UK UL: Concerning a certain ex-Blue Peter presenter
Mark Cain
I have heard from 3 independent sources over the years that Sarah Greene of Blue Peter fame was a
bit of a...how shall I put it... party girl when doing her degree. The location of the degree keeps
changing, but the last time I heard this it was Hull (can anyone confirm?), and the stories range
from 'gets around a bit' type right up to (I'm being delicate) entertaining 4 men on a pool table at
once in a communal area.
Of course, I don't believe a word of it, but anyone else heard such rumours?
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Paul Tomblin
In a previous article, ma...@alimar.demon.co.uk (Mark Cain) said:
:I have heard from 3 independent sources over the years that Sarah Greene of Blue Peter fame was a
:bit of a...how shall I put it... party girl when doing her degree. The location of the degree keeps
:changing, but the last time I heard this it was Hull (can anyone confirm?), and the stories range
:from 'gets around a bit' type right up to (I'm being delicate) entertaining 4 men on a pool table at
:once in a communal area.
:
:Of course, I don't believe a word of it, but anyone else heard such rumours?
I bet you get a blue peter just thinking about it, don't you Mark?
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Ewan Kirk
On Wed, 19 Feb 1997 17:21:56 GMT, ma...@alimar.demon.co.uk (Mark Cain)
wrote:
>I have heard from 3 independent sources over the years that Sarah Greene of Blue Peter fame was a
>bit of a...how shall I put it... party girl when doing her degree. The location of the degree keeps
>changing, but the last time I heard this it was Hull (can anyone confirm?), and the stories range
>from 'gets around a bit' type right up to (I'm being delicate) entertaining 4 men on a pool table at
>once in a communal area.
>
>Of course, I don't believe a word of it, but anyone else heard such rumours?
Certainly heard the rumours. Also similar rumours about Sheena
Easton, Sue Lawley and many many others. Whilst Sarah Green may have
bonked anything in trousers, it isn't really the issue. These ULs
spread for two reasons
1) If Sarah Green was bonking everything with a pulse, the "if only
I'd been at Hull or Cambridge or whereever, **I** could have bonked
Sarah Green" titillation.
2) A undercurrent of sexism: "the only way that these women could
have made it was because they were bonking all the time".
I suspect that (1) is the most common reason for repeating it.
Sarah green was after my time unfortunately.
Ewan "and Valerie Singleton was unlikely to be interested in me" Kirk.
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Colin Dooley
Mark Cain wrote:
>
>I have heard from 3 independent sources over the years that Sarah >Greene of Blue Peter fame was a bit of a...how shall I put it...
>party girl when doing her degree. The location of the degree keeps
>changing, but the last time I heard this it was Hull (can anyone >confirm?), and the stories range from 'gets around a bit' type right >up to (I'm being delicate) entertaining 4 men on a pool table at
>once in a communal area.
>
>Of course, I don't believe a word of it, but anyone else heard such >rumours?
I believe it. I mean, did you see the Blue Peter episode with
Brian Jacks....
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Ewan Kirk
>Mark Cain wrote:
>>
>>I have heard from 3 independent sources over the years that Sarah >Greene of Blue Peter fame was a bit of a...how shall I put it...
>>party girl when doing her degree. The location of the degree keeps
>>changing, but the last time I heard this it was Hull (can anyone >confirm?), and the stories range from 'gets around a bit' type right >up to (I'm being delicate) entertaining 4 men on a pool table at
>>once in a communal area.
>>
>>Of course, I don't believe a word of it, but anyone else heard such >rumours?
>
>
>I believe it. I mean, did you see the Blue Peter episode with
>Brian Jacks....
Oh YES! It's been a long time coming but it's time for another Brit
TV thread.
Do you remember the one with Lesley Judd dressed up in Victorian
Underwear telling the assembled 5 to 13 year olds on britain about
some exhibition on at the national gallery? There wasn't a duvet safe
that night I'll tell you.
Ewan "what about some Mr Benn folklore now eh?" Kirk.
Derek Tearne
>Oh YES! It's been a long time coming but it's time for another Brit
>TV thread.
>
>Do you remember the one with Lesley Judd dressed up in Victorian
>Underwear telling the assembled 5 to 13 year olds on britain about
>some exhibition on at the national gallery? There wasn't a duvet safe
>that night I'll tell you.
