Desert Orchid
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Probably lives by the mantra, 'There's no such thing as bad publicity.'
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Probably lives by the mantra, 'There's no such thing as bad publicity.'
So colour only cos it was free, makes sense.
When you croak they'll get Time Team in there to see what they dig out of the permafrost in your carpet...
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Ian_Davies
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I by no means agreed with everything my late father ever said, but some of his takes on things stand the test of time for me.
He regarded everyone on: TV, radio, and in comedy, the music industry etc as "Music Hall persons" - there to entertain those who had "proper jobs" on their down time.
He was puzzled by the entire concept of "celebrity" - "why would I put a performing monkey on a pedastal?" he asked.
Anyway, he reckoned believing their own publicity and becoming caricatures of themselves was the downfall of all of them - from John Lennon ("we're bigger than Jesus Christ") to people like John McCririck (massive caricature of himself in his later years) and it applies to people like Chapman today.
These people just aren't to be taken seriously.
He regarded everyone on: TV, radio, and in comedy, the music industry etc as "Music Hall persons" - there to entertain those who had "proper jobs" on their down time.
He was puzzled by the entire concept of "celebrity" - "why would I put a performing monkey on a pedastal?" he asked.
Anyway, he reckoned believing their own publicity and becoming caricatures of themselves was the downfall of all of them - from John Lennon ("we're bigger than Jesus Christ") to people like John McCririck (massive caricature of himself in his later years) and it applies to people like Chapman today.
These people just aren't to be taken seriously.
Desert Orchid
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That's pretty much how things are viewed in the current Orchid household. The present Mrs O is particularly vexed by the burgeoning plethora of 'celebrity' programmes. I have to don my cycling helmet and Kevlar jacket when such a programme inadvertently appears on the screen.
Len Madeiros
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The caricatures are oblivious. They don’t care - they just crave attention.
walsworth
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Can someone go round and show Ian Davies how to retune his TV?
I would do it but he might set his poodle on me!
I would do it but he might set his poodle on me!
jinnyj
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Chapman went out with a close friend of mine about 30 years ago. He was not particularly nice to her and I remember going out to dinner with them to the Italian in Newmarket (plus my ex). Chapman spent the entire evening ridiculing her, calling her fat, useless and a waste of oxygen. As she had serious confidence issues, we sat there aghast and it was all I could do to stop my ex decking him in the middle of the restaurant.
He was extremely bad news for the friend, and her family and I managed to "extract" her from the relationship after a while. It did a lot of long lasting damage though and although it's not a direct result, I am attending her funeral next week (she was 56 and died due to health complications due to a long standing alcohol problem).
He was extremely bad news for the friend, and her family and I managed to "extract" her from the relationship after a while. It did a lot of long lasting damage though and although it's not a direct result, I am attending her funeral next week (she was 56 and died due to health complications due to a long standing alcohol problem).
Desert Orchid
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Can I add nails to my baseball bat?
