Paid Members seph Posted January 15, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) From the end of the 2019 thread - Â Edited February 16, 2020 by neil changed the stupid fucking title Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Meltzer is reporting that Rocky Johnson has passed, aged 75 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted January 15, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 15, 2020 Confirmed https://www.wwe.com/article/wwe-hall-of-famer-rocky-johnson-passes-away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Ah this is a shame, probably best known for Heartbeat but his comedy work on Yes Minister et al was sublime  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted January 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 20, 2020 Ah, I'd missed that one. What a bloke. Was underrated in Yes, Minister for being a bit of a third wheel in that cast, but always played the part to perfection. A bit of a soft spot for early Heartbeat too, as I watched a lot of it when I was younger, and went on a school trip to where it was filmed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted January 22, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) I blame who ever named this thread for this one  Same type of dementia my Father in Law got at 51. Horrible disease. Edited January 22, 2020 by Hannibal Scorch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted January 22, 2020 Awards Moderator Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) Oh that's awful. He went downhill so quickly. He performed at the O2 then not long after confessed to Michael Palin his diagnosis. Palin writes about him frequently on Facebook. Eg   What a talent he was. Edited January 22, 2020 by Onyx2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted January 22, 2020 Awards Moderator Share Posted January 22, 2020 I'm quite cut up about this one - extremely sad news. Jones has always been one of my favourite Pythons; I remember reading and loving his Observer columns in GCSE English, where we studied his use of rhetorical devices, and I went home and used the newly-installed broadband to devour everything he'd written for them; I have a copy of Medieval Lives on my bookshelf at work. He was such a great, versatile, funny writer. It was desperately sad to hear of his condition and the periodic updates from Palin about how he was doing. RIP.đ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted January 22, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 22, 2020 I think part of the reason that Python worked so well is that each member had a fairly defined archetype or comic role; Cleese did exasperated rage and pomposity, Palin was the repressed "stiff upper lip" or authority figure, Eric Idle the irritant/eccentric, and Chapman the actor. Terry Jones just seemed to represent the sheer unbridled joy of performing, in its most essential sense - the delight in dressing up and putting on a silly voice. The joy of serious, intelligent men doing profoundly daft things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Thunderplex Posted January 22, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 22, 2020 Naked piano player always cracked me up. Â Pure comedy genius, very sad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 I remember watching some show about Vic and Bob where various talking heads were dissecting various sketches and getting poetic about the metaphors and influences. Terry Jones said with a huge smile he thought a lot of the time they were just being silly for the sake of being silly, and thereâs nothing wrong with being silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 49 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: I remember watching some show about Vic and Bob where various talking heads were dissecting various sketches and getting poetic about the metaphors and influences. Terry Jones said with a huge smile he thought a lot of the time they were just being silly for the sake of being silly, and thereâs nothing wrong with being silly. Just as an aside, I love it when âhigh browâ theories get trumped by the actual people that know whatâs going on, like this. Always reminds me of Hoffman telling Olivier that heâd been up for days getting into character and Olivier replying âMy dear boy, why donât you just try actingâ or Harry Redknapp masterminding a âtacticalâ genius win over Liverpool by telling Pavlyuchenko to âget on and fucking run around a bitâ. Anyway, very sad news about Jones. Letâs wrap Palin up in cotton wool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted January 22, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) Aye - as much as there is some Dadaism and surrealism in Vic & Bob's work, there's equally, if not more, Morecambe & Wise, and just two old mates dicking about making each other laugh. the Guardian review of the new David Lynch short was similar, just vaguely suggesting there might be deeper meaning, because they daren't suggest there isn't in case they got caught out. Edited January 22, 2020 by BomberPat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted January 22, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 22, 2020 Terrible loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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