Hope and Keen's Crazy Bus
Stuart Burns
Can anyone remember anything about this? My only memories are of them
touring round Britain in their eponymous mode of transport, stopping off at
various locations. ISTR they paid a visit to Loch Ness and met the
obligatory Mollie Weir.
The only other thing which sticks in my mind is the phrase "a figbox of
your imagination." I still annoy people with that to this day.
If I recall correctly, Victor Meldrew made mention of Hope & Keen in an
episode of ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE but apart from that, you never seem to
hear of them these days.
Stuart
Bob
They also had a series called Hope and Keen's Crazy House, in which they
had an "anything room" which was...well whatever they wanted it to be. I
used to really like that programme. I wonder what happened to them too.
Mind you, if I fell over them in the street I wouldn't recognise them.
Bob
Tholian
stu...@kefalos.demon.co.uk (Stuart Burns) wrote:
Stuart, you are a godsend. I have been trying to remember the name of
this dreadful series for years. FWIW I also remember the Loch Ness
episode and a safari park one as well. Truly mind numbing. Do you also
remember Samuel Tweet played by somebody Davis, Parrot Face I think
was his nickname. He used to blow raspberries in between his words.
What time is it - Vadertime
Rock - naughty by nature, Grunge - Violent by design
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Simon W. Hood
In article <ADAC1A94...@kefalos.demon.co.uk>, Stuart Burns
<stu...@kefalos.demon.co.uk> writes
>Can anyone remember anything about this? My only memories are of them
>touring round Britain in their eponymous mode of transport, stopping off at
>various locations. ISTR they paid a visit to Loch Ness and met the
>obligatory Mollie Weir.
>
>The only other thing which sticks in my mind is the phrase "a figbox of
>your imagination." I still annoy people with that to this day.
>
>If I recall correctly, Victor Meldrew made mention of Hope & Keen in an
>episode of ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE but apart from that, you never seem to
>hear of them these days.
>
>
>Stuart
>
>
on Friday afternoons during early 70's.
H & K travelled around the country searching for clues to a 'treasure
trail', accompanied by some friends. One of these companions was a
character called 'Crumble' who, it was revealed in the final episode,
had employed a spy to follow our heroes on their journey. This was
because Crumble was worried that he wouldn't receive his share of the
loot when they eventually found it, and the spy would ensure that he
would (?)
The actor who played Crumble had a double role in each episode, usually
as someone local to the area they were in that week.
I think H&KCB was a BBC Scotland production, and as such would have been
made at their Queen Margaret Drive, Glasgow, studios. This must have
reflected the budget for the show, as one particular episode took place
in Glasgow's Botanical Gardens, just across the road from the BBC
Scotland studios!
--
Simon W. Hood
R.J.Chapman
Tho...@bluenoze.demon.co.uk writes:
> Stuart, you are a godsend. I have been trying to remember the name of
> this dreadful series for years. FWIW I also remember the Loch Ness
> episode and a safari park one as well. Truly mind numbing. Do you also
> remember Samuel Tweet played by somebody Davis, Parrot Face I think
> was his nickname. He used to blow raspberries in between his words.
>
70s kids' telly. Whatever happened to him?
--
Robin J. Chapman
Department of Mathematics "... But there are full professors
University of Exeter, EX4 4QE, UK in this place who read nothing
r...@maths.exeter.ac.uk but cereal boxes."
http://www.maths.ex.ac.uk/~rjc/rjc.html Don Delillo--White Noise
Tholian
rjch...@exeter.ac.uk (R.J.Chapman) wrote:
>Tho...@bluenoze.demon.co.uk writes:
>> Stuart, you are a godsend. I have been trying to remember the name of
>> this dreadful series for years. FWIW I also remember the Loch Ness
>> episode and a safari park one as well. Truly mind numbing. Do you also
>> remember Samuel Tweet played by somebody Davis, Parrot Face I think
>> was his nickname. He used to blow raspberries in between his words.
>>
>Freddie "Parrot-Face" Davis. He was a permament fixture in early
>70s kids' telly. Whatever happened to him?
I was thinking the same, any ideas anyone
>Robin J. Chapman
>Department of Mathematics "... But there are full professors
>University of Exeter, EX4 4QE, UK in this place who read nothing
>r...@maths.exeter.ac.uk but cereal boxes."
>http://www.maths.ex.ac.uk/~rjc/rjc.html Don Delillo--White Noise
What time is it - Vadertime
Rock - naughty by nature, Grunge - Violent by design
La de da de, we're here to party - TPE
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Tho...@bluenoze.demon.co.uk
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Neil Sharp
On Tue, 7 May 1996 06:57:10 GMT, rjch...@exeter.ac.uk (R.J.Chapman)
wrote:
>Freddie "Parrot-Face" Davis. He was a permament fixture in early
>70s kids' telly. Whatever happened to him?
Wasn't he in an episode of Casualty a short while ago.
Neil.
