Derek Dangleberries Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 20 minutes ago, galenkia said: "Top Bloke" just says it all. In a world where just being a bloke is frowned upon. There was nothing special about that Gatting delivery either.... It was a medium paced yorker that hit an invisible glass wall and then bounced off in the other direction. Bloody lucky that the Everest bloke left it there... 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Mitchell Ryan, actor who I remember most as the heroin dealing General from the first Lethal Weapon, gone at 88. This is another funny scene he is well known for, opposite Jim Carrey 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Butch Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 I think someone said about the infamous "Gatting" ball that "if it was a cheese roll it wouldn't have got past him". Really enjoyed Watching Warnie play. A true icon and sad loss to the sporting world. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 (edited) Cricket is pretty much non-existent up my way, well except that fall day in 2015 I saw a bunch of Sikh gentlemen playing in an open field. But the more I read up on Shane, this man was a big deal. Saw the videos of the spin on his throws just making the batsmen look foolish……very impressive. And worth at least £25M…..has to be up there for a cricketer Edited March 7, 2022 by Golfingboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 35 Years ago...Although it seems much longer... I was on my way from Germany in my little mini metro to catch this ferry. Thankfully my car didn't make it in time and I ended up sleeping in it until the following night and took another ferry to Dover. So weird sailing past it in the dark but seeing it lit up and work still ongoing ... https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-60640660 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Actress Lynda Baron, best known for her role as Nurse Gladys Emmanuel in BBC TV sitcom Open All Hours, has died at the age of 82.https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60647760 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britboy Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 30 minutes ago, Stillearly said: Actress Lynda Baron, best known for her role as Nurse Gladys Emmanuel in BBC TV sitcom Open All Hours, has died at the age of 82.https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60647760 Just read about this, again really sad. What a character in Open All Hours, just brilliant. Great show and typified the comedy series we had around that time - The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Rising Damp, Porridge and Open All Hours to name but a few. Absolute classics and in recent years there's been nothing to match them. Rest in Peace Lynda, you certainly gave me some laughs. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunDon Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 2 hours ago, Britboy said: Just read about this, again really sad. What a character in Open All Hours, just brilliant. Great show and typified the comedy series we had around that time - The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Rising Damp, Porridge and Open All Hours to name but a few. Absolute classics and in recent years there's been nothing to match them. Rest in Peace Lynda, you certainly gave me some laughs. Watched a program on Last of the summer wine and it’s cast last night. Longest running sitcom in the World, I think it ran for 35+ years. I must have watched every episode since the start back in the early 70’s. All the original cast are dead now of course. 😟 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 14 hours ago, Britboy said: The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Rising Damp, I have just reminded myself due to another thread that Leonard Rossiter was also in 2001 A Space Odyssey RIP Mr Rigsby !! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britboy Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Derek Dangleberries said: I have just reminded myself due to another thread that Leonard Rossiter was also in 2001 A Space Odyssey RIP Mr Rigsby !! I'd always liked Leonard Rossiter - he was brilliant as both Reggie and Rigsby, plus as you say he was in a few movies too. Ironically I had tickets to go and see him on stage with my ex farang wife in 1984 the night he actually passed away in his dressing room earlier that day, at the Lyric theatre. Such a shock and a real disappointment. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Britboy said: I'd always liked Leonard Rossiter - he was brilliant as both Reggie and Rigsby, plus as you say he was in a few movies too. Ironically I had tickets to go and see him on stage with my ex farang wife in 1984 the night he actually passed away in his dressing room earlier that day, at the Lyric theatre. Such a shock and a real disappointment. I have good memories of seeing Richard Beckinsale (Porridge, etc) at The Garrick in Funny Peculiar. I'd gotten cheap tickets at the UJ club. It can't have been that long from seeing him on stage with his willy out to him passing away... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britboy Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 5 hours ago, Derek Dangleberries said: I have good memories of seeing Richard Beckinsale (Porridge, etc) at The Garrick in Funny Peculiar. I'd gotten cheap tickets at the UJ club. It can't have been that long from seeing him on stage with his willy out to him passing away... Yeah, that was really sad too. Loved him in Porridge. What a daughter he produced too . . 😜 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 4 minutes ago, Britboy said: Yeah, that was really sad too. Loved him in Porridge. What a daughter he produced too . . 😜 Two , I used to fancy Samantha when she was in London's Burning .. 🙂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lirchenfeld Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Jürgen Grabowski, 77. Right winger and center play maker. Won Euro 72 and World Cup 74 with West Germany, 44 games for for West Germany and 5 goals. Won DFB-Pokal twice and the UEFA cup with Eintracht Frankfurt where he played for 15 season 65-80 recording 441 games and 109 goals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Traci Braxton (sister of Toni Braxton) dies at 50, following battle with cancer RIP 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maipenrai Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 British racing driver Vic Elford dead at 86 - "Quick Vic" did well for himself in the '60s and 70's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Elford 1971 12 Hours of Sebring winner w/Gerard Larrousse, Porsche 917K: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 William Hurt 71 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/mar/13/oscar-winning-actor-william-hurt-dies-aged-71 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 23 minutes ago, Stillearly said: William Hurt 71 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/mar/13/oscar-winning-actor-william-hurt-dies-aged-71 Didn’t know he had terminal prostate cancer. Lots of his good movies were done when I was still very young, so I haven’t seen them. I remember him best in A History of Violence, where he appears at the end as the mobster brother of Viggo Mortensen. He had a good role too as the AA sponsor of Samuel Jackson in Changing Lanes 71 is way too young these days….RIP 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 (edited) William Hurt was a good actor.....I really liked his first movie.... Edited March 14, 2022 by fforest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Razor Ramon aged 63 https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10029702-wwe-hall-of-famer-scott-hall-dies-at-age-63-following-3-heart-attacks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Stillearly said: Razor Ramon aged 63 https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10029702-wwe-hall-of-famer-scott-hall-dies-at-age-63-following-3-heart-attacks No way! I’m hoping he comes back to life and says “ it was a joke, get it chico” ? I remember him as first as Razor Ramon, then I think he changed to WCW and was just Scott Hall until he retired Edited March 15, 2022 by Golfingboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 2 minutes ago, Golfingboy said: No way! I’m hoping he comes back to life and says “ it was a joke, get it chico” ? I remember him as first as Razor Ramon, then I think he changed to WCW and was just Scott Hall until he retired I only briefly watched WWF , when I first got satellite tv in the early 90's , he was around then with Shaun Michaels , Brett Hart , Owen Hart , Yokozuna, The Undertaker , Davy Boy Smith ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 20 minutes ago, Stillearly said: I only briefly watched WWF , when I first got satellite tv in the early 90's , he was around then with Shaun Michaels , Brett Hart , Owen Hart , Yokozuna, The Undertaker , Davy Boy Smith ... Yes sir that was my era too, watched it until 1999, the year Owen died. I’m not judging anyone, but I just could not bring myself to get back into it these days. There are many fans in North America who are just too intense, but let’s face it, it’s all pretend….I think too we just had better entertainers in the 80’s-90’s, I mean come on……Andre, Hulk, Macho Man, Ric Flair, Goldberg. I just don’t think we can say John Cena or Big Show comes close to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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