Eric and Ernie

wrote:
In uk.media.tv.misc Calum wrote:

I remember Mike Oldfield wanted to be known as Michael Oldfield for
a while when he got older

Wasn't so much that as he was ****ed off with his contractual
obligation to Virgin Records at the time. So he released his last
album for Virgin ("Heaven's Open") with a few scathing songs and
under the name "Michael" rather than "Mike", so as to somewhat
distance the result from his previous body of work. He reverted to
"Mike" for his subsequent, post-Virgin album.

Interesting! I didn't know that. Thanks.

I wonder if the same was true for Debbie/Deborah Harry, or was it
just a short-lived desire to mature her name with her advancing years?

No, it's ongoing. She's now known as Greyie.

GordonD wrote:


And Rolan Bolan, who IIRC is one of the few to actually use his given
name in everyday life.

I do.

Bill

On 06/01/2011 19:44, Bill Wright wrote:

GordonD wrote:

And Rolan Bolan, who IIRC is one of the few to actually use his given name
in everyday life.

I do.
Bill

You mean you call yourself "Rolan Bolan"?

JNugent wrote:
On 06/01/2011 19:44, Bill Wright wrote:

GordonD wrote:

And Rolan Bolan, who IIRC is one of the few to actually use his given
name
in everyday life.

I do.
Bill

You mean you call yourself "Rolan Bolan"?

Yes.

Rolan

On 06/01/2011 20:16, Bill Wright wrote:

JNugent wrote:
On 06/01/2011 19:44, Bill Wright wrote:
GordonD wrote:

And Rolan Bolan, who IIRC is one of the few to actually use his given name
in everyday life.

I do.
Bill

You mean you call yourself "Rolan Bolan"?

Yes.
Rolan

:-)

On Jan 3, 10:11*pm, "BartC" wrote:
"Halmyre" wrote in message

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On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 12:05:03 -0800 (PST), allantracy
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I particularly liked the nude, I don?t know what it was but I nearly
popped my cork at that particular performance.

I laughed out loud & had to rewind that bit so my missus got the joke.
I don't remember the exact exchange, Ernie asked the name of the
stripper to which Eric responded "The 5 of spades" - all she was
wearing was black shoes & black gloves, & she had black hair.

Six of spades, surely?

If you're looking that far up, yes.


g Two girls played the part, I noticed!

Earlier, on the sandy beach, did anyone spot Eric's Webley Junior?

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On Jan 3, 10:11 pm, "BartC" wrote:
"Halmyre" wrote in message

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In article ,
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On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 12:05:03 -0800 (PST), allantracy
wrote:

I particularly liked the nude, I don?t know what it was but I nearly
popped my cork at that particular performance.

I laughed out loud & had to rewind that bit so my missus got the joke.
I don't remember the exact exchange, Ernie asked the name of the
stripper to which Eric responded "The 5 of spades" - all she was
wearing was black shoes & black gloves, & she had black hair.

Six of spades, surely?

If you're looking that far up, yes.


g Two girls played the part, I noticed!

Earlier, on the sandy beach, did anyone spot Eric's Webley Junior?



Is that when he had on that pair of shorts that were too big for him?
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God."

On Jan 7, 10:43*am, "GordonD" wrote:
"Dry Gulch Pete" wrote in ...
On Jan 3, 10:11 pm, "BartC" wrote:





"Halmyre" wrote in message

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In article ,
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On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 12:05:03 -0800 (PST), allantracy
wrote:

I particularly liked the nude, I don?t know what it was but I nearly
popped my cork at that particular performance.

I laughed out loud & had to rewind that bit so my missus got the joke.
I don't remember the exact exchange, Ernie asked the name of the
stripper to which Eric responded "The 5 of spades" - all she was
wearing was black shoes & black gloves, & she had black hair.

Six of spades, surely?

If you're looking that far up, yes.

g Two girls played the part, I noticed!

Earlier, on the sandy beach, did anyone spot Eric's Webley Junior?

Is that when he had on that pair of shorts that were too big for him?
--

LOL, probably!

On Jan 3, 11:20*pm, JNugent wrote:
On 03/01/2011 11:27, Martin wrote:

[I can't find the OP on this server at all]

Bill *wrote:
The programme was a delight. Victoria Wood was brilliant.

100% agreement from here.

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".

If you are complaining that it was too small, I think you're probably wrong.
The actual set used in the film was clearly a period item, though whether
available in 1854 is a moot point. I can recall - just - sets smaller than
12" - with a water-filled magnifying "glass" hung on the front of them in
some cases.

The set "discovered" by Eric's mum whilst cleaning earlier in the programme
was in terrible condition - it should have been nearly new.

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.

I said the same thing as I watched (last night). The cardboard box was
clearly producer's code for "new".

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...

Winter Hill / Rivington Pike for Morecambe, suurely?

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?

I noticed it but don't know what was "wrong" with it.

or even a Guinness bottle label?

Ah... the colour of a Guinness label... courtesy of my grandmother's and
great aunt's fondness for a bottle at home now and then, I was familiar with
that hue. Some of the money in a Monopoly set made me think "Guinness".

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.

:-)

The whole film was sheer brilliance.

More in a similar vein, please.

http://i.thisislondon.co.uk/i/pix/20...ni-489x400.jpg

Did you like Ernie's missus?

On Jan 6, 10:29*pm, JNugent wrote:
On 06/01/2011 20:16, Bill Wright wrote:

JNugent wrote:
On 06/01/2011 19:44, Bill Wright wrote:
GordonD wrote:
And Rolan Bolan, who IIRC is one of the few to actually use his given name
in everyday life.
I do.
Bill
You mean you call yourself "Rolan Bolan"?
Yes.
Rolan

:-)

That's Eric's wife not Ernie's, but you were close! :-D