tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534680992596610126.post8799230456431729413..comments2023-10-15T08:42:15.393+01:00Comments on Rocket Remnants: Post!roy rockethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13212786349720823951noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534680992596610126.post-92219917018287815882010-10-08T09:16:40.319+01:002010-10-08T09:16:40.319+01:00I'm about to post a nasty-minded comment to yo...I'm about to post a nasty-minded comment to you Billy Childish piece, so I think your happiness at hearing from me is going to be short-lived!<br /><br />(Wilfrid Bramble (sp?) - Steptoe Senior - was a very nasty piece of work indeed. And Harry H. Corbett was tragically identical to his on-screen persona. I find all the great British TV comedy to have a bleak rotten-ness at its core, to the extent that I can't watch it any more. Steptoe, Hancock, Fawlty - these are characters in despair.).https://www.blogger.com/profile/12723806547579467940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534680992596610126.post-8450156703298819122010-10-07T21:29:40.532+01:002010-10-07T21:29:40.532+01:00You're so right,.. There's definitely some...You're so right,.. There's definitely something rotten at the heart of English eccentricity; especially when the eccentricity merges with the persona/person.<br />Interesting you mention Jimmy Clitheroe - a recent favourite with my young daughter (BBC7 ran some shows), along with Steptoe and Son (she's got retro taste) - he was particularly odd.<br />Killed himself on the day of his mother's funeral...<br /><br />Kenneth Anger didn't need to go to Hollywood to find Babylon.<br /><br />Oops, starting to ramble...<br />Good to hear from you ., royroy rockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13212786349720823951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534680992596610126.post-27809528781016463092010-10-07T05:38:12.837+01:002010-10-07T05:38:12.837+01:00Aah, well, he went postal, didn't he?
I don&#...Aah, well, he went postal, didn't he?<br /><br />I don't know if he's crap or not, but he certainly conforms to a peculiarly English type from this time that collectively and individually give me the creeps. Charlie Drake, Jimmy Clitheroe, and a whole slew of rainy-sunday-on-the-radio "entertainers" I'll be happy never to have to endure again. Still - it makes for a fascinating blog!<br /><br />(Viv Stanshall - artist. The Singing Postman - singing postman.).https://www.blogger.com/profile/12723806547579467940noreply@blogger.com