And what about the (Sarah Greene?) one about 'how to punk your
Teddy Bear', which involved a 'stuffed toy', safety pins, black
plastic bags and a toilet brush (although sadly no 'sticky back
plastic' or toilet roll centres).
I think that one was my favourite.
Derek "And how come Mr Benn never bought anything in the shop?" Tearne
Phil Worsley
In article <330ae748...@news.demon.co.uk>, ma...@alimar.demon.co.uk (Mark Cain) wrote:
>I have heard from 3 independent sources over the years that Sarah Greene of
> Blue Peter fame was a
>bit of a...how shall I put it... party girl when doing her degree. The location
> of the degree keeps
>changing, but the last time I heard this it was Hull (can anyone confirm?), and
> the stories range
>from 'gets around a bit' type right up to (I'm being delicate) entertaining 4
> men on a pool table at
>once in a communal area.
>
>Of course, I don't believe a word of it, but anyone else heard such rumours?
>| Mark Cain EMail ma...@alimar.demon.co.uk
>| www.alimar.demon.co.uk
>--------------------------------------------
The story I heard was that she wanted to get on the University Student Union
Exec committee at Hull University, real bad. So she entertained the president
of the SU on the pool table in the Union building. I heard that from a Hull
graduate. How true it is, I don't know.
Perhaps someone should inform the Sun, and we'll see if she sue's for libel.
Phil.
Toby Barrett
Concerning Sarah Greene:
In article <1997Feb27.0...@leeds.ac.uk>,
Ph...@psychology.leeds.ac.uk (Phil Worsley) wrote:
>The story I heard was that she wanted to get on the University Student Union
>Exec committee at Hull University, real bad. So she entertained the president
>of the SU on the pool table in the Union building. I heard that from a Hull
>graduate. How true it is, I don't know.
As a Hull graduate myself I can confirm that (a) Sarah Green attended Hull
University, and (b) there were I lot of stories alleging she got involved in
sexual shenanigans. However, I cannot confirm (c) that any of them were true.
I started at Hull in 1983, only a couple of years after she left, I believe,
and they were rife then.
I don't know what it is about Sarah Greene, but years later a cow orker
informed me that she knew for a fact what Ms Greene and Mike Smith's favourite
sexual practice was.
Toby "let's get to the bottom of it" Barrett
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Toby Barrett
Ewan Kirk
>On Sat, 22 Feb 1997 15:46:29 GMT, ewan@{remove}kirk.demon.co.uk (Ewan
>Kirk) wrote:
>
>>Oh YES! It's been a long time coming but it's time for another Brit
>>TV thread.
>And what about the (Sarah Greene?) one about 'how to punk your
>Teddy Bear', which involved a 'stuffed toy', safety pins, black
>plastic bags and a toilet brush (although sadly no 'sticky back
>plastic' or toilet roll centres).
>
>I think that one was my favourite.
Oh yes, that was an extremely good one. I date the decline and fall
of Blue Peter from that moment. It was the moment when Blue Peter
finally did something which wasn't rooted firmly in a 1950's view of
childhood.
>Derek "And how come Mr Benn never bought anything in the shop?" Tearne
I suspect that Mr Benn was in cahoots with the shopkeeper. He'd go
and have all these adventures and tell all his mates. His mates would
go to the shop and buy some pirate outfit and end up in a boring
changing room.
I for one find Brit TV threads more interesting than interminable "I
live in area code 431 and you can't dial 804 from there without ending
up going via a 512 exchange" threads. Or the "some people have
toilets which aren't steam cleaned every two seconds like they are in
America and we're so uptight about bodily waste products that we've
got to talk about it endlessly" threads.
Ewan "..so, didn't the Clangers get a bit sick of soup after all those
years" Kirk.
Colin Dooley
And what happened when Ms. Greene went over to saturday morning TV?
Does anybody remember the show where she demonstrated her technique
for putting on *really* tight jeans?
Colin "just what 8 year olds ought to be watching really..." Dooley
Tim Barnes
Phil Worsley (Ph...@psychology.leeds.ac.uk) wrote:
: In article <330ae748...@news.demon.co.uk>, ma...@alimar.demon.co.uk (Mark Cain) wrote:
: >I have heard from 3 independent sources over the years that Sarah Greene of
: > Blue Peter fame was a
: >bit of a...how shall I put it... party girl when doing her degree. The location
: > of the degree keeps
: >changing, but the last time I heard this it was Hull (can anyone confirm?), and
: > the stories range
: >from 'gets around a bit' type right up to (I'm being delicate) entertaining 4
: > men on a pool table at
: >once in a communal area.
