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Evening Standard article with Graeme anecdote

Here are details about a special 2 for 1 offer for last minute tickets to Tim & Graeme's show at Slapstick 2009 tomorrow night:

Slapstick 2009 is about to kick off on Thursday with The Goodies at Bristol Old Vic We are offering a last minute limited offer to E-bulletin subscribers a special 2 for 1 offer for this event.

The Goodies Show
Slapstick ‘09 welcomes two of Britain’s much loved comic performers as a modern day homage to the great silent comedians of the past. For over a decade, The Goodies TV show delighted millions of viewers with their inventive and often hilarious slapstick comedy and its writers/performers became household names and major pop stars! With The Goodies enjoying a new lease of life on DVD both in the UK and overseas, we are delighted to welcome both Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden to discuss and screen extracts of their unique show with comedian and Goodies fan Phill Jupitus

Call Bristol Old Vic's Box office on 0117 9877877 and quote "slapstick 2 for 1 offer" to benefit from this special offer (Subject to availability).

But hurry most of our events are now sold out so BOOK your tickets as soon as possible to avoid disappointment!

Posted by lisa at 20/01/2009 21:00 GMT

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The following article appeared in The Evening Standard yesterday (January 14, 2009):

Messing about on the river ; The Londoner's Diary

VETERAN comedians Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden performed a double act at yesterday's Oldie literary lunch at Simpson's-in-the- Strand, promoting their book, The Doings of Hamish and Dougal, You'll Have Had Your Tea.

Garden recalled that, while fishing on the Spey, he noticed that ghillies displayed a wonderful mixture of contempt and respect. "Don't bugger about with your reel, SIR," he was once told while landing a fish. Garden said that, after a bad day, his ghilly suggested they should try Rifkind's pool. "Would that be the Secretary of State for Scotland, later Foreign Secretary?" said Garden.

"Does he catch a lot of fish?" "No," said the ghilly, "only the one"

Posted by lisa at 14/01/2009 23:00 GMT

upcoming tv & radio shows

* Fri, 16 Jan - "Time Shift - The Comic Song Book" and "Comedy Songs - the Pop Years" are being repeated on BBC 4 at 21.00 and 22.30, respectively. Thanks to Jenny_Gibbon for this info.

* Sat, 17 Jan - "Outtake TV" on BBC 1 at 21:20, whose listing reads, "Anne Robinson presides over a brand new collection of hilarious outtakes. Featuring clips starring Dawn French, Bill Oddie and Alan Titchmarsh."

Use the "click here for more" link below for info about other upcoming shows of interest to Goodies fans.

Posted by lisa at 14/01/2009 20:00 GMT

Goodies at Slapstick 2009

click here for more...

Blatantly stolen from the original site linked below

The Goodies
Thu 22 Jan 2000hrs Bristol Old Vic
Slapstick ‘09 welcomes two of Britain’s much loved comic performers as a modern day homage to the great silent comedians of the past. For over a decade, The Goodies TV show delighted millions of viewers with their inventive and often hilarious slapstick comedy and its writers/performers became household names and major pop stars. We are delighted to welcome both Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden to discuss their unique show with comedian and Goodies fan Phill Jupitus.

More info here

UPDATE 14th Jan: The Slapstick 2009 Festival in Bristol is coming up next week! Limited tickets are still available for The Goodies in conversation with Phill Jupitus. The "Audience with Eric Sykes", hosted by Graeme, has sold out.

Details about these and other festival events can be found at the link above.

Bookings can be made on the Old Vic's website at http://www.bristololdvic.org.uk/ or by calling their box office at 0117 987 7877

Posted by zaphod at 13/01/2009 08:25 GMT

January Goodies newsletter now available

ISIHAC tops BBC Radio 7 Listen Again over the holidays

The January edition of the Goodies Clarion & Globe (#158) is now available on the website. It can be accessed from the Last Articles box at the bottom of this page. Other recent editions of the newsletter can be obtained from the "Articles/Guides" section of the menu on the left.

