Tony Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 Richard Whiteley Dies Today :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvw Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 Very sad. I met him a few years ago, a real gentleman. RIP Richard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 I used to love Countdown. He was a real gentleman and I wish him a peaceful transition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 I was sorry to hear the news. I used to watch Countdown - he was an inoffensive sort of man but has a sharp wit at times too. Too young to die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thos Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Richard Whitely seemed a likeable sort as does his partner Katherine.I liked the story he used to tell. He said he had found a hole in the wall of the dressing room between him and Carol Voorderman and was about to call the maintenance man to come and fix it, when he thought "What the hell, let her have a look if she wants to!"Thos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 I have enjoyed Countdown from time to time. He was a nice gentle person with quite a wit, but very corny at times. He will be missed. R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4may Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 Sad News.I douut if they will find anyone who will replace him as he made Countdown a great show with his intellegence and wit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 I think that Countdown will die with Whiteley. If it doesn't, it should.It can never be the same. My heart sank even when I heard they were organising substitute presenters to take over whilst he was ill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 I think that Countdown will die with Whiteley. If it doesn't, it should.It can never be the same. My heart sank even when I heard they were organising substitute presenters to take over whilst he was ill.Couldn't agree more. Have I got news for you has never been as good since the BBC got rid of Angus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thos Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 Forgive me for bringing this to the fore again, but I have just watched the Channel Four tribute to Richard and I thought how superbly it was done. I had read that it was a tribute "cobbled together" in haste, but it was all the better for it. His friends, led by Carol Voorderman all contrbuted and I confess to a grin on my face during the programme and a tear in my eye at the end. Genuine King Richard (I am not allowed to say "d***") will be missed in an era of artificial celebrities.Thos. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 I watched it as well and I entirely agree with you, Thos. Yes, it may have been cobbled together but all the better for it - a vast improvement on those tribute programmes that have been prepared years in advance like so many are. I remember watching the programme which had the Amsterdam cat joke in it. I roared with laughter today just as I did the first time - and it wasn't particularly funny. As they say, it's the way you tell 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 If you want to know the Amsterdam cat joke¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦A couple were visiting London and they came across an up market petshop. The wife peered in the window and saw a very nice looking cat in a cage with a label "Amsterdam cat"¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦Not having heard of a cat specific to Holland she persuaded her husband to go into the shop and ask about it.¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦The husband went into the shop and asked the assistant:¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦"How Dutch is that moggy in the window?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 :D :D :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 2, 2005 Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 Brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devanski Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 N A E W Y S D E D..... that's when the funeral is... I know it's a bit rum but I'm sure he'd see the funny side... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 I liked the story about the "Countdown" tie somebody gave him, perfectly innocuous until they clipped the microphone on and obscured a letter. :Shocked Crying:Maybe apocryphal, but ought to be true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurdy Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 N A E W Y S D E D..... that's when the funeral is... I know it's a bit rum but I'm sure he'd see the funny side...I liked that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devanski Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 I liked that.Don't know if that gets me off the hook :Surprised Toungue: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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