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On 11/12/2012 10:14, Jim Lesurf wrote:

Which also makes me think of the photos of Lenin where Trotsky had been
painted out of the image.

Brilliantly done too, and without Photoshop.

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In message , Martin
writes
On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:57:41 -0000, Roderick Stewart
wrote:

In article , Ian wrote:
I'm sure there are a few of us on here who would find it difficult to
erase "Uncle Mac" from our personal history.

He is of course too dead to be charged.

Really? Him as well? I never knew.

We only have the Daily Mail's word for it. It's amazing that they
haven't discovered the relationships between Weed and the Flower Pot
Men, and Mr Mayor and Larry the Lamb.


Veteran journalist John Simpson claimed that top executives knew of
sexual abuse by another star presenter in the 1950s and 60s.

Simpson referred to the star in his 1999 autobiography as "Uncle Dick"
and said he had been a household name from the 1920s until his death in
1967. He claimed that BBC bosses up to the level of director general
were aware of the allegations.

The former BBC News world affairs editor said he was told about sexual
abuse by the star when he died and was asked to write an obituary.

"Week after week, children from all over the country could win
competitions to visit the BBC and meet Uncle Dick," Simpson wrote in
Strange Places, Questionable People.

"He would welcome them, show them around, give them lunch, then take
them to the gents and interfere with them. If parents complained, the
director general's office would write saying the nation wouldn't
understand such an accusation against a much-loved figure."
Were there ever any children's entertainers that were *not* involved in
something unsavoury?

like Muffin the Mule?


Rod.

--
Ian

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"Martin" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:57:41 -0000, Roderick Stewart
wrote:

In article , Ian wrote:
I'm sure there are a few of us on here who would find it difficult to
erase "Uncle Mac" from our personal history.

He is of course too dead to be charged.

Really? Him as well? I never knew.

We only have the Daily Mail's word for it. It's amazing that they
haven't discovered the relationships between Weed and the Flower Pot
Men, and Mr Mayor and Larry the Lamb.

Larry the Lamb was played by Uncle Mac (on radio at least), so they should
be in the clear.

--
Max Demian

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On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:35:22 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article en.co.uk,
Roderick Stewart wrote:
Were there ever any children's entertainers that were *not* involved in
something unsavoury?

Sooty. If you ignore the hammer.

Not forgetting the baby torchering and murdering Punch.

--
Graham.
%Profound_observation%

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In article , Rick wrote:
There have been a few excellent moments, but sadly the format of a
modern TV programme seems to be more about presentation than content.
Give them a location budget and they'll spend it. Give them computer
graphics and they'll use it. Give them 58 minutes and whatever they
have to say will be padded out to 58 minutes regardless.


I've also noticed a lot more recently that give them a button which says
'replace colour with a blue cast' on a handheld camera which can be jerked,
zoomed and rapidly panned, then almost unquestionably they'll use it to its
maximum potential.

I wish they had one which said "remove green cast in the shadows designed to
make it look like photographic film under fluorescent lighting", but sadly I
suspect said "effect" was put there deliberately in the first place.

Rod.
--

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In article , Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Roderick Stewart wrote:
Were there ever any children's entertainers that were *not* involved in
something unsavoury?

Sooty. If you ignore the hammer.

Hmm. Maybe not the best example, as you'd also have to ignore Harry
Corbett's hand up his bum.

Rod.
--

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On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:29:20 -0000, Roderick Stewart
wrote:

I wish they had one which said "remove green cast in the shadows designed to
make it look like photographic film under fluorescent lighting", but sadly I
suspect said "effect" was put there deliberately in the first place.

I wish they didn't have one that says 'Apply Sepia Cast to Everything
Older than 1960'.

--
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Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
By Loch Long, twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather

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"Roderick Stewart" wrote in
message .myzen.co.uk...
In article , Rick wrote:
There have been a few excellent moments, but sadly the format of a
modern TV programme seems to be more about presentation than content.
Give them a location budget and they'll spend it. Give them computer
graphics and they'll use it. Give them 58 minutes and whatever they
have to say will be padded out to 58 minutes regardless.


I've also noticed a lot more recently that give them a button which says
'replace colour with a blue cast' on a handheld camera which can be
jerked,
zoomed and rapidly panned, then almost unquestionably they'll use it to
its
maximum potential.

I wish they had one which said "remove green cast in the shadows designed
to
make it look like photographic film under fluorescent lighting", but sadly
I
suspect said "effect" was put there deliberately in the first place.



The BBC's 'Getting On' is a classic example, in fact it's so awful I can't
even watch it, this clip is an example which demonstrates what I mean.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0105mlk

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On 11/12/2012 01:20, Ian wrote:
I'm sure there are a few of us on here who would find it difficult to
erase "Uncle Mac" from our personal history.


That sounds like you have personal evidence. It appears the Beeb's
enquiry would like to hear from you.

That aside, I love you guys, you make me feel so young... I had to
google "uncle mac" and the Wiki page has a relevant comment on it.

(Sir Patrick was running that program from before I was born)

Andy

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In article ,
"Dave Plowman (News)" writes:
In article en.co.uk,
Roderick Stewart wrote:
Were there ever any children's entertainers that were *not* involved in
something unsavoury?

Sooty. If you ignore the hammer.


In contrast to Punch, who IIRC killed his dog, his baby, his wife and a
policeman.
--
John Hall

"Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong."
Oscar Wilde