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date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:57:16 +0100,
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Geoffrey Perkins RIP
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm
Fred.
date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:57:16 +0100
author: Fred Finisterre
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Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
On Aug 29, 8:57 pm, "Fred Finisterre" wrote:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm
>
> Fred.
I heard a snippet of this in this evening BBC news. He was trying to
catch a taxi or something?
Maybe I got it wrong.
date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:01:15 -0700 (PDT)
author: aquachimp
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Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
"aquachimp" wrote in message
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On Aug 29, 8:57 pm, "Fred Finisterre" wrote:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm
>
> Fred.
I heard a snippet of this in this evening BBC news. He was trying to
catch a taxi or something?
Maybe I got it wrong.
From what onlookers have said he seemed to have some kind of dizzy spell,
staggered somewhat, and fell into the road in front of a van.
date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:24:44 +0100
author: NSEW
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Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
On 29 Aug, 20:24, "NSEW" wrote:
> "aquachimp" wrote in message
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> news:59c939e0-eb04-40be-893d-f8851419dab6@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> On Aug 29, 8:57 pm, "Fred Finisterre" wrote:
>
> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm
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> > Fred.
>
> I heard a snippet of this in this evening BBC news. He was trying to
> catch a taxi or something?
> Maybe I got it wrong.
>
> From what onlookers have said he seemed to have some kind of dizzy spell,
> staggered somewhat, and fell into the road in front of a van.
Perhaps someone will dust off some episodes of Chelmsford 123, one of
Hat trick's best ever shows
date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:27:21 -0700 (PDT)
author: Ed
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Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
"Fred Finisterre" wrote in message
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm
:-(
date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:43:08 +0100
author: GS
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Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
"GS" wrote in message news:g99jg6$sd7$1@aioe.org...
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> "Fred Finisterre" wrote in message
> news:S-adncjvjbgX2yXVnZ2dnUVZ8vqdnZ2d@giganews.com...
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm
Man it's always the good ones isn't it? Why can't things like this happen to
nasty people like Trevor Phillips or Ken Livingstone?
date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:05:22 +0100
author: Ayatollah of rock 'n' roller
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Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
In article ,
finisterre@gmail.com says...
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm
Oh, bugger.
--
SAm.
date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:19:45 +0100
author: Sam Nelson
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Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
GS wrote:
> "Fred Finisterre" wrote in message
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>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm
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>
> :-(
O_o
date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:22:53 +0100
author: Poldie _.@._
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Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
"Fred Finisterre" wrote in message
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm
This is sad, sad news, as others have said before me. This was a wonderfully
talented man. His passing is a huge blow to comedy.
RIP Geoff...:-(
Ian
date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:04:15 +0100
author: Ian F.
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Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
In article ,
finisterre@gmail.com says...
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm
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> Fred.
>
>
>
Whoops, missed the thread. It was (ahem) buried halfway down the page.
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date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:57:32 +0100
author: Dom Robinson
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Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
In article <8EYtk.39971$OR5.38762@newsfe20.ams2>, thisisf@lse.co.ck says...
>
> "GS" wrote in message news:g99jg6$sd7$1@aioe.org...
> >
> > "Fred Finisterre" wrote in message
> > news:S-adncjvjbgX2yXVnZ2dnUVZ8vqdnZ2d@giganews.com...
> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm
>
> Man it's always the good ones isn't it? Why can't things like this happen to
> nasty people like Trevor Phillips or Ken Livingstone?
>
Or Peter Twatchell.
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date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:58:03 +0100
author: Dom Robinson
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Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
Fred Finisterre wrote:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm
:( I still listen to episodes of Radio Active most nights to help me
drift off to sleep... (which isn't a reflection on the quality of the
writing!)
date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:12:35 +0100
author: Calum am
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Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
On 29 Aug, 23:12, Calum <com.gm...@scottishwildcat.nospam> wrote:
> Fred Finisterre wrote:
> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm
>
> :( I still listen to episodes of Radio Active most nights to help me
> drift off to sleep... (which isn't a reflection on the quality of the
> writing!)
Presumably not with the episode that begins with the end of a previous
announcement,
"...and hold the pillow over the face until dead.... Next on Radio 4,
it's KYTV..."
date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:49:07 -0700 (PDT)
author: Dom Robinson
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Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
Ayatollah of rock 'n' roller wrote:
> "GS" wrote in message news:g99jg6$sd7$1@aioe.org...
>> "Fred Finisterre" wrote in message
>> news:S-adncjvjbgX2yXVnZ2dnUVZ8vqdnZ2d@giganews.com...
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm
>
> Man it's always the good ones isn't it? Why can't things like this happen to
> nasty people like Trevor Phillips or Ken Livingstone?
>
>
Or Simon Cowell.
date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:31:52 +0100
author: Meng
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Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
Fred Finisterre wrote:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm
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> Fred.
>
>
RIP the man who invented Mornington Crescent. If it was up to me
that's what would be on his gravestone.
date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:36:56 +0100
author: Meng
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Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
NSEW wrote:
> "aquachimp" wrote:
> "Fred Finisterre" wrote:
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm
> I heard a snippet of this in this evening BBC news. He was trying to
> catch a taxi or something?
> Maybe I got it wrong.
> From what onlookers have said he seemed to have some kind of dizzy
> spell, staggered somewhat, and fell into the road in front of a van.
That's bad news. From what I remember of him as a performer on-screen, he was
a sort of witty but competely non-snide Deayton-type performer, which wasn't
a bad combination.
But "dizzy spell"?
Is that the new version of "tired and emotional"?
date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:40:57 +0100
author: JNugent
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Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:36:56 +0100, Meng wrote:
>Fred Finisterre wrote:
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm
>>
>> Fred.
