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Post by daz on Feb 28, 2016 19:22:51 GMT
Can't say I know much about the guy, but his character in Father Ted was priceless.
His first film role was apparently in 'The Italian Job' I just heard that on the radio, no idea if true or not.
RIP
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Post by daz on Feb 27, 2016 16:15:08 GMT
I'm back on the Minder trail today Started off series 9 and not a bad little episode to kick off with. Kenneth Cranham is a favourite of mine and always enjoy seeing him on the telly. Arthur takes part in a pub quiz and as usual something dodgy, an escaped prisoner, who did Morley out of cash to get himself sent down, who happens to be a bit of a genius, come along to the rescue, being escaped is only a minor inconvenience to our Arthur who keeps him locked up in a London safe house, or Rays Mum and Dads house to you and me Some good dialogue in this, but wouldn't have expected anything less with Mr D swatting up on general knowledge in a style you would come to expect. Out of date geography books and a set of encyclopedias, but he only bought the A & B ones. As an avid Library user I liked the scene where the lads were getting into trouble for being to loud, but Arthur knew his rights and showed the woman who was boss! A good episode in my opinion and whetted my appetite for the rest of series 9. The old guy at the Turkish baths was an actor called John Barrard and he appeared in both The Professionals and The Sweeney, I knew I recognized him, but had to look him up. Also the guy who Vicboy knew and posted the thread about, makes an appearance in the Winchester during the quiz. The scene where Ray was in the pool with soaking wet hair and within a minute it was nearly back to the style in which he usually has it must have been a continuity blip. I'm probably bitter as I am follically challenged and my hair looks great wet or dry!
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Post by daz on Feb 25, 2016 19:10:19 GMT
After speaking about this with the Wife, she reminded me when I worked as a poor baker and 'The Addams Family' was made into a film, I got a copy of it on a dodgy video from a guy at work, but it wasn't the Hollywood version which I had obtained, it was a very well done p0rn film. I spent a night or three on the sofa after that
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Post by daz on Feb 22, 2016 19:32:27 GMT
I liked them both, but The Munsters was by far the superior IMO.
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Post by daz on Feb 20, 2016 21:08:33 GMT
I don't use either site so cannot vote, but my Wife does and sells a fair amout of stuff on Ebay. Anyway, last year she sold something ceramic and posted it off, a few days later the woman who made the purchase contacts her to say she hasn't received it and opens a case against my wife. After a month, in which the Mrs provided proof of postage and such like to the buyer, my wife said she posted it in a box which was quite distinctive in it's shape, then the buyer messages back that she has had that parcel for over a month, but thought it was something she got in error and never opened it, even though it had her name and address on it.
The woman had the damned thing all along. To be fair she owned up to being an idiot for not opening the parcel she received in the first place.
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Post by daz on Feb 12, 2016 19:12:28 GMT
Let's not forget that Nik Kershaw also wrote Chesney Hawkes 'The One & Only' which did make it to number 10 in the US charts! Mmm... that's not much of a boast. Writing for a on-hit wonder certainly wouldn't be on my CV. He isn't a one hit wonder, hsi follow up song "I'm a Man Not A Boy" reached number 27 in the charts.
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Post by daz on Feb 8, 2016 19:06:26 GMT
Kershaw always looked like he wanted to be anywhere else bar singing his songs. There are two kershaw songs which bring back happy memories of schooldays, but plumped for Sun Go Down On Me.
DOn't get me started on Howard Jones, I couldn't stick him or his music.
Haircut 100, Pelican West is a great pop album, Heyward must rue the day he walked out on them as they were huge at the time.
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Post by daz on Feb 2, 2016 21:11:12 GMT
BBC1 for me, but a close one. They all made cracking programmes.
I grew up in the 80s and the BBC had the better kids programmes IMO and TOTP!
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Post by daz on Feb 1, 2016 8:10:29 GMT
To be honest, I always thought Les Dawson was a far better host on the show. The less said about Lily Savage, the better! Wogan was a very good host, but Les Dawson owned it. I think Terry himself admitted that.
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Post by daz on Jan 31, 2016 18:02:04 GMT
Top actor. he has done a lot of good stuff over the years, but my favourite of his was a series he did with the late, great, Pete Postlethwaite, called The Sins.
RIP and what a horrendous month for good people leaving us.
