People in old shows.

[Brian Gaff]

If you listen to some of the shows you find out how people in TV shows got
there. For many many years William *Bill* Conrad seems to have been in
old radio plays in the USA, sometimes as Sheriffs, sometimes as the villain,
and in other roles in non westerns. I imagine that was why he got the job on
Cannon. When you think back on these it makes you wonder why he was chosen,
as he was so fat he could hardly get in behind his steering wheel!

Brian

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[Peter]

"Brian Gaff" <brian...@gmail.com> wrote in
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That's a very size-ist remark, Brian!

> For many many years William *Bill* Conrad seems to have
> been in old radio plays in the USA, sometimes as Sheriffs, sometimes
> as the villain, and in other roles in non westerns. I imagine that was
> why he got the job on Cannon. When you think back on these it makes
> you wonder why he was chosen, as he was so fat he could hardly get in
> behind his steering wheel!

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Peter <mys...@prune.org.uk> wrote:

> "Brian Gaff" <brian...@gmail.com> wrote in
> news:upvlod$1cpf0$1...@dont-email.me:
>
> That's a very size-ist remark, Brian!
>

It's nearly as bad as saying that visually-impaired people
should not be allowed to drive.

> > For many many years William *Bill* Conrad seems to have been in old
> > radio plays in the USA, sometimes as Sheriffs, sometimes as the villain,
> > and in other roles in non westerns. I imagine that was why he got the
> > job on Cannon. When you think back on these it makes you wonder why he
> > was chosen, as he was so fat he could hardly get in behind his steering
> > wheel!


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On 07/02/2024 14:06, Sn!pe wrote:
> Peter <mys...@prune.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> "Brian Gaff" <brian...@gmail.com> wrote in
>> news:upvlod$1cpf0$1...@dont-email.me:
>>
>> That's a very size-ist remark, Brian!
>>
>
> It's nearly as bad as saying that visually-impaired people
> should not be allowed to drive.
>

Nobody minds about that - but women ?

[maus]

On 2024-02-07, Abandoned Trolley <fr...@fred-smith.co.uk> wrote:
> On 07/02/2024 14:06, Sn!pe wrote:
>> Peter <mys...@prune.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> "Brian Gaff" <brian...@gmail.com> wrote in
>>> news:upvlod$1cpf0$1...@dont-email.me:
>>>
>>> That's a very size-ist remark, Brian!
>>>
>>
>> It's nearly as bad as saying that visually-impaired people
>> should not be allowed to drive.

Sexist!. If your wife wants to learn how to drive, do not stand in her
way!

>>
>
> Nobody minds about that - but women ?
>

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[Richard Robinson]

Back in The Good Old Days, this group had nearly as many women as it did men.
It was nicer for it.


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[Ahem A Rivet's Shot]

On Wed, 7 Feb 2024 18:39:27 -0000 (UTC)
Richard Robinson <ric...@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote:

> Back in The Good Old Days, this group had nearly as many women as it did
> men. It was nicer for it.

It was indeed, despite the occasional <thwack>.

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[Peter]

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> On Wed, 7 Feb 2024 18:39:27 -0000 (UTC)
> Richard Robinson <ric...@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Back in The Good Old Days, this group had nearly as many women as it did
>> men. It was nicer for it.
>
> It was indeed, despite the occasional <thwack>.
>

Yup. Though with the reservation that the Good Old Days were always nicer.
There were kingfishers by the river.

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There's nothing like time for filtering the shite out of life.

[Brian Gaff]

It was deliberately meant to be, because the action sequences in that show
really needed a fitter person, and I was thinking, how did he end up in such
a role. I believe Cannon was based on an old radio series in the USA which
was actually called The Fat Man, and I don't think Bill conrad played the
part.
Its whether you can suspend belief or not I guess.

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[maus]

On 2024-02-07, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2024 18:39:27 -0000 (UTC)
> Richard Robinson <ric...@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Back in The Good Old Days, this group had nearly as many women as it did
>> men. It was nicer for it.
>
> It was indeed, despite the occasional <thwack>.
>

Handbag?.

