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Hell's bells. That's a bit of a shock. 🙁
the irony of being on the nine o'clock news, RIP a genius of our times
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Shocker RIP.
60 not a great age, loved Alas Smith and Jones as well as Not the Nine O'clock news.
RIP
New comedians could learn a lot from his legacy.
His memory "kinda lingers" (watched the sketch with my folks and pretended not to understand!)
A gramophone...
Constable Savage....
Gerald the Gorilla....
RIP
Shit, he was one hell of a funny man.
EDIT :Doh!
Just watching Not the Nine O'clock news and thinking how funny even today. Few things like it or Mel around today.
Wonder if his heart attack has anything to do with years of being addicted to over the counter pain killers, he was taking whole packets every day for years...
The man made me laugh like a drain for that I will always be grateful. RIP
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It's because you're welsh
In reference to a previous thread, it seems I really do get all my news here.
RIP 🙁
Alas 🙁
Well that's capped a thoroughly mucked up day. RIP Mel
Way too soon.
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Sad news, very sad.
For years when anybody ever says 'wild' in a conversation I've always mentally said "wild, I was absolutely livid"...
Sad news, but left a lot of people happy over the years.
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Darling, I've found the tortoise!
Every time I mow the lawn and hit a stone/edge of path/reptile.
Just one of those gags that stuck in the brain.
RIP Mel
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Been recording the series on dave this last few weeks - my teenage kid is in stitches every time it's on - timeless!
RIP.
Also the same as Breatheeasy! 🙂
Gutted
Very very sad news.
For years when anybody ever says 'wild' in a conversation I've always mentally said "wild, I was absolutely livid"...
Me too!
Sad news.
There's a fantastic portrait of him that sums his comedy perfectly. It's of him peering round a corner, really simple but fantastic. I'm incapable of linking as I'm computer illiterate, so if any one can search for "Mel Smith portrait" and post a link, it would be appreciated.
breatheeasy - MemberFor years when anybody ever says 'wild' in a conversation I've always mentally said "wild, I was absolutely livid"...
I'm with you there too mightymule, that and the Swedish chemist.
RIP Mel
I have that sketch ^ on DVD, and still fall off the sofa laughing at it.
And so say all of us! RIP Mel you were a genius of comedy.
Here's looking forward to the In memory show, it'll be leagues ahead of most of the modern stuff
Poor guy. Apparently he was addicted to codine.
A naturally funny bloke writing and performing genuinely funny material.
RIP 😮
A great loss to the world of comedy....Mel Smith, Dave Allen, Spike Milligan...yet Victoria Wood is in fine health.
If there is a god he has a funny sense of humour.
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Very sad to see him gone but he brought many of us a lot of joy. So I thank him. RIP.
RIP Mel
I remember watching Alas Smith & Jones just before getting in bed when I was at primary school.
Sure I saw somewhere that Matt Lucas and David Walliams used Mel as a base for the character Andy in the wheelchair.
I never really understood the comedy back when I was a kid, but remember him and Grif looking at each other in the dark.
Lots of funny memories from my teens watching this guy. Genuine comedy genius, a much over-used term these days but not in this case.
RIP Mel and thanks for the laughs.