| Alan Simpson 17:52 - Feb 8 with 1246 views | BigDaveMyCock |
Co-writer of Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe and Son passed away today. Although before my time bit of a genius in my humble opinion.
A pint!! That's very nearly an arm full.
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| Alan Simpson on 18:23 - Feb 8 with 1212 views | since58 |
A lot of a genius in my humble opinion. | | | |
| Alan Simpson on 18:29 - Feb 8 with 1204 views | BigDaveMyCock |
| Alan Simpson on 18:23 - Feb 8 by since58 |
A lot of a genius in my humble opinion. |
Doesn't Magna Carta mean anything to you? Did she die vain? | |
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| Alan Simpson on 18:34 - Feb 8 with 1194 views | since58 |
| Alan Simpson on 18:29 - Feb 8 by BigDaveMyCock |
Doesn't Magna Carta mean anything to you? Did she die vain? |
Nothing she was only a peasant. | | | |
| Alan Simpson on 18:49 - Feb 8 with 1166 views | frenzied |
A quality writer who like others wrote for radio for many years.Ive always found radio comedy so much sharper than the TV comparison..modern comedy (its my age I know) is predictable, formulaic ..a "gag" every 9 secs , a facial quirk to camera etc etc.
Simpson and his peers produced proper characters ..Steptoe and Son ,Hancock and his cohorts.
Comedy writing in the 70s gave us Rigsby,Fletcher,Alf Garnett,..where are the modern equals?
My colleagues at work like the USA" Big Bang" and some other American tripe..i just don't get it!! | | | |
| Alan Simpson on 18:54 - Feb 8 with 1164 views | 49thseason |
| Alan Simpson on 18:29 - Feb 8 by BigDaveMyCock |
Doesn't Magna Carta mean anything to you? Did she die vain? |
"A pint?? That's very nearly an armful!
Mayday! Mayday! Now that means something... where did I put that book?
I still have a picture of my old dad crying with laughter, wonderful memories. |  | | |
| Alan Simpson on 19:30 - Feb 8 with 1129 views | BigDaveMyCock |
| Alan Simpson on 18:54 - Feb 8 by 49thseason |
"A pint?? That's very nearly an armful!
Mayday! Mayday! Now that means something... where did I put that book?
I still have a picture of my old dad crying with laughter, wonderful memories. |
My old man, who is sadly no longer with us, got me into Hancock and The Goons. Timeless stuff and also brings back lots of shared laughter.
"I don't want any publicity - you get too many begging letters. If they're anything like the ones I send out I don't want to know." [Post edited 8 Feb 2017 19:35]
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| Alan Simpson on 19:39 - Feb 8 with 1112 views | since58 |
| Alan Simpson on 19:30 - Feb 8 by BigDaveMyCock |
My old man, who is sadly no longer with us, got me into Hancock and The Goons. Timeless stuff and also brings back lots of shared laughter.
"I don't want any publicity - you get too many begging letters. If they're anything like the ones I send out I don't want to know." [Post edited 8 Feb 2017 19:35]
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Yep it was my dads fault.L.O.L. | | | |
| Alan Simpson on 19:48 - Feb 8 with 1100 views | BigDaveMyCock |
| Alan Simpson on 18:34 - Feb 8 by since58 |
Nothing she was only a peasant. |
Yes, but she met King John at Runnymede and got him to close the boozers at half past ten. | |
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| Alan Simpson on 19:56 - Feb 8 with 1090 views | since58 |
| Alan Simpson on 19:48 - Feb 8 by BigDaveMyCock |
Yes, but she met King John at Runnymede and got him to close the boozers at half past ten. |
Alas the girl did,nt die in vain. | | | |
| Alan Simpson on 20:59 - Feb 8 with 1047 views | mingthemerciless |
That's just the stuff they did with Tony Hancock. What about " Steptoe and Son" ? | | | |
| Alan Simpson on 21:37 - Feb 8 with 1023 views | wroughtironron |
I'm watching the Steptoe re-runs on daytime tv, and the scripts, acting, timing and productions are sublime.
Harry H Corbett gives virtuoso performances and the friction between the father/son is absolutely full of pathos and worthy of the multiple awards the series won.
Comedy the like of, we may never experience again. |  | | |
| Alan Simpson on 23:50 - Feb 10 with 870 views | DiddyDave |
Absolutely,brilliant writers:Galton and Simpson,Johnny Speight,Perry and Croft,Roy Clarke,the blokes who wrote Morecombe and Wise,The Two Ronnies,etc, and a whole lot more of the fifties,sixties and seventies. No sex,effing and blinding,just straight out humour. Sadly the wowser brigade have made sure we`ll never see Benny Hill,or episodes of It Ain`t Half Hot Mum on the idiot box anymore,but you can still buy them at the dvd stores. It was all part of us growing up,having tea listening to The Navy Lark,Round The Horne,The Goon Show,The Clitheroe Kid. Bloody fantastic. | | | |
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