Farewell then, Jonathan Miller
A fine example of his writing
“So, farewell then, Jonathan Miller - a very early contributor to Private Eye, until they fell out over the magazine putting his byline on a piece in September 1962. This was the letter he sent in response.”
— Private Eye Magazine on Twitter Link to tweet
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Ambegris likes his tea stirred anti-clockwise, Wed 27 Nov 2019, 15:28,
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And Clive James
Has anyone looked in on Barry Humphries today?
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fred zeppelin II: Electric Boogaloo, Wed 27 Nov 2019, 18:41,
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Man has petty tantrum over fifty years ago.
People who weren't even around at the time won't let hissy fit be forgotten.
Now he's dead, who's being petty?
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 27 Nov 2019, 19:49,
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I think it shows him as an articulate human who was rightly pissed off at them. PE were in the wrong and not afraid to show it.
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Ambegris likes his tea stirred anti-clockwise, Wed 27 Nov 2019, 22:05,
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Bollocks.
They are revelling in the embarrassment they caused him and the strop that he threw. They were chippy that he was going places (quite literally, the headed note paper is what really makes this letter) and he was abashed by his association with them. This was an aspiring proper writer, and a real doctor. The Eye back then was totally marginal, subversive and anti-establishment (none of those things are true today). The "mistake" was almost certainly deliberate, and got exactly the reaction they knew it would. Hence why the letter has been treasured for so long.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 27 Nov 2019, 23:21,
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On the BBC fp
Miller is a footnote not only to Clive James, but to Gary Rhodes. Gary fucking Rhodes: a man famous for I don't fucking know what.
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After you my dear Alfonse No. After you., Wed 27 Nov 2019, 20:45,
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He was a television chef. They're all the rage.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 27 Nov 2019, 21:05,
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Whereas Miller is a man I'd never fucking heard of before.
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jonbob loves you, Wed 27 Nov 2019, 22:18,
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Try this for the comedy, more about him on the rest of the channel
Beyond the fringe
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