17.02.26.
Intra-Tent Journal
The latest issue of the Intra-Tent Journal has arrived. For details contact editor Bill Oates at itj.inbox@gmail.com. It contains the news that Marc De Coninck is standing down after nearly ten years of serving as the European correspondent. Our appreciation and thanks go to Marc. Mike Jones will be taking over the role and welcomes tent news etc at beauchumpssunderland@gmail.com.
And don’t forget that the ITJ is on the lookout for a new editor.
L&H cinema bar
A 23-year-old, Clyde Murray, has built a bar and cinema on the waterfront in Gourock. It was featured in a lengthy article in The Herald (5.2.26). His love of Laurel and Hardy is evident!
Out and about
Our tandem has been oiled, the plane's tyres have been pumped up and our suitcases are packed and ready for this year’s 1940s events.
Gary Stanley Slade
Slapstick
The Lucky Dog boys were spied at the Slapstick festival will Harry Hill
Father Ted
I've been re-watching the Farther Ted series. Whilst looking up some details about the show, I came across this on Wikipedia:
When producer Geoffrey Perkins asked Linehan and Mathews to discard the mockumentary format and expand the Father Ted episode to a traditional sitcom, Father Dougal became one of the main characters. When writing Dougal, Linehan and Mathews drew on Stan Laurel, incorporating some of Linehan's own behaviour during moments of confusion.
Another link was the actor Jim Norton, who played Bishop Len Brennan, Ted's main protagonist. He also appeared as Stan Laurel in the BBC 2006 drama Stan a virtual one-man performance, in which his sensitivity was excellent as Stan, visiting Babe ill in bed, following his stroke. This drama was written by Neil Brand, and this was long before the excellent Steve Coogan performance.
Apparently Ted fans have held annual conventions since 2007
Just take a look at the 'gallery' section on their website ... Now I wonder where they got the idea from…
Dave Williamson
Come clean
THE TELEGRAPH: Top tips for a post-holidays car clean-up.
Spotted by Anne Robinson
Useful
From You Don’t Believe Me, the latest book by Mike Jones
...and finally