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Gordon Kay, RIP.
« on: January 23, 2017, 04:53:05 PM »
http://www.itv.com/news/2017-01-23/allo-allo-star-gorden-kaye-dies-aged-75/ Yes, 'Allo Allo' was un-PC. Still brilliant, though.
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Re: Gordon Kay, RIP.
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2017, 05:01:36 PM »
Ah, shame. Very nice chap, by all accounts.
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« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2017, 05:17:11 PM »
I enjoyed 'Allo 'Allo. I was surprised Gorden Kaye was only 75, I would have thought he was older.

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« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2017, 05:29:17 PM »
Aw.

There's a good programme on Gold called We Have Been Watching. It's interesting watching comedy actors analysing what so often appears to be tv silliness. It has helped me appreciate the craft behind shows such as this, and the skills of the performers.

And this show gave me some huge laughs when it first came out.

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« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2017, 05:37:50 PM »
Aw.

There's a good programme on Gold called We Have Been Watching. It's interesting watching comedy actors analysing what so often appears to be tv silliness. It has helped me appreciate the craft behind shows such as this, and the skills of the performers.

And this show gave me some huge laughs when it first came out.
Yes, I really like that programme too. The old cliche is that nothing is as serious as comedy, and OK, it's a bit shopworn, but the sheer craft of comedians at the top of their game doing their thing is a wonder to behold.

In other news, Kim Hartman as Helga gave adolescent me something else altogether.
Pain, or damage, don't end the world. Or despair, or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man, and give some back. - Al Swearengen, Deadwood.

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Re: Gordon Kay, RIP.
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2017, 06:50:17 PM »
...  The old cliche is that nothing is as serious as comedy  ...

What?  Was it a ... COMEDY?

I thought 'Allo 'Allo was a documentary.

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« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2017, 07:05:09 PM »
"Good moaning..."

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« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2017, 10:56:30 PM »
I loved 'Allo 'Allo.  RIP Gordon, thanks for the laughs.
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« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2017, 09:00:32 AM »
Why do people say RIP when someone dies, it is meaningless?

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Re: Gordon Kay, RIP.
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2017, 09:04:00 AM »
Why do people say RIP when someone dies, it is meaningless?

Surely not the place for this kind of discussion. Start a thread somewhere more appropriate.
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Re: Gordon Kay, RIP.
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2017, 03:00:20 PM »
Wrist in peas, Gorden.
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