Mr Bennet from Tony Hart's programme
Conor Green
I think the programme was called Take Hart in those days, when Mr Bennet,
Tony's janitor(?) was a regular feature. Mr Bennet had a catchphrase, but I
can't remember what it was. Can anyone remember it?
Conor.
Alan Mockler
Merlin
In article <01bc0e93$ee9ed7e0$be0dc3c1@gandor>, Conor Green
<c.g...@kainos.com> writes
>
>I think the programme was called Take Hart in those days, when Mr Bennet,
>Tony's janitor(?) was a regular feature. Mr Bennet had a catchphrase, but I
>can't remember what it was. Can anyone remember it?
>
Dunno, but he's in that awful Allied Dunbar pregnancy test ad.
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William HamBevan
Conor Green (c.g...@kainos.com) wrote:
: I think the programme was called Take Hart in those days, when Mr Bennet,
: Tony's janitor(?) was a regular feature. Mr Bennet had a catchphrase, but I
: can't remember what it was. Can anyone remember it?
: Conor.
I heard a little while back (from a normally reliable source) that Tony
Hart is a leading light - no pun intended - in the campaign to legalise
cannabis. Can anyone confirm this, or is it a load of old smoke?
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Merlin wrote:
>
> In article <01bc0e93$ee9ed7e0$be0dc3c1@gandor>, Conor Green
> <c.g...@kainos.com> writes
> >
> >Tony's janitor(?) was a regular feature. Mr Bennet had a catchphrase, but I
> >can't remember what it was. Can anyone remember it?
> >
> >Conor.
>
Rubbish. Someone else has said this too! But it's still untrue. Prove it. Go on. Ner.
:-)
Colin Bennet did however appear in Luna as Andy (the Android) alongside Patsy Kensit
(the rock star groupie).
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DuncanRV
Didn't he just used to rub his hands together and say "Mr Hart"
repeatedly??
What a scene stealer he was, building that role up from nothing to being
the sole reason for watching Take Hart (before old Tone started
surrounding himself with top totty in Heartbeat).
Mr Bennet then went on to star as "Vince Purity" (i think) in the short
lived but highly surreal "You Should Be So Lucky"
Duncan
ps - anyone remember Gary Wilmots finest fifteen minutes - So You Want To
Be Top?
pps - Noseybonk is of course Adrian
ppps - Did anybody else play the game during "The Gallery" of leeping a
score of how many of the kids were the same age as you? Me and my brother
did and would usually end up having fights over who won or lost!
\
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In article <5cqpgq$2...@news.ox.ac.uk>
wham...@jesus.ox.ac.uk "William HamBevan" writes:
> I heard a little while back (from a normally reliable source) that Tony
> Hart is a leading light - no pun intended - in the campaign to legalise
> cannabis. Can anyone confirm this, or is it a load of old smoke?
>
I know Tony *Banks* MP [Labour] is all for legalising puff, but not sure
about Mr Hart..
Alex
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In article <rWulQFBS...@etinarc.demon.co.uk>, Merlin
<URL:mailto:mer...@etinarc.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> In article <01bc0e93$ee9ed7e0$be0dc3c1@gandor>, Conor Green
> <c.g...@kainos.com> writes
> >
> > I think the programme was called Take Hart in those days, when Mr Bennet,
> > Tony's janitor(?) was a regular feature. Mr Bennet had a catchphrase, but
> > I can't remember what it was. Can anyone remember it?
> >
> > Conor.
>
> Dunno, but he's in that awful Allied Dunbar pregnancy test ad.
Colin Bennet(t) - didn't he also appear in the Take Hart credits as a
producer or something?
ISTR he also ran/runs a production company that did a few zero budget
programmes on mountain biking/skateboarding etc. that went out on ITV in the
early hours a few years ago - he also presented them...
... and a series of fillers called 'Night Shift' or something?
I dunno - probably brainfade - bugger all to with catchphrases either.
