tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post2368297994440493375..comments2023-10-24T14:51:45.756+02:00Comments on Bloggertropolis: Josie LawrenceStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-28723757491531752882009-01-04T18:01:00.000+01:002009-01-04T18:01:00.000+01:00Anonymous, your uncle's roommate is a lucky sod an...Anonymous, your uncle's roommate is a lucky sod and no mistake. I think Josie has still got it and she could happily tickle my fancy till the cows come home...! ;-)Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-81409189877668391742009-01-04T17:39:00.000+01:002009-01-04T17:39:00.000+01:00josie is so sexy.. i saw her on whos line and coul...josie is so sexy.. i saw her on whos line and could stop watching her after that.. im 19 in uni and all the guys are into the new hot women of today... so i put on the episode of whos line where josie does the song about the drill and they all think shes hot too.... <BR/><BR/>my uncles roomate used to date her back in the day (lucky bastard!) and said she was always making him laugh...couldnt think of a better woman!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-88210104215030504812008-05-19T08:17:00.000+02:002008-05-19T08:17:00.000+02:00Indeed, Zokko, women of Josie's calibre are few an...Indeed, Zokko, women of Josie's calibre are few and far between... what a great Dr Who companion she'd make too!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-20298789178691628972008-05-18T23:03:00.000+02:002008-05-18T23:03:00.000+02:00Interviewed by 'The Radio Times' back in the '90's...Interviewed by 'The Radio Times' back in the '90's, Josie said her three favourite programmes as a girl were 'Crackerjack', 'Tales Of The Riverbank', and 'Dr.Who'.<BR/><BR/>Definitely a lady after my own heart!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-3615697655872782482008-04-03T09:02:00.000+02:002008-04-03T09:02:00.000+02:00Peter, you are a man of exquisite taste and I salu...Peter, you are a man of exquisite taste and I salute you, sir. Pistols at dawn to fight for the right to woo Josie?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-23174241448953823722008-04-02T23:08:00.000+02:002008-04-02T23:08:00.000+02:00Josie is just lovely! Gorgeous, damn sexy, pretty,...Josie is just lovely! Gorgeous, damn sexy, pretty, flirty, damn sexy, wonderful!<BR/><BR/>I saw her recently on QI and saw her on Dave in Who's line, she hardly looks any different!<BR/><BR/>God she's fabulous... AND she like Star Trek too!!! Can there be a more perfect lady for a man?<BR/>Peter<BR/>LiverpoolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-27152230115393311412007-12-14T18:34:00.000+01:002007-12-14T18:34:00.000+01:00Anonymous, you've fair got my mouth watering... wi...Anonymous, you've fair got my mouth watering... wish <I>I'd</I> seen that programme now!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-91528643412916946882007-12-14T17:24:00.000+01:002007-12-14T17:24:00.000+01:00I can remember josie lawrence doing a holiday prog...I can remember josie lawrence doing a holiday program in turkey many years ago i thihk for the bbc didnt realy notice her until then.When a fantastic shot of her laying on a sun lounger in a bikini tanning her back then a quick shot from the front she was reading a book then a shot from behind a close up of the quite large and pretty bare soles of her feet. Oh lovely auburn hair colour she had then.Think she still looks great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-90078305076245302842007-12-01T08:40:00.000+01:002007-12-01T08:40:00.000+01:00Hi Han, thanks for dropping by and leaving a comme...Hi Han, thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment. You're right about there being too few decent comedy shows on TV these days - the only one with any legs is Have I Got News For You and it's interesting to note that there's a strong improv element on that show too. If you manage to see Josie live I'll be very jealous: I haven't managed it myself yet! Good luck!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-88375206117295712282007-12-01T01:48:00.000+01:002007-12-01T01:48:00.000+01:00i absolutely love whose line on Dave! i think it m...i absolutely love whose line on Dave! i think it might have become a bit of an obsession!!! I have found lots of clips on 'youtube' though and they're all really great! Josie is my favourite!<BR/>I'm too young to have watched it the first time round (only 17!) so i'm sooo glad they do repeats! Shows like this aren't worth missing and there is rarely decent comedy on these days - so repeats are all i have to live for!!!!!!!!<BR/><BR/>Have to say I wouldn't mind watching the 'Outside Edge' sitcom! Hoping for the boxset for christmas but doesn't look like I'll get it!<BR/>Josie was also fantastique in the robin hood episode! 'Ducking and Diving' has been my favourite ep ever and I think Josie made it! she made a brilliant 'witch'! extremely funny!!!!!<BR/><BR/>Apparently josie reglarly appears at the comedy store in London now and I'm hoping to get tickets for when I'm 18!!! I love improv and 'the comedy store players' look so good!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-27120194554601876152007-10-27T13:22:00.000+02:002007-10-27T13:22:00.000+02:00Apparently it's "the home of witty banter" or so t...Apparently it's "the home of witty banter" or so the idents tell me! Thanks for dropping by Casdok - hope to see you here again!