Bugger me, it's Richard Burton! [Archive]

Eichhörnchen

12-20-14, 05:18 AM

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Richard Burton says:

"Have you ever seen or met anyone famous, like wot I am? Did you just shrug your shoulders and let the moment pass, or (like that old lady in my movie, Battle Of Sutjeska) did you run up and paw them cravenly? I'd like to know, unless it was Kim Kardashian in which case don't bother..."

Betonov

12-20-14, 06:04 AM

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STEED

12-20-14, 06:11 AM

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews42/The%20Spy%20Who%20Came%20in%20from%20the%20Cold/spy%20who%20came%20in%20from%20the%20coldPDVD_010. jpg

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

Alec Leamas -
What the hell do you think spies are? Moral philosophers measuring everything they do against the word of God or Karl Marx? They're not! They're just a bunch of seedy, squalid bastards like me: little men, drunkards, queers, hen-pecked husbands, civil servants playing cowboys and Indians to brighten their rotten little lives. Do you think they sit like monks in a cell, balancing right against wrong?

Burton's best film ever. :yeah:

Tango589

12-20-14, 06:12 AM

I've met Jimmy Hill, the football commentator. It's true, his chin is as big in real life as it looks on the tv!:o

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Jimbuna

12-20-14, 06:47 AM

I'd draw up a list of notable people I've met in the past but very few here would believe me.

Sporting examples alone would include Pele, Ali, Keegan, Daglish, Souness, Shilton and beating the world darts champion taking out 69 in a two dart 19, bull finish.

Best if I don't name royal family members and politicians.

Tango589

12-20-14, 06:50 AM

Bloody show-off.

:O:

STEED

12-20-14, 06:54 AM

Show-off.

:O:

Bloody show off you mean. :har:

Tango589

12-20-14, 07:23 AM

Bloody show-off.

:O:
fixed. :yeah:

STEED

12-20-14, 07:37 AM

:har::har::up:

Jimbuna

12-20-14, 08:01 AM

Bloody show-off.

:O:

Bloody show off you mean. :har:

Never met STEED mind you :)

STEED

12-20-14, 08:22 AM

Never met STEED mind you :)

You don't want too, I hear hes a crazy mad so & so who lives in a bunker living in fear of the coming of the next Tory government landslide victory.

Jimbuna

12-20-14, 09:09 AM

You don't want too, I hear hes a crazy mad so & so who lives in a bunker living in fear of the coming of the next Tory government landslide victory.

Still sharing that bunker with Tony then?

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Oberon

12-20-14, 09:54 AM

Jason Luís Cheetham
Jarvis Branson Cocker
Joseph Ellis Pasquale
Nicolas Farrell
Helen Fraser
and Billy Hartman

Mostly chaps probably not well known outside the UK, except for perhaps the first one...who probably regretted coming to my neck of the woods as his motor got £30k worth of smashing up by an angry drunk chef. :haha:

Sailor Steve

12-20-14, 10:38 AM

Back when I was twelve my stepmother's uncle was head prop man for a show called Valentine's Day, with Tony Franciosa and Jack Soo (who would later be famous for Barney Miller). My dad and I got to watch one day's filming, which I really enjoyed when I watched that scene when the show aired later. At one point I went outside for some reason, and a grown-up was right behind me so I held the door for him. Mr Soo gave me a polite "Thank you." Of course I was thrilled.

I did get to meet X-15 pilot Scott Crossfield, which was also exciting.

Had a conversation with James B. Sikking, who was big on Hill Street Blues at the time.

Burton's best film ever. :yeah:
Could not agree more. It's a fantastic, and realistic, spy story, and sticks very closely to the book.

vienna

12-20-14, 01:37 PM

Living here in Los Angeles, in particularly, Hollywood, I've seen or met quite a few celebrities and politicians, but I usually don't make a fuss over them. The only one I recall went a bit out of my way to talk to was Alan Hale, the Skipper on Gilligan's Island. He owned a restaurant in West Hollywood and I saw him standing outside its doors one night and I went over to say hello and shake his hand. He was very gracious and seemed to actually enjoy being greeted...

