OT: Biffo leaves Digitiser
Jim Taylor
"Yes, it's true, I'm afraid.
BUT before you all begin to weep, I'm not going straight away. I'll hang
around until they find a replacement, which could take months. The
upshot of that, of course, is that I shall endeavour to push things as
far as possible while I'm still there. Go out with a bang. See the
return of Zombie Dave, and all that... Like, what's the worst they're
gonna do - sack me?! A-hahahahahahaHAH!
Let's love it while we can - and have a party! In fact... a Biffo/Digi
leaving party? That sounds like a brilliant idea. Who's going to
organise it? I'm frighteningly serious. Everyone's invited. Central
London sometime before Christmas? It's a date.
Also, apologies to anyone who is upset by this news. For me, the planets
seemed to align this week, and I officially got offered a writing gig on
EastEnders (I know who the father of Laura's baby is AND what's happened
to Lisa - nyah, nyah!), and a Channel 4 sitcom - on Monday and Tuesday
respectively. Last week I was offered Emmerdale. And I'm developing a
proper grown-up comedy drama for ITV, and animation for Granada, and
writing more My Parents Are Aliens. And more Crossroads. See? See how
busy I am?
With all that in mind, and the fact that it's Digi's 10th anniversary,
and the fact that The Suits had to eat humble pie about the humour and
the three-day week thing... the time felt right.
To be honest, I've been coming to this decision for a while, but it's
still utterly terrifying for me - terrifying, but stupidly, absurdly
exciting. I've been with Digitiser for 10 years, during which time I've
literally grown hair on my knees. It would have been very easy to get
complacent (and I have done), and just stick with it until they prise it
out of my eerily clammy hands.
But my whole reason for leaving Teletext five or whatever years ago, and
becoming freelance, was to try and make a go of it in telly writing.
It's taken a lot of blood, sweat and tears - most of it due to certain
figures within Teletext, cheers - but I finally reached that point this
week where I had to cut myself free.
In the most genuine, sincere way possible, I want to properly thank
those of you who have supported Digitiser over the years. Your faith in
my stupid scrawlings gave me the confidence to try something outside of
reveal-o-jokes and Mr T's bins.
I dare say you'll see me pop up in the occasional games mag from time to
time. I've an open invitation from OPM2 to write more features, and I do
still love my games.
But hey - the next Biffo telly-ganza is New Crossroads, Episode 16,
January 29th. It's ridiculously camp. There will be more....
Love you all. And hey - how about that party?
Uncle Biffo
xxx"
Mohh, Eastenders.
Jim
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Dr. Boggis
sp...@gbafaq.co.uk (Jim Taylor) wrote:
> <http://forum.edge-online.com/viewtopic.php?t=36718>
>
> "Yes, it's true, I'm afraid."
This newsgroup has nothing to do with Digitiser.
(but it's amusing that he didn't post a message to his "chosen ones" in
the ADS to tell them all this)....
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Jim Taylor
> > <http://forum.edge-online.com/viewtopic.php?t=36718>
> >
> > "Yes, it's true, I'm afraid."
>
> This newsgroup has nothing to do with Digitiser.
Hence the OT.
Cthulhu mang
"Jim Taylor" <sp...@gbafaq.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1fmootc.ytpqtlq2knr4N%sp...@gbafaq.co.uk...
> Dr. Boggis <boggis...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > <http://forum.edge-online.com/viewtopic.php?t=36718>
> > >
> > > "Yes, it's true, I'm afraid."
> >
> > This newsgroup has nothing to do with Digitiser.
>
> Hence the OT.
muhh-huh-hur!
YOU WOZ TRICKED <dalek voice>DOCT0R!!!!!!!!!11</dalek voice>
Dr. Boggis
"Cthulhu mang" <TheGrea...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Well, apart from that I was using an old digi-standard phrase to do the
ironing, yeah.
Jim Taylor
> > > > <http://forum.edge-online.com/viewtopic.php?t=36718>
> > > >
> > > > "Yes, it's true, I'm afraid."
> > >
> > > This newsgroup has nothing to do with Digitiser.
> >
> > Hence the OT.
>
> muhh-huh-hur!
>
> YOU WOZ TRICKED <dalek voice>DOCT0R!!!!!!!!!11</dalek voice>
Ha, I'll just run up some stairs. The daleks will never get me there.
Except for that one where they floated upstairs somehow and attacked
Sylvester McCoy.
Darth Johnson
> Cthulhu mang <TheGrea...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > <http://forum.edge-online.com/viewtopic.php?t=36718>
> > > > >
> > > > > "Yes, it's true, I'm afraid."
> > > >
> > > > This newsgroup has nothing to do with Digitiser.
> > >
> > > Hence the OT.
> >
> > muhh-huh-hur!
> >
> > YOU WOZ TRICKED <dalek voice>DOCT0R!!!!!!!!!11</dalek voice>
>
> Ha, I'll just run up some stairs. The daleks will never get me there.
