Wednesday, October 05, 2005
And it's goodnight from them...
Just how important is the Tory leadership contest? Whoever wins is most unlikely to become prime minister. And if recent form is anything to go by, the winner is likely to be overthrown in just two years' time.
BBC1's 6pm news last night got it right. The speeches of Ken Clarke and David Cameron were considered somewhat newsworthy, but not as much as the death of Ronnie Barker, which took top billing.
Which means that, instead of some po-faced dissertation on the qualities of Sir Malcolm Rifkind, I can repeat some of Ronnie Barker's better jokes:
In a packed show tonight, we'll be talking to an out-of-work contortionist who can says he can no longer make ends meet.And a prescient political joke regarding the sanity of the Dear Leader:
The toilets at a local police station have been stolen. Police say they have nothing to go on.
The search for the man who terrorises nudist camps with a bacon slicer goes on. Inspector Lemuel Jones had a tip-off this morning, but hopes to be back on duty tomorrow.
There was a strange happening during a performance of Elgar's Sea Pictures at a concert hall in Bermuda tonight, when the man playing the triangle disappeared.
The prime minister held a meeting with the cabinet today. He also spoke to the bookcase and argued with the chest of drawers.How true, how true.
# posted by Simon Titley @ 6:12 pm 
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A great actor. They'll still be watching Porridge in a 100 years time.
Just discovered that Ronnie Barker turned down the chance to play Frank Spencer in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'em!
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/467706/
Now that would have been interesting....
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Just discovered that Ronnie Barker turned down the chance to play Frank Spencer in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'em!
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/467706/
Now that would have been interesting....
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