Eric and Ernie

In article ,
GordonD wrote:
Speaking of Vic Reeves, any idea why he was credited as Jim Moir? I know
it's his real name but does he use that when he's an ac-tor rather than
a comedy performer?

Jim Moir is (I hope not was) a BBC LE director.

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In article ,
Bill Wright wrote:

I hate Morecambe and Wise, but the programme was very good. You don't
have to like Hitler to enjoy a programme about him.

Fair point, though I usually find it works the other way round.
People tend to assume that because I'm interested in, say, science, I
must be interested in a biography of Stephen Hawking.

-- Richard

On Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:03:30 +0000 (GMT), Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
GordonD wrote:
Speaking of Vic Reeves, any idea why he was credited as Jim Moir? I know
it's his real name but does he use that when he's an ac-tor rather than
a comedy performer?

Jim Moir is (I hope not was) a BBC LE director.

Was. He retired in 2003.
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Phil Cook

In article ,
the_constructor wrote:


I was brought up on Morecambe & Wise and they are good clean or should I
say were, commedians.

You thought "It's cold out" was clean?... ;-

Slainte,

Jim

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On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 12:37:30 -0000, "GordonD"
wrote:

On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 16:29:52 +0000, Bill Wright wrote:

The car that Vic Reeves picked Victoria Wood up in right at the end had
a wrong-looking tax disk. Could it have been a 'vintage vehicle 'disk?

Speaking of Vic Reeves, any idea why he was credited as Jim Moir? I know
it's his real name but does he use that when he's an ac-tor rather than a
comedy performer?

According to the Wikipedia list of his TV appearances that is the only
time he has been credited as Jim Moir.

As you suggest it was probably because he was being an ac-tor rather
than being Vic Reeves.

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On Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:49:53 +0000, Peter Duncanson
wrote:

On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 12:37:30 -0000, "GordonD"
wrote:

On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 16:29:52 +0000, Bill Wright wrote:

The car that Vic Reeves picked Victoria Wood up in right at the end had
a wrong-looking tax disk. Could it have been a 'vintage vehicle 'disk?

Speaking of Vic Reeves, any idea why he was credited as Jim Moir? I know
it's his real name but does he use that when he's an ac-tor rather than a
comedy performer?

According to the Wikipedia list of his TV appearances that is the only
time he has been credited as Jim Moir.

As you suggest it was probably because he was being an ac-tor rather
than being Vic Reeves.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Moi...on_appearances


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Peter Duncanson
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On Monday, January 3rd, 2011 at 12:36:15h +0100, Our Favorite Martin explained:

I like not only M&W, but also Victoria Wood.

And your opinion of Mike and Bernie Winters?

GordonD wrote:
On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 16:29:52 +0000, Bill Wright wrote:

The car that Vic Reeves picked Victoria Wood up in right at the end had
a wrong-looking tax disk. Could it have been a 'vintage vehicle 'disk?

Speaking of Vic Reeves, any idea why he was credited as Jim Moir? I know
it's his real name but does he use that when he's an ac-tor rather than
a comedy performer?
Evidently

Bill

On 03/01/2011 11:27, Martin wrote:
On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 16:29:52 +0000, Bill wrote:

The programme was a delight. Victoria Wood was brilliant. But how come
this newsgroup isn't jam-packed with complaints about the technological
anachronisms? To name but a few:

The television set bought new by Eric's parents in 1954 was a late 1940s
model, I think. I remember relatives' tellys that were bought before ITV
started and none of them were less that 12".

I thought it was a 12". It looked very like our first TV, which we bought in
1953.

The telly came in a cardbox box that just wasn't right at all.
The rabbit ears aerial didn't look at all right for the period. What's
more, at that distance from Holme Moss the dealer would surely have sold
them a proper outside aerial...

Even if they didn't need it. Digitally Ready perhaps :-)

When the picture faded in and out the screen went to noise, like a UHF
analogue set would. The old sets just went to a dull slightly noisy
screen and the sound went silent.
The car that Vic Reeves picked Victoria Wood up in right at the end had
a wrong-looking tax disk. Could it have been a 'vintage vehicle 'disk?

or even a Guinness bottle label?


I haven't bothered to verify these comments by searching the net for
facts; these are just 'feelings' I had that things weren't right.

I bet there are lots of people in this group who can say what was wrong
with the TV studio scenes.

I post this not in the spirit of criticising the programme, which I
thought was a brilliant bit of drama, but for sheer nerdy nitpicking fun.

Stir up umtm too :-)

Pay attention at the back umtm-ers.

If I'd seen it I'd have posted on it - for certain!

I would just like to say that I thought this production was a credit
to all concerned.

The central performances in particular were astounding and totally
believable throughout.

It’s not easy, indeed must be the hardest, to play celebrated comedy
giants whose personalities were honed, not just by their particular
uniqueness, but, most frighteningly of all, through many years and
thousands of performances in front of live audiences and are so
central to what made them tick.

I’ve seen many such attempts at the greats so easily turn cold but not
here.

I particularly liked the nude, I don’t know what it was but I nearly
popped my cork at that particular performance.

Anyway, Monkhouse tonight and, on the evidence of Eric and Ernie,
every reason to look forward.