interestrateripoff Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32495447 Keith Harris RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PricedOutNative Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monks Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Sad for his family, but did anyone find him funny? Sure as hell I didn't, even as a kid. Heart used to sink everytime he popped up on a Christmas Special or Variety Show. Better ventriloquists almost weekly on Britains Got Talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monks Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Sums up the mans talents (talking about the multi, international award winning show by Ricky Gervais, Extras): "I read the script and thought, 'This isn't clever writing, it's pure filth,'" he told The Independent in 2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Allegro Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 'I'm dead.' 'You're not?' 'I am'. I always preferred that monkey puppet he had. Much funnier, but for some reason less popular. RIP, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueRat Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Cuddles I think. Yes, rather early at 67. He seemed like a nice bloke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Cuddles I think. Yes, rather early at 67. He seemed like a nice bloke. Ditto. Most children's entertainers seem to fall into the "clearly hate kids but hiding it" category (Timmy Mallett) or the "creepy" one. Keith Harris however seemed totally normal and pretty funny. Cue shocking expose story to prove me wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turned Out Nice Again Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 didn't he tour the universities with a smutty "****** a duck" show or some such? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callaght Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32495447 Keith Harris RIP. And by default, Orville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 And by default, Orville Not necessarily, Sooty and Sweep outlived Harry H and amicably left Matthew on as Mr Pin will tell you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie_George Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 didn't he tour the universities with a smutty "****** a duck" show or some such? Proof that Orville and Cuddles really did get along off-camera. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aFVRiXJ6K8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Dean must be devastated. 6.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knock out johnny Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 deleted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 deleted That's a bit harsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 "I read the script and thought, 'This isn't clever writing, it's pure filth,'" he told The Independent in 2006. Said the entertainer who made a living sticking his hand up a chicken's ar*e. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Interesting post from elsewhere: i actually worked with him on two projects. He was a little odd, he honestly believed the duck was real. the second project (which I bailed out of when it got wierd) involved an animated series of Orville and Cuddles, promoted by Terry Wogans company, devised by Keith Harris and funded by Robert Maxwell (yes, him) and it was being made in Bulgaria. (where Maxwell had business interests) a few trips in I realised it was not a project to be attached to!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Personally, I think Orville is better off without Harris, and his career will soar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Personally, I think Orville is better off without Harris, and his career will soar. As you think Orville is a chicken your opinion is tainted. At least Harris kept Orville's feet on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Note that Orville has remained silent since Harris's demise. I suspect the two did not get on well off-screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Not necessarily, Sooty and Sweep outlived Harry H and amicably left Matthew on as Mr Pin will tell you. I can't imagine why anyone thinks I have any connection with Sooty! Ditto. Most children's entertainers seem to fall into the "clearly hate kids but hiding it" category (Timmy Mallett) or the "creepy" one. Keith Harris however seemed totally normal and pretty funny. Cue shocking expose story to prove me wrong! Ditto. Most children's entertainers seem to fall into the "clearly hate kids but hiding it" category (Timmy Mallett) or the "creepy" one. Keith Harris however seemed totally normal and pretty funny. Cue shocking expose story to prove me wrong! I really hope not. Rolf Harris was a very surprising disappointment to me, in a way that Mr Saville, er, wasn't really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Note that Orville has remained silent since Harris's demise. I suspect the two did not get on well off-screen. Joined at the hip they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I look forward to revelations about drug-fuelled underage sex romps at the BBC involving a green chicken that snorted cocaine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 His agent announced it. Did he have no family other than Orville? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeDavola Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 He had 3 kids and was married 4 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 His agent announced it. Did he have no family other than Orville? That's a strange and sad thought! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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