I'm 62 and just watched and enjoyed this, Mike Yarwood puts in an appearance too.
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I'm 62 and just watched and enjoyed this, Mike Yarwood puts in an appearance too.
Such a good show.
Can't remember his ailing health being public knowledge at the time,but those in the industry obviously knew. Think he died a few months later.
I think Jimmy carr based his career on his style
Very clever bloke.
Great writer and stand up comic.
I always thought he was a bit creepy and oily
A rather oliaginous duo.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK
Me too. Although I did like the Golden Shot. I remember reading he was a prolific joke writer.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Reminds me of being with my grandfather so good memories for me
Haven’t seen anything in about 20-25 years so looking forward to watching this
1.rich in, covered with, or producing oil; oily.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
"fabrics would quickly become filthy in this oleaginous kingdom"
2.
exaggeratedly and distastefully complimentary; obsequious.
"candidates made oleaginous speeches praising government policies"
don't use big word unless you know what they mean
Bob was a genius, there's a great book about him
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crying-Laug...s%2C146&sr=8-1
I think you just shot yourself in the foot, old fruit :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK
Well done for looking it up, though. You learned something after all.
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Nuff said.
if you Google Monkhouse and oleaginous you'll quickly find a dozen or more articles where he's described as such, well his on stage persona at least.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK
ToTaL not ITK perhaps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
Raving toryQuote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
Never liked his school of comedy .....Crowther , Him , Forsythe
All a bit forced even though they were not
That's a good callQuote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
Micheal McCyntyre is another oily entertainer
Surely you can't really mean 'oily'. I looked it up in the dictionary and it states that oil is 'any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic and lipophilic'Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
If you are going to use short words make sure you know what they mean :hehe:
Cxxt ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
Probably well over 30 years ago I was talking with someone who worked in the New Theatre and he said Monkhouse was the most odious tw@t they’d ever met there. Sid James however was apparently a top bloke who was happy in the company of everyone.
But did you like The Golden Shot? Bernie the Bolt, Ann Aston? What's not to like?Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Who remembers the Golden Shot when it first aired in 1967 with Jackie Rae and Heinz the bolt? Heinz was brought to the UK being the ‘bolt loader’ from the original German version. There were actually three different Bernies throughout the ‘Bernie’ era.Quote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
The Golden Shot used to be broadcast at Sunday tea times to huge audiences, it seemed like everyone used to watch it at the time. Wonder how it would have got on today in competition with the football on Sky?
Different times eh, two iconic game shows, most probably the biggest of the week, screened during that Sunday afternoon slot. Golden Shot & Bullseye. Pubs shut at 2pm, The Big Match when having your dinner, then the game shows. One time of the week when the family were together at home I s’pose. Strange how in those years I always remember being out playing football, cricket or just generally messing about yet I remember being in watching these shows. Perhaps I could be in two places at one time during those halcyon days:hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
I was far more into rugby in the seventies and eighties than I am now and I think one of the reasons for that is that, especially once I got my black and white portable telly for my O level results from my parents, Rugby Special was part of my Sunday afternoon ritual, as was Ski Sunday with David Vine. I've mentioned before on here that I love watching old editions of Match of the Day ad the Big Match on You Tube and I've recently discovered someone who posts old rugby matches from forty and fifty years ago on there. I'm pretty embarrassed to say that at tea time yesterday I was watching a game between Lydney and Sale on You Tube from an edition of Rugby Special from 1983 I think it was with Nigel Starmer-Smith commenating - Christ, I need help :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
I do:old::ohwell:Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
The thing was, there were only two channels in those days, and even when BBC2 started, many people couldn't get it because it needed a new aerial (change from 405 lines to 625 lines - that's how the B&W picture was broadcast).
Ann Astone was hot, but we never knew whether she genuinely thick or it was an act.
I just looked up her biog - she admitted mental arithmetic was a struggle. Born Anne Lloyd, had to change it to Aston (Where GS was filmed) as there was another Anne Lloyd in showbiz.
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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
BM always seemed a bit creepy on TV, but contestants aften said he was really a top bloke who calmed their nerves and really wanted them to do well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hot Shot Hamish.
Man City have just gone 3-2 up at Palace on The Big Match revisited, I’m staying in now for a few hours for The Golden Shot revisited:hehe:
There was usually a film on too. Sundays we were weird as **** in the '70s. Everything was closed. Farming Diary on the telly. The Addams family at 11:30am if you were lucky. Does anyone remember that show "Wait 'til Your Father Get's Home"? WTF?Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
My parents went to see BM many years ago (would have been over50 years)
in London, filthy, crude as F, the verdict.
Your ‘everything was closed’ line hit home. Thinking about it now, do we really need all shops and supermarkets open on a Sunday? Leisure places, yes, people do need to have down time from work and I’d feel for the poor buggers working in that industry. There’s enough time in the week with big stores open until late on weekdays for customers to stock up, does everyone’s fridge and freezer really need topping up on a Sunday?Quote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
It was good to see some shops closed and giving their staff Boxing Day off the other week!, it’s only fair, surely everyone had enough stuff in to scrape through one day.
Younger folk won’t remember when Sunday was a lot more relaxed and not just another hectic day. I sometimes think the days of a Sunday ‘off’ were better all around, certainly for family life and recharging your batteries for the week ahead. Perhaps I’m just an old fart hankering for the past but in my opinion some ways were better.
Liked the one from the halfway lineQuote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
Just oilyQuote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Ann Aston had one from the halfway line? Bernie must have put some oooomph into that.:hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by bigjoe
Can't remember who was presenting it first time I saw it. I remember I wanted us to have a Trimphone.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Back in the 70s, a good portion of my Dad’s Sunday morning was taken up by him doing the Sunday morning shopping. Looking back, I don’t understand why it had to be done at that time when it could have been done on the previous day, but it always had to be on a Sunday. We lived in Pentrebane right on the edge of the City and my Dad’s shopping trip consisted of either a drive to Rhiwbina or to Neville Street in Canton - the one in Rhiwbina was probably closer, but it would take much longer because it always had a long queue waiting to be served which at times stretched out on to the street.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
One thing I’ve found since I stopped working is that sometimes days can all merge into one to the extent that it’s hard to remember what day it is, but back in the 60s and 70s you always knew when it was a Sunday, it had a completely different feel to it and, like you, I feel the old style “day of rest” had its good points.