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In article <32F0E3...@dircon.co.uk>, Andrew Wiseman
<ba...@dircon.co.uk> writes
>Merlin wrote:
>>
>> In article <01bc0e93$ee9ed7e0$be0dc3c1@gandor>, Conor Green
>> <c.g...@kainos.com> writes
>> >
>> >I think the programme was called Take Hart in those days, when Mr Bennet,
>> >Tony's janitor(?) was a regular feature. Mr Bennet had a catchphrase, but I
>> >can't remember what it was. Can anyone remember it?
>> >
>> >Conor.
>>
>> Dunno, but he's in that awful Allied Dunbar pregnancy test ad.
>
'Tissn't
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Jacqui
DuncanRV wrote:
>
> Mr Bennet then went on to star as "Vince Purity" (i think) in the short
> lived but highly surreal "You Should Be So Lucky"
One of the strangest programmes I ever saw.
> ps - anyone remember Gary Wilmots finest fifteen minutes - So You Want To
> Be Top?
Also strange.
> ppps - Did anybody else play the game during "The Gallery" of leeping a
> score of how many of the kids were the same age as you? Me and my brother
> did and would usually end up having fights over who won or lost!
But I also invented the rule that if they had the same name as you, you lost a
point. (Something to do with brothers called Andrew and Christopher and my name
being slightly less common)
Jac
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Paul Squires
On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Jacqui wrote:
> DuncanRV wrote:
> >
> > Mr Bennet then went on to star as "Vince Purity" (i think) in the short
> > lived but highly surreal "You Should Be So Lucky"
>
> One of the strangest programmes I ever saw.
Stranger than 'Jigsaw'?
Wonder what Adrian Hedley's up to now?
Cheers,
Paul
btw children's educational programmes are still great. "El Numbre" shown
during the Learning Zone and "Numbertime" on Weds mornings is *highly*
recommended!
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Paul Squires <p...@soc.unl.ac.uk> writes:
> btw children's educational programmes are still great. "El Numbre" shown
> during the Learning Zone and "Numbertime" on Weds mornings is *highly*
> recommended!
Written by Christopher Lillicrap, so naturally it has to be good.
Can you tell me why though, El Numbre defined a circle as being a shape
that "is round with no joins"? The "round" is fair enough, but why "no
joins"? What would a round shape with one join look like? You'd never
catch Fred Harris making such geometrically vague statements.
Clem.
Tony Marshall
Paul Squires <p...@soc.unl.ac.uk> wrote:
^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's a point - whatever happened to THE 'Paul Squires' of The Young
Ones fame? ("I was Paul Squires"!) - Didn't he present some quiz show
or other?
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Tony Marshall wrote:
>
> whatever happened to THE 'Paul Squires' of The Young
> Ones fame? ("I was Paul Squires"!) - Didn't he present some quiz show
> or other?
He did get his own comedy show, imaginitively titled "The Paul Squires
Show" (on ITV, I think?) around 1984 - after that he just seemed to
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Andrew Wiseman <ba...@dircon.co.uk> wrote:
>Merlin wrote:
>>
>> In article <01bc0e93$ee9ed7e0$be0dc3c1@gandor>, Conor Green
>> <c.g...@kainos.com> writes
>> >
>> >I think the programme was called Take Hart in those days, when Mr Bennet,
>> >Tony's janitor(?) was a regular feature. Mr Bennet had a catchphrase, but I
>> >can't remember what it was. Can anyone remember it?
>> >
>> >Conor.
>>
>> Dunno, but he's in that awful Allied Dunbar pregnancy test ad.
>Rubbish. Someone else has said this too! But it's still untrue. Prove it. Go on. Ner.
>:-)
I believe it is the gentleman concerned.
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DuncanRV wrote:
>
> Didn't he just used to rub his hands together and say "Mr Hart"
> repeatedly??
>
> What a scene stealer he was, building that role up from nothing to being
> the sole reason for watching Take Hart (before old Tone started
> surrounding himself with top totty in Heartbeat).
Top totty. You are NOT kidding!!! I really liked Margot, but
hell, there were all gorgeous...does anyone remember the
others' names!? Phwooooarr....
>
> Mr Bennet then went on to star as "Vince Purity" (i think) in the short
> lived but highly surreal "You Should Be So Lucky"
>
> Duncan
>
> ps - anyone remember Gary Wilmots finest fifteen minutes - So You Want To
> Be Top?
Of course!