Steve, I saw Jack Soo a few times around Hollywood. He was a part owner of a Chinese restaurant on Hollywood Blvd. I once took my mother there and just as I was telling her there was very little chance of seeing a celebrity actually on Hollywood Blvd., in from the back of the restaurant came Jack Soo. He had a sheaf of papers in his hand and he sat down at a nearby table, took out a pen and began to do some calculations, so I assume they may have bee the restaurant's receipts. My mother went over to say hello and he was very nice to her...

Fast forward a few years. Jack Soo had been diagnosed with cancer and the news was all over the tabloids. I took my mother to a local supermarket. While I was loading the groceries into the car, my mother suddenly took off. I turned to see where she was going and noticed Jack Soo crossing the lot. My mother ran up to him and proceeded to say she had read about him in the National Enquirer and how sorry she was to hear about his cancer. She then proceed to tell him about some of the various treatments she had heard about on TV. I was very embarrassed about this, but Jack was very polite and patient with her and thanked her for her concern. He was a true gentleman and I was very sad when he passed a short time afterward...

<O>

Eichhörnchen

12-20-14, 08:46 PM

My brother happened to be at Hampton Court Palace on a school trip when this movie was being made; he would've been thirteen years old. Bugger me if Anthony Quayle, no less, didn't come sidling up and beg a swig of water from his army canteen he used to carry around with him (it was a hot day).

Richard Burton says:

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"I was in that film, and I didn't see your brother..."

Eichhörnchen

12-22-14, 12:58 PM

We were in the back of my in-laws' car on a motorway in (I think) Wiltshire many years ago when a car overtook us with, bugger me, the former England cricketer David Gower in the front passenger seat. His blonde locks were rippling in the breeze: it was a hot summers day and he had his arm out the window. Of course, it would've been even better if he'd been doing this:

http://i.imgur.com/x4QmMnU.png?1

Tango589

12-22-14, 01:07 PM

Another one I've just remembered: On the Tube a few years ago, I walked into a tall bloke wearing a cap and shades. I thought nothing of it, then 30 seconds later thought 'Bugger me, it's Will Smith'.

Eichhörnchen

12-22-14, 01:27 PM

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vienna

12-22-14, 04:10 PM

What gadget?...

<O>

Eichhörnchen

12-22-14, 04:16 PM

:har::rotfl2::har:

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My wife was in Woolworths (when there was such a place still) in Boston; she heard someone singing down the other end of the store and, bugger me, do you know who it was? It was only Don Estelle...

Fubar2Niner

12-22-14, 04:21 PM

Married to 3 of the most ( at the time ) beautiful women in the world. One of them twice ! Why would he say bugger me......... Or was he drinking with Olly Reed at the time? Just putting it out there.

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

Jimbuna

12-23-14, 07:32 AM

kraznyi_oktjabr

12-23-14, 08:27 AM

Haven't met any celebrities and only one politician. She was Mrs. Tarja Halonen, President of Finland (2000-2012).

STEED

12-23-14, 09:55 AM

Most of mind come from the world of Gerry Anderson so here goes...

SPACE1999
Martin Landau
Barbara Bain
Prentis Hancock
Zienia Merton
Nick Tate
Suzanne Roquette
Alibe Parsons
Derek Wadsworth (compose the music to series two)
Christopher Penfold (story consultant/story writer)
Martin Bower(Space ship model maker ALIEN/Space1999)
Spotted guest star Peter Bowles (End of Eternity) on the London Underground years ago, yes he is tall.

Gerry Anderson
Sylvia Anderson

UFO
Ed Bishop
Dolores Mantez

Aliens /Sci-Fi convention
William Hope (Lieutenant Gorman, ALIENS)
Terry English (designed Colonial Marine Armour, ALIENS)

Eichhörnchen

12-23-14, 10:05 AM

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You saw Barbara Bain? That's like seeing Glynis Barber with chocolate on, you lucky sod. Here's Barbara Bain dressed as a nurse (best I could do, just use your imagination).

