Paid Members Surf Digby Posted October 21, 2020 Paid Members Posted October 21, 2020 Weirdly, I just saw him in my hallway saying that he doesn't care who I tell, as he's spent the $1 million.
Paid Members BomberPat Posted October 21, 2020 Paid Members Posted October 21, 2020 Gutted about that one, loved James Randi. Great innings, mind.
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted October 21, 2020 Paid Members Posted October 21, 2020 That is a shame he made some very interesting shows. I think he'd been unwell for a while?
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted October 21, 2020 Paid Members Posted October 21, 2020 He had a stroke a couple of years ago, but he was also 92, so possibly just old age. He was one of those people that always looked old (I can't remember ever seeing him with a full head of hair), and for the last 10 years or so has been very much the image of a frail old man.
LSM Posted October 22, 2020 Posted October 22, 2020 I just spotted that James Randi had died. Gutted for this one. I really enjoyed his stuff exposing Peter Popoff, James Hydrick, Uri Gellar and the rest of the the like. For anyone who's not seen it is very much recommend the documentary on him called "An Honest Liar".
Paid Members Thunderplex Posted October 22, 2020 Paid Members Posted October 22, 2020 Loads of cracking vids of him on YouTube debunking frauds in a very polite, but you dick kind of way. Always entertaining, and there’s an excellent documentary from a couple of years ago about him worth rooting out.
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted October 22, 2020 Paid Members Posted October 22, 2020 3 minutes ago, Thunderplex said: Loads of cracking vids of him on YouTube debunking frauds in a very polite, but you dick kind of way. Always entertaining, and there’s an excellent documentary from a couple of years ago about him worth rooting out. @Astro Hollywood wrote a great chapter on one such fraud, James Hydrick, which includes his interaction with Randi in his book Smoke & Mirrors and Steven Seagal.
Paid Members eugenespeed Posted October 25, 2020 Paid Members Posted October 25, 2020 Frank Bough has died. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54684374
Just Some Guy Posted October 25, 2020 Posted October 25, 2020 11 minutes ago, eugenespeed said: Frank Bough has died. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54684374 One of the few who can look back on his life and genuinely say he enjoyed himself. Not a bad innings for a sweater wearing hedonist!
SaitoRyo Posted October 28, 2020 Posted October 28, 2020 Tough week for the Outlaw Country crowd. First, Jerry Jeff Walker passed away at the weekend and now Billy Joe Shaver has died as well. Both are excellent singers, songwriters and characters and are two of my absolute favourite artists. Originals. JJW is probably best known for writing and first recording Mr. Bojangles but his catalogue is rich and diverse. He was also adept at covering other people's work, whether it was Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt or Tom Waits. Billy Joe Shaver should've been a bigger star than he was. He wrote pretty much all of Waylon Jennings's Honky Tonk Heroes record but never had a big hit himself. If you're gonna listen to one album of his, Old Five and Dimers Like Me is probably the one to go with but it's all good stuff.
RIDDUM_N_STYLE Posted October 29, 2020 Posted October 29, 2020 Just been announced on Lorraine that Bobby Ball has passed away from COVID at the age of 76
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted October 29, 2020 Awards Moderator Posted October 29, 2020 Millard's curse strikes again.
Keith Houchen Posted October 29, 2020 Posted October 29, 2020 14 minutes ago, Onyx2 said: Millard's curse strikes again. If we all get on his Patreon, will he do a piece on Corden?
cobra_gordo Posted October 29, 2020 Posted October 29, 2020 Just now, Keith Houchen said: If we all get on his Patreon, will he do a piece on Corden? Or Jamie Oliver?
Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted October 29, 2020 Moderators Posted October 29, 2020 15 minutes ago, Onyx2 said: Millard's curse strikes again. I never mentioned this at the time, because it would've been tasteless, but the week I started writing my lightly-fictionalised Little and Large novella, Eddie went of Covid I'm incredibly sad about Bobby. He was still doing great comedy acting work, right until the end. In going through their old shows, the one thing that really stands out is how much fun the pair were having. I know it soured as time went on, but those early years, it's just a couple of mates who can barely meet each other's eye without cracking up.
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