Recent content by The Creeping Spleen

I can somehow imagine Howard being a devotee of "Rambling Syd Rumpo". ;)

I can kind of see Kenneth Williams in Summer Wine, as a "third man" with Compo and Clegg.

Lovely stuff. Never fails to raise a smile. :)

I daresay you could make one yourself for a lot less.

Most chucklesome. Just the thing to cheer you up on a dull, damp, Friday morning. ;D

Bravo sir! Encore! ;D

And tickets for the first night of the show sold out within five minutes.

According to one enterprising journalist (I forget which paper) who actually phoned the TV station in Nigeria, a shipping container with three tons of material was returned to the BBC at least three years ago. It's apparently taken them this long to make any kind of official announcement so...

Wish I could, but my finances (or lack thereof) won't allow it. :(

Hmm, something to keep an eye open for. :)

Is it wrong of me to find stuff like Storage Hunters, and Baggage Battles and so on so compelling?

Supposing, God forbid, that there were to be a US remake of New Tricks? Who would play the characters?

Bravo sir, bravo! :) Given that we've had strips with cameos from the Tenth Doctor, Hyacinth Bucket and co. - how about Summer Wine meets Top Gear? Think about it. There's the tall pompous one with the vastly inflated opinion of himself (Foggy/ Jeremy Clarkson), the cheeky, scruffy, lovable...

My full title is The Creeping Spleen, Lord of the Great Bone Idol. ;)

Greenock, Scotland. Specifically, just along the street from where "Waterloo Road" is now filmed. :)