Sorry to see the passing of Michael Parkinson. Some great interviews over the years. In tribute to the fine broadcaster, BBC1 played a programme from a few years ago last night where he revisited some classics, including this piece of Peter and Dud.
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yes jc, IMVVHO, the best interviewer of them all and not a bad writer either …….Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
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Parky being interviewed by his son in last night's tribute was very touching. His interviews are, as somebody said, a valuable contribution to the cultural record of late twentieth century life in this country.Comment
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I heard an interview with Michael Aspel on Radio 4 yesterday afternoon - he said that Parky caught a lot of these big stars at a time when for the first time they were allowed by the big studios to be interviewed - many people had never heard these stories before, and Parky had a well prepared way of getting them to tell their tales - James Stewart, Fred Astaire, Shirley MacLaine, Lauren Bacall etc all seemed prepared to open up - in my memory all the shows were not great, but there was often enough to make Parky worth watching. Of course, I knew Connolly before he was interviewed on Parkinson, but I remember a bunch of pals and I seriously excited to see Billy on the telly, and, of course, the Big Yin didnae disappoint especially with the bike park joke.Originally posted by gradus View Post
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Never having owned a TV since I left the parental home some 60 years ago, these tribute-shows to the late departed 'greats' of the media pass me by and make me aware of just how little I have missed - likewise the adulation shown to departed pop-stars of the generation to whom the it appears the current generation of producers were in thrall to in their youth.Comment
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I got my own first TV (HP) in 1984 around the time Channel 4 started up, offering something more interesting than slebs being interviewed Sat nights to give viewers a chance to forget the ordinariness of their own lives and identify with the universality of the emotions and lifestyles on display.Originally posted by Frances_iom View PostComment
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Well, de mortuis nil nisi bonum, but I don't mind saying I've never understood the level of adulation poured on Michael Parkinson. It was the same with the man known as John Peel. I was dismayed at the way people kept going on and on about him.Comment
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I recall Parky once saying that he was approached to take part in 'Who Do You Think You Are?', the genealogy show on the Beeb. He said that they wouldn't find anything as his family never moved out of the pit villages of Yorkshire. Apparently this proved true and they rejected the idea after six weeks of research saying the results were too dull to take any further.
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An interesting article on the BBC's dumbing down on the arts from the Telegraph.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/wh...en-interviews/Comment
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SA - it allowed me access - I use firefox with all restrictions enabled and cookies generally blocked and certainly discarded when I exit browser + noscript - maybe clear your cookies ?Comment
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An unforgettable classic.Originally posted by johncorrigan View Postespecially with the bike park joke.
(I tried to deploy it once at work, when I arrived having cycled in, and found a colleague looking for something in a bottom drawer… It misfired badly and I was in that person’s doghouse for some time
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Part of my viewing youth, MP, with some interesting insights into otherwise (at the time) inaccessible greats. I remember being intrigued when there seemed to be friction, e.g. with Kenneth Williams, or Frankie Howerd…"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Tribute in London Jazz News from the one-time jazz musician and composer Laurie Holloway:
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