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James Dowle
Neil Sharp wrote:
>On Tue, 7 May 1996 06:57:10 GMT, rjch...@exeter.ac.uk (R.J.Chapman)
>wrote:
>
>>Freddie "Parrot-Face" Davis. He was a permament fixture in early
>>70s kids' telly. Whatever happened to him?
>
>Wasn't he in an episode of Casualty a short while ago.
>
>Neil.
>
Jim
Stuart Burns
In article <83149488...@bluenoze.demon.co.uk>,
Tho...@bluenoze.demon.co.uk (Tholian) wrote:
>rjch...@exeter.ac.uk (R.J.Chapman) wrote:
>
>>Tho...@bluenoze.demon.co.uk writes:
>>> Stuart, you are a godsend. I have been trying to remember the name of
>>> this dreadful series for years. FWIW I also remember the Loch Ness
>>> episode and a safari park one as well. Truly mind numbing. Do you also
>>> remember Samuel Tweet played by somebody Davis, Parrot Face I think
>>> was his nickname. He used to blow raspberries in between his words.
>>>
>>Freddie "Parrot-Face" Davis. He was a permament fixture in early
>>70s kids' telly. Whatever happened to him?
>
>I was thinking the same, any ideas anyone
Hi, Tholian. I just dipped into the Coronation St newgroup and see that
you hang about there too. One of these days I'll find a newsgroup that you
don't lurk around!
Anyway, to get back to your question, Freddie (no longer Parrot-Face)
Davies turned up in the last series of CASUALTY. ISTR he was playing a
down-on-his- luck actor, but I may be wrong.
Incidentally, talking of Freddies, whatever happened to Freddy Garrity -
remember the talking paintings and "Oliverin the Overworld" or something?
Stuart
David Bober
>>>70s kids' telly. Whatever happened to him?
Doesn't he own a hotel down in Cornwall?
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Martin Underwood
David Bober (CEREBUS@) wrote:
: >>On Tue, 7 May 1996 06:57:10 GMT, rjch...@exeter.ac.uk (R.J.Chapman)
: >>wrote:
: >>
: >>>Freddie "Parrot-Face" Davis. He was a permament fixture in early
: >>>70s kids' telly. Whatever happened to him?
: Doesn't he own a hotel down in Cornwall?
I saw him in a episode of Medics and an episode of Casualty within the last 6
months. He looked older but his face and his voice were still just as
recognisable.
Tholian
m...@oasis.icl.co.uk (Martin Underwood) wrote:
Did he blow raspberries between his words still ?
--What time is it - Vadertime
Rock - naughty by nature, Grunge - Violent by design
La de da de, we're here to party - TPE
--Tholian--
John Hudson
In article <Dr0wn...@exeter.ac.uk>, "R.J.Chapman"
<rjch...@exeter.ac.uk> wrote:
>> Stuart, you are a godsend. I have been trying to remember the name of
>> this dreadful series for years. FWIW I also remember the Loch Ness
>> episode and a safari park one as well. Truly mind numbing. Do you also
>> remember Samuel Tweet played by somebody Davis, Parrot Face I think
>> was his nickname. He used to blow raspberries in between his words.
>>
>70s kids' telly. Whatever happened to him?
>
of stage and screen who thought he was still someone - playing alongside
Don Henderson, who sounded really ill. I knew the face but couldn't
decide who it was (Mike Winters, Freddie Garrity maybe?) until I saw the
credits.
--
John Hudson, Gateshead, UK
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david jones
R.J.Chapman (rjch...@exeter.ac.uk) wrote:
: Tho...@bluenoze.demon.co.uk writes:
: > Stuart, you are a godsend. I have been trying to remember the name of
: > this dreadful series for years. FWIW I also remember the Loch Ness
: > episode and a safari park one as well. Truly mind numbing. Do you also
: > remember Samuel Tweet played by somebody Davis, Parrot Face I think
: > was his nickname. He used to blow raspberries in between his words.
: >
: Freddie "Parrot-Face" Davis. He was a permament fixture in early
: 70s kids' telly. Whatever happened to him?
Last seen lending his visage to newspaper ads for a glue that kept
rugs firmly attached to pates. He appeared next to a supposed wearer
of such a rug standing in a force tenner, holding his trademark
oversized bowler down over his trademark floppy lugs, pushing out
that trademark bottom lip in appreciation.
Without the tradmarks he was a handsome bloke - he could have made
a living playing con-men on Crossroads et al.
--
Dave Jones, Yorkshireman living in Brighton, but not the
one with the pebbly beach and Old Crocks Race.
Live from Rochester NY USA.
C++ will do for C what Algol-68 did for Algol
Bob
> : >
> : Freddie "Parrot-Face" Davis. He was a permament fixture in early
> : 70s kids' telly. Whatever happened to him?
Actually Mr Davis has been quite busy lately, turning up in all sorts of
places - most notably in the film "Funny Bones" with Lee Evans and lots of
other projects which I can't remember off hand. Oh he was in the BBC
adaption of "Elidor". Wasn't his old catchphrase something like "I'm
thick, I'm thick, I'm thick up to here?"
Bob