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Nicholas Parsons RIP

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  • Horsfield9
    Horsfield9 Posts: 3,082
    RIP , saw him once as the Narrator in The Rocky Horror Show , very funny.
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,004
    RIP saw him recently on an antiques programme and still looked fairly active 
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,784
    To be honest, I thought he'd been gone a while. Can't complain at 96 though.........

  • Tunwellsaddick
    Tunwellsaddick Posts: 2,452
    So alert, sharp and humorous whilst in his nineties as the chairman of "Just a Minute". Great respect. RIP.   
  • 1StevieG
    1StevieG Posts: 10,964
    No, not Nicholas “bloody” Parsons!!!
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    RIP
  • rananegra
    rananegra Posts: 3,689
    RIP. Amazing ability to still be that sharp in his 90s
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    RIP

    Bugger, repetition.
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,623
    Star star of one of the best Comic Strip episodes ‘Mr Jolly Lives Next Door’ RIP
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,090
    edited January 2020
    https://youtu.be/zs3s30t5duw
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  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,026
    Amazing guy to be that sharp at 96. I struggle with some of the challenges on JAM as it is, but he seems to have near perfect recollection.

    Who's going to fill his shoes - it's a tough call. I think R4 got it spot on when they replaced Humphrey Littleton with Jack Dee. As much as I like Clive Anderson as a presenter though, I still don't think he's been able to fill Ned Sherrin's boots. It'll be a brave person that wants to take on Parsons' role.

    RIP 
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    Nicholas Parsons WAS Just A Minute.

    50 years plus from Clement Freud and Derek Nimmo as resident panellists to Paul Merton now.

    That's before we think about all the other stuff he did.

    RIP
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,156
    Great memories. RIP.
  • holyjo
    holyjo Posts: 1,326
    Sharp to the very end. Great on just a minute
  • Wilma
    Wilma Posts: 1,618
    I met him at the Boat Show when I was young. He was very kind and friendly, taking time to have a chat to me. 
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,480
    Another one gone that seems to have been in my life forever.
    RIP.....Nicholas.....RIP.
  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    Simonsen said:
    "And now from Norwich....it's the quiz of the week......"

    Plus Peter Fenn on the organ. 

    Back in the late 70's into the early 80's, I would spend Saturday mornings being coached at Finchley Cricket School. Nicholas Parsons used to have the net before me at 9am. He was enthusiastic but not much cop....and I used to think he was improperly dressed because he wore a white Fred Perry instead of a cricket shirt. Funny the things you remember....

    That aside, he was an excellent broadcaster and a great servant to the Lords Taverners. 
    No repetition, well done :-)
    RIP
  • Rizzo
    Rizzo Posts: 6,435
    edited January 2020
    In memory of Nicholas Parsons, I watched Mr Jolly Lives Next Door at lunchtime. Bit scary to think that Parsons was 8 years older back then than Rik Mayall was when he died. 
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    I thought he was indestructible .. seemed to keep all his faculties right to the end .. R I P
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  • Phil
    Phil Posts: 612
    Grew up with JAM as my mum used to have it on the radio and listening to it up to the present day. Then later the quiz of the week of course. Seems like a true gent who lived a great life. RIP.
  • MStuartPerm
    MStuartPerm Posts: 611
    Rizzo said:
    In memory of Nicholas Parsons, I watched Mr Jolly Lives Next Door at lunchtime. Bit scary to think that Parsons was 8 years older back then than Rik Mayall was when he died. 

    First thing I thought. I was more shocked that it was released 32 years ago!
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,337
    I hope that, at the appropriate time, a minute's silence will be observed.  And there will be no interruptions. 
  • 1StevieG
    1StevieG Posts: 10,964
    Lordflashheart said:
    Star star of one of the best Comic Strip episodes ‘Mr Jolly Lives Next Door’ RIP
    One of my all time favourite comedies.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    Ultimate professional RIP
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,680
    Astonishingly sharp witted and articulate in his nineties hosting Just a minute,  just as he was at its inception in 1967.  A real pro.

    RIP. 
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,208
    Fantastic commitment and energy until the end. He should have been knighted for his contribution to entertainment. Never mind he is gong now 😉
    RIP 
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,883
    RIP
  • Addictedoldgit
    Addictedoldgit Posts: 1,826
    Saw him as the narrator in the Rocky Horror show.

    End of show he whips off his trousers, wearing stockings.

    RIP
  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    Good memories as mentioned here. RIP 

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