It would have been pretty o_O if he had mocked and chided unemployed contestants though.
― Alba, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 15:28 (six years ago) link
couple of years later it would've been compulsory
also Sunday tea - crabstick sandwiches - Bullseye was my entire early teens
― as the crows around me grows (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 15:29 (six years ago) link
These days unemployed Bullseye contestants would be getting U/C sanctioned for not declaring the speedboat.
― calzino, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 15:35 (six years ago) link
That picture - it's the life that Morrissey would have had!
― Mark G, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 15:38 (six years ago) link
Did Brian Cox say to John Humphries "No, if he even thought of getting out of that chair, he'd have been on a "Fit to work" cert and down to the sewing machine factory as soon as!"
Then his only chance would have been winning a speedboat on "Bullseye"
Where am i?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 15:41 (six years ago) link
Thanks for that tweet, Stevie.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, March 14, 2018 3:18 PM (forty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i must admit i filched it from dorian, formerly of this parish
hawking had an amazing career and all but he never gave anyone who lived in the landlocked midlands a speedboat iirc
apparently contestants often took the cash equivalent instead of the speedboat
― papa don't take no meth (stevie), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 16:05 (six years ago) link
Charlie Quintana, drummer for just about everybody. He started out in the Plugz, who were secretly one of the best L.A. punk bands, then played with Bob Dylan, John Doe, Cracker, Mike Ness and Social Distortion, Izzy Stradlin, and a million other bands.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 15 March 2018 15:24 (six years ago) link
Quintana stuck around w/ Zim after this, wish the other Plugz had too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ycpYslCn6c
― motorpsycho nightmare winningham (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 15 March 2018 15:30 (six years ago) link
Wow, Quintana. He looked like a guy that could and would kick an ass.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 15 March 2018 16:23 (six years ago) link
louise slaughter
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/rep-louise-slaughter-liberal-democrat-who-championed-womens-rights-dies-at-88/2018/03/16/7b7f7c3e-2865-11e8-bc72-077aa4dab9ef_story.html
― mookieproof, Friday, 16 March 2018 14:49 (six years ago) link
bento the keyboard cat ;_;
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/20/bento-keyboard-cat-youtube-dies
― in conclusion, it is good to peel the sheeps (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 13:28 (six years ago) link
(pvmic obv)
pffft not even the original keyboard cat
― papa don't take no meth (stevie), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 14:19 (six years ago) link
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kak-channthy-cambodian-space-project-frontwoman-killed-crash-38-updated
Hit by a car. AKA Srey Thy
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 14:49 (six years ago) link
don't understand how Deliveroo can exploit their employees so much and still be more expensive than getting a taxi to the takeaway and back
― as the crows around me grows (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 14:50 (six years ago) link
lol wrong thread soz
― as the crows around me grows (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 14:51 (six years ago) link
A proper candidate for the "people who you thought were dead but weren't" thread until now, where she belongs in this thread. RIP Katie Boyle.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12525627
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 17:32 (six years ago) link
Weird, she was the answer to a picture question on a Bullseye repeat last week and we had no idea who she was. Who else will fall to the Bullseye curse?
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 19:10 (six years ago) link
Deficits are ok now
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/obituaries/peter-g-peterson-dies-power-from-wall-st-to-washington.html
― Moo Vaughn, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 20:10 (six years ago) link
i miss shakey too and i appreciate the effort but it's just not the same when someone else does it ;_;
― in conclusion, it is good to peel the sheeps (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 20:20 (six years ago) link
This is getting a bit spooky now. Katie Boyle was just mentioned in this One Foot In The Grave repeat we're watching now. I'd never heard of her until last week now she's everywhere.
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 21:53 (six years ago) link
Somewhat bizarrely, my dad used to fancy her, but she was like the daughter of an Italian count so she was a bit out of his league. He was very taken with Annie Lennox too.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 22:04 (six years ago) link
Benny Hill used to drag up to spoof K Boyle's ads in the '70s, I seem to recall. Clingfilm? Also flexed her linguistic skills presenting Eurovision.
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 10:57 (six years ago) link
I read her TV Times agony aunt column avidly as a boy. Scarcity of media and all that.
