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Started by Quirkafleeg, 27 February, 2006, 03:03:14 PM

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Jim_Campbell

Nicholas Parson at the not-inconsiderable age of 96.
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IAMTHESYSTEM

Very sad news, Nicholas Parsons must have been one of the longest-serving Radio Presenters and was an excellent entertainer. 
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sheridan

It had to happen - I have to admit that every time I've listened to Just a Minute lately I've been wondering just how much longer it can continue.

TordelBack

Quote from: sheridan on 28 January, 2020, 11:47:03 AM
It had to happen - I have to admit that every time I've listened to Just a Minute lately I've been wondering just how much longer it can continue.

Me too. Very sad news, Parsons' stewardship of JAM has been one of the great long-lasting pleasures of my life; I have a zillion episodes crammed on my MP3 player and regularly run through them. Having watched him as a young kid bored stupid by Sale of the Century, I had mentally parcelled him off as an old fogey by the mid-70s, so it was a wonderful revelation to encounter his magnificently deadpan straight-man routine as a teenager, and for decades after. The joy of his faux-irritation with Kenneth Williams or Julian Clary and his obviously genuine appreciation of a flawless minute... really, was there ever anyone who was so perfect for a role.

One less reason for me to mourn the inevitable passing of the BBC, I suppose. RIP, Nicholas, and thanks for so much laughter.

The Legendary Shark


Well said, Tordels. I'll miss him.

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DrRocka

Loved him, as is reflected in the motto under my avatar. I can only hope to be as on the ball when I'm that age.
Never ever bloody anything ever

Colin YNWA

Just a Minute is one of lifes great pleasures and Nicolas Parsons is a very big part of that. His consistent time on the show just defies belief. Rest in peace sir.

rogue69

Actor Alan Harris  Bossk  in Empire Strikes Back aged 81
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0364402/

sheridan

Quote from: rogue69 on 01 February, 2020, 07:01:12 AM
Actor Alan Harris  Bossk  in Empire Strikes Back aged 81
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0364402/

Reading between the lines it looks like he stood in for both Anthony Daniels and Dave Prowse* - including the most famous scene in Empire (can't think of any other 'bridge scene's?

*somehow - they're not exactly the same body type!

rogue69

Alan Hutchison Pattillo British writer and director on several Gerry Anderson television series. He won an Emmy for his film editing on All Quiet on the Western Front at the age of 90 from complications of Parkinson's disease.

rogue69


Richard

Kirk Douglas, 103.

sheridan

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Quote from: Richard on 05 February, 2020, 11:38:33 PM
Kirk Douglas, 103.

BBC (as breaking news, it'll probably be expanded).
Quote from: BBCOscar-winning actor Kirk Douglas has died aged 103.The stage and screen actor was well-known for a range of roles, including the 1960 classic Spartacus, in which he played the titular character.
He was also the father of actor Michael Douglas, who would also go on to be an Oscar winner.

von Boom

I've enjoyed many of Kirk Douglas' films. One of my favourites was Tough Guys from 1986. RIP.

paddykafka

Tommy Smith, co-owner and barman of Grogan's Pub on South William Street, Dublin. He personally showed me much kindness, support and empathy over the 35 plus years that I was a visitor to the best pub in Dublin, bar none. I am so deeply saddened to hear of his passing and will raise a glass to his memory tonight. Rest in Peace, Tommy Smith.

https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/grogans-bar-5001118-Feb2020/