Eichhörnchen

12-23-14, 10:11 AM

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"Guess what, you losers: I didn't have to"

STEED

12-23-14, 10:12 AM

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You saw Barbara Bain? That's like seeing Glynis Barber with chocolate on. You lucky sod. Here's Barbara Bain dressed as a nurse (best I could do, just use your imagination).

I suppose one of us better put her in the beautiful women thread...

Back in the early 1990's met her at a Space1999 convention over in America. :cool:

Eichhörnchen

12-23-14, 12:14 PM

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Last year, naturalist David Bellamy came to our town to help celebrate the planting of some trees. We read about it in the local paper but we couldn't be arsed to go, because guess what? Some 35 years ago my wife was in London on a school trip and, bugger me, who should come bowling out of a Travel Agent's but naturalist David Bellamy. He was in a big hurry (probably had some ants to study somewhere) so he ignored her and hurried on his way, leaving her open-mouthed with wonder.

One question though: why does he waste his time on all this ecological stuff when he could be raking in a fortune at this time of year in Santas Grottoes up and down the land? "PERRFICT!"

STEED

12-23-14, 12:30 PM

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"Guess what, you losers: I didn't have to"

Cheeky. :haha:

Eichhörnchen

12-24-14, 07:07 AM

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I was out with my wife and boy last week at the local Garden Centre, when we came upon a curtain of glittering plastic strands all hanging down and frosty like. Beyond was a magical winding pathway piled high on either side with shaving-foam and cuddly squirrels, then finally a fairy-tale door all knobbly and wooden like (well, cardboard really). We paid £9.99 to an elf wearing a name tag (Gary), pushed open the door and, bugger me, who do you think was sitting there??

STEED

12-24-14, 07:10 AM

^George Bush Jr? :hmmm:

Eichhörnchen

12-24-14, 07:14 AM

^George Bush Jr? :hmmm:

I don't know why I laughed so much at this just now: I should have been cross...

Happy Christmas, Steed

STEED

12-24-14, 07:27 AM

I don't know why I laughed so much at this just now: I should have been cross...

Happy Christmas, Steed

:har: :har:

Happy Christmas, Eichhornchen :DL

Eichhörnchen

12-24-14, 10:17 AM

Back in the 1980s, my old mum and I were taking a stroll in the countryside near Hildenborough in Kent, where she lived as a girl. I remarked on a plane which was chugging slowly across the sky: "Look, Mum," I said, "That's a de Havilland Tiger Moth, that is." She rolled her eyes and we walked on.

I tuned in to "Test Match Special" on Radio4 the following day and listened as Henry Blofeld asked David Gower, the former England cricketer, what he'd been doing over the weekend. Bugger me if David Gower didn't say he'd been flying over Kent in his Tiger Moth!

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David Gower in his Tiger Moth, probably.

Jimbuna

12-24-14, 10:26 AM

Once shared a ciggie with Shane Warne after a county game in which he captained Hampshire against Durham.

Oberon

12-24-14, 02:36 PM

Eichhörnchen

12-27-14, 06:02 AM

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My mother-in-law- was on Eastbourne beach (she thinks) in about 1959-60. A man sat down nearby with his wife and young son, and bugger me if it wasn't David Jacobs, the celebrity presenter of "Juke Box Jury". She can't remember whether or not he sat humming pop songs.

Eichhörnchen

12-29-14, 07:16 AM

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Many years ago my father-in-law, who used to be a fish farmer, was asked to help remove the fish from a lake on the Sussex estate of the famous entertainer Engelbert Humperdinck (who famously kept the flag flying for the UK in the last Eurovision Song Contest). The lake was to be dredged after first transporting the fish to a place of safety.

D'you know they never caught sight of him the whole time they were there? They never even heard him singing in the bath.

Tango589

01-01-15, 09:22 AM

When I was 15/16, I went on holiday to the States and during a visit to San Francisco I did the usual tourist thing of visiting the Rock. On the day of my visit Leon 'Whitey' Thomson (a former inmate) was there doing a book signing for his latest book. I bought a copy, got it signed and shook the hand of an infamous part of history. Strange that I've only just remembered about it. I've still got the book upstairs too.

