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Post by oxfordsimon on Jan 27, 2022 10:19:21 GMT
A comedy legend has left us.
86 is a pretty decent age and he leaves a legacy of great comic writing and performing
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Post by theatreian on Jan 27, 2022 10:45:16 GMT
Such a talent and how great to have provided us with so many laughs over so many years. RIP Barry.
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Post by talkingheads on Jan 27, 2022 18:16:53 GMT
I'm so sad, he has brought me so many laughs over the years. One of the greatest gag tellers in the world. You only have to look at the outpouring of love and affection from all the comedians today to get the measure of the man. Extraordinarily kind.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2022 19:17:41 GMT
Pretty much knew and worked with everyone. Still active up to the end. I'm surprised he hadn't filmed his own tribute as when any comedy star of note died Barry was nearly always asked to film a tribute.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 27, 2022 20:44:57 GMT
What an absolute legend he was. RIP Mr Cryer.
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Post by Jan on Jan 28, 2022 8:24:15 GMT
A man driving down a country lane runs over a cockerel. He goes to the farmhouse and knocks on the door. A woman opens it and he says: “I appear to have killed your cockerel. I’d like to replace him.’ She replies: “Please yourself, the hens are round the back.”’
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 28, 2022 11:15:33 GMT
A man went into a cake shop and asked the owner “Do you sell wasps?”
“No” says the owner “it’s a cake shop why would you think that?”
“Because there’s one in the window”
🙂
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 28, 2022 12:22:37 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2022 15:14:27 GMT
Just looked at Tall Paul's Link. The Episode of the Good Old Days not only includes Barry but also John Inman and Barry Howard in their drag/ugly sister double act.
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Post by talkingheads on Jan 28, 2022 20:45:34 GMT
I highly recommend the film Barry co-wrote, Bloodbath at the House of Death. It stars Kenny Everett and Pamela Stephenson with a whole host of familiar faces. It's on Netflix and it's the most I've laughed at a film for ages.
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Post by TallPaul on May 10, 2022 10:14:42 GMT
There is going to be a celebration of Barry Cryer's life at the Lyric Theatre on 13 June.
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Post by fossil on May 30, 2022 13:41:00 GMT
Very well worth a listen to these podcasts... Now, Where Were We? is the show that Barry Cryer has been waiting 86 years to make! Alongside his son, actor and writer Bob Cryer, Barry's booked a room at a favourite London pub, called up a bunch of famous pals he's not seen since lockdown began, and he's invited them down for a pint and a proper catch-up. This is Barry at his storytelling best, in his natural habitat, doing what he’s done for decades: making us laugh. www.podcastandradio.co.uk/podcast/now-where-were-we-with-barry-cryer-and-bob-cryer/ |
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Post by sfsusan on Jun 12, 2022 22:34:27 GMT
There's a tribute to him happening tomorrow, Monday, June 13:
BARRY CRYER: Bill Bailey, Judi Dench, Stephen Fry, Harry Hill and Barry Humphries are just some of the names on the line-up of Barry Cryer: A Celebration. The one-off show celebrates the life and work of comedian and actor Barry Cryer, who died in January. Lyric Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue), from £19.50, book ahead, 7.30pm
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