― Alba, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 11:16 (six years ago) link
She used to win the TV Times awards' "Female Personality of the year" with an ubiquity like "Ant and Dec" had. It seemed very strange that the BBC news 'tribute' consisted of a couple of snips from Blankety Blank w/ Wogan, a few pics from Eurovision, and a matter of fact 'un yeah, she died OK?" (not an actual quote)
― Mark G, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 11:31 (six years ago) link
Les Payne, pioneering journalist of Long Island (NY) Newsday
https://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/newsday-les-payne-dies-1.17534552
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 17:19 (six years ago) link
aw man
― maura, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 18:30 (six years ago) link
If Ozymandias had lived: Toys "R" Us founder Charles Lazarus dies at 94
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/22/toys-r-us-founder-charles-lazarus-dies-at-94-as-toy-empire-liquidates.html
― Alba, Thursday, 22 March 2018 21:56 (six years ago) link
Oh he'll be back
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 22 March 2018 22:02 (six years ago) link
another interesting fun fact I didn't know is that Frida from Abba was an OG Norwegian "Lebensborn-child" - Norwegian mother + Nazi officer father. I can't remember one that mentioned in the 1982 Look-In annual ABBA interview!
― calzino, Thursday, 22 March 2018 22:06 (six years ago) link
rong thread!
Oh he'll be backa really cold part of me is dreading arnold schwarzenegger dying because every subeditor and ~twitterati~ on the planet will spew “he’ll be back” like it was their own special genius idea
― karl wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 22 March 2018 22:09 (six years ago) link
Unless he's killed like Bennett in Commando, then they'll all be saying "let off some steam, Arnie"
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 22 March 2018 22:13 (six years ago) link
Louise Latham
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/louise-latham-dead-tippi-hedrens-mother-hitchcocks-marnie-was-95-1096599?__twitter_impression=true
― ...some of y'all too woke to function (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 23 March 2018 18:48 (six years ago) link
"unpredictable" Zell Miller, frequently a jerk
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/zell-miller-georgia-governor-and-senator-with-unpredictable-streak-dies-at-86/2018/03/23/9bc8a858-2eaf-11e8-b0b0-f706877db618_story.html
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 23 March 2018 21:18 (six years ago) link
frequently a jerk
There were times when he wasn't, in your mind?
Never mind; I don't want to know. I'll just assume he said something shitty about Hillary.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 23 March 2018 22:11 (six years ago) link
wow, Zell Miller is a blast from the past
― flappy bird, Friday, 23 March 2018 23:14 (six years ago) link
Bassist Buell Niedlinger has died. Played with Cecil Taylor, with Anthony Braxton, did sessions with Dolly Parton, the Eagles, the Village People. https://jazztimes.com/news/buell-neidlinger-dies-at-82/
― eddhurt, Friday, 23 March 2018 23:19 (six years ago) link
Philip Kerr, author of the Bernie Gunther detective series dead from cancer
― jbn, Saturday, 24 March 2018 00:10 (six years ago) link
Oh man that's terrible
― omar little, Saturday, 24 March 2018 00:19 (six years ago) link
the Bernie Gunther detective series is great. The next and perhaps final one is out April 3 in the U.S.
― omar little, Saturday, 24 March 2018 00:32 (six years ago) link
Nice celebration of the books from last year:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/07/10/the-third-reichs-good-cop
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 24 March 2018 05:31 (six years ago) link
And I gotta say, an anthology called The Penguin Book of Fights, Feuds and Heartfelt Hatreds is right up my street.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 24 March 2018 05:33 (six years ago) link
French actress Stéphane Audran
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 12:52 (six years ago) link
;_;
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 12:58 (six years ago) link
also
Barbara Stone, producer, distributor and founder of London’s Gate Cinema
Andy Lewis, who, along with his brother Dave, wrote the screenplay for Alan J. Pakula’s Klute
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/5502-the-daily-remembering-stephane-audran-barbara-stone-and-more
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 19:26 (six years ago) link
the actor Bill Maynard
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20716037
― soref, Friday, 30 March 2018 12:20 (six years ago) link
the gaffer!
― calzino, Friday, 30 March 2018 12:39 (six years ago) link
I always remember the bit from the titles where he pulls a parking ticket off the windscreen of his car, gets in, and then chucks it on the back seat on top of hundreds of other tickets.
― 2018 has to be better (snoball), Friday, 30 March 2018 12:43 (six years ago) link
Oh No, not Selwyn Froggitt!
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 30 March 2018 13:19 (six years ago) link