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Post by daz on Jan 31, 2016 16:04:15 GMT
Back in the '80s, me and my family would always be in the living room watching his show every weekday evening while we were having our dinner. He would tell his usual anecdotes before introducing his guests and there would always be a pop or rock group turning up to perform their latest hit single. But an enduring image of him for me will be him with mike in hand presenting Blankety Blank. RIP Mr. Wogan. BTW does anyone remember Wogan's Web which was on BBC1 during the daytime in the late 1990s? That was quite funny in a dark way as he once threw darts at a picture of Carol Vorderman who was ubiquitous at the time. Blankety Blank is my abiding memory of him, with a stupidly long microphone.
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Post by daz on Jan 31, 2016 13:32:16 GMT
Another part of my growing up gone. He always seemed to be on the telly when I was a kid.
He didn't bother me either way. He could tell a story thats for sure, he must have swallowed the Blarney stone instead of kissing it.
Always thought he let himself down when discovered he was getting paid for doing Children in Need.
Cancer is a bas**rd of a disease.
RIP Terry.
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Post by daz on Jan 27, 2016 13:08:08 GMT
Watched this again last night. Not one the better episodes with an rare weak and predictive storyline but has some good moments. Love the fiscally worried Arthurs retort to Terry being skint - "If your short, I'm a pygmy"! And in the 'Smokers Emporium' when admiring a £10 cigar from the bottom drawer - "look at that, a Rembrandt of a lardy...". Apart from Dot Cotton, nice to see Ray Burdis & Frank Williams make an appearance. I thought Ray could have had a better, more prolonged role in Minder - I like his stuff and he had a London edge about him that could have carried off a decent character typical of the time and the circles Arthur & Terry mixed. Seeing him sitting in his office with two young kids, quaffing whiskey was a bit odd - for starters he was skint?? But did like seeing Terry get more than afters off the Landlady in the Victory - definitely one of his better acquisitions in my book! I think the beauty of Minder is that so many strong characters were created during the run you wanted to see them more, I think that is testament to both the writing and quality of the actors who played the parts. So many characters I would have loved to have seen again. I think every TV series shows characters hitting the bottle when times are tough no matter how "skint" they are meant to be.
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Post by daz on Jan 20, 2016 8:30:19 GMT
A quality post Mr Wendell
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Post by daz on Jan 20, 2016 8:27:47 GMT
The Littlest Hobo - Quality TV programme from my childhood and an excellent theme tune. You also missed out Ethel's "Little Willie" from Eastenders.
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Post by daz on Jan 16, 2016 10:26:37 GMT
The funny thing was, once upon a time, not that long ago, we had an HMV, MVC, BOOTS, WOOLWORTHS, JOHN MENZIES,2 branches of OUR PRICE (later VIRGIN)WH SMITH and a couple of independent music shops, now all that's left that sells Albums is HMV The same in Aberdeen, all the music shops have closed down leaving us with an HMV and other shops stopped selling music, I refuse on principle to buy music from supermarkets, just wrong IMO. I have most of Bowies albums and want to complete my collection, but think I will wait a little while to get them. I discovered last year I am missing a box of around 100 cds from when we moved house a few years ago. I had a few Bowie albums in it, including Ziggy, which my Wife kindly bought me again this past Xmas.
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Post by daz on Jan 16, 2016 10:10:22 GMT
One of my favourite episodes, not only do you have the storyline of Shamys exploits, which is excellent, but you also have the sub plot starring "The Syrup", comedy gold.
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Post by daz on Jan 16, 2016 9:42:34 GMT
The Ashes to Ashes song/video was probably my very first introduction to Bowie.
10 albums in the top forty with his new album at number 1. I don't think I remember a music star passing away and attracting this much attention, the closest I can remember was Freddie Mercury back and 91, but Bowies passing has surpassed that.
Even his passing has had a bit of mystique and style surrounding it.
A truly class act who will be sorely missed.
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Post by daz on Jan 15, 2016 18:46:22 GMT
That is a shame to hear. Shoestring is one of my favourite TV programmes and 100% agree that another series of it would have been welcome. Bergerac I liked as well, especially the earlier series.
RIP
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Post by daz on Jan 12, 2016 8:10:50 GMT
Glad you liked this one daz - personally one of the best Ray Daley episodes if you ask me, top 5 for sure. I was really hoping for a major ruck at the end. A few rucks wouldn't have gone amiss in a few of series eight episodes. I think it may just have been the times changing that we didn't see much fights, which is a shame really.
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Post by daz on Jan 11, 2016 19:40:02 GMT
Watched this on Friday night, another cracking episode.
