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Eric Sykes has died aged 89

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  • D_F_T
    D_F_T Posts: 1,154
    Another gem gone, great memories of watching him and laughing properly out loud!

    R.I.P. Eric Sykes and thanks!
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,176
    Not really my cuppa tea but an English eccentric who will be remembered. RIP
    I bet you have laughed at stuff he wrote without even realising it Lincs.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,501
    Not really my cuppa tea but an English eccentric who will be remembered. RIP
    I bet you have laughed at stuff he wrote without even realising it Lincs.
    Was thinking the very same thing.

  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,962
    "The Plank" ........had that on vhs, until it got chewed up by my machine.

    Brilliant slapstick comedy.
  • jdsd42
    jdsd42 Posts: 1,499
    Natural funny man - ......very sad day ..
  • Bangkokaddick
    Bangkokaddick Posts: 4,303
    "The Plank" ........had that on vhs, until it got chewed up by my machine.

    Brilliant slapstick comedy.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2RoudtrVv8
  • March51
    March51 Posts: 3,256
    Should of mentioned earlier: a while ago someone lent me an audio cassette (remember those?) they had made of Eric doing a cruise ship talk about his experiences and monologues on the people he had worked with over the years. It was one of the funniest things I have ever heard, tears were streaming and I had to leave the motorway before I piled the (customer's) car up. His timing, even at seventy-something was right on the button (and it was all clean). Unfortunately never seen it available commercially but it would be a great memory of him.
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,592
    Not so much a comedy legend as a fabric of my life, he has always been there. I have to say only 89, I thought he must eb well over the century, such is the endurance of his memory with me.
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP
  • Addickted4life
    Addickted4life Posts: 7,467
    RIP

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  • Tommy Dowling
    Tommy Dowling Posts: 385
    RIP Eric, was only watching an episode of Sykes on UK Gold the other day and it still made me laugh.
  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,034
    RIP
  • Tunwellsaddick
    Tunwellsaddick Posts: 2,454
    Warmly remembered, never forgotten. Laughing again with old friends. RIP Eric.
  • Redmidland
    Redmidland Posts: 44,700
    I am saddened at the loss...RIP Eric....he was one of the few comedy greats that didn't need to use foul language to get people to laugh..indeed in the PLANK he said nothing!!
    I remember an interview he did some time back where he said he was deaf and couldn't hear people laughing at his jokes - then he had hearing aids put into his glasses frames and he could hear perfectly......and then he realised no one was laughing!! Genius!!
  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    Genius joining his best mates....RIP
    Thanks for all the fun.
  • mid_life_crisis
    mid_life_crisis Posts: 3,266
    Brilliant comedian. As SE7toSG3 said, a reminder of care-free childhood days.
    Gone, but not forgotten.
    RIP.
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,848
    edited July 2012
    Arfer Smith told a story about meeting Eric Sykes who was one of his heroes, and he found out that neither of them could stand Bruce Forsyth, which made him even better in his eyes. Sykes told him that Brucie once came upto him and offered his hand, saying "Eric, it's so long since we fell out, I can't remember what it was about. Lets bury the hatchet?" Sykes stood there for a moment and said " No Bruce, it's the only thing that keeps me going!"

    Legend
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,385
    Not really my cuppa tea but an English eccentric who will be remembered. RIP
    I bet you have laughed at stuff he wrote without even realising it Lincs.
    Now that .. is more than likely :->
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    RIP - a genuinely funny man.
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,893
    Both a great comedy actor and writer. Started his career writing for frankie howerd and wrote for many of the greats. Very sad loss

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