RIP Dickie, we were lucky as we had Dickie with World of Sport on ITV, and Frank Bough on Grandstand with the BBC. I was mainly a Grandstand viewer until the wrestling came on, then I'd switch over, when not down The Valley of course. Dickie was a great broadcaster, for me, in the same Ilk as the late great Brian Moore.
Everyone remembers the wrestling, but what else did World of Sport show?
A wide variety of stuff - stock cars, waterskiing, ten pin bowling amongst other niche sports !!
RIP Dickie - came across as a lovely man - what an innings, especially as he had a stroke in the 1990’s
It was a very different area of sport looking back. Both channels having wall to wall sport on Saturday afternoon, the only opportunity to see many sports.
No thats not the one I saw, Mick McManus was in it, and some old bag in the front row kept trying to hit him with a brolly, oh and there was some wally in a mask pretending to be from Japan. It seemed to be on all day and EVERY week.
No thats not the one I saw, Mick McManus was in it, and some old bag in the front row kept trying to hit him with a brolly, oh and there was some wally in a mask pretending to be from Japan. It seemed to be on all day and EVERY week.
Kendo Nagasaki.
The other one I can remember clearly was Johny Kwango who used to head butt his opponents (well not really!).
No thats not the one I saw, Mick McManus was in it, and some old bag in the front row kept trying to hit him with a brolly, oh and there was some wally in a mask pretending to be from Japan. It seemed to be on all day and EVERY week.
Kendo Nagasaki.
The other one I can remember clearly was Johny Kwango who used to head butt his opponents (well not really!).
You must have forgotten Les Kellett & the 'Royal Brothers' [tag team] comprising Bert Royal & Vic Faulkner
No thats not the one I saw, Mick McManus was in it, and some old bag in the front row kept trying to hit him with a brolly, oh and there was some wally in a mask pretending to be from Japan. It seemed to be on all day and EVERY week.
No thats not the one I saw, Mick McManus was in it, and some old bag in the front row kept trying to hit him with a brolly, oh and there was some wally in a mask pretending to be from Japan. It seemed to be on all day and EVERY week.
The other one I can remember clearly was Johny Kwango who used to head butt his opponents (well not really!).
I seem to remember a Johnny Quango who used to wrap his opponents up in Red Tape...... I ffank uwe....
No thats not the one I saw, Mick McManus was in it, and some old bag in the front row kept trying to hit him with a brolly, oh and there was some wally in a mask pretending to be from Japan. It seemed to be on all day and EVERY week.
Kendo Nagasaki.
The other one I can remember clearly was Johny Kwango who used to head butt his opponents (well not really!).
You must have forgotten Les Kellett & the 'Royal Brothers' [tag team] comprising Bert Royal & Vic Faulkner
I remember them, and also Leon Harris (Brian Glover the actor).
They sometimes showed a 5 minute highlight tape of the Superbowl and also the Rose Bowl, a college football game played every New Year. Lots of what they showed was bargain basement stuff, probably distributed for free. Infamous parties at LWT, apparently.
No thats not the one I saw, Mick McManus was in it, and some old bag in the front row kept trying to hit him with a brolly, oh and there was some wally in a mask pretending to be from Japan. It seemed to be on all day and EVERY week.
Kendo Nagasaki.
The other one I can remember clearly was Johny Kwango who used to head butt his opponents (well not really!).
and Billy Two Rivers, who, astonishingly was actually a Canadian Mohawk !!
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RIP.
Very good presenter and as others have said part of the soundtrack to youth for some of us more matures members of CL.
RIP Dickie
I was mainly a Grandstand viewer until the wrestling came on, then I'd switch over, when not down The Valley of course.
Dickie was a great broadcaster, for me, in the same Ilk as the late great Brian Moore.
Happy days.