[Brian Gaff]

No its not, its saying that if you want a very fat unfit detective you need
to not write the script as if he was able to do the chases.
I know you are just winding me up here. I'm sure my meaning was clear.
Incidentally there are a few blind people in law enforcement, but not as yet
another series shows, in a role where they might get shot at!

I'm waiting for the driverless car, then we can really be free to go where
we want to when we want to. Sadly, I feel I'll not be living when that
becomes commonplace.

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[maus]

On 2024-02-08, Brian Gaff <brian...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It was deliberately meant to be, because the action sequences in that show
> really needed a fitter person, and I was thinking, how did he end up in such
> a role. I believe Cannon was based on an old radio series in the USA which
> was actually called The Fat Man, and I don't think Bill conrad played the
> part.
> Its whether you can suspend belief or not I guess.
>
> Brian
>

Jake and the fat man. People in security tend to put on weight. I knew
one lady policeperson that had to leave the police because of weight.

[Brian Gaff]

I don't really know what an influencer is.

Was that joke intentional about standing in her way? Do you have a death
wish. Thanks for the laugh.

Brian

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[Brian Gaff]

True, but how do you know? You can call yourself anything on Usenet, as long
as you keep your fireproof underwear on.

I've been listening to some older sci fi recently such as X-1 and Twighlight
Zone. They are quite entertaining in the main, but obviously you need to
realise their age and those writing it knew nothing of the true nature of
Mars and Venus back then.

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[Brian Gaff]

Yes the old rose coloured glasses. The issue is that if you want less
threatening chats, you have to have a group into which you only allow those
who agree with you. In my mind this is not healthy, since nobody gets an
alternative point of view. Now on here, they are no pictures and you either
personally kill file those who are potty mouthed, or ignore them. remember
nobody is forcing you to read every post, and hence you self sensor. To many
for example they hate the top posting and verbose posts I make. That is up
to you, don't read it, Myself I don't like the people who are putting rude
words into threads about some posts saying they are trolls or worse. They
may well be winding people up, but at the end of the day, its not very
important, is it. The same goes for social media but in those cases because
they are run by companies, you find they are imprinting their own agenda
onto the content. Here, we can and do post what we like and if it upsets
somebody, tough. Obviously if you have a shallow abuse threshold or are
vulnerable, keep clear, and there is no excuse for personal abuse, but I can
usually tell either from the posters name or the first couple of lines if
they are always going to be pointless and ignore them. Some its fun to play
them as many do not see that they are being played and everyone else can
ignore the banter.

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[Brian Gaff]

Well, since police are supposed to keep fit if they are front line people,
the odds were it was some condition that kept them fat. I remember the
record by Charles Penrose of the laughing policeman. Not only was the
character supposed to be fat, but being bribed all the time according to the
lyrics.

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[Richard Robinson]

You just can't get the kings these days, I think they've been over-fished.

[Kerr-Mudd, John]

On Thu, 8 Feb 2024 12:17:58 -0000 (UTC)

Richard Robinson <ric...@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote:

> Peter said:
> > Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote in
> > news:20240207193122.373e...@eircom.net:
> >
> >> On Wed, 7 Feb 2024 18:39:27 -0000 (UTC)
> >> Richard Robinson <ric...@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Back in The Good Old Days, this group had nearly as many women as it did
> >>> men. It was nicer for it.
> >>
> >> It was indeed, despite the occasional <thwack>.
> >>
> >
> > Yup. Though with the reservation that the Good Old Days were always nicer.
> > There were kingfishers by the river.
>
> You just can't get the kings these days, I think they've been over-fished.
>
>

I blame Ratty.

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Brian Gaff wrote:

> True, but how do you know? You can call yourself anything on Usenet

Woof!

