Bulletin
04.11.08.
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Jo, Ant and Josh
Mitchell-Waite have a new address. They now live at
100 Reeves Avenue, Upper Milehouse,
Newcastle-under-Lyme,Staffs, ST5 9LA.
Delayed Chase The Charley Chase DVD which was to have been released in the USA this month has been delayed. The distributors say, "Sales of the Harry Langdon and American Slapstick 2 sets have been fairly soft, and we will be focusing attention on promoting those titles through this difficult economic period. Becoming Charley Chase is ready to go to replication as soon as the market seems ready to embrace him properly." Avalons on the tube Gary Winstanley has posted on YouTube some songs being performed by the Avalon Boys. They are from a forthcoming DVD. Go to http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3GCzVOSVTms Pee-wees wanted My name is Cristine, I have been put on a mission. I have a friend who absolutely loves Laurel & Hardy and March of the Wooden Soldiers. He does not believe that pee-wees actually do exist. So I am on mission to find them. I understand that there are competitions in which the Pee-Wee game is played, so someone must have them somewhere. This is where your help comes in. I need a set of pee-wees and stick! Where can I get it? Another
refinery mess The above heading
was used in The Sunday Times
(23.11.08.) for a letter commenting on
the discrepancy between the price of
petrol and diesel. Bob
Spiller |
Some more on
Atoll K I always liked
Atoll K to some degree, especially
due to the more pleasant German cut
(compared to the crude Utopia). But
finding more and more scenes I liked the
movie even more, just because the longer
version does make more sense. Of course,
Atoll K is no masterpiece. But we
know for sure that the Boys still were the
lovable characters we adore so much and
didn't end as the sometimes idiot
characters from the '40s. Their
professionalism alone made the result
watchable and entertaining. Norbert
Aping Did you see? On 1st November, on BBC 1's game show Hole in the Wall, when Anton du Beke and Phil Tuffnell were knocked into the water, the Cuckoo theme was played. On 21st November on Gold, in an old episode of Waiting for God, Diana Trent (Stephanie Cole) said to Tom (Graham Crowden), "How are we going to get out of this fine mess, Ollie?" while pulling her hand through her hair.  Late in the evening of 25th November my partner was channel-hopping when some dialogue caught my attention and when I looked at the screen I saw two actors who were obviously taking off Stan and Ollie. Checking the TV guide, it was the hour-long programme on BBC4 called Stan in which Stan is visiting Ollie just prior to his death and recalling various episodes of their partnership. Unfortunately by that time the programme was half over. On 29th November on Challenge, in an old episode of the game show Catchphrase, an image was shown of two Stan Laurels and one Ollie with the word "resting" above the images of Stan. This proved to be "resting on your Laurels" which the contestant got right. Tony Hillman |