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-69080621911502334822007-10-27T12:56:00.000+02:002007-10-27T12:56:00.000+02:00I will have a look out for Dave!I will have a look out for Dave!Casdokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497897393162856190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-59120297983174585232007-10-27T12:26:00.000+02:002007-10-27T12:26:00.000+02:00My favourite Cracker story was one from the first ...My favourite Cracker story was one from the first series - "To Say I Love You". It's amazingly brutal, sad and somehow beautiful all at the same time with amazing performances from Susan Lynch and Andrew Tiernan. All the elements of the story are there too - Beck's rampant antagonism, Billsborough's cool distrust of Fitz and Penhaligon's fascination / frustration with him. It's a wonderfully told story - perfectly paced and pitched with a sense of humour that's a black as black can be. When Susan Lynch starts barking at her sister at the end it's really heartbreaking and you realize that everybody is a victim... I'll be checking out ITV3 more often in future!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-55208884128239573702007-10-27T12:15:00.000+02:002007-10-27T12:15:00.000+02:00ITV3 has repeated the original series of "Cracker"...ITV3 has repeated the original series of "Cracker" a couple of times in the past couple of years and have just finished working their way through the slightly inferior third series for a second time. It's very likely they'll all be shown again in the not too distant future! Hopefully!!<BR/><BR/>Which is your favourite "Cracker" story, Steve? Mine is "The Big Crunch", ironic in that it's the one immediately after Chris Eccleston has left the series and the first not written by its creator, Jimmy McGovern! I appreciate it's not regarded as the "best", but the guest cast and narrative themes make it that little bit special for me!!<BR/><BR/>Ricky Tomlinson has just had a quadruple heart bypass and he always struck me as incredibly natural in "Cracker". His best line is when he and his police officers arrive to arrest a rapist only to find him singing in the shower! Ricky pulls back the shower curtain and asks, "Do you take requests?"TimeWardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853837867256272087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-29989805191458618512007-10-26T13:50:00.000+02:002007-10-26T13:50:00.000+02:00TimeWarden, Laura, I guess that's the trouble with...TimeWarden, Laura, I guess that's the trouble with repeats - we all have our "worthy favourites" that we'd be happy to sit through again and again... though they might not be to everybody's taste. Personally I'd love to see Robin Of Sherwood back on the TV, plus the orginal series of Cracker. I'd also like to see The Brittas Empire re-run - it could replace either The Last Of The Summer Wine or Keeping Up Appearances, both of which I loathe. Things like Sapphire And Steele would be good to see again too though I suspect it's horribly dated now. And just to be a bit whimsical - Willo The Wisp! For some reason I could watch that all day.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-23580438979582646802007-10-26T13:13:00.000+02:002007-10-26T13:13:00.000+02:00Sorry Steve, didn't mean to sound so scathing re *...Sorry Steve, didn't mean to sound so scathing re *all* repeats!<BR/><BR/>Actually ITV3 is my fave channel and just about everything it broadcasts are repeats! I even get up early on Sundays to see all the Upstairs Downstairs episodes I missed due to being 5 when it was first on! And I ADORE Sherlock Holmes and could watch Jeremy Brett until my TV melted too! But again this was a quality programme and quality programmes are always watchable, whereas rubbish is always rubbish and hardly bears enduring the first time round! However 8 hours of back to back Two Ronnies is a little much for me, much though I don't mind the odd Ronnie! I don't see the point of this sort of marathon programming that you need sponsoring to sit through/may well turn you off programmes/entertainers you previously liked!<BR/><BR/>As for (lots of) TV channels being lucrative I'm not so sure as the digital channels won't be able to charge as much as terrestrial channels to screen ads and the pot of high-paying advertisers, not unlike the pot of money for programme-making can only be stretched so far. Conversely digital channels *do* seem to have ad breaks twice as long as the terrestrial channels (ie you can make dinner as well as a cup of tea while they're on!)The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-26493949683767173572007-10-26T12:42:00.000+02:002007-10-26T12:42:00.000+02:00Have to agree with you, Steve, that not all repeat...Have to agree with you, Steve, that not all repeats are garbage. I welcome the fact that, because of the shortfall in revenue from licence fees, the BBC is going to be forced into repeating more drama on BBC One.<BR/><BR/>I would like to see "Doctor Who" repeated on BBC One, possibly early Sunday evenings the same as "Robin Hood", especially as, ratings wise though not necessarily artistically, "Who" is the more successful. "Spooks", too, deserves a late night repeat other than on BBC Three. The only drama that seems to be regularly repeated on BBC One, these days, is "New Tricks"!