Posted by bretta at 12/01/2009 09:11 GMT

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According to the January 9th edition of BBC Radio 7's newsletter, repeats of Tim & Graeme's radio show "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue" topped the list of shows people were listening to using the BBC iPlayer/Listen Again (audio on demand service) over the holidays.

Here's an excerpt from the newsletter:

The BBC iPlayer has radically changed listening habits, so I was also interested to find out what some of you were "listening to again" on the iPlayer over the Christmas period.

"Top Ten entries" included:

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (peaking at No.1)
His Dark Materials (peaking at No.2)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (peaking at No.5)
Adolf Hitler - My Part in his Downfall (peaking at No. 6)
The Doctor Who Commentaries (also peaking at No. 6)
Doctor Who - The Chimes of Midnight (peaking at No. 7)
Hancock's Half Hour (peaking at No.

Hercule Poirot's Christmas (peaking at No.10)
And also at No. 10 in the chart, I was pleasantly surprised to see the Old Curiosity Shop Omnibus.

Posted by lisa at 09/01/2009 00:00 GMT

paperback editions of ISIHAC books to be released later this year

Amazon.co.uk is listing an August 2009 release date for the paperback edition of "The Doings of Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea?", written by Barry Cryer & Graeme Garden (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Doings-Hamish-Dougal-Youll-Have/dp/1848090242/)

and a June 2009 release for the paperback edition of Lyttelton's Britain: A User's Guide to the British Isles as Heard on BBC Radio's "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue", written by Iain Pattison (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lytteltons-Britain-British-Radios-Havent/dp/1848091737/).

Posted by lisa at 09/01/2009 00:00 GMT

Barry Cryer interview from Michael Ball's Sunday Brunch (Jan 4th)

Thanks to Sosia for posting the following info in the club forums:

"Barry Cryer was on Michael Ball's Sunday Brunch (hosted by Clive Anderson this week!) this [Sunday, 4 January]. He was talking a lot about Clue, especially the DVD, and his career. He was asked about the return of Clue and said that they would be having rolling hosts unless someone shows 'signs of setting in', then they might be asked to stay. He also said they would have be totally different from Humph.

The show is available for a week via iPlayer here (I hope this link works for everyone) The interview starts at at 1 hour 20 minutes in, with the info on the new Clue at around 1 hour 43."

Posted by lisa at 07/01/2009 00:00 GMT

National Doodle Day 2009 (with contributions from Tim & Graeme)

Tim and Graeme are among the celebrities who have contributed a drawing for National Doodle Day 2009. The National Doodle Day’s celebrity auction will take place on eBay on Friday 27 February 2009, with the funds raised going to support people living with epilepsy and neurofibromatosis.

A full list of celebrities taking part is at http://www.nationaldoodleday.org.uk/celebs/2009.cfm

Here are links to Tim & Graeme's doodles, plus a few from their ISIHAC cast mates:

Tim Brooke-Taylor - http://www.nationaldoodleday.org.uk/celebs/doodle.cfm?doodle=Tim%20Brooke-Taylor

Graeme Garden - http://www.nationaldoodleday.org.uk/celebs/doodle.cfm?doodle=Graeme%20Garden

Barry Cryer - http://www.nationaldoodleday.org.uk/celebs/doodle.cfm?doodle=Barry%20Cryer

Jeremy Hardy - http://www.nationaldoodleday.org.uk/celebs/doodle.cfm?doodle=Jeremy%20Hardy

Posted by lisa at 03/01/2009 00:00 GMT

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Bible to be published in September

Thanks to Andrew W. for this info - "The Clue Bible: The Fully Authorised History of "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue", from Footlights to Mornington Crescent (Hardcover)" will be published in September 2009. You can find it listed on Amazon UK already at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Clue-Bible-Authorised-Footlights-Mornington/dp/1848091303/

Posted by lisa at 02/01/2009 22:00 GMT