>
> pps - Noseybonk is of course Adrian
Of course!
>
> ppps - Did anybody else play the game during "The Gallery" of leeping a
> score of how many of the kids were the same age as you? Me and my brother
> did and would usually end up having fights over who won or lost!
No, but I did play the game of "guessing the age" of the
kids who'd sent in pictures as, as I recall, the names and
ages were shown *after* the picture first came up. Highlights
included guessing that someone was "3 or 4" from the quality
of their artwork and then finding out they were in fact 17!
Sad!!
Does anyone remember the character that looked a bit
stringy that Tony drew one day, which came to life?! Or
did I just imagine that?!! Trippy...
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In message <32f28590...@news.u-net.com>
to...@zigzag.u-net.com (Tony Marshall) writes:
> That's a point - whatever happened to THE 'Paul Squires' of The Young
> Ones fame? ("I was Paul Squires"!) - Didn't he present some quiz show
> or other?
Well.. at the moment Paul Squires is in Panto with Frank Bruno at the
Alhambra Theatre, Bradford, close to where I live.
Haven't been to see it though. Oh yes I have etc..
Lee.
Graham Hick
In article <ant31025...@tarags.demon.co.uk>,
PJ <p...@tarags.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <rWulQFBS...@etinarc.demon.co.uk>, Merlin
><URL:mailto:mer...@etinarc.demon.co.uk> wrote:
[...]
>> Dunno, but he's in that awful Allied Dunbar pregnancy test ad.
>
> Colin Bennet(t) - didn't he also appear in the Take Hart credits as a
>producer or something?
Quite possibly but don't quote me on that.
> ISTR he also ran/runs a production company that did a few zero budget
>programmes on mountain biking/skateboarding etc. that went out on ITV in the
>early hours a few years ago - he also presented them...
Since doing Take Hart, Colin Bennett has spent most of his time doing
TV production work rather than presenting.
> ... and a series of fillers called 'Night Shift' or something?
Absolutely. Visit http://spasm.redcat.org.uk/~graham/nightshift/
for more info! He was also in The Bill a couple of weeks ago...
If anyone can remember his catchphrase on Take Hart I'd be very
grateful...
Regards,
Graham
Steve Paget
Andrew Wiseman <ba...@dircon.co.uk> wrote:
>> Dunno, but he's in that awful Allied Dunbar pregnancy test ad.
>
>:-)
Blimey, you lot have got short memories.
When this thread came up a few months ago, I called Colin Bennett's
agent, as a result of which the man himself phoned me up for a chat.
Yes, it is him in the Allied Dunbar commercial.
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Steve Paget wrote:
>
> Andrew Wiseman <ba...@dircon.co.uk> wrote:
> >> Dunno, but he's in that awful Allied Dunbar pregnancy test ad.
> >
> >Rubbish. Someone else has said this too! But it's still untrue. Prove it. Go on. Ner.
> >:-)
>
> Blimey, you lot have got short memories.
> When this thread came up a few months ago, I called Colin Bennett's
> agent, as a result of which the man himself phoned me up for a chat.
>
> Yes, it is him in the Allied Dunbar commercial.
No way! My memory is long enough to remember the last time the "I called his agent"
scame was used. That was the "Is it Martin Clunes who does the voice for Harry the kid
in the Sainsbury's ad". Apparently his agent said not. But of course it was Clunes.
Now then, my problem with the man in the Allied Dunbar ad is that he doesn't sound a bit
like Colin Bennet and only bears a passing resemblence to him. I can see why people with
faded memories could believe it to be him. But I have a clear memory of Bennet in Take
Hart and in Luna, and I say it ain't him! So there!
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Andrew Wiseman
Dave Matthews wrote:
>
> Tony Marshall wrote:
> >
> > whatever happened to THE 'Paul Squires' of The Young
> > Ones fame? ("I was Paul Squires"!) - Didn't he present some quiz show
> > or other?
>
> Show" (on ITV, I think?) around 1984 - after that he just seemed to
> disappear!
I think it was imaginatively titles "P.S. It's Paul Squires". The opening titles ended
with him bursting through a cartoon brick wall. And the show ended with him performing
his show in his living room each week.