[Nicholas D. Richards]

In article <20240208123235.99f1...@127.0.0.1>, Kerr-
Mudd, John <ad...@127.0.0.1> on Thu, 8 Feb 2024 at 12:32:35 awoke
Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote

You could always have more hens.
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"Oů sont les neiges d'antan?"

[Richard Robinson]

I don't think it would increase the kingfishers' catch.

[maus]

On 2024-02-08, Brian Gaff <brian...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't really know what an influencer is.
>
> Was that joke intentional about standing in her way? Do you have a death
> wish. Thanks for the laugh.
> Brian
>

Old joke. My late wife did not drive until several years into our
marriage. What a relief that was.!

An influencer is someone who is paid to spread an idiotic opinion, i.e,
that the world would be overrun by people, or that healthy people would
die from the fake-flu.

[maus]

On 2024-02-08, Brian Gaff <brian...@gmail.com> wrote:

> True, but how do you know? You can call yourself anything on Usenet, as long
> as you keep your fireproof underwear on.
>
> I've been listening to some older sci fi recently such as X-1 and Twighlight
> Zone. They are quite entertaining in the main, but obviously you need to
> realise their age and those writing it knew nothing of the true nature of
> Mars and Venus back then.
>
> Brian
>

Twilight zone, from my memory, was quite good.

[hub...@ccanoemail.com]

On 8 Feb 2024 14:54:44 GMT, maus <ma...@deb2.org> wrote:

>On 2024-02-08, Brian Gaff <brian...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> True, but how do you know? You can call yourself anything on Usenet, as long
>> as you keep your fireproof underwear on.
>>
>> I've been listening to some older sci fi recently such as X-1 and Twighlight
>> Zone. They are quite entertaining in the main, but obviously you need to
>> realise their age and those writing it knew nothing of the true nature of
>> Mars and Venus back then.
>>
>> Brian
>>
>
>Twilight zone, from my memory, was quite good.
>

+ 1

One of my favs.
Back in the day, when it was old and in reruns,
I recorded a VHS tape full of them.
Rod Serling wrote many episodes.
John T.

[Ahem A Rivet's Shot]

On 8 Feb 2024 14:54:44 GMT

maus <ma...@deb2.org> wrote:

> Twilight zone, from my memory, was quite good.

A lot of the episodes were taken straight from SF short stories. In
a similar vein I recently came across a film based (quite well) on "All you
Zombies".

[Kerr-Mudd, John]

Probaly been repeated on some channel - I think I saw a bit of one on
'Talking Pictures' recently.

[Sam Plusnet]

On 08-Feb-24 11:04, Brian Gaff wrote:

> I'm waiting for the driverless car, then we can really be free to go where
> we want to when we want to. Sadly, I feel I'll not be living when that
> becomes commonplace.

There are loads & loads of driverless cars around.
If I take a walk down this road, every parked car I pass is driverless.

--
Sam Plusnet

[Richard Robinson]

And you're really free to walk wherever you want whenever you want to.
Probably down the middle of the road, cos the pavement's full of sodding
cars.

[Nicholas D. Richards]

In article <uq3avg$23qi2$1...@dont-email.me>, Richard Robinson
<ric...@qualmograph.org.uk> on Thu, 8 Feb 2024 at 19:44:48 awoke

Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote

>Sam Plusnet said:
>> On 08-Feb-24 11:04, Brian Gaff wrote:
>>
>>> I'm waiting for the driverless car, then we can really be free to go where
>>> we want to when we want to. Sadly, I feel I'll not be living when that
>>> becomes commonplace.
>>
>> There are loads & loads of driverless cars around.
>> If I take a walk down this road, every parked car I pass is driverless.
>
>And you're really free to walk wherever you want whenever you want to.
>Probably down the middle of the road, cos the pavement's full of sodding
>cars.
>

Not always, at least of stationary cars. I came close, early, to
acquiring wings or a stokers shovel, when an out of control car came
careering down the pavement on which I was standing, chatting to
friends. A loud bang alerted me to my danger, when the car was brought
to a halt by an inverted cast iron long nine, thoughtfully planted by
the local authority.