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Post by wayne2467 on Jan 28, 2020 13:47:33 GMT
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Post by ltd on Jan 28, 2020 14:39:55 GMT
I enjoy Just a Minute, he always took the mockery from Merton, Brandreth etc in good part. Great in Mr Jolly Lives Next Door as Nicholas "Bloody" Parsons, a real surprise when first broadcast given his image as a family friendly entertainer. Seemed to be the sort of bloke who'd give anything a try and throw himself wholeheartedly into it. Going to miss hearing his urbane tones on a Monday evening.
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Post by bodiesstuntdouble on Jan 28, 2020 15:58:45 GMT
Just A Minute fully deserves its classic status and he presided over it like a kindly Headmaster. Always very watchable as Arthur Haynes' straight-man and often popped up in a similar guise in Benny Hill's early work with Thames. Let's not forget "the quiz of the week" either with Sale Of The Century.
One of the last of the Old Troupers - RIP Sir
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Post by daz on Jan 28, 2020 18:31:18 GMT
I thought he would go on forever. Read his autobiography and he came across as a good guy. Started his working life in a Glasgow shipyard, from here he took his first steps into the entertainment industry in the unforgiving world of the Glasgow theartres where no prisoners were taken.
I think he lasted so long because he was open minded and open to new ways of doing things, even though he come from a different generation.
RIP Nicholas
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Post by Arch Stanton on Jan 28, 2020 18:41:52 GMT
I enjoy Just a Minute, he always took the mockery from Merton, Brandreth etc in good part. Great in Mr Jolly Lives Next Door as Nicholas "bl*ody" Parsons, a real surprise when first broadcast given his image as a family friendly entertainer. Seemed to be the sort of bloke who'd give anything a try and throw himself wholeheartedly into it. Going to miss hearing his urbane tones on a Monday evening. That's the only thing I ever really watched him in. |
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Post by billyfarmer on Jan 28, 2020 19:08:00 GMT
Nicholas Parsons played Rev Wainwright, in The Curse of Fenric, one of the best serials, from the last series of classic Doctor Who (1989).
My Great Granny, was once (probably in the 1970's), in the audience, watching an episode of Sale of the Century, being filmed at a studio in Norwich, at the time, she was with other members of the Cromer British Legion.
My Grandad, used to work on the Railways (in the Restaurant Cars), Norwich to London line, and he used to see Nicholas Parsons, on the Train, quite a lot.
R.I.P. Nicholas Parsons.
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Post by ace5150 on Jan 28, 2020 19:21:13 GMT
My abiding memory of Nicholas Parsons is during an Oxford debate with Gene Simmons of KISS.
Simmons was trying to sound informative, articulate and intelligent. Parsons wiped the floor with him! Sent
RIP Nicholas.
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Post by barrythebook on Jan 28, 2020 19:55:28 GMT
In a tribute to him today on TalkRadio, it was mentioned that his career in television and radio spanned 74 years.
I can remember my parents having 'Sale of the Century' on the tv when I was a child but I don't really know the concept of object of it.
RIP Nicholas.
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Post by Arch Stanton on Jan 28, 2020 21:04:04 GMT
I can remember my parents having 'Sale of the Century' on the tv when I was a child but I don't really know the concept of object of it. It was a 'game show' Baz, where people (contestants) contest against one another in order to win things, they do this not just for personal gain but also in the name of 'light' entertainment. |
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Post by barrythebook on Jan 28, 2020 22:28:00 GMT
I can remember my parents having 'Sale of the Century' on the tv when I was a child but I don't really know the concept of object of it. It was a 'game show' Baz, where people (contestants) contest against one another in order to win things, they do this not just for personal gain but also in the name of 'light' entertainment. I'm aware it was a game show to provide light entertainment arch but I can't recall what a contestant/couple/team had to do to beat their opponents and win. |
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Post by jno on Jan 29, 2020 4:18:01 GMT
I can remember my parents having 'Sale of the Century' on the tv when I was a child but I don't really know the concept of object of it. It was a 'game show' Baz, where people (contestants) contest against one another in order to win things, they do this not just for personal gain but also in the name of 'light' entertainment. Live from Norwich! Sale of the Century was superb and as mentioned elsewhere ont forum I have the DVD game here: The DVD game was nowhere near as good as the TV show was. RIP Nicholas Parsons |
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Post by thecraftyleek on Jan 29, 2020 5:06:37 GMT
Not being a regular Radio 4 listener, I can’t say I’ve heard many Just A Minute broadcasts.
For me, Nicholas Parsons was ‘Sale of the Century’ host. I seem to recall that, like Bullseye, this had very large viewing figures. The BBC didn’t mention this much yesterday when reporting Nicholas Parsons’ passing.
I also remember the very distinctive silver knight on a horse at the start of the programme, Anglia TV’s logo.
Fast forward to 1m 30 seconds above. It’s very strange the things you remember from childhood. It always seemed unusual to have a military figure before a game show.