: >
: >Of course, I don't believe a word of it, but anyone else heard such rumours?
: >--------------------------------------------
: >| Mark Cain EMail ma...@alimar.demon.co.uk
: >| www.alimar.demon.co.uk
: >--------------------------------------------
: Yup I've heard that one,
Bit late onto this one, but I don't reckon it can be true cos I've heard the
same rumour (give or take ..) passed around about Sue Lawley *and*
Caron Keating at Bristol University, except of course here it was a snooker
table.....
cheers,
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Phil Edwards
ewan@{remove}kirk.demon.co.uk (Ewan Kirk) wrote:
>I for one find Brit TV threads more interesting than interminable "I
>live in area code 431 and you can't dial 804 from there without ending
>up going via a 512 exchange" threads. Or the "some people have
>toilets which aren't steam cleaned every two seconds like they are in
>America and we're so uptight about bodily waste products that we've
>got to talk about it endlessly" threads.
Just nobody mention snakes. Please, nobody mention snakes.
Phil "or we start on the £2 note stories" Edwards
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Mike Holmans
Bar...@holly.bris.ac.uk (Tim Barnes) treated us to:
>Bit late onto this one, but I don't reckon it can be true cos I've heard the
>same rumour (give or take ..) passed around about Sue Lawley *and*
>Caron Keating at Bristol University, except of course here it was a snooker
>table.....
Whaaaat???
You mean the table I learned to play pool on all those years ago has
been removed from the Long Bar in the Union?
I don't remember the *snooker* tables being that public, but things
may have changed.
Mike "well, I suppose they were only *semi*-private" Holmans
El Sig wants to talk about the sinking building variation which said
that half the Bristol University Union building is sliding down the
hill because they forgot to factor in the weight of the water in the
swimming pool, but I won't let him
Andy Wardley
Ewan Kirk <ewan@{mini-winky}kirk.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>Oh YES! It's been a long time coming but it's time for another Brit
>TV thread.
YEEESSSS!!!!!
>Do you remember the one with Lesley Judd dressed up in Victorian
>Underwear telling the assembled 5 to 13 year olds on britain about
>some exhibition on at the national gallery? There wasn't a duvet safe
>that night I'll tell you.
Fwwwarrrr! I case of "Mummy, look at my tent-pole!" that night, eh?
>Ewan "what about some Mr Benn folklore now eh?" Kirk.
Now that's a subject we can really get our teeth into.
I heard a voracious bit of Urban Folklore that said that Mr Benn was
originally a French TV program which was all based on an LSD trip. The
BBC bought it, thinking it was a kid's programme and overdubbed the
words.
Orignally, Mr Benn was saying stuff like "Wow dude, can you score me
some good gear, man, like take me to the fucking moon!" to the shop
keeper (which, of course he did) and Mr Benn went off on a crazy drug
induced mind-bender, travelling to the moon, going on safari, etc.
The BBC were totally oblivious to all this until it was pointed out many
years later by a professor of Brit TV, Dr Tea Urn.
Another twist in the tale is that drug dealers sell acid tabs with
pictures of TV characters on them to interest kids. In street slang,
they're actually known as "Mister Benn's"
Andy "veracious appetite for Brit TV threads" Wardley
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Andy Wardley (a...@peritas.com) wrote:
: Ewan Kirk <ewan@{mini-winky}kirk.demon.co.uk> wrote:
[...]
: YEEESSSS!!!!!
There go the punctuation supplies again. Dammit, these newbies...
: Fwwwarrrr! I case of "Mummy, look at my tent-pole!" that night, eh?
[...]
: Orignally, Mr Benn was saying stuff like "Wow dude, can you score me
: some good gear, man, like take me to the fucking moon!" to the shop
: keeper (which, of course he did) and Mr Benn went off on a crazy drug
: induced mind-bender, travelling to the moon, going on safari, etc.
[...]
Oh jeeze, another winkie winkie wanky wanky newbie typing one handed and
making lame jokes. Probably aol or ix.netcom.com. Must have a good
flame somewhere here for the arsehole.
<riffle riffle>
Hmmm. Lessee...
OK, here we are:
"Andy Wardley, you are without doubt the least promising, most egre...
