Thursday, April 16th, 2009

tourmaline: (tulip)
Sir Clement Freud had died, nine days short of his 85th birthday.

BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8001383.stm

Obituary: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3847887.stm

Tributes: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8001383.stm

According to his Wikipedia entry, he had seventeen grandchildren. Wow.... but he's the kind of man you'd pick if you had to choose a celebrity grandad. And it's sad when a stalwart of Just A Minute is no more, I know there are lots of brilliant younger generation contestants, but the awesome thing about JAM at its best is in the mix of the comedic generations :(

Wordplay

Thursday, April 16th, 2009 09:50 pm
tourmaline: (easter)
Inspired by a conversation on Twitter, I hunted down this Two Ronnies sketch:



Which had me looking for more Two Ronnies sketches I remember - I love the wordplay they used so much, like these:

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