I don't understand the Young Ones reference. If you mean Summer Holiday where they're
playing Boticelli in the garden, it sounded like he said Paul Scriers, but even if it
was Squires, what makes you think he was talking about the almost-famous comedian with
the same name?
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In article <85490861...@bluenoze.demon.co.uk>
how...@bluenoze.demon.co.uk "The Blue Avenger (aka Gilgamesh" writes:
> 1997 - The Year Of the Re-Birth of English Cricket.
Terrible news...they've just had a cow
Alan Mockler
Andrew Wiseman (ba...@dircon.co.uk) wrote:
> Steve Paget wrote:
> >
> Now then, my problem with the man in the Allied Dunbar ad is that he doesn't sound a bit
> like Colin Bennet and only bears a passing resemblence to him. I can see why people with
> faded memories could believe it to be him. But I have a clear memory of Bennet in Take
> Hart and in Luna, and I say it ain't him! So there!
Keep taking the tablets Steve, cos there may be trouble ahead...
Of course it's him.
Alan.
Mark Moir
In article <32F63F...@dircon.co.uk>, Andrew Wiseman
<URL:mailto:ba...@dircon.co.uk> wrote:
> Steve Paget wrote:
...
> >
> > Yes, it is him in the Allied Dunbar commercial.
>
> No way! My memory is long enough to remember the last time the "I called his agent"
> scame was used. That was the "Is it Martin Clunes who does the voice for Harry the kid
>
> in the Sainsbury's ad". Apparently his agent said not. But of course it was Clunes.
>
> Now then, my problem with the man in the Allied Dunbar ad is that he doesn't sound a b
> it
> like Colin Bennet and only bears a passing resemblence to him. I can see why people wi
> th
> faded memories could believe it to be him. But I have a clear memory of Bennet in Take
>
> Hart and in Luna, and I say it ain't him! So there!
How many people does it take to convince you that it IS HIM IN THE BLOODY ADVERT!
No question at all. I proved it to someone else when the advert came on after
his late night show.
Mark.
Merlin
In article <32f59c91...@news.demon.co.uk>, Steve Paget
<lo...@my.sig.for.address> writes
>Andrew Wiseman <ba...@dircon.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Dunno, but he's in that awful Allied Dunbar pregnancy test ad.
>>
>>Rubbish. Someone else has said this too! But it's still untrue. Prove it. Go
>on. Ner.
>>:-)
>
>Blimey, you lot have got short memories.
>When this thread came up a few months ago, I called Colin Bennett's
>agent, as a result of which the man himself phoned me up for a chat.
>
Told you, told you, ner ne ner ne nerrrrr ner.
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Unknown
>>Blimey, you lot have got short memories.
>>When this thread came up a few months ago, I called Colin Bennett's
>>agent, as a result of which the man himself phoned me up for a chat.
>>
>>Yes, it is him in the Allied Dunbar commercial.
>
>Told you, told you, ner ne ner ne nerrrrr ner.
Maybe, but does anyone remember him as Vince Purity in the
Childrens BBC game show "You should be so lucky" ?
It was truly awful
Mark
Rod Begbie
In article <1997Jan3...@alder.cc.kcl.ac.uk> uda...@alder.cc.kcl.ac.uk (Clem) writes:
>Paul Squires <p...@soc.unl.ac.uk> writes:
>
>> btw children's educational programmes are still great. "El Numbre" shown
>> during the Learning Zone and "Numbertime" on Weds mornings is *highly*
>> recommended!
>
>Written by Christopher Lillicrap,
<snigger>
Sorry, fifteen years later, it's still funny :)
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In article <19970130225...@ladder01.news.aol.com> dunc...@aol.com (DuncanRV) writes:
>Didn't he just used to rub his hands together and say "Mr Hart"
>repeatedly??
>
>What a scene stealer he was, building that role up from nothing to being
>the sole reason for watching Take Hart (before old Tone started
>surrounding himself with top totty in Heartbeat).
>
>lived but highly surreal "You Should Be So Lucky"
It was bizarre, that one. Stage school kids playing snakes and ladders,
and being precocious at the same time. Truly horrible (and I can still
remember the theme tune to it!)
