Guest Bestpio Posted January 30, 2005 LONG LIVE SIR NORMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The best slapstick comic this country has ever produced Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slave to the Grave 26 Posted January 30, 2005 LONG LIVE SIR NORMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The best slapstick comic this country has ever produced What about Stan Laurel? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest IYG Posted January 30, 2005 LONG LIVE SIR NORMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The best slapstick comic this country has ever produced What about Stan Laurel? I had no idea until now that Stan Laurel was English, I must be really off today. What about Charlie Chaplin, he is obviously a master of the slapstick as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tuber Mirum 125 Posted January 30, 2005 LONG LIVE SIR NORMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The best slapstick comic this country has ever produced What about Stan Laurel? I had no idea until now that Stan Laurel was English, I must be really off today. What about Charlie Chaplin, he is obviously a master of the slapstick as well. Stan Laurel was born in Lancashire, Charlie Chaplin in London. Live and Learn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest IYG Posted January 30, 2005 LONG LIVE SIR NORMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The best slapstick comic this country has ever produced What about Stan Laurel? I had no idea until now that Stan Laurel was English, I must be really off today. What about Charlie Chaplin, he is obviously a master of the slapstick as well. Stan Laurel was born in Lancashire, Charlie Chaplin in London. Live and Learn. I know where they were born, I looked up Stan Laurel's birthplace and as for Chaplin, everyone knows he's English, I was merely stating he is the greatest English slapstick artist. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Bestpio Posted January 30, 2005 LONG LIVE SIR NORMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The best slapstick comic this country has ever produced OOP's, i've dropped the biggest clanger going,how could i have forgotten stan & charlie. Stan was born in Ulverston,which is now part of Cumberland. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tuber Mirum 125 Posted January 30, 2005 Stan was born in Ulverston,which is now part of Cumberland. But in those days was Lancashire (which is also where George Formby came from who wasn't a slapstick comic, but was often quite funny). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Larry Pestilence III 6 Posted February 4, 2005 Ninety today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
football_fan 42 Posted February 6, 2005 Despite being 90, he looks like he is still going strong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Oates 21 Posted February 6, 2005 Thanks for the pic, FF. Norman Wisdom for Prime Minister, ...Pope, ...President, ...King, ...a long and happy retirement! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Larry Pestilence III 6 Posted February 18, 2005 Despite being 90, he looks like he is still going strong. Agreed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cerberus 302 Posted February 18, 2005 Is that his daughter in the photo? Or Kim Cattrall? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BluesDragon 0 Posted February 18, 2005 I thought he was dead when i saw the headline, ah well. Stars pay tribute to sir Norman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
football_fan 42 Posted February 19, 2005 Is that his daughter in the photo? Or Kim Cattrall? It's his daughter, son and grandson in the photo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted February 27, 2005 Stan was born in Ulverston,which is now part of Cumberland. But in those days was Lancashire (which is also where George Formby came from who wasn't a slapstick comic, but was often quite funny). It's not...it's now part of Cumbria. Cumberland was the most northerly county in the west of England - but was wrapped up in 1974 with Westmorland and Lancashire North-of-the-Sands to become Cumbria. Fascinating stuff. Lots of love Cumbrian (or Lancastrian) dullard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tuber Mirum 125 Posted February 27, 2005 On the subject of George, George's dad George Snr. was known on the music-hall stage as "The Wigan Nightingale" His act consisted mainly of a severe cough. A genuine bronchial condition which killed him in his early forties when he suffered a haemmorage of the larynx. He always had to have an oxygen tent by the side of the stage. The audience found it side-splittingly funny. Apparently. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted March 6, 2005 Norman was in the local papers this week. He's doing/has done one last performance before he retires. He was looking well it has to be said. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josco 49 Posted March 7, 2005 Cumbrian (or Lancastrian) dullard Or both! Sorry, did I mention that I am a Yorkshireman? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest One Man Jury Posted March 7, 2005 Cumbrian (or Lancastrian) dullard Or both! Sorry, did I mention that I am a Yorkshireman? Do Yorkshiremen all look like your avatar? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josco 49 Posted March 7, 2005 Cumbrian (or Lancastrian) dullard Or both! Sorry, did I mention that I am a Yorkshireman? Do Yorkshiremen all look like your avatar? Depends on how much Tetleys (Beer NOT Tea) is consumed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Oates 21 Posted March 7, 2005 Do Yorkshiremen all look like your avatar? Depends on how much Tetleys (Beer NOT Tea) is consumed. So that's how it's done! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josco 49 Posted March 7, 2005 Do Yorkshiremen all look like your avatar? Depends on how much Tetleys (Beer NOT Tea) is consumed. So that's how it's done! 'Sigh'..... I know this is the posting equivalent of putting ones head on the block and shouting to the assembled crowd "Bring it on!", but.......... You have shown a picture of what is possibly the most misunderstood yet brilliant leader the Conservatives have ever had. A politician who could verbally 'wipe the floor' with President Bliar (sic) showing both coruscation and a devastating grasp of the facts. As the current incumbents appear to be heading for another victory, and as the country seems to be sleepwalking to being a police state*, I take comfort in the fact that he is still young enough to be persuaded to try again. * Courtesy of the jug eared, chaetopherous, rotund Home Secretary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest One Man Jury Posted March 7, 2005 Do Yorkshiremen all look like your avatar? Depends on how much Tetleys (Beer NOT Tea) is consumed. So that's how it's done! 'Sigh'..... I know this is the posting equivalent of putting ones head on the block and shouting to the assembled crowd "Bring it on!", but.......... You have shown a picture of what is possibly the most misunderstood yet brilliant leader the Conservatives have ever had. A politician who could verbally 'wipe the floor' with President Bliar (sic) showing both coruscation and a devastating grasp of the facts. As the current incumbents appear to be heading for another victory, and as the country seems to be sleepwalking to being a police state*, I take comfort in the fact that he is still young enough to be persuaded to try again. * Courtesy of the jug eared, chaetopherous, rotund Home Secretary. You forgot to say that he's got a great head for ski-jumping. That's when he's not wearing his silly baseball cap of course. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josco 49 Posted March 7, 2005 Yes that baseball hat was a sartorial mistake, in the same way that I suspect my previous post to be a diplomatic one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Oates 21 Posted March 7, 2005 Courtesy of the jug eared, chaetopherous, rotund Home Secretary. I can't find it anywhere, but it sounds like a useful word to describe a politician! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
