Whatever happened to ??? - Page 3

**Bovon** · April 30th, 2009, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Simo

Also what ever happened to kelly monteith he was massive back in the late eighties on the bbc but disappeared.

His wife was played by Gabrielle Drake, sister of fabled songster Nick.

Simo · May 1st, 2009, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Bovon

His wife was played by Gabrielle Drake, sister of fabled songster Nick.

Played by, was a film made of his life or something i dont understand

**Wendigo** · May 1st, 2009, 06:45 PM

Max Clifford - I've not seen or heard of him for over an hour.

**imtrying** · May 4th, 2009, 09:17 PM

Common sense. There used to be a couple of really cool stores in this town. One was a vintage toy store, the other was a book store. They both closed down because they couldn't afford the rising lease costs. They have both been vacant for months. Couldn't someone have been smart enough to either lower the rent, or at least let them stay until they had new renters lined up? As it stands, people are out of work, the property owners are sitting on two empty buildings and two cool stores are gone. Makes no sense.

**anklebiter** · May 5th, 2009, 12:50 AM

What ever happened to accountability? When we screw up,it's some disorder we got because we saw our grandma's boobs when we were 5. When we fail to manage our money it's the governments fault, and demand they bail us out.Meanwhile, the government grows more and more unaccountable for it's own actions.

**sydney1** · May 5th, 2009, 10:44 AM

Erm...shops, you know the small ones within walking distance, they all seem to have vanished. The goverment in this country constantly repeats the mantra that the big supermarkets are creating employment and work opportunity; no they f*****g ain't, the mega-marts just shut every other poor b*****d down.

Now if you want anything you have to get in your car and drive bleeding miles. So much for saving the planet and you have to battle your way through Mr fat-lardy b******d and his equally obese wife and offspring in flip-flops.

I hate Tesco's....I mean I really hate Tesco's.

Rant over..deep breath.

**Wendigo** · May 5th, 2009, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by anklebiter

What ever happened to accountability?

Brown today quoted that famous phrase from the Truman era (the ex US President not the Jim Carrey movie) The Buck Stops Here.
Let's see whether he understands it now.

School leavers who cannot read and write or violently mis-behave probably have more to do with trendy but inept teaching methods than to some imaginary attention deficit disorders. I knew I was crap at Physics as I just did not get it, consequently I got crap marks, which I accepted as being an accurate reflection. Nowadays my 10/15% would probably get me some kind of diploma. Why are we so afraid to recognise that we cannot be good at everything?

On another note, I see the odd Betamax items but where did all the video 2000 tapes and machines go to?

**Bovon** · May 5th, 2009, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Simo

Played by, was a film made of his life or something i dont understand

Simo - Sorry, dozy Bovon not articulating properly. Kelly Monteith played in a series of sketches in his BBC TV show (as far as I remember), and within those sketches etc, his 'wife' was played by Gabrielle Drake (an actress) who in 'real life' is the sister of the 1970s folkie(?) Nick Drake - 5 Leaves Left etc.

Hope that helps clear the confusion up?

MaxJoker · May 28th, 2009, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Simo

What ever happened to phil cool , the stand up comic who used to pull all sorts of weird faces

I checked out his website and he`s meant to have more or less toured continually all these years , so good for him as although impressionists aren't really my thing he was kinda cool at it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bghGOfJZLOM

Now then "Whatever happened to "

Quality control in the minds of TV program commissioning editors ?

I've just discovered i have an attic in the flat i`m renting and while nosing around the web encrusted place i came across some amazing superhero print pint glasses wrapped in newspaper dated 1989, which had a guide page that only helped remind me (If it was needed) just what a poor state our current television standards are in.

Couldn't believe it , the schedule was full of decent educational children shows and grown up documentaries (BBC 2 had an excellent sounding one on Stalins former head of secret police Beria) .There were old comedy classics like Bilko and Steptoe, and newer quality imports of Cheers and Married with children. BBC 1 was showing 1946`s The Big Sleep that evening . While CH4 had on a late night showing of The Awakening of Annie. There were no brain dead repeats to be found ,and bugger all reality rubbish / quiz shows / cookery crud or celebrity based dribble.

How times have changed

Twisted thing is i bet in another twenty years some other nosey sod finds a TV guide for today and goes all weepy with nostalgia about how great it used to be

**goonerkev** · May 28th, 2009, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by GreenSkull

Now then "Whatever happened to "

Quality control in the minds of TV program commissioning editors ?

On that subject, there is a website here that gives archived TV schedules going back as far as the 60s ... interesting to browse and see what you were watching in your 'formative' years, compared to the junk they are dishing up now ...

http://thetvroomplus.com/about.php

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May 1st, 2009, 06:45 PM	#23
Wendigo Former Staff Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Blighty Posts: 113,773 Thanks: 259,883 Thanked 1,139,274 Times in 113,893 Posts	Max Clifford - I've not seen or heard of him for over an hour.

May 4th, 2009, 09:17 PM	#24
imtrying Vintage Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,068 Thanks: 14,832 Thanked 17,241 Times in 1,043 Posts	Common sense. There used to be a couple of really cool stores in this town. One was a vintage toy store, the other was a book store. They both closed down because they couldn't afford the rising lease costs. They have both been vacant for months. Couldn't someone have been smart enough to either lower the rent, or at least let them stay until they had new renters lined up? As it stands, people are out of work, the property owners are sitting on two empty buildings and two cool stores are gone. Makes no sense.

May 5th, 2009, 12:50 AM	#25
anklebiter Palerider Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: United States Posts: 509 Thanks: 5,603 Thanked 9,862 Times in 515 Posts	What ever happened to accountability? When we screw up,it's some disorder we got because we saw our grandma's boobs when we were 5. When we fail to manage our money it's the governments fault, and demand they bail us out.Meanwhile, the government grows more and more unaccountable for it's own actions.

May 5th, 2009, 10:44 AM	#26
sydney1 Vintage Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,378 Thanks: 10,562 Thanked 27,960 Times in 1,357 Posts	Erm...shops, you know the small ones within walking distance, they all seem to have vanished. The goverment in this country constantly repeats the mantra that the big supermarkets are creating employment and work opportunity; no they f***g ain't, the mega-marts just shut every other poor b*d down. Now if you want anything you have to get in your car and drive bleeding miles. So much for saving the planet and you have to battle your way through Mr fat-lardy b**d and his equally obese wife and offspring in flip-flops. I hate Tesco's....I mean I really hate Tesco's**. Rant over..deep breath.