Mr Bennet also appeared in the stage version of Supergran as the baddy!
>Duncan
>
>ps - anyone remember Gary Wilmots finest fifteen minutes - So You Want To
>Be Top?
So you want to be T.O.P.
Don't be a S.W.O.T.
doo-be-doo F.L.O.P.
Aaargh. Another dreadful theme tune from my youth! SYWTBT was actually a
terrific show as far as I can remember. The "adverts" were brilliant.
Things like a remote control that made all the clocks in school go forward
:) I remember wanting to buy one!
Matt Saunders
Andrew Wiseman wrote:
>
> Steve Paget wrote:
> >
> > Andrew Wiseman <ba...@dircon.co.uk> wrote:
> > >> Dunno, but he's in that awful Allied Dunbar pregnancy test ad.
> > >
> > >Rubbish. Someone else has said this too! But it's still untrue. Prove it. Go on. Ner.
> > >:-)
> >
> > When this thread came up a few months ago, I called Colin Bennett's
> > agent, as a result of which the man himself phoned me up for a chat.
> >
> > Yes, it is him in the Allied Dunbar commercial.
>
> scame was used. That was the "Is it Martin Clunes who does the voice for Harry the kid
> in the Sainsbury's ad". Apparently his agent said not. But of course it was Clunes.
>
> Now then, my problem with the man in the Allied Dunbar ad is that he doesn't sound a bit
> like Colin Bennet and only bears a passing resemblence to him.
a) The advert is dubbed (well - the singing bit at least)
b) He's covered in shaving foam :-)
> I can see why people with
> faded memories could believe it to be him. But I have a clear memory of Bennet in Take
> Hart and in Luna, and I say it ain't him! So there!
Well, Allied Dunbar is *definitely* the same bloke as Night Shift, which
(IIRC) is presented and produced by one Colin Bennett in a nice Houston
Oilers jacket. Either that or they're twins.
They look like one and the same to me... :-)
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Andrew Wiseman <ba...@dircon.co.uk> writes:
>Now then, my problem with the man in the Allied Dunbar ad is that he doesn't sound a bit
>Hart and in Luna, and I say it ain't him! So there!
Interesting. However, as soon as I first saw that advert (and the 300 times
I've seen it since) I thought "It's Mr Bennett !"
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Andrew Wiseman <ba...@dircon.co.uk> wrote:
>No way! My memory is long enough to remember the last time the "I called his agent"
>scame was used. That was the "Is it Martin Clunes who does the voice for Harry the kid
>in the Sainsbury's ad". Apparently his agent said not. But of course it was Clunes.
Ah, now. I'm man enough to admit when I make a mistake, so let me
elaborate for the uninitiated:
There was an argument on this group as to whetherMartin Clunes
provided the voice-over for the original Safeway baby (Harry).
I claimed it wasn't, several others said it was.
To settle the argument, I called his agent to enquire. She said that
it was not Clunes.
We later used Martin Clunes to record some adverts, so we decided to
ask the man himself. Surprise Surprise! He said it WAS him on the ads.
Conclusion: Agents don't know diddley-squat.
More recently, I called Colin Bennett's agent to ask about the Allied
Dunbar ads. The agent, quite rightly, decided to pass on the question
to Mr Bennett (see earlier conclusion), who told me PERSONALLY that he
was in the commercials.
On both occasions I have spoken to the actual person, I got the
correct information. So there!
*blows big raspberry*
>Now then, my problem with the man in the Allied Dunbar ad is that he doesn't sound a bit
>like Colin Bennet and only bears a passing resemblence to him. I can see why people with
>faded memories could believe it to be him. But I have a clear memory of Bennet in Take
>Hart and in Luna, and I say it ain't him! So there!
Sir, I have one thing to say to you:
"3 big arses on a bench. In drainpipe hipsters."
Steve Paget
Right. Doctor Fact is knocking at the door.
Someone PLEASE let the man in!
Colin Bennett's CV. OFFICIAL!
(I have it in front of me, typed by the man's own fair hand.
It doesn't include acting work, but it makes for interesting reading
anyway)
TV Writing Credits:
Luna
Captain Zep
You Should Be So Lucky!
