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Re: "Speaking Ill Of The Dead"

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DeanFeb 26, 2011

I wrote about this on the blog once – the running joke about Blair is that he is gay, and from memory he says he is straight! So if that’s true, you can understand it would be annoying.

From: howstean

Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 10:09 PM

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Subject: [just-a-minute] "Speaking Ill Of The Dead"

A recent letter in Radio Times shows Lionel Blair didn't laugh off Ian Pattinson's cruel barbs in Clue, but mistakenly blamed them on Humph.

On 29 January's "Saturday Live" he was asked about the perennial mickey-taking of him. Blair said vindictively "You should always speak good of the dead. Good".

The letter-writer comments "I was stunned. The brilliant Lyttleton was merely the mischievous mouthpiece for the scriptwriter, and for Blair to celebrate his demise surely shows the measure of the man".

And I thought Blair laughed it off - obviously he didn't. I wonder if Pattinson would have stopped had he realised how much his jokes offended Blair. If he did realise, perhaps his continuing shows the measure of the man.

At least on JAM, the barbs at Nicholas are said to his face.

Phil

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