RIP thread

[Greenman]

Originally Posted by NIN

Shouldn't laugh

But is there any coincidence with the timing of your post Greenman ?

" Frank Carson, News At Ten, two boiled eggs "

God Bless Frank, great memories, RIP

What??

[NIN]

Originally Posted by Greenman

What??

It's one of his catch phrases ... & you made your post at 10:01

go check your big book of TV trivia

[Devius]

Daily Mirror has printed some of the late Mr Carson's jokes:


* My father fought in World War I single-handedly destroyed the Germans' lines of communication. He ate their pigeon.

* Paddy calls a wrong number at 3am. "Is that O'Malley's Bar?" he asks. "No it's not, this is a private residence." "Oh, I must have the wrong number. Sorry to have troubled you," says Paddy. "Ah it's no trouble," says the stranger. "I had to get up to answer the phone anyway."

* A fella walks into a pet shop and says: “Give me a wasp.” The shopkeeper replies: “We don’t sell wasps.” He says: “There’s one in the window.”

* Someone threw a petrol bomb at Alex Higgins once. He drank it.

* A man goes into Boots and says: “Have you got Viagra?” “Do you have a prescription?” asks the chemist. “No,” he replies, “But I’ve got a photograph of the wife...”

* A fella walked into hospital and the doctor said: “You’ve got three minutes to live.” The man said: “Can you do something for me?” “Yes,” he said. “I’ll boil you an egg.”

* I don't think my wife likes me very much. When I had a heart attack she wrote for an ambulance.

* A fella said to the doctor: “What’s the good news?” “You’ve got 24 hours to live.” He says: “What’s the bad news?” And the doc says: “We should have told you yesterday.”

* I rang British Telecom. I said, “I want to report a nuisance caller.” He said: "Not you again.”

* My uncle Jimmy took liver salts twice a day for 40 years. He died on Sunday, was buried Wednesday and the following Friday they had to go to the cemetery to beat his liver to death with a stick.

* My wife said to me: “If you won the lottery, would you still love me?” I said: “Of course I would. I’d miss you, but I’d still love you.”

* An Irishman's wife gave birth to twins. Her husband demanded to know who the other man was.

* Have you heard about the Irishman who reversed into a car boot sale and sold the engine?

I will miss Frank's jokes....
RIP

[Greenman]

Originally Posted by NIN

It's one of his catch phrases ... & you made your post at 10:01

go check your big book of TV trivia

As you say mere coincidence, but I've never heard that one before only "It's the way I tell em!" and "It's a cracker!" so I will take your word for it.
I doubt a tv trivia book would be much use-he was good in his day-the Comedians on ITV spring to mind with the likes of Bernard Manning and Jim "smashing, super" Bowen but unlike them he didn't have to resort to blue stuff to get a laugh. A real loss to the showbiz world and a genuinely nice guy.

[jokerman]

R.I.P. Frank Carson. A very funny comedian.

[sweatyhat]

I once owned a pub, and two Irish fellas came in and started eating. I said, "Oi! You can't eat your own food in here!"..

..So they swapped sandwiches.

Frank Carson, RIP

[Joszka]

One of the most beloved and enduring stars of cult, horror, and erotic cinema, Spanish actress Lina Romay has tragically succumbed to cancer at the age of 57. Her death on February 15, 2012 was formally announced yesterday in Spain.

Born Rosa María Almirall Martínez in June 1954, Romay was the wife and long-term creative partner of beloved, controversial, and notoriously prolific Eurosex filmmaker Jesus Franco. Romay began collaborated with Franco in 1972 at the age of 18, when she appeared briefly in his Erotic Rites of Frankenstein. She would go on to star in his Bare-Breasted Countess (released in the U.S. in multiple versions, and under several titles, including Female Vampire and Erotikill) the following year. Franco and Romay’s personal and professional relationship would ultimately span nearly 40 years, with Romay appearing in over 100 of Franco’s films, including many of the director’s most controversial experiments with bondage, fetish, and erotic horror (Barbed-Wire Dolls, Macumba Sexual, Wanda the Wicked Warden).

Romay spoke very openly about her career and felt proud, fulfilled, and creatively committed to her work as an erotic performer, which she never failed to approach with creativity, integrity and respect. She appeared in both hardcore and softcore movies, was an avowed and enthusiastic exhibitionist, and shared her husband’s vision of sexuality as a gateway to exploring the darker nuances of the human psyche.

Lina is survived by her husband, friend, and creative accomplice Jesus Franco.

Lina Romay



R.I.P.

[Oswald]

Tribute has been paid to the comedian Ken Goodwin, who has died at the age of 78.



One of many personalities who rose to fame in the 1970s TV show The Comedians, Manchester-born Goodwin spent his retirement in Llandudno.

He died on Saturday at a nursing home at Rhos-on-Sea, Conwy, after suffering from Alzheimer's for several years.

Among those who had worked with him was fellow comedian Frank Carson, 85, who has also just died.

Goodwin's former manager and friend Clive Stock described him as a gentle man and a gentle comedian.

Mr Stock said his friend topped the bill at the London Palladium in the 70s after being discovered on the TV show, known for his catchphrase "settle down now, settle down".

Born in Manchester, Goodwin eventually moved to Llandudno with his wife, Vicki, near to Mr Stock, 85, who also worked as a performer with his wife, Gwen, before they retired.

Mr Stock said Goodwin was a quiet man off-stage who saved his gags for the audience, preferring to perform to a live crowd on stage rather than before the TV cameras.

His funeral is to be held at St Hilary's, Llanrhos, Llandudno, on Friday 2 March.

[baldie]

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...es-at-age-66/1

The lead singer of The Monkees, Davy Jones, has died.

His rep tells TMZ that he died after suffering a heart attack this morning in Florida. Jones was 66

[Greenman]

He was interviewed recently for 'I'm In a Boy Band' shown last week on BBC2, what a shame, he and the others were really talented, very funny in their comedy programme shown here in the Eighties and just as much of a shock to many as one of the Beatles dying. Terrible only 66? No age at all.