Roland Rat
Family Practice
The Movie Game
Women Of A Certain Age
Panda Pete
Headfirst
Greetings From England
Little Thistle
Tricky Business
Robo Pidgeon
The Fantasy Five
The Live Drama
Mr Bennett
It's Weird
The Gill and Mark Show
The Postcard Show
Hart Beat
Take Hart
The Illuminated Bible
Theatre Writing:
Hancock's Finest Hour
Pullan 55
The Point
Supergran
Treasure Island
It's about Winning
Silent Mann
Our Henry
Fair Sextette
Deadly Satin
The Very Rude Restoration
An Evening With Fiona
Risque
Rainbow
WC Fields -the play
(There's a huge chunk of corporate films here, which I'll leave out)
(The rest of this post is quoted directly from the CV)
Here are some notes of what he thinks are the best bits!!
Very proud to have been featured twice as Mr Bennett in Viz
Used to be one of the "Bar Bar Bar, Bar Bar of Club" ads! (Music by
the Beachboys)
Used to be Finger Licking Good!
Used to be Carling Black Label sheepdog voice!
Used to "Wish the all could be Caledonian" business men singing across
the Atlantic (music by Beachboys again)
Luna went to two series, directed and produced by Michael Dolenz, very
ahead of its time. CB's Mother claims it to have been the forerunner
of Red Dwarf.
Wrote Captain Zep again too early... CSO sets with live action.
You should be so lucky, many years ahead of its time, was the first of
the new age Talent Shows, it was the first show ehere contestants
moved around the studio instead of sat politely behind a lecturn, it
was the first of the loud, vulgar, colourful happy
tongue-in-cheekshows (very Partridge)
Very proud of being able to produce two hours of Championship Skipping
for ITV!
Occasionally recognised, mainly in motorway service stations.
Doesn't really act any more, except when the odd (very odd) casting
director remembers him.
Waiting to be rediscovered bya new generation of directors and
producers who remember him as their childhood hero! Huh!
He mainly calls himself a TV producer now, though he is currently busy
writing plays...
like one about... Sir Richard Burton, boring old anthropologist and
explorer, not the actor/
Lily langtree, mistress of the prince in waiting for Victoria's
throne.
The Anniversary of Anaesthetics
etc...
Please bombard all media with requests to have him back on the screen,
BBC, LWT, the papers etc...
Conor Green
> Right. Doctor Fact is knocking at the door.
> Someone PLEASE let the man in!
Going back briefly to my original posting.... I don't suppose the good
doctor knows Mr B's Take Hart catchphrase? Or have we lost this particular
patient?
Conor.
Richard Brooks
In article <5d765q$6...@willow.cc.kcl.ac.uk> ** none ** writes:
>
>>>Blimey, you lot have got short memories.
>>>When this thread came up a few months ago, I called Colin Bennett's
>>>agent, as a result of which the man himself phoned me up for a chat.
>>>
>>>Yes, it is him in the Allied Dunbar commercial.
>>
>
>Maybe, but does anyone remember him as Vince Purity in the
>Childrens BBC game show "You should be so lucky" ?
>
>It was truly awful
>
what used to be United Artists London South Cable TV and now Telewest.
The name's changed but it smells the same.
And thanks to Broadcast Newspaper for printing the article of the car being
driven through their plate glass window - it definitely has to be due to
their programming quality.
Richard.
>Mark
" Silly customer.. you can not hurt the twinky"
Apu.
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Tony Marshall
Andrew Wiseman <ba...@dircon.co.uk> wrote:
>Dave Matthews wrote:
>>
>> Tony Marshall wrote:
>> >
>> > whatever happened to THE 'Paul Squires' of The Young
>> > Ones fame? ("I was Paul Squires"!) - Didn't he present some quiz show
>> > or other?
>
>I don't understand the Young Ones reference. If you mean Summer Holiday where they're
>playing Boticelli in the garden, it sounded like he said Paul Scriers, but even if it
>was Squires, what makes you think he was talking about the almost-famous comedian with
>the same name?
>
Because Paul Squires was a 'big' name at the time? I'm sure he was
referring to him - who else could it be?
