Handrejka 1,840 Posted May 31, 2016 Carla Lane dies. http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/736/cpsprodpb/15364/production/_89848868_89848867.jpg Good. Although I hope that means we don't get bombarded with repeats of her stuff. I did hear rumours of ill health last year but typically I forgot about them when it came to dead pooling. Oh well. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 5,645 Posted May 31, 2016 Carla Lane dies. http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/736/cpsprodpb/15364/production/_89848868_89848867.jpg Good. Any reason you're happy about this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,759 Posted May 31, 2016 Ah, see, I was wondering where to put the Carla Lane thing, and comedy writers would have never occured to me. Something about the trade descriptions act, surely. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,840 Posted May 31, 2016 Carla Lane dies. http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/736/cpsprodpb/15364/production/_89848868_89848867.jpg Good. Any reason you're happy about this? Because I don't like her, her ill informed animal rights crap and support of PETA, her depressing "oh god it's school again in the morning" sit coms, her perpetuating the idea that Liverpudlians are work shy scroungers etc. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 14,832 Posted May 31, 2016 Yeah. Butterflies - what was that supposed to be about? It wasn't remotely funny and nothing ever happened. Every episode was the same. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,132 Posted May 31, 2016 Carla Lane dies. http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/736/cpsprodpb/15364/production/_89848868_89848867.jpg Good. Any reason you're happy about this? Because I don't like her, her ill informed animal rights crap and support of PETA, her depressing "oh god it's school again in the morning" sit coms, her perpetuating the idea that Liverpudlians are work shy scroungers etc. Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! You mean to say, they aren't?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,020 Posted May 31, 2016 Hmm a lot older than the DDP has her. That'll have to be changed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,840 Posted May 31, 2016 Carla Lane dies. http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/736/cpsprodpb/15364/production/_89848868_89848867.jpg Good. Any reason you're happy about this? Because I don't like her, her ill informed animal rights crap and support of PETA, her depressing "oh god it's school again in the morning" sit coms, her perpetuating the idea that Liverpudlians are work shy scroungers etc. Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! You mean to say, they aren't?? Some are and some aren't which is no different from anywhere really but that image of the work shy Scouser really took hold in people's imaginations when she wrote Bread and 30 years later those of who do work for a living, which includes all my family and believe me they can breed, are still trying to live it down. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,132 Posted May 31, 2016 Carla Lane dies. http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/736/cpsprodpb/15364/production/_89848868_89848867.jpg Good. Any reason you're happy about this? Because I don't like her, her ill informed animal rights crap and support of PETA, her depressing "oh god it's school again in the morning" sit coms, her perpetuating the idea that Liverpudlians are work shy scroungers etc. Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! You mean to say, they aren't?? Some are and some aren't which is no different from anywhere really but that image of the work shy Scouser really took hold in people's imaginations when she wrote Bread and 30 years later those of who do work for a living, which includes all my family and believe me they can breed, are still trying to live it down. I used to hate Bread, seriously shite TV. Im trying hard to think of something she wrote that wasn't full of clichés and general bollocks. Im struggling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,467 Posted June 1, 2016 Just the other day I was talking to a friend about the Liver Birds and the question of whatever became of Carla Lane came up. I guess our question has been answered Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 14,832 Posted June 1, 2016 No one in my family knew what "Liver Birds" meant. We thought Liver was pronounced as in Liverpool, a place to which none of us had ever been. It was a clever title for those in the know, but left other viewers feeling excluded. It wasn't so easy to find such things out back then. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,269 Posted June 1, 2016 "Keep it in the familyyyyyyyy..." =/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,687 Posted June 2, 2016 All this talk of Carla Lane made me do a bit of looking, and I hadn't realised Gilly Coman was dead (even though it was reported 'pon this very site). Very sad, heart attack while sat at her mother's grave. She was a much better Aveline than Bean's wife. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,247 Posted June 18, 2016 Screenwriter Bill Richmond has died at 94. He wrote many of Jerry Lewis's films http://variety.com/2016/film/news/bill-richmond-dead-writer-carol-burnett-jerry-lewis-dies-1201798303/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,013 Posted June 18, 2016 Pantomime and comedian Brendan Healy dead at 59 after a long battle with cancer: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brendan-healy-dead-comedian-actor-7400581 So in addition to being a comedian he was also a pantomime?? Oh no he wasn't! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,013 Posted June 18, 2016 Just the other day I was talking to a friend about the Liver Birds and the question of whatever became of Carla Lane came up. I guess our question has been answered But... She was more famous than any of the three Liver Birds in the end, right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 8,650 Posted June 19, 2016 Just the other day I was talking to a friend about the Liver Birds and the question of whatever became of Carla Lane came up. I guess our question has been answered But... She was more famous than any of the three Liver Birds in the end, right? Surely Nerys Hughes is as famous (The district Hearse) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,938 Posted June 20, 2016 Bob Williamson, a Bolton comic who wasn't in pheonix nights, dead at 66/7 http://m.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/14567830.Legendary_comic_Bob_Williamson_has_died/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rotten Ali 599 Posted July 2, 2016 Caroline Aherne. Dead... R.I.P. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36694598 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,019 Posted July 2, 2016 Caroline Aherne. Dead... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36694598 So Mr Reaper, what first attracted you to the cancer-addled Caroline Aherne? 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,247 Posted July 2, 2016 Caroline Aherne. Dead... R.I.P. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36694598 very sad and shocking news . RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,012 Posted July 2, 2016 Caroline Aherne. Dead... R.I.P.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36694598 I really missed on this one. Not for a second did I think this was her year. Alas. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,933 Posted July 2, 2016 Could have sworn she was on list Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,565 Posted July 2, 2016 Caroline Aherne. Dead... R.I.P. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36694598 very sad and shocking news . RIP Sad - yes. Shocking - no. I was a big fan of her work and am very sad but she was on Aherne v Cancer round 3 - odds weren't good and she hadn't voiced over Gogglebox for a couple of months. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