>>
>>
>
>RIP the man who invented Mornington Crescent. If it was up to me
>that's what would be on his gravestone.
He produced all but the first episode of Hitch-Hiker's. Even if he had
done nothing else, that would be enough to confer Greatness on him
IMO.
Jerry Brown
--
A cat may look at a king
(but probably won't bother)
<http://www.jwbrown.co.uk>
date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:05:34 +0100
author: Jerry Brown veThisBitToReply
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Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
In article <Yx0uk.78017$6p1.2158@newsfe19.ams2>, nospam@fnarg.co.uk says...
> Ayatollah of rock 'n' roller wrote:
> > "GS" wrote in message news:g99jg6$sd7$1@aioe.org...
> >> "Fred Finisterre" wrote in message
> >> news:S-adncjvjbgX2yXVnZ2dnUVZ8vqdnZ2d@giganews.com...
> >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm
> >
> > Man it's always the good ones isn't it? Why can't things like this happen to
> > nasty people like Trevor Phillips or Ken Livingstone?
> >
> >
>
> Or Simon Cowell.
>
>
I like Simon Cowell. He knows what he wants and he knows how to get it.
For as much as I hated the 'music' of Robson & Jerome, I saw him talking about
the fact he was responsible for them and that whereas he'd normally have a cap
on his commission, he asked his bosses at the time to forget his initial fee
and just get rid of the cap on his commission. He made a fucking fortune. Very
acute business sense.
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/* 1185 DVDs, 377 games, 451 CDs, 114 cinema films, 56 concerts, music & news
/* bourne conspircay, gta 4, waz, city of heroes, heavenly creatures, blade 3
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date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:15:21 +0100
author: Dom Robinson
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Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
JNugent wrote:
> But "dizzy spell"?
>
> Is that the new version of "tired and emotional"?
Possibly, but doesn't really strike me as the type... at that time in
the morning it sounds like he was just going to work as normal. No
doubt the post mortem will reveal all, though; may just be that he had a
brain haemmorage or something and his time was just up.
date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:07:34 +0100
author: Calum am
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Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:15:21 +0100, Dom Robinson
wrote:
> In article <Yx0uk.78017$6p1.2158@newsfe19.ams2>, nospam@fnarg.co.uk
> says...
>> Ayatollah of rock 'n' roller wrote:
>> > "GS" wrote in message news:g99jg6$sd7$1@aioe.org...
>> >> "Fred Finisterre" wrote in message
>> >> news:S-adncjvjbgX2yXVnZ2dnUVZ8vqdnZ2d@giganews.com...
>> >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm
>> >
>> > Man it's always the good ones isn't it? Why can't things like this
>> happen to
>> > nasty people like Trevor Phillips or Ken Livingstone?
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Or Simon Cowell.
>>
>>
> I like Simon Cowell. He knows what he wants and he knows how to get it.
>
> For as much as I hated the 'music' of Robson & Jerome, I saw him talking
> about
> the fact he was responsible for them and that whereas he'd normally have
> a cap
> on his commission, he asked his bosses at the time to forget his initial
> fee
> and just get rid of the cap on his commission. He made a fucking
> fortune. Very
> acute business sense.
Yes, he makes a lot of money peddling medicocre shite. What a genius!
Fred X
date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:56:30 +0100
author: Fred X
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Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
Calum wrote:
> JNugent wrote:
>> But "dizzy spell"?
>> Is that the new version of "tired and emotional"?
> Possibly, but doesn't really strike me as the type... at that time in
> the morning it sounds like he was just going to work as normal. No
> doubt the post mortem will reveal all, though; may just be that he had a
> brain haemmorage or something and his time was just up.
You'r probably right.
And now that I see that the incident happened at the end of the morning rush
hour (rather then at, say 01:00), I'm sorry I raised it.
date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:22:05 +0100
author: JNugent
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Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
"Ayatollah of rock 'n' roller" writes:
>"GS" wrote in message news:g99jg6$sd7$1@aioe.org...
>>
>> "Fred Finisterre" wrote in message
>> news:S-adncjvjbgX2yXVnZ2dnUVZ8vqdnZ2d@giganews.com...
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm
>Man it's always the good ones isn't it? Why can't things like this happen to
>nasty people like Trevor Phillips or Ken Livingstone?
Margaret Thatcher? But then she's going the same way as her buddy Ronnie
Raygun.
Graham
date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 09:37:29 +0000 (UTC)
author: (G Bell)
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Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
"Ian F." writes:
>"Fred Finisterre" wrote in message
>news:S-adncjvjbgX2yXVnZ2dnUVZ8vqdnZ2d@giganews.com...
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm
>This is sad, sad news, as others have said before me. This was a wonderfully
>talented man. His passing is a huge blow to comedy.
Exec. Produced: My Hero, 2 Pints of Lager and My Family.
Damn it was going all so well too: Coupling, the Fast Show, Happiness
and the Big Train.
Graham
date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 09:40:49 +0000 (UTC)
author: (G Bell)
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Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 09:37:29 +0000 (UTC), gbell@holyrood.ed.ac.uk (G
Bell) wrote:
>"Ayatollah of rock 'n' roller" writes:
>
>
>>"GS" wrote in message news:g99jg6$sd7$1@aioe.org...
>>>
>>> "Fred Finisterre" wrote in message
>>> news:S-adncjvjbgX2yXVnZ2dnUVZ8vqdnZ2d@giganews.com...
>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm
>
>>Man it's always the good ones isn't it? Why can't things like this happen to
>>nasty people like Trevor Phillips or Ken Livingstone?
>
>Margaret Thatcher? But then she's going the same way as her buddy Ronnie
>Raygun.
>
>Graham
She was always insane when in power. The only difference now is that
it's been medically confirmed.
date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:11:32 +0100
author: Mike Plowman
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