy and George aka Roy Skelton. All 5 of the actors who played the part of Bungle seem to be alive though. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