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Steve Paget
Steve Paget
Mark Moir <mm...@acorn.co.uk> wrote:
>How many people does it take to convince you that it IS HIM IN THE BLOODY ADVERT!
>
>No question at all. I proved it to someone else when the advert came on after
>his late night show.
OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!
It was Andrew Wiseman who said it wasn't him, not me.
Steve Paget
moc...@prl.research.philips.com (Alan Mockler) wrote:
>Andrew Wiseman (ba...@dircon.co.uk) wrote:
>> Steve Paget wrote:
>> >
>> Now then, my problem with the man in the Allied Dunbar ad is that he doesn't sound a bit
>> like Colin Bennet and only bears a passing resemblence to him. I can see why people with
>> faded memories could believe it to be him. But I have a clear memory of Bennet in Take
>> Hart and in Luna, and I say it ain't him! So there!
>
>Keep taking the tablets Steve, cos there may be trouble ahead...
>Of course it's him.
I DIDN'T WRITE THAT!
(Jeeeesus)
DuncanRV
As I originally replied some time ago, he didn't really seem to have a
catchphrase, he just hung around rubbing his hands together and chuntering
"Mr Hart, Mr Hart" to himself.
Now on a different note, can anyone, once they have been reminded of it,
stop humming the "Noseybonk" music from Jigsaw to themselves.
All together now "diddle iddle diddle dum, diddle iddle diddle dum, diddle
dum, dum diddle dum dum"
cheers
Duncan
Mr T A J Haxell
In article <TadhXOAP...@antigrav.demon.co.uk>,
Statement of Responsibility Acceptance <I_Fully_Understand_And_Accept_Your_Ch...@antigrav.demon.co.uk> writes:
>In article <1997Jan3...@alder.cc.kcl.ac.uk>, Clem
>>Paul Squires <p...@soc.unl.ac.uk> writes:
>>
>>> btw children's educational programmes are still great. "El Numbre" shown
>>> during the Learning Zone and "Numbertime" on Weds mornings is *highly*
>>> recommended!
>>
>>Can you tell me why though, El Numbre defined a circle as being a shape
>>that "is round with no joins"? The "round" is fair enough, but why "no
>>joins"? What would a round shape with one join look like? You'd never
>>catch Fred Harris making such geometrically vague statements.
>>
>How about an epicycloid of one cusp? That's round with one join :-)
That's not a fancy name for a teardrop-shape by any chance is it? (Which I
suppose would be round with one join)
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Jacqui
Andrew Wiseman wrote:
> I don't understand the Young Ones reference. If you mean Summer Holiday where they're
> playing Boticelli in the garden, it sounded like he said Paul Scriers, but even if it
> was Squires, what makes you think he was talking about the almost-famous comedian with
> the same name?
Yes, it is Summer Holiday, and I've always heard it as Paul Squires - I even went and
watched it again last night to check. Rik's pronunciation leaves a lot to be desired - he
says "wwwrwick" for his own name, for gods'(*) sake. And an "almost-famous" comedian would
be the kind of sad person Rik would choose for Boticelli, where the idea is to choose a
REALLY famous person. He doesn't play by the rules/alternatively in his sad universe, Paul
Squires WAS as famous as Napoleon et al.
(*) this is NOT a mistype, thank you pedants!
Jac
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Mr Dog is dead, long live Cesar!
Paul Squires
On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, Jacqui wrote:
> Yes, it is Summer Holiday, and I've always heard it as Paul Squires - I
> even went and watched it again last night to check. Rik's pronunciation
> leaves a lot to be desired - he says "wwwrwick" for his own name, for
> gods'(*) sake. And an "almost-famous" comedian would be the kind of sad
> person Rik would choose for Boticelli, where the idea is to choose a
> REALLY famous person. He doesn't play by the rules/alternatively in his
> sad universe, Paul Squires WAS as famous as Napoleon et al.
Everyone that I know has heard it as Squires and I've had only one email
(thankfully) to ask "Not *the* Paul Squires from the Young Ones, surely?"
Anyway, wasn't the comedian bloke Paul Squire without the end S?
> (*) this is NOT a mistype, thank you pedants!
This is not a false name, either. Unfortunately.
Cheers,
Paul
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