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mark occomore
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tarahrah bomdiay
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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I thought Parky was already knighted.
Pleased to hear about Brucie getting one. |
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gfloyd
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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Seems like every entertainer gets a gong these days. I supect we will see Sir Jonathon Ross & Dame Graham Norton before too long! _________________ His name was ernie ........ and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west..... |
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mark occomore
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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gfloyd wrote: | Seems like every entertainer gets a gong these days. I supect we will see Sir Jonathon Ross & Dame Graham Norton before too long! |
And Dame Dale Winton and Dame Sarah Kennedy. What about Sir Steve Wright? |
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John W
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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No Mark, that would be silly |
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SantaFefan
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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arise Sir Wrighty.
if it's true about Bruce then I'm really pleased for him. _________________ Johnnie Walker read out my message on Pirate Radio! 13/8/07
I have heard how radio should be. |
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gfloyd
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SantaFefan
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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Tell me it'll never happen!
I noticed Mr. Evans made it onto the "Most Annoying People" list on TV recently! _________________ Johnnie Walker read out my message on Pirate Radio! 13/8/07
I have heard how radio should be. |
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gfloyd
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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SantaFefan wrote: |
I noticed Mr. Evans made it onto the "Most Annoying People" list on TV recently! |
But did he win? _________________ His name was ernie ........ and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west..... |
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SantaFefan
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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No, he couldn't even get that right! _________________ Johnnie Walker read out my message on Pirate Radio! 13/8/07
I have heard how radio should be. |
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gfloyd
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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SantaFefan wrote: | No, he couldn't even get that right! |
boom tish!!!!!!!!! _________________ His name was ernie ........ and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west..... |
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iwarburton
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 2133 Location: Northumberland
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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:49 am Post subject: |
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Today's Telegraph says Brucie won't be knighted till the Birthday Honours next June.
Not sure how they know, anyway.
Ian. |
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tarahrah bomdiay
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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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I think they might be just guessing assuming they know he has not been knighted this year
I don't know how they would know though, always thought the recipient to be was only 'allowed' to tell their family about it. |
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Cherskiy
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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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SantaFefan wrote: | arise Sir Wrighty. |
If you take the 'i' out of the first word, you'll have got it right, Santa! _________________ Author: “To the Ends of the Earth: A Snapshot of Aviation in North-Eastern Siberia, Summer 1992”
(Free to read via Kindle Unlimited) |
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PJ in Kent
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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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So if your a celebrity sycophant, who tells famous people how wonderful they are and how fabulous their "work" is- you get a knighthood
Wrighty must be a shoo-in then _________________ He's not the Messiah- he's a very naughty boy!
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mark occomore
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:34 am Post subject: |
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iwarburton wrote: | Today's Telegraph says Brucie won't be knighted till the Birthday Honours next June.
Not sure how they know, anyway.
Ian. |
Downing Street website!! |
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iwarburton
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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Delighted to see local lad Brendan Foster, creator of the Great North Run, getting a CBE.
Whose honour do you especially applaud or deprecate?
Ian. |
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Mark Mayhew
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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Am I missing something.
Why has Parky been knighted. |
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tarahrah bomdiay
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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For services to broadcasting I think. |
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Barkingbiker
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="SantaFefan"] arise Sir Wrighty.
Come on Santa, he would frighten the Queen to death, with that moustache underlining that huge nose he looks like a rat peering over a boghouse brush
BB _________________ Old Bikers Never Die, our leathers just get tighter! |
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mark occomore
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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But not until June.
This from The Sun
STRICTLY Come Dancing host Bruce Forsyth is to be KNIGHTED, The Sun can reveal.
Brucie, 79 – dubbed the King of Game Show Hosts – will get the gong for services to showbiz in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in June.
The award is a major victory for a campaign waged by The Sun in the wake of Brucie’s big career comeback.
Thousands of Sun readers signed an online petition for the former tap-dancer to be given the gong.
On Saturday’s BBC1 ballroom show co-host Tess Daly joked about “Sir” Brucie – a reference to our campaign.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown will rubber stamp the gong before it is agreed by the Queen.
Officials had hoped to give Brucie, who has a CBE, the tribute in the New Year’s Honours, but it is believed arrangements could not be made fast enough.
He came to fame as host of the Generation Game in the 1970s – with his catchphrase “Nice to see you, to see you nice”.
The dapper star then hosted Play Your Cards Right and The Price is Right before his career went quiet.
But in 2003 the three times married dad of six made a comeback on Have I Got News For You – and the first series of Strictly Come Dancing. |
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SantaFefan
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | He came to fame as host of the Generation Game in the 1970s – with his catchphrase “Nice to see you, to see you nice”. |
Not for me he didn't, he was "famous" in my book for presenting Sunday Night at the London Palladium back in the 60s!...
Brucie has been on the TV for what seems to be all of my life.
I think he's great and deserves a Knighthood more than anybody else I can think of. _________________ Johnnie Walker read out my message on Pirate Radio! 13/8/07
I have heard how radio should be. |
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John W
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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SantaFefan wrote: |
Not for me he didn't, he was "famous" in my book for presenting Sunday Night at the London Palladium back in the 60s!.... |
Indeed, remember Beat The Clock?
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tarahrah bomdiay
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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If they can give an OBE to Kylie what about that other great and far more deserving Australian Rolf Harris, sure it's about time he was knighted (or honorary knighted) |
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Barkingbiker
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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Well done Santa, I was about to post similiar, except he is not one of my favourites, but he was excellent as the resident host of Sunday Night At The London Palladium, IMHO. I am not really in favour of entertainers being Knighted, unless they are truley exceptional, and not many are, or they do a considerable amount or voluntary/charity work.
I see voluntary workers who for years do many hours unpaid every week, yes they normally enjoy it, but they do make a great difference for many young people and it is not for vast sums of money and very few actually get any public recognition, in my experience.
BB _________________ Old Bikers Never Die, our leathers just get tighter! |
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SantaFefan
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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John W wrote: |
Indeed, remember Beat The Clock? |
Definitely! it was the best part... or was it the Tiller Girls?.... _________________ Johnnie Walker read out my message on Pirate Radio! 13/8/07
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iwarburton
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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Officials had hoped to give Brucie, who has a CBE, the tribute in the New Year’s Honours, but it is believed arrangements could not be made fast enough.
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But it's 50 years since he started appearing on Sunday Night at the London Palladium. How long do they need?
There's been correspondence in the Telegraph speculating on the prospects of Ken Dodd receiving a knighthood (as he would say--it'd keep my ears warm in bed!) but one writer believes he won't get one as he's a Conservative.
Ian. |
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