Sadly, Irish comedian Dave Allen has passed away unexpectedly. His show was one of the highlights of my week’s viewing as a kid. May his God go with him.
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THE highlight of mine. I was just about to put something about it on the Captain’s Weekend Reflections thread. I’ll link to this instead.
I wonder why he just disappeared in his prime. And why we never got repeats. One of my favourite sketches (not altogether unrelated to recent debates on TA) went something like:
WATSON (arriving at Baker Street in a state of great agitation): Holmes, I’m deeply shocked. Someone just told me that people are talking about us. They’re saying that you and I have a ho-mo-sexual relationship!
HOLMES: But, Watson, we do!
WATSON: Yes, I know that. It’s just that I… I don’t like it getting about, that’s all.
Actually, the parting phrase should be…..”May his God go with him”
D’OH! That’ll teach me to read the whole thing.
That’s OK, Niall. Not everyone is going to have the stamina to get all the way through as long a post as that.
James, you beat me to it.
Goodnight, and may your God go with you.
I also like Dave Allen’s answer to the question “Is it whiskey, rye or scotch?” with reference to the always present glass by his chair – “Yes”. And the fact that he never enlightened us on how that fingertip disappeared between two series…
I was just talking about him to my wife the other night, asking whether she watched him, as I saw that the ABC are selling a compilation DVD.
A highlight of my Friday nights too. Loved his (ir-)religious humour.