h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Well. Fancy That! Titter ye not.

Ken Dodd and his tickling stick has gone to join the Diddy Men down a treacle mine.

And I am surprised no-one had him. He’d find it tittifallatious.

A true comedian of the old school, but one who was pursued, rightly or wrongly and o am not one to judge, with claims of impropriety.

All I know is I enjoyed watching him on shoes like the Good Old Day’s, The Royal Variety Performance and the Ken Dodd show amongst others.

May you rest in piece and not know about the slander that will crawl out of the woodwork now.



MMF



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Is it me? I never found anything Ken Dodd said or did funny. Maybe I just don't like clowns.

He was picked 8 times in the past, but not since 2012. He was a regular on Radox The Green's list.

I didn't really find him funny either. He was another one who relied on his accent to make things sound funnier than they were.

Wasn't "Titter ye not" Frankie Howerd's catch phrase?

We used to listen to his Sunday lunchtime radio programme. I remember things like Diddymen and tickling sticks. Actually, listening to an excerpt on Youtube, it wasn't that bad really. Rather surreal and, of course, sexist, but so was Monty Python 10 years later.

60s comedy - along with the Clitheroe Kid, The Navy Lark, Round the Horne, Beyond our Ken, etc, etc.

Here's a taste:

http://youtu.be/IqVmRn8tpxY

No more Mr Bullseye. And we all like a bit of Bully!

Jim Bowen’s death has just been announced at the age of 80.

On the black,
Out of the red.
Nothing for
Two in a bed!

Definite viewing in the ‘80s. Loved it.

Farewell Jim.

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MMF

Bowen was picked only once in this game - by Peanut in 2013.

Let's see what you could have won

15 points!

Katie Boyle

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/mar/20/katie-boyle-obituary

She wa picked once in the past - by The Groob in 2014.

Fergus Anckorn, Magician and Army POW

Fans of the talent show Britain's Got Talent may remember his life story being told by magician Richard Jones in 2016 - a performance which won Jones the final:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K786WSkT0xU

Lys Assia, first winner of Eurovision

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/25/first-eurovision-winner-lys-assia-dies-at-94

Bill Maynard

http://news.sky.com/story/heartbeat-actor-bill-maynard-dies-after-fall-11309468

He was picked three times in this game, but not since 2009.

Three things I never knew about Bill Maynard (until I read his Wikipedia page):

1. He married Donald Campbell's widow.
2. He came 4th in the UK's Song For Europe contest in 1957.
3. His son represented the UK in the 1986 Eurovision, coming 7th.

Bill Maynard will no longer enjoy the GreenGreen grass of home.

Sadly no Heartbeat at 89. Scary he died because he fell off of his mobility scooter!

I hope that is not my fate.



MMF



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Winnie Mandela.

PP.

Ray Wilkins

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43644529

Younger than me

Another Sport Superstar. Possibly the first darts superstar.

The Crafty Cockney that was Eric Bristol has died of a heart attack at 60.

I used to love watching him play after having thrown arrers at my local with a few bevvies then come home and watch the darts on the box.

“One Himdred and Eiiiigggggghhtttttyyyyyyyy!”

A sad loss to the sport.



MMF



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Boy! That one came out of left field!

At the top of his game though when fitness wasn't the first consideration.

PP.

The world of sport is a little less colourful today. Bristow was certainly a character, I remember him and Maureen Flowers being the first couple of darts, and how watching darts on the box was unmissable if he was playing.

RIP Crafty Cockney. *throws*

I remember his matches against the fiery Scot, Jocky Wilson. This was a classic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMI5Zqi5hHU

Johan van Hulst

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43569049

Miloš Forman - film director "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest", "Ragtime" and "Amadeus" - aged 86