Oh no! The dad of Bagpuss, The Clangers and Ivor the Engine has died
How about an Image Challenge in his memory Rob?
Tis a sad day :(
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lord turkey boy and the cleft of venus, Tue 9 Dec 2008, 7:58,
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A true legend
His autobiography is well worth a read, he truly loved what he did.
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TheAlmightyBeev, Tue 9 Dec 2008, 8:17,
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heard this this morning
most sad...
Bob Spiers has died too (director of Fawlty Towers amongst other things...)
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Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Tue 9 Dec 2008, 8:17,
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I met him once
He gave a talk at a theatre in Brighton. It was only a small venue and there must have been only two dozen people there.
This meant that we all got a chance to hold Bagpus and Professor Yaffel
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Mrs Entity is in hiding., Tue 9 Dec 2008, 9:33,
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*bows head*
*sheds a tear*
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LeightonJimbo has remembered his password!, Tue 9 Dec 2008, 10:40,
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That
is so sad. He was a hero of mine and a true B3tard before the term existed.
I emailed him a couple of times to ask him to do an interview with B3ta and his responses, ("no" both times), were so sweet and self effacing. He geniunely didn't think people would be interested in an old man's ramblings.
His book "Seeing Things" is well worth hunting out. A gentle, unassuming man who, had the platform been around in his day, would have been king of the internet.
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Especially...
If you get the version with the CD-ROM - loads of goodies for your enjoyment.
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TheAlmightyBeev, Tue 9 Dec 2008, 11:29,
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