All that bum chumminess with Norman Scott is the one thing I remember him for...not least for the cruel but cracking lineOriginally Posted by mickd1961
"Scott of the Ar seAntics"
Greaves...no need to reply
Jeremy Thorpe the former Liberal leader.
All that bum chumminess with Norman Scott is the one thing I remember him for...not least for the cruel but cracking lineOriginally Posted by mickd1961
"Scott of the Ar seAntics"
Greaves...no need to reply
All that bum chumminess with Norman Scott is the one thing I remember him for...not least for the cruel but cracking lineOriginally Posted by sweeneywolf
"Scott of the Ar seAntics"
Greaves...no need to reply [/quote]
I know we should respect the departed and all that, but he'd had a long and privileged life, and this sketch is so bloody funny!!! - view external link
Ken Weatherwax, the actor who played Pugsley in ‘The Addams Family’, has died at the age of 59.
Weatherwax’s niece Shanyn Vieira confirmed the news on her Facebook page yesterday.
Born Kenneth Patrick Weatherwax in 1955 in Los Angeles, he played the part of portly Pugsley, son to Morticia and Gomez and brother to Wednesday, on the original run of the ABC show, from 1964 to 1966.
Last week or so... and says alot about our society that a violent nasty gangster can become a bit of a celeb ..
The criminal and former associate of the Kray twins, "Mad" Frankie Fraser, has died aged 90 in a London hospital.
He was known as an "enforcer", meting out violence on behalf of the Krays and the Richardson gang in the 1960s.
By the time he left prison for the final time in 1989, Fraser had served a total of 42 years for a range of offences.
More recently he established himself as a TV personality and published an autobiography.
Fraser's methods of torturing the gang's victims earned him the nicknames "Mad Frankie" and "The Dentist" - he was reputed to pull out people's teeth with pliers.
At the Richardson gang "torture" trial at the Old Bailey in 1967 he was jailed for 10 years. Two years later a further five years was added for leading a riot at Parkhust Prison.
In 1975 he assaulted three prison officers, one of whom he
This news had a certain poignant resonance for me personally...Originally Posted by Acido
As a kid in the 1960s I would tease my cousin Hughie for his resemblance to Pugsley from the popular TV show of the time...
Check out this picture of Pugsley (left) and Hughie (right) and you'll see what I mean...
Hughie and I are just a few years younger than Ken Weatherwax; brings the shudder of mortality a bit too close for comfort
H is sporting a "Robin" cape in the photo - Batmanmania swept through my generation back in the day
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This news had a certain poignant resonance for me personally...Originally Posted by tony
As a kid in the 1960s I would tease my cousin Hughie for his resemblance to Pugsley from the popular TV show of the time...
Check out this picture of Pugsley (left) and Hughie (right) and you'll see what I mean...
Hughie and I are just a few years younger than Ken Weatherwax; brings the shudder of mortality a bit too close for comfort
H is sporting a "Robin" cape in the photo - Batmanmania swept t
Mandy Rice-Davies, has died aged 70.
Along with Christine Keeler, she was instrumental in rocking the very foundations of 'the establishment' in the sixties due to her part in The Profumo Affair'.
She was responsible for one of the best-known quotations of modern times: “He would, wouldn’t he?”, which came when she was asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having *** with her.
RIP Mandy.
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Singer Joe Cocker dies aged 70.
R.I.P.pal..
Holy crap! Mind you I'm surprised he lasted this long.Originally Posted by unclesteve
R.I.P.Joe