God says... Can I have a pee, Bob?

[Chocoholic]

Sad to say, that Blockbusters host, Bob Holness has gone to the great gameshow in the sky.

[brucespanner]

Going to play saxamphone at the great gig in the sky.

[Trumo]

Well, he had a good (gold) run.

[Pony Princess]

What 'd' is the point at which a person is deemed to have stopped living? Also...

 

Nini sweat prince. Ynwa. u r wiv da angles now xxxxxoooooxxxxxx

[Jonny83]

RIP - loved that show when I was a kid, so much so that it was the first computer game I bought for my Commodore 64.

[Horus]

The first person to play James Bond, when he did it on radio.

 

He's up there now, playing blockbusters with Goody.

[Teflon Don]

Oh dear....

 

Twitter is eating itself over Ed Miliband's 'Blackbusters' typo | Technology | guardian.co.uk

 

Clearly nothing important is happening in the UK today, as Twitter splutters into life amid mock outrage or fully fledged mirth over Ed Miliband's misspelt Blockbusters tweet. More elephant trap than social network, Miliband (or rather his Twitter minion) entered the word "Blackbusters" in an initial attempt to express sadness at the death of former gameshow host Bob Holness.

That in turn prompted an excited debate about the distance between the "o" and "a" on a keyboard and well who knows what else. Of course, this comes the day after Diane Abbott's "divide and rule" tweet, which may well have been ill-judged but hardly ranks as terribly important in the political scheme of things. And at a time when Miliband is having one of those "bad weeks" that media so love. But all this hardly makes a typo a trend; if it did, a whole lot of us are in trouble. (What typos at the Guardian? Never.)

[Guest ShoePiss]

RIP - loved that show when I was a kid, so much so that it was the first computer game I bought for my Commodore 64.

 

Haha! What M would have been a much better choice for your first game and all kids who weren't bullied at school definitely chose it?

[Dougie Do'ins]

Going to play saxamphone at the great gig in the sky.

Did he actually play the saxophone ? Isn't that story about him playing the sax in Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street just a myth ? Apparently he was well aware of the story but just allowed it roll on.

[Guest TK-421]

Haha! What M would have been a much better choice for your first game and all kids who weren't bullied at school definitely chose it?

 

Manic Miner?

[Guest ShoePiss]

Manic Miner?

 

Match Day II, I was a speccy owner and wasn't even sure if Willie was available on that machine, I knew MDII was though.

[loadsoftrophies]

Give me a R.I.P please Bob.

[TheBitch]

Just heard that Bob, the old bloke from Blockbusters had died.

 

That was lucky, maybe I won't get charged for that DVD I forgot to take back.

[Teflon Don]

Did he actually play the saxophone ? Isn't that story about him playing the sax in Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street just a myth ? Apparently he was well aware of the story but just allowed it roll on.

 

Yes' date=' Stuart Maconie is credited with making it up during his time with the [i']NME[/i].

[Guest TK-421]

Match Day II, I was a speccy owner and wasn't even sure if Willie was available on that machine, I knew MDII was though.

 

Good choice, Sir. Personally I was a C64 man all the way. Better sound, innit? Rob Hubbard and Martin Galway. On that amazing sound chip. The Last Ninja soundtrack is way better than anything Madchester came out with.

 

Speccie was good, tho. Young, sweaty and eager fingers on rubber keys. Marvelous.

[Dougie Do'ins]

Yes, Stuart Maconie is credited with making it up during his time with the NME.

Isnt there also a lesser know story about him playing a guitar on some bands track ? Also a myth.

[Teflon Don]

Isnt there also a lesser know story about him playing a guitar on some bands track ? Also a myth.

 

According to Wikipedia:

 

Holness was the subject of an urban myth' date='[2'][3] claimed to have been initiated in the 1980s by broadcaster Stuart Maconie who, writing for the New Musical Express in a section called 'Believe It Or Not', said that Holness had played the saxophone solo on Gerry Rafferty's 1978 song "Baker Street". Tommy Boyd, among others, has disputed Maconie's claim to authorship of the rumour.[4] The actual performer was Raphael Ravenscroft.

 

The story clearly appealed to Holness' sense of humour as he often played along with the myth, and also at various times jokingly claimed to be the lead guitarist on Derek and the Dominoes' "Layla" and the mysterious individual putting Elvis Presley off his stride on the famous 'laughing' version of "Are You Lonesome Tonight?". He was recorded confirming the Baker Street story in a 1993 interview on STOIC, Student Television of Imperial College.