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Tchocky

01-01-15, 09:24 AM

...Broadsword calling Danny Boy..

Fubar2Niner

01-01-15, 02:36 PM

errrm the mind boggles....

http://rlv.zcache.co.uk/broadsword_calling_danny_boy_shirts-r5b7be1e6baa44611aecc766a623ece02_804gs_324.jpg

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

Jimbuna

01-01-15, 02:56 PM

http://i.imgur.com/ITzWUnF.jpg

vienna

01-02-15, 01:15 PM

Nice...

Any idea who she might be?...

<O>

Fubar2Niner

01-02-15, 03:29 PM

Nice...

Any idea who she might be?...

<O>

Never mind her.....Look at the dress man, look at the dress ;)

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

vienna

01-02-15, 04:04 PM

Never mind her.....Look at the dress man, look at the dress ;)

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

Sounds like you've been watching too much "Project Runway"...

<O>

Fubar2Niner

01-02-15, 04:37 PM

^

:har::har::har:

Best regard.
Fubar2Niner

Eichhörnchen

01-06-15, 05:10 PM

My bestest mate knew Liam Neeson when he was a kid (my bestest mate, that is, not Liam Neeson). His family were a bit luvvy back then and Liam (I feel I can call him that now) used to go 'round their house to visit and talk about acting and stuff.

He also knew the bald guy in Game Of Thrones, which of course I find much more interesting...

http://i.imgur.com/o9AH9tr.jpg?1

"So do I"

http://i.imgur.com/u9eSf5O.jpg?1

"Me too..."

Eichhörnchen

03-02-15, 08:22 AM

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I just remembered that years ago I saw Benny Hill's sidekick rushing along the lower High Street in Tunbridge Wells (near the Station). Why are famous people always in a big hurry? I wondered whether it might be worth following him until all the scantily-clad women appeared...

Harvs

07-02-15, 06:13 PM

Have only met 3 famous people, when i was working at a hotel/resort in Cooinda, Jabiru Northern Territory Australia.

1: Nicole Kidman, very nice and very sexy woman.

2: Ian Thorpe, even back then i knew he was gay.

3: Lee Kernigan, country singer, he was a bit up himself.

Eichhörnchen

07-03-15, 07:38 AM

We need a "Did you ever meet a celebrity and want to kick him in the nuts" thread. I think the answer would be "yes" most times.

Harvs

07-03-15, 07:48 AM

I would like to meet the Prime Minister and kick him in the goolies with my steelcaps and a run up Dennis Lillee would be proud of. :yeah:

Aktungbby

07-03-15, 10:27 AM

[QUOTE=Harvs;2325868]
1: Nicole Kidman, very nice and very sexy woman.

Very nice indeed! I had the pleasure of meeting her on Hemingway and Gelhorn doing movie security in Oakland and Livermore; The old Oakland rail station was revamped for the Spanish hotel scenes and a huge pasture in Livermore was the battle ground http://i.lv3.hbo.com/assets/images/movies/hemingway-and-gellhorn/video-stills/clip-tease-3071677-6-mezz-300.jpgfor the Spanish Civil War scenes. Indoor scenes were at San Francisco's Pier 80. Simple job at the pasture: keep the owner's breeding Hereford bulls in the pasture and the looky-loos out.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/98/Hemingway_%26_Gellhorn_poster.jpg/220px-Hemingway_%26_Gellhorn_poster.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hemingway_%26_Gellhorn_poster.jpg) So-so flick unfortunately. Station prior to lengthy revamp and complete paint job: http://www.16thstreetstation.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/home-5.jpg as bar/hotel scene:http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMzgyNTcxNTg1OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjA2NTA4Nw@@._ V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg
14 May 2012: all fixed up :up: that's show-biz!

Eichhörnchen

04-06-16, 07:33 AM

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A few years ago we took our boy to a disco organised by the school PTA. There was food, a kids' magician and then, bugger me, who should come on stage but Elvis Presley! If you'd blown on me I would've fallen over, honest!

Imagine my disappointment, however, when he turned out to be just some local bloke doing an impersonation of 'The King'. I thought about asking for my money back.