<BR/><BR/>ITV3 is a whole different ballgame. The continual recycling of "Inspector Morse" must wear a bit thin, after a while, even for the most ardent of fans but if you've never seen it then the opportunity is there without having to fork out on a DVD box set. I missed out on the first four ITV Dalgliesh mysteries twenty-odd years ago so am catching up, finally, on 24 very literate episodes of television!TimeWardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853837867256272087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-49294276527277479402007-10-26T11:53:00.000+02:002007-10-26T11:53:00.000+02:00I do agree with you, Laura (though with the provis...I do agree with you, Laura (though with the proviso that not all repeats are garbage) - Karen and I often trawl through the TV guide and are amazed that with 40 odd channels listed there is <I>still</I> eff all on the TV some nights. There's no quality control anymore. TV companies just whack programmes out like sushi on a production line. <I>That one doesn't work? Oh never mind, try this one instead!</I> Five channels of pristine, quality, diverse television would be a world beater in my opinion. Why has nobody thought of it? Because TV channels are quite lucrative I suspect, especially when you can buy old repeats a lot more cheaply than it would cost to make something new...Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-16100451264897983802007-10-26T11:31:00.000+02:002007-10-26T11:31:00.000+02:00Well Charlie Brooker's doing a darn good job of sh...Well Charlie Brooker's doing a darn good job of showing us what we've lost/trying to compaign for better telly on his superb Screenwipe series - but yes, let's all form a Decent Telly Militia to bring back all the old presenter greats (who are still alive, obviously!) and inject some new *ideas* rather than just new blood all the time in lieu of ideas - into programming.<BR/><BR/>If I see another cheap (& probably utterly bogus) quiz show I'll scream!<BR/><BR/>I don't need a zillion channels of crappy choices - five channels of decent-budget good stuff would do me, which I would struggle to keep up with as it is! Who the hell came up with this idea that we just wanted to serve endless channels of garbage/repeats every night?The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-43297276698253435052007-10-26T09:09:00.000+02:002007-10-26T09:09:00.000+02:00Hi TimeWarden, it's bizarre isn't it? I'm still ho...Hi TimeWarden, it's bizarre isn't it? I'm still hoping they release Enchanted April on DVD - no luck so far though - all I've managed to get hold of is a version on VHS. It's sad that the film isn't better known as there are lots of other class actors in it: Alfred Molina, Miranda Richardson and Jim Broadbent who all play absolute blinders.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-76470312737037519982007-10-26T09:06:00.000+02:002007-10-26T09:06:00.000+02:00Hi Annie, I must admit I had a secret hankering to...Hi Annie, I must admit I had a secret hankering to be on the show and, in the comfort zone of my own peers, was always pretty good at improvizing scenes and songs... unfortunately out in the real world lack of confidence always stunted my improv abilities... I don't think I would have been much good on the show. Put me in front of a live studio audience and I'd do a damn good impression of a rabbit caught in some headlights!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-28262565928973560402007-10-26T06:14:00.000+02:002007-10-26T06:14:00.000+02:00"Enchanted April" is a terrific BBC film. I wonder..."Enchanted April" is a terrific BBC film. I wonder why the corporation seemed to stop funding these Screen One and Screen Two productions? Mike Newell, its director, went on to make "Four Weddings and a Funeral" (poor old Simon Callow!) and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire".TimeWardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853837867256272087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-69819400900246516352007-10-26T00:47:00.000+02:002007-10-26T00:47:00.000+02:00Thanks for this Steve. I absolutely LOVED "Whose ...Thanks for this Steve. I absolutely LOVED "Whose Line.." and have got a book, published in 1989, of the 'Play it at Home' version of the TV series.<BR/>I would have enjoyed being a participant of the series, would you? Imagine being a tax inspector interviewing someone about their tax returns in the style of a Spaghetti Western, using the language of Shakespeare? The mind boggles.. "Verily I say to thee, Gringo, I, forsooth, desire a fistful of dollars for Alistair Darling. Fie fie, unknit that threatening unkind brow, are you feeling lucky punk?" (I made this one up, you can probaly tell!)I must look out for this Channel Dave, Steve. Cheers.Annie Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04703057351436504483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-13734991179313527752007-10-25T18:48:00.000+02:002007-10-25T18:48:00.000+02:00Yes, I rather liked Clive myself - self deprecatin...Yes, I rather liked Clive myself - self deprecatingly awkward and yet steely sharp underneath. I got the impression that he didn't suffer fools gladly... good for him, I say! And you're right: he is sadly missed from our television screens! The campaign to bring him, Josie and Tony back starts here!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-82735719278058410182007-10-25T18:25:00.000+02:002007-10-25T18:25:00.000+02:00Yes Josie & Tony were excellent.I also miss people...Yes Josie & Tony were excellent.<BR/><BR/>I also miss people like Clive Anderson, who was one of best & cleverest interviewers I have ever seen.<BR/><BR/>I guess 'cos he's not as pretty as the obscene/obscenely overpaid in my opinion, Jonathan Ross, he's been cast out of television.<BR/><BR/>Though there is that crappy thing known as ageism on television as I covered in this posting on my blog a while ago.<BR/><BR/>http://thepoetlaura-eate.blogspot.com/2007/07/demographic-bites-back-dont-dumb-down.htmlThe Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.com