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Post by Hoboh » Thu Oct 07, 2010 12:51 pm

BWFC_Insane wrote:
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William the White wrote:He wasn't actually very funny though. Was he?
I loved him when I was a nipper. Especially that scene in a stitch in time when he was bandaged like a mummy on top of the ambulance.

Well I was only 5 or 6. :oops:
I'm pretty much in this camp. When you were 5,6,7,8 and he was on at the pictures, I found it funny.

Soon as you got a bit older, it wore thin fairly quickly.
Bit like Mr Bean then!

I think Norm was the original blue print for Bean.

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Post by wovlad » Thu Oct 07, 2010 1:01 pm

Think Mr Wisdom was a Brighton fan ( according to his Wiki ) might have had a soft spot for the Wanderers though as he was in the stands watching us in the 2005 Isle Of Man tournament. I'm sure a few peeps on here had there photo's taken with him.
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Post by Bruce Rioja » Thu Oct 07, 2010 1:39 pm

BWFC_Insane wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:
InsaneApache wrote:
William the White wrote:He wasn't actually very funny though. Was he?
I loved him when I was a nipper. Especially that scene in a stitch in time when he was bandaged like a mummy on top of the ambulance.

Well I was only 5 or 6. :oops:
I'm pretty much in this camp. When you were 5,6,7,8 and he was on at the pictures, I found it funny.

Soon as you got a bit older, it wore thin fairly quickly.
Bit like Mr Bean then!
I remember watching the very first Mr Bean, thinking - you've killed Blackadder off for this absolute shite?!
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Post by BWFC_Insane » Thu Oct 07, 2010 1:42 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
BWFC_Insane wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:
InsaneApache wrote:
William the White wrote:He wasn't actually very funny though. Was he?
I loved him when I was a nipper. Especially that scene in a stitch in time when he was bandaged like a mummy on top of the ambulance.

Well I was only 5 or 6. :oops:
I'm pretty much in this camp. When you were 5,6,7,8 and he was on at the pictures, I found it funny.

Soon as you got a bit older, it wore thin fairly quickly.
Bit like Mr Bean then!
I remember watching the very first Mr Bean, thinking - you've killed Blackadder off for this absolute shite?!
Indeed I did the same. I know kids like it, but it did seem a terrible terrible waste.
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Post by TANGODANCER » Thu Oct 07, 2010 3:59 pm

Norman Wisdom was slapstick/slip on a banana skin, comedy. As has been mentioned quite a few times, as kids, funny, later, not. Slapstick is only seen in circus clowns these days. NW was a product of his times who never moved on. A real one-trick-pony, harmless, but as comediens go, way behind the times.
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Post by thebish » Thu Oct 07, 2010 4:03 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:Slapstick is only seen in circus clowns these days.

have you not watched our defense in action this season?

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Post by Gary the Enfield » Thu Oct 07, 2010 4:39 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:Norman Wisdom was slapstick/slip on a banana skin, comedy. As has been mentioned quite a few times, as kids, funny, later, not. Slapstick is only seen in circus clowns these days. NH was a product of his times who never moved on. A real one-trick-pony, harmless, but as comediens go, way behind the times.
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Post by thebish » Thu Oct 07, 2010 4:46 pm

Gary the Enfield wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:Norman Wisdom was slapstick/slip on a banana skin, comedy. As has been mentioned quite a few times, as kids, funny, later, not. Slapstick is only seen in circus clowns these days. NH was a product of his times who never moved on. A real one-trick-pony, harmless, but as comediens go, way behind the times.
Neil Hamilton?

Norman Hunter?
Nigel Havers...
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Post by TANGODANCER » Thu Oct 07, 2010 5:03 pm

My error, sorry. NW. :(
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Post by thebish » Thu Oct 07, 2010 5:22 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:My error, sorry. NW. :(
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Post by TANGODANCER » Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:00 pm

thebish wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:My error, sorry. NW. :(
neil whatmore?
Gee, you're really funny, in a Norman Wisdom sort of way. :|
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Post by Gary the Enfield » Fri Oct 08, 2010 9:07 am

TANGODANCER wrote:
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TANGODANCER wrote:My error, sorry. NW. :(
neil whatmore?
Gee, you're really funny, in a Norman Wisdom sort of way. :|
....and the circle is complete. :)
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