Dads Army

[Figure Mad]

Hi Guys

Just seen this, Clive Dunn has just passed away, no matter what genre of figures and modelling you come from, you will always of come across the guys from Dads Army at some point, it comes to us all.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...e-Don-t-Panic-dies-aged-92-short-illness.html

 

[Tubby-Nuts-REMOVED]

Have just read that!........ Bless him. 92yrs...fighting the 'Fuzzy-Wuzzies',.. The days before political correctness!... I loved that series as a kid!

Mark

 

[cinimod]

I'm the wrong side of 40 and watching them now still makes me laugh. I think its the sort of humour that any age will like because my 10 yr old finds it funny too........dom

Cold steel.....they don't like it up em!!

 

[Edward]

RIP

 

[Helm]

Guess Kitchner will finally get to meet the last survivor of Omdurman now

 

[Tommy's War]

They don't like it up 'em Mr Mainwaring!

RIP Clive Dunn

 

[Rich Sculpts]

Sad day

 

[captnenglish]

Eventhough, I grew up watching British tv (still a whovian) and movies, I guess this one didn't get exported. My interest is now piqued, off to youtube!

 

[DEL]

He'll be up there slipping Mrs Fox a sly sausage

 

[Don]

Thanks Del that brightened me up. Well done Cpl Jones..............

Don

 

[Babelfish]

Have just read that!........ Bless him. 92yrs...fighting the 'Fuzzy-Wuzzies',.. The days before political correctness!... I loved that series as a kid!

Yes Mark, they wouldn't get away with it now. The holier-than-thou metrosexual luvvies (who seem to be everywhere these days) would be foaming at the mouth and apopleptic with rage if a character in a modern show said something like "fuzzy-wuzzies".

In fits of self-righteous, politically-correct handwringing, they'd be tossing around their favourite buzz-words ("negative stereotyping" and all that bollox) like it was going out of fashion, and branding the whole thing as variously -ist and -phobic.

Humour vacuums all, and I say a rousing "ta fook wiv' 'em!!" - because they don't like it up 'em!!!

But for my part I "won't panic", and will instead this evening dig out my DVD complete series box set of Dad's and watch an episode or two as my own humble tribute to a man who has brought so much laughter to so many people over the years.

- Steve

 

[Gellso]

That's funny, I thought he'd have died many years ago. I just found out he was only in his forties when he was in Dads Army.

 

[Don]

Now just imagine, you look out and there are 40,000 chaps wearing strange haircuts and waving rather large spears, do you take time to discuss the PC aspects of what to scream to the lads while loading your weapon.
"I say chaps there seems to be a rather large group of local chappies wearing rather fetching hair arrangements and waving rather tasty looking local implements."

I am sure these would be my very words.

Don

 

[bagelman1952]

He played the Grandad character from a very young age in various tv comedies and was able to carry it off fabulously. Sad loss to great British comedy. Not many of the stalwarts of this level of humour left now.

 

[Funky50]

Have just read that!........ Bless him. 92yrs...fighting the 'Fuzzy-Wuzzies',.. The days before political correctness!... I loved that series as a kid!

Mark

They don't make em like that any more ....still makes me smile after all these years...Cpl Jones always bought to mind of My Great Grandad(Alf Hollis) who was a Grenadier Guard who actually fought at Omdurman against the fuzzies(can we still say that?)and they apparently didnt like it up em either....wahay

 

[Tubby-Nuts-REMOVED]

This, .. and 'Aint half hot mum'!. that was my early evening viewing as a kid!....... the days when we only had three channels. ... and I always hated that 'Bloody', test card!.........

Mark

 

[Kevin D.]

[quote="Babelfish (Steve Riley), The holier-than-thou metrosexual luvvies (who seem to be everywhere these days) would be foaming at the mouth and apopleptic with rage if a character in a modern show said something like "fuzzy-wuzzies".

In fits of self-righteous, politically-correct handwringing, they'd be tossing around their favourite buzz-words ("negative stereotyping" and all that bollox)
Humour vacuums all, and I say a rousing "ta fook wiv' 'em!!" - because they don't like it up 'em!!!


I'll have to check this out more. I love British humor....it has a dryness that many don't get and a wit that is sorely missing in American TV. And Steve, it does my heart good to hear others rant the way I do about the "don't offend anybody, Politically Correct crowd".

I'm off to you tube. Y'all have a good day!

Kevin

 

[Helm]

Not sure how well Dad's Army translates over the pond I know Mrs Helm ( a VA girl bred and born) doesn't get some 90% of it

 

[callum]

Don't tell them your name Pike.

 

[Kevin D.]

That's ok Helm, my wife thought Monty Python was a comedian