RIP Dennis Waterman

[farmerbarleymow]

Feel sorry for the kids these days - they probably don't know the honest pleasures of either a chip butty or a bag of glue for dinner.

 

[gentlegreen]

Juliet Bravo was even worse - my mam loved that for some inexplicable reason.

All I remember from that was at least one suicide situation where she barged in at a delicate stage and precipitated the persons actions ...

I'm trying to think of anything I liked of Waterman - never watched any of those cop things ... I liked John Thaw in "Morse" - up to the point where I wanted to give the man a good slap - which was quite often and now it's too suffocatingly 1980s to ever watch again...

 

[Steel Icarus]

The Juliet Bravo theme was a banger tbf

 

[Magnus McGinty]

The Juliet Bravo theme was a banger tbf

Not as good as World in Action mind.

 

[gentlegreen]

Not as good as World in Action mind.

Ooh that gives me tingles ...

My favourite theme used to be "Weekend World" until I looked closely at the lyrics ...

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Thought he was already dead.

Can't say I ever warmed to him. Seemed limited as an actor, which is ok except the thing he was limited to wasn't very appealing. Life and Loves of a She-Devil was good, but might have been better with someone else in it. That's what I thought about most of the things he was in.

 

[davesgcr]

Mr Waterman senior was a ticket inspector at Clapham Junction. You would expect me to note this issue.....

 

[Dom Traynor]

All I really remember of him was write the theme tune sing the theme tune on Little Britain and that episode of On the Up where he beat his wife so badly she was limping off camera because he loved her.

 

[blossie33]

Mentioned this on another thread, I remember him first from this film - very 60's London!

 

[Lurdan]

tweet link 1 - tweet link 2

 

[Kaka Tim]

Not as good as World in Action mind.

Yeah, but what is?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Yeah, but what is?

Juliet Bravo? Shit, that's what it is.

 

[Pickman's model]

Juliet Bravo? Shit, that's what it is.

yeh the actual drama never lived up to the theme tune

 

[farmerbarleymow]

yeh the actual drama never lived up to the theme tune

I think Magnus McGinty has the Juliet Bravo box set and watches it every weekend.

 

[Pickman's model]

I think Magnus McGinty has the Juliet Bravo box set and watches it every weekend.

and a full set of jb annuals

 

[Magnus McGinty]

And they’re my initials in the phonetic alphabet.
Schpooky.

 

[Siouxsie]

Juliet Bravo was alright though? And The Gentle Touch.

I loved The Gentle Touch with Gill Gascoigne.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I think Magnus McGinty has the Juliet Bravo box set and watches it every weekend.

I reckon I would. Monkey is back on the telly so I gave it a whirl and it hasn’t aged well at all though.

 

[pogofish]

I can remember how not having watched the Sweeney was ample enough reason to get your head kicked-in at school. It was maybe second only to Football as a reason for violence. So you’d try and watch just enough to grab a couple of lines that would hopefully get the sort of cunts who liked it off your case.

The same cunts just loved Minder too, so no I never had a lot of time for Waterman as an actor.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I can remember how not having watched the Sweeney was ample enough reason to get your head kicked-in at school. It was maybe second only to Football as a reason for violence. So you’d try and watch just enough to grab a couple of lines that would hopefully get the sort of cunts who liked it off your case.

The same cunts just loved Minder too, so no I never had a lot of time for Waterman as an actor.

Blimey. For some reason at one point all the psychos at my school liked Erasure. Woe betide mentioning their sexuality. Strange days.

 

[Dom Traynor]

Blimey. For some reason at one point all the psychos at my school liked Erasure. Woe betide mentioning their sexuality. Strange days.

Two of the worst psychos at my school who basically used to (in hindsight I realized) sexually assault boys who used the wrong toilet and ended up a couple. Probably imprisoned now. They loved Minder and the Sweeny and Iron Maiden.

 

[pogofish]

Blimey. For some reason at one point all the psychos at my school liked Erasure. Woe betide mentioning their sexuality. Strange days.

Yes, Punk/New Wave really messed with their heads/projected self-image...!

 

[editor]

Comedy pose

 

[8ball]

I loved The Gentle Touch with Gill Gascoigne.

My Dad met her once. Is not complimentary.
He also met Oliver Reed once who was apparently a right laugh, if a bit of a handful (he ran a pub before I was born).

 

[Siouxsie]

My Dad met her once. Is not complimentary.
He also met Oliver Reed once who was apparently a right laugh, if a bit of a handful (he ran a pub before I was born).

oooo you can't leave it like that!....not complimentary in what way?....... don't leave anything out, I want all the details

 

[Throbbing Angel]

I reckon I would. Monkey is back on the telly so I gave it a whirl and it hasn’t aged well at all though.

Ooh, which channel?

 

[8ball]

oooo you can't leave it like that!....not complimentary in what way?....... don't leave anything out, I want all the details

I don't remember much detail. Very snobby, I think.

I believe she suffered from depression so maybe was having a bad one.

 

[PursuedByBears]

Ooh, which channel?

It's on Britbox. I tried to watch it with the boy (8.5) but we had to stop because he thought it was shit. And tbf it hasn't dated well.

 

[surreybrowncap]

Ooh, which channel?

It's on London Live...
For those who live in the area

 

[Siouxsie]

I don't remember much detail. Very snobby, I think.

My mind had gone into overdrive...visions of her disgracing herself in public