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Gone fishing with Mortimer and Whitehouse

I love Bob. He really has funny bones.

My mum is a funeral director and a little while ago did his mother-in-law's funeral in Tunbridge Wells.

He rang the buzzer and she said it was odd seeing him on the doorstep politely asking for details. She gave him an appointment for that afternoon and he went home and put a suit on for it.
After the funeral he sent her a thank you card for taking care of it all.
A Prince amongst men.
 
Badgers said:
It came across as a low budget version of The Trip to me.
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Yes. It reminded me of that too. But with less testosterone.

Also a bit Detectorists. Which is another really nice comedy.

I like watching Jeff Minter feeding his sheep on twitter sometimes, there's a lot to be said for something relaxing.
 
I'm also getting to the age when you might start to think about mortality. Men tend to do that stuff alone so I think it was a good thing for Whitehouse to get in touch after they'd both had huge ops. I'm sure it will get better as they ease into things. Fishing seems a perfect mechanism.
 
I like the idea, I kind of like the two of them, although Mortimer exudes a faint whiff of darkness to me.

My real issue with it is I'm a fisherman and obviously the fishing is just a vehicle/prop for the show but fuck me its so slapdash and pointless as to really annoy me. they should just sit in a pub and play dominoes
 
Lovely again tonight. I don't get the darkness with Bob thing at all - look how charming he was with the vicar and shopworkers, in a non smarmy way.
Paul seems to be ever so slightly caustic to him I've noticed though
 
Finding it's stride. Themes becoming clearer for those who hadn't quite got there. They're not really riffing off each other (yet!) but it's all good. Felt better produced as well.
 
I just want him to say "stop fucking around, watch what I do, OK cast it properly with out the fucking pantomime":D

I've taken 3 year olds fishing who absorb it quicker than Mr Mortimer:D

I know, I know. its just tellybox:D
 
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8ball said:
Fishing geeks. :D
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Feeks

Bob took pains to explain it's not about fishing, when I saw him on Sunday Brunch or one of them type of shows.

I used to love Go Fishing with John Wilson mind- there is room for a gentle fishing show defo. I wanna see a bearded chubby middle aged man bumbling around east Anglia with lots of camera shots of floats in situ. A long shot of a dragonfly landing on a float in late summer haze with gentle acoustic guitar music playing.
I've no time for this extreme fishing bollocks we see on telly these days
 
Callie said:
Do barbels make good eating? :hmm:
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It's in the carp family, so probably.. . apparently the roe is toxic ...

But some fish are just too pretty to eat ...



watch from about 9:17
 
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D'wards said:
Feeks

Bob took pains to explain it's not about fishing, when I saw him on Sunday Brunch or one of them type of shows.

I used to love Go Fishing with John Wilson mind- there is room for a gentle fishing show defo. I wanna see a bearded chubby middle aged man bumbling around east Anglia with lots of camera shots of floats in situ. A long shot of a dragonfly landing on a float in late summer haze with gentle acoustic guitar music playing.
I've no time for this extreme fishing bollocks we see on telly these days
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That river monsters bloke needs Thumping with a large salmon

And that Geordie squealer.

More Henry gilby and Rex hunt required
 
For solid old-school instructive stuff with respect given to the fish :-
TAFishing

This guy is also very good - he catches mostly to eat :-
Cornish Shore and Kayak Fisherman

For exotic catch and cook :-
Andy's Fishing Wild Cook

I'm hoping to meet spartiate29 (upthread) one day because I'm hoping to become his neighbour in a few years' time :)
He's fuelled by pastis and cigarettes and puts most of the fish back after a petit bisou :)
Spartiate 29
 
when i was growing up, there used to be a programme on Beeb2 called the fishing race- small teams scarpering around the UK in order to catch as many species as possible. that and the great egg race were essential viewing for a young mind
 
bellaozzydog said:
That river monsters bloke needs Thumping with a large salmon

And that Geordie squealer.

More Henry gilby and Rex hunt required
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Catching the Impossible is still a classic. Martin Bowler is much more in the mold of his uncle, John Wilson than the adrenaline fishing shows but only really available on DVD
 
So after the op, PW is on about 5 different meds and BM isn't on any we know about and he had the triple bypass. Interesting. For what it's worth Paul has just turned 60 and Bob is a year younger.

Can't help but make comparisons as I'm their age; I've never had a physical illness worse than man flu but then I've never won a bunch of BAFTAs either. Heh.
 
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