gandalf in corrie
Oscar*The*Cat
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personally I though the was s very good. Will corrie become like 'will and
grace' with guest stars? who next?
SouthSeas
>Will corrie become like 'will and
>grace' with guest stars? who next?
It has already become like that.
Roy Hudd, Maureen Lipman, Honor Blackman, Norman Wisdom, Keith Duffy,
and so on. With oodles of pre-publicity.
Seems to me it's a bit like Corrie has almost reached that point in US
sitcoms where they start pausing for applause when a popular character
enters. Too self-conscious and too self-congratulatory.
The producers are entering precarious territory and have to tread
carefully, because the next step is jumping the shark.
SouthSeas
Jon
MartinS
Craig Charles from Red Dwarf, apparently.
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Enzo Matrix
> A Cat wrote:
>> Will corrie become like 'will and
>> grace' with guest stars? who next?
>
> It has already become like that.
>
> Roy Hudd, Maureen Lipman, Honor Blackman, Norman Wisdom, Keith Duffy,
> and so on. With oodles of pre-publicity.
Bernard Cribbens... and Craig Charles to come.
I dunno if I'd class Keith Duffy as a "guest". Ciaran been a regular
character for a couple of years now, although you are right about the
pre-publicity.
> Seems to me it's a bit like Corrie has almost reached that point in US
> sitcoms where they start pausing for applause when a popular character
> enters. Too self-conscious and too self-congratulatory.
I don't mind them having guest stars as long as the characters are there as
part of the story. Roy Hudd's Archie Shuttlecock was a wonderful character
and he fitted perfectly into the show. On the other hand, Norman Wisdom's
character was simply bizarre. I think the PTBs only had him in there so they
could have Norman do his trademark silly giggle. That sort of guest
appearance is unnecessary.
> The producers are entering precarious territory and have to tread
> carefully, because the next step is jumping the shark.
Actually, I'd like to see a bit of attempted shark jumping. Les and Cilla
have been in Spain. There are Great Whites in the Med...
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> Roy Hudd, Maureen Lipman, Honor Blackman, Norman Wisdom, Keith Duffy,
> and so on. With oodles of pre-publicity.
And not forgetting possibly the best of the lot - Peter Kay!
SimonM
Andrew
40th anniversary episode?
MartinS
> There was also that very brief appearance by Michael Crawford, was
> that the 40th anniversary episode?
I believe he was a non-speaking extra, at his own request.
Noddy Holder made a guest appearance on the 40th Anniversary epsiode.
Prince Charles appeared as himself, chatting to Audreh on TV.
Sir Trevor MacDonald was also seen as himself in the same episode.
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Alex Cunningham
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We just had to endure Norman Wisdom. What crap. :-(
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Alex Cunningham
> "Andrew" <in...@REMOVEardwebALLdesignCAPITALS.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> There was also that very brief appearance by Michael Crawford, was
>> that the 40th anniversary episode?
>
> I believe he was a non-speaking extra, at his own request.
>
> Noddy Holder made a guest appearance on the 40th Anniversary epsiode.
> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote
> Prince Charles appeared as himself, chatting to Audreh on TV.
> Sir Trevor MacDonald was also seen as himself in the same episode.
And Peter Shmeicel took a walk down the street.
MartinS
>> "Andrew" <in...@REMOVEardwebALLdesignCAPITALS.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> There was also that very brief appearance by Michael Crawford, was
>>> that the 40th anniversary episode?
>>
>> I believe he was a non-speaking extra, at his own request.
>>
>> Noddy Holder made a guest appearance on the 40th Anniversary epsiode.
>
>> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote
>> Prince Charles appeared as himself, chatting to Audreh on TV.
>> Sir Trevor MacDonald was also seen as himself in the same episode.
>
> And Peter Shmeicel took a walk down the street.
With Chesney?
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Gordon Davie
>> "Andrew" <in...@REMOVEardwebALLdesignCAPITALS.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> There was also that very brief appearance by Michael Crawford, was
>>> that the 40th anniversary episode?
>>
>> I believe he was a non-speaking extra, at his own request.
