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thunderlizard replied

10 March 2006, 11:00
Oh no! She was a very funny lady. Used to enjoy a bit of Ivor Cutler too (he was on some of my taped-off-the-radio compilations in the 6th form), but found him a bit too cryptic even for me.
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threaded replied

10 March 2006, 10:12
memorable rant to Jeffrey Archer as "Norman Stanley Archer".

Just listened to that rant, very funny. 'Prostitute swerve' make me LOL.
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PRC1964 replied

10 March 2006, 09:54
Yes, very sad about Linda Smith she was very funny.

Listen to this for a sample of her

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/genre...adio4/newsquiz
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threaded replied

10 March 2006, 09:03
Also Profumo, (ex-secretary for war IIRC)
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scotspine replied

10 March 2006, 08:18
he was good but not that good...
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stackpole replied

9 March 2006, 23:41
Originally posted by Fungus

Toure's gone? I received his latest album today from Amazon and was listening to it earlier. Sad.

Boll*cks, he was playing last night.
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Fungus replied

9 March 2006, 22:55
Originally posted by scotspine

had heard about linda smith...but not ivor c. another fav of mine a couple of days ago - ali farka toure.

Toure's gone? I received his latest album today from Amazon and was listening to it earlier. Sad.
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scotspine replied

9 March 2006, 20:58
had heard about linda smith...but not ivor c. another fav of mine a couple of days ago - ali farka toure.
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Fungus started a topic Rip

9 March 2006, 20:45
Rip

I'm surprised this has not been commented on.

Last week saw the death of Linda Smith, a stalwart of R4 comedy shows, and she was not even 50 years of age. I for one will miss her contributions and her ability to cut down the pompous. She once described David Mellor as "the thinking women's fat ugly bastard" and referred in one memorable rant to Jeffrey Archer as "Norman Stanley Archer". Marvelous stuff. When on form she was incomparable.

And a few days ago Ivor Cutler popped his clogs. A sad loss.
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