Chinahand Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Already mentioned in the Stirling Moss thread, but Tim Brooke Taylor deserves to be commemorated with his own thread. He's made me laugh all my life, from the Goodies (though the episode which still resonates the most was Bill Oddie's - Eckie Thump) to I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. It's his singing which made me laugh the most - whether singing one song to the tune of another, or pick up song, where they'd start singing along with a famous song, then have the music fade out requiring them to continue unaccompanied until suddenly the they would bring the song back in - he was often within a gnat's crotchet of where he should be. Good humour, innuendo, puns and music hall japes, with a simple innocent love of entertaining at its core. Goodness I'll miss his presence. This virus is really, really shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Could not agree more. Esp Goodies and Sorry I Haven't which iirc was broadcast Saturday lunchtime. A very sad loss indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 I was talking about the Goodies to a 30 year old friend recently. He knew all the Goodies individually but couldn’t get his head around the birdwatcher Bill Oddie once having been in a comedy group with two radio 4 panel show regulars. And it was one of the biggest shows on telly. And I’m like “dude, people my age can’t look at the skyline of London without picturing a Kitten toppling the Nat West Tower.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 The Jack and the Beanstalk one sticks in my mind for some reason. 19 minutes ago, Declan said: And I’m like “dude, people my age can’t look at the skyline of London without picturing a Kitten toppling the Nat West Tower.” But it was the Post Office tower. Before the restaurant got bombed. In those days it represented the cutting edge of modern technology. Which is partly why it was funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Sorry I thought the Post Office Tower got renamed the Nat West Tower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 I cant look at a monkey without picturing that time king Kong smashed the arc de triomphe to pieces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 13 minutes ago, Declan said: Sorry I thought the Post Office Tower got renamed the Nat West Tower. No. NatWest Tower is in the City. PO Tower became BT Tower. It's round the back of the Tottenham CT Rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Makes no difference anyhow. They were great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Tim was good on ISIHAC. I used to like The Goodies. I always remember them being on at the time in the evening when Summerland went up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 16 minutes ago, Albert Tatlock said: Tim was good on ISIHAC. I used to like The Goodies. I always remember them being on at the time in the evening when Summerland went up. It's an interesting recollection. But The Goodies were not airing during August 1973. ETA: I was wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 6 minutes ago, pongo said: It's an interesting recollection. But The Goodies were not airing during August 1973. Au Contraire... https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1973-08-02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Just now, pongo said: It's an interesting recollection. But The Goodies were not airing during August 1973. You're our fact-checking cuz! Yeah it was the one near Goodge Street Station I was picturing, but misnaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 @Albert TatlockI stand corrected. 100%. I've got my own memory of that night. I suppose we all have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 I remember him first in I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again, from which I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue was a spin off. He was great as the oversexed harridan Lady Constance de Coverlet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 It's terrible when inappropriate cultural artifacts get entangled in our brains with tragedies. I myself always associate a notorious murder with the song Where's Me Jumper by The Sultans of Ping FC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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