Jimmy Saville Dead at 84

stephen_k · 29-10-2011 04:30PM

Sad day! Used to love the Jim'll Fix It show, fond memories of when I was a kid, sitting down on a Saturday evening with the family, always chips on a Saturday, eaten off plates on our knees in front of the telly (only day we were allowed do this), my old man always cracking up laughing at the fat kid on the roller coaster.... Good Times!!!

The b*stard never answered any of my letters to fix it for me to get a spin in Knight Riders car, though!!!!!

DominoDub · 29-10-2011 04:42PM

Now Then, Now Then , Now This is.. Sad News . RIP Mr Fix It

Dudess · 29-10-2011 04:47PM

stephen_k wrote: »

Sad day! Used to love the Jim'll Fix It show, fond memories of when I was a kid, sitting down on a Saturday evening with the family, always chips on a Saturday, eaten off plates on our knees in front of the telly (only day we were allowed do this), my old man always cracking up laughing at the fat kid on the roller coaster.... Good Times!!!

The b*stard never answered any of my letters to fix it for me to get a spin in Knight Riders car, though!!!!!

I remember being so excited about an edition featuring a girl getting to spend the day as a princess - but it was more the Princess Anne, wearing a waxed jacket and wellies, mucking out the stables take on being a princess. I was well disappointed - and the kid clearly was too.

glossy · 29-10-2011 04:49PM

two days short of his 85th,,, R.I.P Jim

bodhrandude · 29-10-2011 04:50PM

I remember fondly one of his shows where a young bloke got to play lead guitar with Status Quo on stage, take into account it was the mid to late 70s so Quo were considered quite cool at the time.

M cebee · 29-10-2011 04:50PM

the press will have a field day now he's gone

Run_to_da_hills · 29-10-2011 04:56PM

R.I.P

No doubt there will be a record turn out at his funeral.

stephen_k · 29-10-2011 05:05PM

Dudess wrote: »

I remember being so excited about an edition featuring a girl getting to spend the day as a princess - but it was more the Princess Anne, wearing a waxed jacket and wellies, mucking out the stables take on being a princess. I was well disappointed - and the kid clearly was too.

Yeah thinking back the Fix Its, were never that good.... I could never understand why they'd always pick some nerd who'd want to visit some shít factory somewhere..... I want to drive Kit ffs!!!! No contest!!!

*I would've even settled for the General Lee*

2Scoops · 29-10-2011 05:10PM

Dear Jimmy,

Can you please fix it for me to have this moved to Celebrities and Showbiz?

RachaelVO · 29-10-2011 05:11PM

2Scoops wrote: »

Dear Jimmy,

Can you please fix it for me to have this moved to Celebrities and Showbiz?

OH FFS, there's ALWAYS one!!!!!!:rolleyes:

Dotrel · 29-10-2011 05:14PM

How's about that, then.

Dotrel · 29-10-2011 05:16PM

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

R.I.P

No doubt there will be a record turn out at his funeral.

Maybe if he'd died in the 80's. However, I reckon there'll be a seedy turn out at his funeral.

Profiler · 29-10-2011 05:17PM

RIP Jimmy.

Tedious Bore · 29-10-2011 05:23PM

anyone got a link for the full louis theroux meets jimmy saville episode...?

couldnt find it myself

Badgermonkey · 29-10-2011 05:49PM

There was summit a little odd 'bout Sir James, even over and above the showbizzy affectations, some of which was apparent on the Theroux documentary.

Loved his show as a kid but don't remember warming to him as a man, as I would have to Brian Cant or even Cheggers & Edmonds on the Saturday Swap Shop. :eek:

RIP

Dudess · 29-10-2011 06:14PM

On the Theroux documentary he just seemed way more serious and less confident than his showbiz persona.

alwaysadub · 29-10-2011 06:18PM

RIP Jimmy. Used to be so jealous watching Jim'll Fix It at times!

mike65 · 29-10-2011 06:20PM

Badgermonkey wrote: »

There was summit a little odd 'bout Sir James, even over and above the showbizzy affectations, some of which was apparent on the Theroux documentary.

I think everyone who Theroux spent time with came out looking weird! It was his shows selling point

razorblunt · 29-10-2011 06:21PM

Think of the money his family will get in a Cash 4 Gold store.

RIP Sir Jimmy.

Amalgam · 29-10-2011 06:24PM

There was 'an incident' where he was on the BBC's Have I Got News for You (Savile was a guest and a rather cutting joke backfired spectacularly..), and just posting the dialogue online (never broadcast), censored or not.. was enough to have legal papers dumped at the door of your Host\ISP in very quick order.

Google..

Dudess · 29-10-2011 06:29PM

alwaysadub wrote: »

RIP Jimmy. Used to be so jealous watching Jim'll Fix It at times!

I was more jealous of the Mini Pops.

mike65 · 29-10-2011 06:35PM

Dudess wrote: »

I was more jealous of the Mini Pops.

re Amalgams hint, there's a set up line if I ever saw one

Mike 1972 · 29-10-2011 06:40PM

Executive Steve wrote: »

Jimmy Saville was the very first man on the planet to ever hook up two turntables to a soundsystem and charge people in the door to hear records being played with no live bands. Revolutionary at the time - this was the 1940's. First guy to ever hook up two turntables so he coul play records seamlessly intro-to-outro.

Surely radio stations were using twin turntables since the 1920's ?

Charging people to hear records -hardly an original idea either

Bringing the various elements together may have been though ?

some random drunk · 29-10-2011 06:44PM

Amalgam wrote: »

There was 'an incident' where he was on the BBC's Have I Got News for You (Savile was a guest and a rather cutting joke backfired spectacularly..), and just posting the dialogue online (never broadcast), censored or not.. was enough to have legal papers dumped at the door of your Host\ISP in very quick order.

Google..

Yeah I've read the dialogue of that suposedly deleted scene. Interesting to say the least, but I've also read that it's completely made up and never happened. I googled the name mentioned in it and couldn't find anything.

Dotrel · 29-10-2011 06:46PM

Amalgam wrote: »

There was 'an incident' where he was on the BBC's Have I Got News for You (Savile was a guest and a rather cutting joke backfired spectacularly..), and just posting the dialogue online (never broadcast), censored or not.. was enough to have legal papers dumped at the door of your Host\ISP in very quick order.

Google..

Was that the one where they asked him if he used to be a wrestler?

Amalgam · 29-10-2011 06:48PM

some random drunk wrote: »

Yeah I've read the dialogue of that suposedly deleted scene. Interesting to say the least, but I've also read that it's completely made up and never happened. I googled the name mentioned in it and couldn't find anything.

I saw that, the dialogue attributed to Merton seems a tad caustic..

Savile claimed to not know certain people from Jersey, or not to have visited or frequented certain places.. until rather inconvenient photos popped up.

A man of contradictions. Spring loaded skeletons jumping out in 3.. 2.. 1..

M cebee · 29-10-2011 06:53PM

I read he had an injunction to stop publication of photograph of him at jersey

Dudess · 29-10-2011 07:03PM

:eek:

Dudess · 29-10-2011 07:09PM

Yeah I like Louis Theroux's shows but he sometimes tries hard to find badness - remember the Hamiltons fiasco...

some random drunk · 29-10-2011 07:11PM

M cebee wrote: »

I read he had an injunction to stop publication of photograph of him at jersey

There is a lot of particularly nasty stuff written about him online, simply googling "Jimmy Saville rumours" will bring them up. Nothing from a credible source though, so I can only assume they are just silly rumours and nothing more.

Jimmy Saville Dead at 84

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