>>
>> Noddy Holder made a guest appearance on the 40th Anniversary epsiode.
>
>> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote
>> Prince Charles appeared as himself, chatting to Audreh on TV.
>> Sir Trevor MacDonald was also seen as himself in the same episode.
>
> And Peter Shmeicel took a walk down the street.
"And he painted kids who had nowt on their feet..."
Oh, sorry, that was L.S. Lowry.
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Mudge
> We just had to endure Norman Wisdom. What crap. :-(
Thankfully, it was a very short stay
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MartinS
> Alex Cunningham wrote:
>>> "Andrew" <in...@REMOVEardwebALLdesignCAPITALS.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> There was also that very brief appearance by Michael Crawford,
>>>> was that the 40th anniversary episode?
>>>
>>> I believe he was a non-speaking extra, at his own request.
>>>
>>> Noddy Holder made a guest appearance on the 40th Anniversary
>>> epsiode.
>>
>>> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote
>>> Prince Charles appeared as himself, chatting to Audreh on TV.
>>> Sir Trevor MacDonald was also seen as himself in the same episode.
>>
>> And Peter Shmeicel took a walk down the street.
>
> "And he painted kids who had nowt on their feet..."
> Oh, sorry, that was L.S. Lowry.
Isn't that a Lowry painting on the wall in the Rovers near the toilets?
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MartinS
> On 05/16/2005 08:05:07 "Alex Cunningham" wrote:
>
>> We just had to endure Norman Wisdom. What crap. :-(
>
> Thankfully, it was a very short stay
And he's a very short person.
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No. It's a print. ;-)
Alex Cunningham
>>> "Andrew" <in...@REMOVEardwebALLdesignCAPITALS.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> There was also that very brief appearance by Michael Crawford, was
>>>> that the 40th anniversary episode?
>>> I believe he was a non-speaking extra, at his own request.
>>> Noddy Holder made a guest appearance on the 40th Anniversary epsiode.
>>> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote
>>> Prince Charles appeared as himself, chatting to Audreh on TV.
>>> Sir Trevor MacDonald was also seen as himself in the same episode.
>> Alex Cunningham" <sly_...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> And Peter Shmeicel took a walk down the street.
> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote
> With Chesney?
Nope.
Alex Cunningham
>>>> There was also that very brief appearance by Michael Crawford, was
>>>> that the 40th anniversary episode?
>>> I believe he was a non-speaking extra, at his own request.
>>> Noddy Holder made a guest appearance on the 40th Anniversary epsiode.
>>> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote
>>> Prince Charles appeared as himself, chatting to Audreh on TV.
>>> Sir Trevor MacDonald was also seen as himself in the same episode.
>>Alex Cunningham wrote:
>> And Peter Shmeicel took a walk down the street.
>Gordon Davie" <g.d...@btinternet.com> wrote
> "And he painted kids who had nowt on their feet..."
> Oh, sorry, that was L.S. Lowry.
They did so have things on their feet. The had "sparking clogs"
MartinS
It *could* be an original on loan from The Lowry...
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Alex Cunningham
>>>Alex Cunningham" wrote:
>>> We just had to endure Norman Wisdom. What crap. :-(
>> Mudge <Mu...@nospam.ever> wrote:
>> Thankfully, it was a very short stay
> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote
> And he's a very short person.
Who appeared to be also very short of breath.
MartinS
>
>>>>Alex Cunningham" wrote:
>>>> We just had to endure Norman Wisdom. What crap. :-(
>
>>> Mudge <Mu...@nospam.ever> wrote:
>>> Thankfully, it was a very short stay
>
>> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote
>> And he's a very short person.
>
> Who appeared to be also very short of breath.
Maybe he was caught short?
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Alex Cunningham
>>>>> We just had to endure Norman Wisdom. What crap. :-(
>>
>>>> Mudge <Mu...@nospam.ever> wrote:
>>>> Thankfully, it was a very short stay
>>
>>> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote
>>> And he's a very short person.
>> Alex Cunningham" <sly_...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Who appeared to be also very short of breath.
> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote
> Maybe he was caught short?
No. He was wearing them.