RIP NP.
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Post by Portland Road on Jan 29, 2020 7:13:04 GMT
Yes I liked 'Sale Of The Century' and its introductory sequence.
R.I.P. Nicholas Parsons.
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Post by McCann on Jan 29, 2020 20:22:25 GMT
That's a great innings.
I always associated Sale of the century with the Anglia idents. It was a staple of ITV weekend schedules growing up. I think it was on a Friday night but it might have been Saturday. Think 'the price is right' with Leslie Crowther was seen as it's successor.
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Post by gustav on Jan 29, 2020 20:50:05 GMT
'Just a Minute' is a very simple concept but remained a very funny programme for over 50 years and Nicholas Parsons was the host all the way through, only missing one show in 2018 I think. A remarkable record and it was his skill as a chairman that helped make it such good listening.
'Sale of the Century' was a rather cheesy programme but as one of the obituaries pointed out Nicholas Parsons never used the show to try and get laughter at the expense of the contestants, unlike certain contemporaries.
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Post by daz on Jan 29, 2020 21:31:13 GMT
'Just a Minute' is a very simple concept but remained a very funny programme for over 50 years and Nicholas Parsons was the host all the way through, only missing one show in 2018 I think. A remarkable record and it was his skill as a chairman that helped make it such good listening. 'Sale of the Century' was a rather cheesy programme but as one of the obituaries pointed out Nicholas Parsons never used the show to try and get laughter at the expense of the contestants, unlike certain contemporaries. He spoke about SOTC in his book and had nothing but fond memories of it and spoke about how they would try and make the contestants feel special so even if they ended up with nothing they could take away a happy memory of their time on the show. I only have vague memories of the show, but remember the opening title sequence. For some reason I always had NP down as the host of Mr & Mrs. |
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Post by gustav on Jan 29, 2020 22:00:38 GMT
'Just a Minute' is a very simple concept but remained a very funny programme for over 50 years and Nicholas Parsons was the host all the way through, only missing one show in 2018 I think. A remarkable record and it was his skill as a chairman that helped make it such good listening. 'Sale of the Century' was a rather cheesy programme but as one of the obituaries pointed out Nicholas Parsons never used the show to try and get laughter at the expense of the contestants, unlike certain contemporaries. He spoke about SOTC in his book and had nothing but fond memories of it and spoke about how they would try and make the contestants feel special so even if they ended up with nothing they could take away a happy memory of their time on the show. I only have vague memories of the show, but remember the opening title sequence. For some reason I always had NP down as the host of Mr & Mrs. That was Derek Batey who modelled himself on Nicholas Parsons I would say. |
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Post by thecraftyleek on Jan 30, 2020 6:11:08 GMT
I’d forgotten about Derek Batey. Just checked his Wikipedia entry and he died in 2013.
Yeah, he did Mr & Mrs. When I got married, we had a game of this. Three couples had to answer questions about their other half. The winners won a bottle of champagne. It was actually very good fun.
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Post by jno on Jan 30, 2020 13:04:40 GMT
I’d forgotten about Derek Batey. Just checked his Wikipedia entry and he died in 2013. Yeah, he did Mr & Mrs. When I got married, we had a game of this. Three couples had to answer questions about their other half. The winners won a bottle of champagne. It was actually very good fun. Classic 80s Mr and Mrs theme here, worth a watch even if just once: bit.ly/2GDxAYtJeeez, I never realised they had a league table. Also when Derek Batey was a school boy, what did his teachers call him .... Master Batey?  I also love it in that intro theme tune/opening credits, the voiceover comes in with "Yeeees, it's Mr & Mrs" .... just in case you didn't hear the name of the show 5 times already before he feels the need to remind you what you are watching.  Batey's assistant was Donna Meyers, who in another clip sounds like she's from Norn Iron, I wonder what happened to her? |
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Post by gustav on Jan 30, 2020 14:32:59 GMT
I suppose this is going off topic but I do remember Mr and Mrs from school holidays. It was about as saccharine as a programme could be. Any programme that has the phrase 'Be nice to each other' in the them tune is going to be like that and Derek spread it on very thick. My recollection of the show was that the younger couples were often better than the older ones although Derek did his best to help them. He would re-phrase the questions when the other partner came out of the booth and lean in slightly when the correct answer was offered sometimes. Short of giving a theatrical wink he did his best to help. In comparison Sale of the Century was very brash and although there was something reminiscent of him in Derek Batey's performance Nicholas Parsons was very smooth in comparison doing his quiz.
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Post by daz on Jan 30, 2020 18:54:13 GMT
I just watched the clip posted above and even by 1986 standards the show looked very cheap. I liked that the couples were from the broadcasting area of where they lived.
Not much on the net about Donna Mayers, but she has an IMDB listing in Stay Lucky from 1991.
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Post by thewoodster on Mar 5, 2020 9:48:34 GMT
One of the old pro’s,rip.
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