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pickle
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 252 Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:01 pm Post subject: 'Whatever Happened To Simon Dee?' |
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The above biog is interesting despite the cockup in reference to Keith West's Excerpt From A Teenage Opera. I assume Richard Wiseman was watching 'This Is Spinal Tap' the night before as he names the hero of West's song Saucy Jack, not Grocer Jack!
Saucy Jack was in Nigel Tufnel's rock opera about Jack The Ripper!
Wiseman compares Dee's attitude as a presenter to Simon Cowell as well as to Jonathan Ross, but the way he wanted to fiddle with the format of the show brought Chris Evans circa TFI Friday to my mind.
The later switch to LWT and the awful scheduling of his show made me feel that he would have had better luck in the era of video recorders. _________________ We made a land where crap is king and the good don't last for long.
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Briant
Joined: 02 Jun 2007 Posts: 964 Location: Liverpool England UK
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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Now you've got me singing ''What ever happened to Randolph Scott?' by The Statler Brothers! He was a Western film star for the benefit of our younger readers! |
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pickle
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 252 Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 6:31 pm Post subject: 'Whatever Happened To Simon Dee?' |
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Randolph Scott also reminds me of the 'You'd do it for Randolph Scott' scene from Blazing Saddles!
I know of the Statler Brothers best for 'Flowers On The Wall'.
Further on in the Dee book I can see that Steve Coogan must have followed the presenter's misfortunes closely: Alan Partridge must have been inspired by him. The picture of Dee with his first wife could be Partridge and Lynn! _________________ We made a land where crap is king and the good don't last for long.
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