Waitaminnit.
Andy?
Andy *Wardley*?
Hey! We thought you were dead!
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Page
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> Another twist in the tale is that drug dealers sell acid tabs with
> pictures of TV characters on them to interest kids. In street slang,
> they're actually known as "Mister Benn's"
Omigod! Not Blue Star Tattoos?
>
> Andy "veracious appetite for Brit TV threads" Wardley
>
> --
> Andy Wardley <a...@peritas.com> **NEW** http://www.peritas.com/~abw
> A responsible and professional individual who has no need for silly
> comments, inane banter or bizarre "in-jokes" in his signature file.
Guy "just a geek, really" Daugherty.
Tony Sweeney
Andy Wardley wrote:
: I heard a voracious bit of Urban Folklore that said that Mr Benn was
: originally a French TV program which was all based on an LSD trip.
The
: BBC bought it, thinking it was a kid's programme and overdubbed the
: words.
:
: Orignally, Mr Benn was saying stuff like "Wow dude, can you score me
: some good gear, man, like take me to the fucking moon!" to the shop
: keeper (which, of course he did) and Mr Benn went off on a crazy drug
: induced mind-bender, travelling to the moon, going on safari, etc.
:
: The BBC were totally oblivious to all this until it was pointed out
many
: years later by a professor of Brit TV, Dr Tea Urn.
I believe you're conflating the origins of Mr. Benn with that
of "The Magic Roundabout", which was indeed French. The BBC
bought it, and Eric Thompson (father of actress Emma) did the
English narration. The only problem being that he couldn't
understand a word of French, so he made up his own plots to fit
the visuals. This being the late (Lasnerian) sixties, some of
the dialogue was somewhat trippy, and was intended to amuse
the adults who were waiting for Zebedee to send their progeny
to bed.
Tony "nana-nana nana-nana, nana-nana nana-nana, nana-..." Sweeney.
Dave Blake
Tony Sweeney <swe...@informix.com> treats us to the following...
>
>I believe you're conflating the origins of Mr. Benn with that
>of "The Magic Roundabout", which was indeed French. The BBC
>bought it, and Eric Thompson (father of actress Emma) did the
>English narration. The only problem being that he couldn't
>understand a word of French, so he made up his own plots to fit
>the visuals. This being the late (Lasnerian) sixties, some of
>the dialogue was somewhat trippy, and was intended to amuse
>the adults who were waiting for Zebedee to send their progeny
>to bed.
>
mate.
>Tony "nana-nana nana-nana, nana-nana nana-nana, nana-..." Sweeney.
Surely it was "nana-na-na, na-nana-na, nana-na-na, na-nana-na....."
--
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- Paul Tomblin 1997
nob...@hursley.ibm.com
Tony Sweeney <swe...@informix.com> wrote:
>Andy Wardley wrote:
>
>: I heard a voracious bit of Urban Folklore that said that Mr Benn was
>: originally a French TV program which was all based on an LSD trip.
>The
>: BBC bought it, thinking it was a kid's programme and overdubbed the
>: words.
>:
>
>I believe you're conflating the origins of Mr. Benn with that
>of "The Magic Roundabout", which was indeed French. The BBC
>bought it, and Eric Thompson (father of actress Emma) did the
>English narration. The only problem being that he couldn't
>understand a word of French, so he made up his own plots to fit
>the visuals. This being the late (Lasnerian) sixties, some of
>the dialogue was somewhat trippy, and was intended to amuse
>the adults who were waiting for Zebedee to send their progeny
>to bed.
>
"Those were the days, my friend (we thought they'd never end...)".
(What? Hey... put that down... AArggghh... OK, I promise...)
Yup. Supposedly just another "kiddies" programme in the last slot of
the early evening children's progamming; actually, thanks to the
inspired scripts, mandatory viewing for anyone over the age of about
13. The Met Office weather forecasters who came on immediately
afterwards seemed to make a point of being in place in time to catch
it - they quite often had off-the-cuff comments about the episodes.
Plus, of course, there was comedian Jasper Carrot getting into the
charts with the unbelievably, and probably intentionally, dire single
"Funky Moped" - which just "happened" to have a hilarious and then
quite unbroadcastable parody of Magic Roundabout on the "B" side...
Ah, how well I remember....
- Ian Noble
(Elipses... don't tell me... I know this one...)