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OH well, that's the two Ronnies christmas reunion out the window then...
Ronnie Barker pegs it...
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It's goodnight from him. Bloody funny bloke - real shame.
It's goodnight from him. Bloody funny bloke - real shame.
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This is really strange. I don't know why, but no matter how many times I've been told otherwise, I've thought that guy has been dead for years . I could swear I've heard of his passing several times before .
Obviously not. Well, it's very sad.
R.I.P from me.
Obviously not. Well, it's very sad.
R.I.P from me.
There's a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in Millets
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I'll light four candles for him
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Norman Hunter wrote:I'll light four candles for him
RIP Fletch
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Even stranger, Claire, I've had that very same thought on many occasion - 'isn't he already dead?'. Indeed, I've had long and heated discussions about it.
Porridge is genius , but it's The Phantom Raspberry Blower Of Old London Town that first made a sizable impression on my 6 yr old mind. I've never really got past that.
RIP Ronnie, say Hi to Mr Hicks up there.
Porridge is genius , but it's The Phantom Raspberry Blower Of Old London Town that first made a sizable impression on my 6 yr old mind. I've never really got past that.
RIP Ronnie, say Hi to Mr Hicks up there.
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I thought Abba all had Swedish names.
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I thought the exact same thing.boudicca wrote:This is really strange. I don't know why, but no matter how many times I've been told otherwise, I've thought that guy has been dead for years . I could swear I've heard of his passing several times before .
Obviously not. Well, it's very sad.
R.I.P from me.
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Mr. Barker retired from the biz that we call show, a long time ago and was only pulled out of retirement relatively recently for a few specials.
"And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there is a God. For me, it's a frightening thought to go nowhere".
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ABBA?Planet Dave wrote:I thought Abba all had Swedish names.
I think someone set my soul alight
No it's not, they already filmed it.Gottdammerung wrote:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainmen ... 307216.stm
OH well, that's the two Ronnies christmas reunion out the window then...
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/ ... 74,00.html
Chucking another log on
Nah. Only the colour of her hair. But almost all swedish girls are blond.Motz wrote:He was referring to Ms Barker's distinct likenessrian wrote:ABBA?Planet Dave wrote:I thought Abba all had Swedish names.
I think someone set my soul alight
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Naff orf the lotta ya! I mean wot's a man gotta do to get some peace ahrahnd ere?
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secondedPlanet Dave wrote: it's The Phantom Raspberry Blower Of Old London Town that first made a sizable impression on my 6 yr old mind
definitely one of the genuinely funny comic genii.
RIP.
Well I was handsome and I was strong
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
sad days...plenty of good times ahead tho...re-runs of a comic genius that just gets better with age...eastmidswhizzkid wrote:secondedPlanet Dave wrote: it's The Phantom Raspberry Blower Of Old London Town that first made a sizable impression on my 6 yr old mind
definitely one of the genuinely funny comic genii.
RIP.
Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
About 10 years ago, a traumatised and straightfaced flatmate knocked on my door and asked me for "the exact truth - IS RONNIE BARKER DEAD?". I was able to put his mind at rest, but am very sad to hear he's finally popped it. Very few people are as funny as Ronnie Barker was, and he could act to boot!Planet Dave wrote:Even stranger, Claire, I've had that very same thought on many occasion - 'isn't he already dead?'. Indeed, I've had long and heated discussions about it.
Me too, and I was most pleasantly surprised to find it just as funny over 25 years later. The Phantom Raspberry Blower was actually written by Spike Milligan but it had great (over)acting from Mr Barker and Jack The Ripper references a plenty.Planet Dave wrote:Porridge is genius , but it's The Phantom Raspberry Blower Of Old London Town that first made a sizable impression on my 6 yr old mind. I've never really got past that.
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For me it was The Worm That Turned - all those women in PVC, strutting around on peak-time BBC. Maybe I'm giving just too much away, here - even though I was only about 6, too.Planet Dave wrote:but it's The Phantom Raspberry Blower Of Old London Town that first made a sizable impression on my 6 yr old mind. I've never really got past that.