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[Kevin Carr's Gloves 4296]

@ewerk my son’s team beat Belfast 7-0 today 

[Howmanheyman 37175]

5 hours ago, Renton said:

 

I dunno, think of what you could be like if she was doing it right. 

 

It doesn't matter how good she is if you're trying to build the great wall of china with a couple of kilos of sand, cement and a handful of bricks.

[Christmas Tree 5222]

3 minutes ago, Howmanheyman said:

 

It doesn't matter how good she is if you're trying to build the great wall of china with a couple of kilos of sand, cement and a handful of bricks.

My wife would disagree, she quite often makes a mountain out of a mole hill  

[ewerk 33655]

3 hours ago, Kevin Carr's Gloves said:

@ewerk my son’s team beat Belfast 7-0 today 

[Monkeys Fist 45838]

Odds that Mrs. CT has spent the last 30 years actually blowing? 

[Gemmill 51244]

On 14/09/2024 at 06:54, Gemmill said:

Has anyone ever been clever/funny enough to refer to Hugh Hefner as a fanny magnate, or do I wear the crown here? 

 

I get the feeling some people must have missed this. 

[Holden McGroin 7771]

Im pretty sure they didn't.

[Toonpack 11814]

4 minutes ago, Holden McGroin said:

Im pretty sure they didn't.

Skipped over it like an episode of Mrs Brown's Boys yet incredulously it got a fucking repeat, just like Mrs Brown's Boys.

[Gemmill 51244]

The workshop needed more now than ever. 

[Toonpack 11814]

9 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

The workshop needed more now than ever. 

 

[Renton 24200]

10 pence for anyone getting this reference. 

 

[Alex 37302]

23 minutes ago, Renton said:

10 pence for anyone getting this reference. 

 

I rewatched them a while back and there’s loads of subtle little bits I’d forgotten about. Like in that particular episode there was the lass who worked in the cafe. And she had this photo from when she was young where she’d won a beauty contest (Miss North West United Dairies or some such). And Leonard had borrowed the photo and every time she asks for it back, he says he can’t find it. Then the next time he’s being interviewed for the programme in his room it’s on display on his bedside cabinet 

Edited September 15, 2024 by Alex

[PaddockLad 19340]

25 minutes ago, Renton said:

10 pence for anyone getting this reference. 

 

No… what was it?…

[Ayatollah Hermione 14819]

14 hours ago, Monkeys Fist said:

Odds that Mrs. CT has spent the last 30 years actually blowing? 

Would explain the inflated waist 

[Alex 37302]

19 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:

No… what was it?…

That Peter Kay Thing. it was presented in a documentary style narrated by Andrew Sachs. 6 episodes each featuring a local  main character from Bolton. Phoenix Nights was expanded from one episode featuring The Neptune club. It’s worth checking out if you liked Phoenix Nights. Leonard in the one in the picture is a part time preacher and is the subject of that episode for being recognised with an award for being Britain’s oldest paper boy. 

[Renton 24200]

24 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:

No… what was it?…

 

Leonard, by Peter Kay. A pilot episode chronicaling the life of a mentally ill man in Bolton. Having had a mentally ill sister at the same time, I can vouch he got it spot on. Obviously he went with Phoenix Nights which had far more scope, but this episode is touchingly brilliant imo. 

[Renton 24200]

And aye, he's always telling shit jokes and says "are you having that?" (paraphrasing here mind). 

[Ayatollah Hermione 14819]

The ice cream man episode is unhinged, mind  He really was quite the comic actor before he dropped off big time. Then again, people who I would normally listen to tell me Car Share is actually good but I still haven’t brought myself to watch it 

[Alex 37302]

1 minute ago, Renton said:

And aye, he's always telling shit jokes and says "are you having that?" (paraphrasing here mind). 

I think that’s what he said. Are you having that? Or Are you having that one? 

[Gemmill 51244]

Sounds shit lads. Can we get back to fanny magnate please? 

[PaddockLad 19340]

I think I saw the DJ one, broadcasting from a car park of retail park? “Chorley FM…. coming in your ears”  

 

Wasn’t aware there were more, they’ll likely be on All 4? 

[PaddockLad 19340]

3 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

Sounds shit lads. Can we get back to fanny magnate please? 

You should try selling your jokes, good money as a writer. Don’t give the day job up just yet though  

[Monkeys Fist 45838]

2 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:

You should try selling your jokes, good money as a writer. Don’t give the day job up just yet though  

Aye, you could end up a funny magnate. 

[Alex 37302]

1 minute ago, Ayatollah Hermione said:

The ice cream man episode is unhinged, mind  He really was quite the comic actor before he dropped off big time. Then again, people who I would normally listen to tell me Car Share is actually good but I still haven’t brought myself to watch it 

It was ok but I didn’t stick with it / watch them all. Also, iirc, the best stuff Peter Kay did (That Peter Kay Thing and Phoenix Nights imo) the writing team was him along with Neil Fitzmaurice and Dave Spikey. Talking of the subtle bits, in The Ice Cream Man Cometh one, he’s at some event selling his wares where there’s lots of people. And in the crowd you see Leonard. Or what you actually see is the massive cross with the wheel on the bottom amongst the crowd. The one Leonard took with him when he went preaching in town. But Leonard’s character hadn’t been introduced yet because his episode is later in the series. 

[Alex 37302]

8 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:

I think I saw the DJ one, broadcasting from a car park of retail park? “Chorley FM…. coming in your ears”  

 

Wasn’t aware there were more, they’ll likely be on All 4? 

I’d forgotten about that but I think that was shown as a one-off pilot. Then there was a 6 part series off the back of that but a year or two later. It was really well observed in terms of shite, cheesy local radio with the DJ and his forced zanyness 

Edited September 15, 2024 by Alex