http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Sun, 19 May 2013 18:47:56 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21435 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:26:12 +0000 The All New Jeni B 21435@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Cool! Thanks Svendo. The next time Mr B falls asleep with the remote tucked under his arm, I'll be doing just that.<br /> "Stonybridge, twinned with Yetts o' Muckhart". </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21411 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:19:33 +0000 Svendo 21411@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Jeni B - You can watch all of Absolutely on 4od. I know this as I did it recently on one very bored weekend. it's still as good now as it was back then (IMHO), Mainly the Peter Baikie bits such as Denzil, and Frank Hovis.</p> <p>Mr Hack - How did I forget about Humph? I got through 7 years of part time degree study holed up in my office listening to old ISIHAC episodes. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21394 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:38:52 +0000 edward hack 21394@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Life is not the same without Humphrey Lyttleton<br /> He could make you cry with laughter without saying anything (on the radio) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21386 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:19:11 +0000 jp1885 21386@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Hylda Baker - "Have you been Walter?" </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21366 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:09:37 +0000 arrghgarry 21366@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Where as Andrew Ridgely vanished without a puff </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21363 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:39:18 +0000 Doctor Moptop 21363@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>He was 85, so was 'cautioned' rather than, ahem, charged.</p> <p>I'll get me coat. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21361 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:32:36 +0000 The All New Jeni B 21361@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Only one step up from water-squirting flowers in terms of comedy evolution.<br /> And slightly more dangerous. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21360 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:29:46 +0000 Doctor Moptop 21360@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>O, I know a chap who did that. Only he wired the front door knob to <strong>the mains</strong></p> <p>The policeman who called round to check on him (electroman hadn't turned up in the local for his lunchtime brown ale) got a massive shock and was flung down the front steps. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21358 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:26:00 +0000 The All New Jeni B 21358@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Absolutely was fantastic, I loved it too, and would quite like to see it again too, although it sounds as though I may be disappointed.</p> <p>My step-mum was at Uni with Moray Hunter, she said his entire family was bonkers, they used to wire door knobs up to batteries so that visitors would receive a shock when they tried to open a door.<br /> Very odd... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21357 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:24:11 +0000 Doctor Moptop 21357@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>That's the chap! I didn't know he was in Absolutely. I remember finding him amusing late at night and then suddenly - pouff! - he vanished without a word of farewell to me his devoted viewer. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21356 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:21:42 +0000 shitsu_tonka 21356@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Jack Doherty? He was in Absolutely wasn't he? I used to love that, then I tried watching it a few months ago and realised that some things aren't any good when you're no longer twelve. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21354 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:18:50 +0000 Doctor Moptop 21354@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Whatever happened to Jack somebody (?) who hosted a late night chat show when Channel 5 was first launched? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21350 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:58:53 +0000 The All New Jeni B 21350@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Douglas Adams!!! How could I have forgotten him?!<br /> Yes, yes, yes. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21349 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:54:12 +0000 shitsu_tonka 21349@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Douglas Adams. Goes without explanation I think. As does Bill Hicks.</p> <p>In the early days of lots of channels on I think UK Play or something there was a showbiz news type crapfest hosted by a guy called Christopher Price, and though it was dire he was hilarious and I think could have gone on to be a seriously good comedian. As it was he died which isn't nearly as amusing. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21339 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:16:58 +0000 arrghgarry 21339@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I was noticing the other day of how the Frisbee appeared bigger as it approached ,and then it hit me. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21329 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:57:43 +0000 Doctor Moptop 21329@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Linda Smith</p> <p>- clever, dry, understated, politically astute, generous (an excellent foil for Jeremy Hardy and Andy Hamilton), didn't hog the limelight but shared the laughs.</p> <p>Need I go on...? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21294 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:50:23 +0000 The All New Jeni B 21294@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>...and the Rindercella sketch... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21292 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:40:15 +0000 Svendo 21292@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>OK then. Tommy Cooper. What do you need to say other than he was a total genius. Comedy, bad magic, funny hat.</p> <p>Eric Morecombe - way ahead of his time. You just have to watch the Andre Previn sketch to see why he had some of the best comic timing ever.</p> <p>Bill Hicks - Genius, King of the rant, King of the anti-corporate stick it to the man, not bothered about letterman and the tonight show, gave his act some heart. Would not give up doing stand-up to play the funny man in Rom-coms alongside Sandra Bullock.</p> <p>Ronnie Barker - 2 words...Four Candles! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21291 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:28:02 +0000 The All New Jeni B 21291@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Easy, both have made me laugh out loud, reducing me to a wheezy asthmatic lump. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21288 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:20:18 +0000 wallster 21288@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>OK, I'm not really going up to god's place tonight, obviously. It's Monday and she'll be out at bingo. </p> <p>So rather than generating a list of dead comedians, hows about letting me know <em>why</em> you think they should be allowed another go. I can't argue in their favour unless I'm fully clued in.</p> <p>Besides I'm trying to create an interesting thread to encourage people to check out some of the lost gems that they may have missed.</p> <p>It's all done in the best possible taste of course. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21287 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:16:02 +0000 Svendo 21287@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>American comedian/banjo legend Stringbean. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21286 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:13:52 +0000 The All New Jeni B 21286@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>And Dave Allen </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21284 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:05:49 +0000 The Return of DroleNoel 21284@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>and Peter Cook </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21283 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:05:02 +0000 The Return of DroleNoel 21283@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Peter Sellers </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21279 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:01:10 +0000 The All New Jeni B 21279@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Richard Pryor. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21278 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:00:22 +0000 Svendo 21278@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Bill Hicks - That guy went way too early. There were still a lot of people that he hadn't managed to piss off yet. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7843#post-21275 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:40:53 +0000 wallster 21275@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I'm thinking of popping round to the supreme deity's house in a bit (she lives up the road at No 42, where else?), to ask if we can have some of our best loved comedy frizbees back. </p> <p>My top 3 demands will be:</p> <p>Kenny Everett - A legend of irreverent silliness.<br /> Frankie Howerd - Master of the saucy double entendre (ooh, no, don't)<br /> Spike Milligan - no explanation required.</p> <p>I'm taking orders, so if you have any to add to the list, let's have 'em. </p>