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Re: Brief but Memorable

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Dean BedfordFeb 6, 2007
 

 
On Wednesday, February 7, 2007, at 01:48 AM, Robert Torres wrote:

> ah yes, Charles Collingwood, he is another of my favs.  only because he
> is a legitimate actor and not a stand up  comedian.  actually one of my
> favorite bits I think came from last year or even the year before, I'm
> not sure, when he was on the panel with Paul, Tony and Sue Perkins, and
> the subject was 'Admiral Collingwood' and just as he gets going he has
> the subject taken away and soon people start saying outrageous things
> about this man who was in fact Charles' ancestor, and Charles gets so
> upset he starts challenging and not only that throws such a tantrum
> that would make even Kenneth Williams proud, because it reminded me
> once of something similar that happened to Kenneth when he was on the
> panel with Clement, Derek and Patrick Moore and the subject was
> 'McGreegy' or something, and Kenneth had read up all about the man and
> had lots to say and has the subject taken away from him when he hardly
> gotten going and was so upset, but not quite to the same level that
> Charles was upset though. 

The subject was "Macready" and Kenneth was so upset he mentioned it in
his diary written when he got home. But as so often with Kenneth when he
was really genuinely aggrieved after an initial burst he actually sulked
rather than keeping on about it.

This is the diary entry.

Friday 29 October 1976

Went to the Paris Studio for JAM. It was awful. Patrick Moore
successfully challenging my line on Macready: "one of the great
actor-managers of England" by saying "England's never been managed." And
the idiot Parsons allowing it! Oh my loathing for this rotten game!




On the last sentence it should be noted that Kenneth's view of the show
was inconsistent - this was his entry for Monday 2 August 1976, just a
couple of months earlier...

Got the contract for JAM and thought "bless the BBC" before I posted
it...

 
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