> Except for that one where they floated upstairs somehow and attacked
> Sylvester McCoy.
>
Best thing those boys in bins[1] ever did.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/deadringers/
[1] Nude? Possibly.
Darth Johnson
> <http://forum.edge-online.com/viewtopic.php?t=36718>
This is indeed sad news. Oh well.
If he doesn't update BubbleGun more, I will go round Digi HQ and devour
him with a sprocket.
Richard Blackwood
> Cthulhu mang <TheGrea...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>>> <http://forum.edge-online.com/viewtopic.php?t=36718>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Yes, it's true, I'm afraid."
>>>>
>>>> This newsgroup has nothing to do with Digitiser.
>>>
>>> Hence the OT.
>>
>> muhh-huh-hur!
>>
>> YOU WOZ TRICKED <dalek voice>DOCT0R!!!!!!!!!11</dalek voice>
>
> Ha, I'll just run up some stairs. The daleks will never get me there.
> Except for that one where they floated upstairs somehow and attacked
> Sylvester McCoy.
There was a dalek who looked like Nick Mooney in that one.
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Richard Blackwood
I hate to break this to you, but there is no Digi HQ.
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The Rev
Taylor" wrote...
> I officially got offered a writing gig on
> EastEnders
Excellence.
Cue jokes about Phil Mitchell telling Ian Beale to stay way from his
bins.
Jokes I can't be bothered to write. Fill in your own here -
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Cthulhu mang
"The Rev" <the_rev_y...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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MOHH!
Cthulhu mang
"Richard Blackwood" <chamberlainU...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:asm06p$sr7fb$1...@ID-72233.news.dfncis.de...
If he wants to go munching on digitiser's hind quarters with a sprocket then
I say we let him. Mind you, he'd be better off using a sp0rk.
Robertster
"Dr. Boggis" <boggis...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:boggissimoron-613...@news.fu-berlin.de...
> In article <1fmonwb.wbjtg91bcodq2N%sp...@gbafaq.co.uk>,
> sp...@gbafaq.co.uk (Jim Taylor) wrote:
>
> > <http://forum.edge-online.com/viewtopic.php?t=36718>
> >
> > "Yes, it's true, I'm afraid."
>
> This newsgroup has nothing to do with Digitiser.
>
>
> (but it's amusing that he didn't post a message to his "chosen ones" in
> the ADS to tell them all this)....
>
Yes, I am most upset.
Robertster
Mr and Mrs Julien Frankel
It was actually Nick Mooney, who looks like a Dalek.
Richard Blackwood
Mark Williamson spends his weekends as a Sylvester McCoy impersonator, but
only Sylvester is the real...... THING!
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Richard Blackwood
> Shakespeare wrote plays and sonnets that will last for eternity. "Jim
> Taylor" wrote...
>
>> I officially got offered a writing gig on
>> EastEnders
>
> Excellence.
>
> Cue jokes about Phil Mitchell telling Ian Beale to stay way from his
> bins.
>
> Jokes I can't be bothered to write. Fill in your own here -
>
> -------------------------------------------!
>
> --------------------?
>
> --------------------------------!!
PAT: Oh Roy, Barry's baby's been killed, he's lost his job, Natalie's left
him, our house is being reposesed, Ian raped me, Stephen raped you, Alfie
raped Ulrika Johnsson, everyone accept us got killed in a nuclear explosion
at the Vic, and now my 45 year old ear piercings have turned septic... what
are we going to do?
ROY: Strrrrrp yrrrrrrrr fggggggggn wnnnnngnggggg yrrrr fgggn cnnnnnnnn.
THAT FEMALE POLICEWOMAN: Boil my trotters and pickle my tail, I'm the
angriest pig alive.
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Johnny
> Hence the OT.
We'll have no OT here. This is a local newsgroup......
Johnny
Darth Johnson
>
> Mark Williamson spends his weekends as a Sylvester McCoy impersonator,
but
> only Sylvester is the real...... THING!
>
He should go on Dead Ringers then.
Darth Johnson
Mohh.
Mike Fister
to his chest, they are better than Adam and the Ants, Richard
Blackwood's disco pants
>accept
ARGH
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str0be
> him, our house is being reposesed, Ian raped me, Stephen raped you, Alfie
> raped Ulrika Johnsson, everyone accept us got killed in a nuclear explosion
> at the Vic, and now my 45 year old ear piercings have turned septic... what
> are we going to do?
>
> ROY: Strrrrrp yrrrrrrrr fggggggggn wnnnnngnggggg yrrrr fgggn cnnnnnnnn.
>
> THAT FEMALE POLICEWOMAN: Boil my trotters and pickle my tail, I'm the
> angriest pig alive.
Nine-tenths.
Mr and Mrs Julien Frankel
But when I finally found it on the intertext today it amused me greatly.