Page 1 of Bob Monkouse is dead

:-(
What a trooper!

Here`s a great quote from the BBC site this morning...

Quote:
Asked about his health, he joked: "I saw a specialist who asked me `Are you familiar with the phrase faecal impaction?`.

"I said I think I saw that one with Glenn Close and Michael Douglas."




My collection

just heard about this on the radio - he was such a versatile entertainer and will be sadly missed.

One of the few comedians who managed to be funny across generations.

The guy was an absolute genius...razor sharp mind and wit. I bought my dad one of
his video`s around 5 years ago (a live standup) and was blown away by his story telling and delivery.
I`ll never forget that BBC series he did a couple of years back where he ended each
episode with getting the audience to shout out 4 words at random...he`d then go
on effortlessly to tie all the words up in a cracking joke.
RIP Bob

My uncle`s first wife (lucky sod!) was a Benny Hill girl who went on to work with Bob as a hostess on The Golden Shot.

She always said that Bob was one of the most genuinely charming, affable - and very clever - people you could wish to meet. And what he didn`t know about 40s/50s cinema isn`t worth knowing.

His autobiography "Crying With Laughter" is well worth a read. A very funny man and a sad loss.

we asked 100 people to name a great comic ......good old mr babage

still got brucey tho


R.I.P

This item was edited on Monday, 29th December 2003, 09:59

Shocking news!


God Bless.


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The Shi*house poet needs a good thrashing, Grafitti ISNT cool.... kiddies!

Indeed, one of those rare celebrities that did it for the thrill of doing it, rather than the money. Not only a fine comedian, but an excellent actor too, his turn in that Johnathan Creek episode was totally believable, as well as his earlier work.

Can`t remember the film, but he`s sitting at the back of an army training classroom gazing wistfully out of the window. Suddenly the instructor shouts at him for not paying attention.
Quote:

Oh, but I was sir.
Well, if you were, you`ll know how to assemble this Bren gun in less than a minute. Up you come..

(up he goes, and indeed, assebles the gun in about 15 minutes

Quote:
Well, my apologies, it appears you were paying attention after all.

Actually no sir, I used to work in the factory that made these buggers

And we`ll surely be reminded often, and soon, of exactly how much work he actually did with all the tribute shows that will pop up. In no way a bad thing

:(

Thats all I can say really.

All the best,

The 42%er.

I am just devastated, this is the first I have heard of it.

He was truely funny when he was in his element with a live audience & I fear his slick gameshow "sincerity" came across as insincere & alienated many a person, though I think (certainly in my case) he was able to win them once he back once out of that enviroment.

Another one of the ever decreasing genuinely funny & we will not see the like of again.

:(

"Great chunks of my past detaching themselves like melting icebergs"

This item was edited on Monday, 29th December 2003, 13:04