I liked the way the Rocky character appeared. You see the tatooed, heavily built guy in the swimming pool, then we discover Rocky is the weedy looking one who wears glasses. I love the fact Arthur is a bit light with the cash that he gave back to Rocky for the coach, due to wear and tear, even though it hadn't moved.
Although some weak storylines, I don't think this was a bad little series at all, just a little more thought into a few of the scripts and it could have been a cracker of a series.
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Post by daz on Jan 11, 2016 19:23:48 GMT
I had Bowie on tonight as soon as I got home from work and the Wife asked me to turn it up.
Still cannot believe the great man has gone.
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Post by daz on Jan 11, 2016 8:17:26 GMT
Sad, sad news. You always thought of Bowie as living forever, he seemed to look younger as the years went on.
Cancer is a ******* of a disease.
RIP David and thanks for the music.
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Post by daz on Jan 10, 2016 20:27:46 GMT
I cannot place him at all, it was Stuart (Oooooh, I could crush a grape) Francis, who I remember from Crackerjack.
RIP to the man anyway.
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Post by daz on Jan 10, 2016 17:26:12 GMT
I watched this on Friday evening. Anyway, I thought this episode was more in keeping with the spirit of the Terry years and I enjoyed it. Loved the scene when Dave, when telling Arthur he was being chased by the man from the Customs and Excise, asked Arthur if we would not just be better paying what he was due, Arthur was wounded badly at that suggestion. I think it would have been good if Ray had managed to get a fight in somewhere, I think a good old ruck would have benefited the episode and with the changing times he didn't bed Nelsons wife either, the times certainly were a changing, no wonder poor Terry left.
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Post by daz on Jan 8, 2016 20:01:34 GMT
Nice little review of the episode above. Love the part which mentions George Cole being a clever actor, which I wholly concur with. If there is one thing I have been reminded of whilst immersing myself in the Minder boxset these past few months, is is how good an actor he was. It's his mov ement and expressions which stand out for me, skills that must have been honed whilst treading the boards of many a theatre as a young man.
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Post by daz on Jan 8, 2016 13:15:00 GMT
I watched this last night and thought it was quite a decent episode. As usual, lots of good lines and what seemed like was going to be a good drama filled episode, but fizzled out in the end, Ziggy Byfields character was good and would have been great to see him and his brother have a proper ruck, as you do, but sadly not to be. I think it could have benefited from a slightly darker ending.
I liked the line when Arthur is speaking with Morley and advises him to eat more and when walking away told him to have some pork scratchings.
Although not the best series of Minder, there are some brilliant lines throughout the episodes.
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Post by daz on Jan 7, 2016 8:13:18 GMT
Watched this last night in my quest to complete the box set and it really is an enjoyable episode in my opinion.
It is great TV seeing all that great character actors in the one scene at barbershop reminiscing about days gone by.
I think Dave is great in this episode also and how big a sleezebag is the character Barry, you know from the off he's a wrong'un. Good to see him get his comeuppance
Arthur Daley being nice to old Tommy at the end was a nice touch as we don't often see the nice side of Arthur, although it could have been a folded up paper in the envelope.
You are correct about the blooper jno, Ray does call her Nina/Gina.
When I was at School I used to get my haircut at a Barber's shop like the one shown in this episode. It was run by an ex RAF guy and was full of old ex service guys. Even though I was in the shop every 4-6 weeks you never got to speak much as it was full these old guys speaking about their days in the services and there was never any point in stating what hairstyle you wanted as you got one, short, very short! Not sure if he served up special coffee though.
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Post by daz on Jan 6, 2016 19:49:42 GMT
No matter how iffy the script is GC just raises the bar and sees it over the finishing line. I think Dave plays a more prominent role in the RD episodes also, which is good, as always like seeing Dave on screen.
The Greatest Show in Willesden is one of my favourite episodes of Minder.
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Post by daz on Jan 6, 2016 8:18:30 GMT
Gave this a watch last night and could not remember anything about it from first time around.
Not a bad little episode, some lovely dialogue throughout this episode, I particularly liked the scene where Arthur speaks to Ron at his health food van and as soon as we hear about Ron's past life and what Arthur had planned it was only going to end in trouble.
Some other good moments when Arthur was left alone with the dog at the lock up and then the drunk who appeared, and the bit near the end when questioned by Morley about Ron and Rays predicament, was classic Arthur.
I struggled to place Simon Rouse initially, best known for playing Jack Meadows in The Bill. It must have been the hair which confused me.
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