Entertainment For Lively Minds
Rodney Bewes
Posted by John Medd on 28 January 2009 - 1:55pm.
Following on from the Red Dwarf thread; Bewes and Bolam haven't spoken since '75/'76 (the time of the spin-off film). Bewes, whenever he was asked about Bolam, used to say 'I had lunch with Jimmy last week' but gave up with that when he published his bio. It's a real shame we don't see him on our screens anymore (though he did, ironically, play the news vendor in Ant and Dec's re-working); in much the same way as I could listen to Bill Nighy read the telephone directory, Bewes could make just about any script jump off the page - like he does on stage these days with Pooter and Three Men In A Boat.
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Came across Bewes last year
He was doing his 3 Men In A Boat play at the local village theatre. "Luvvy" barely covers it.
And all poor Rod did
was reveal in an interview that when Bolam's wife told him she was pregnant while he was driving , he mounted the pavement (yes, I know -mounted and a Bolan\Bolam car crash gag) and nearly crashed. Bolam saw this as a gross invasion of his privacy and thats that
So I suppose that means Bolam won't talk to me now either. Miserable sod.
Just to take this in a QI direction
John Medd mentioned Pooter. His co-creator (with his brother) was George Grossmith who was also the leading man in the original Gilbert and Sullivan's Savoy productions. I only recently realised that and found it, as they say, quite interesting.
speaking of pooter
and anyone who makes comments online or blogs etc should have a working knowledge can I reccommend the book. It's very good ,funny and strangely Pooter himself isn't a terrible person, a bit pompous but jolly and caring. The insights into how people lived at the time is interesting too. It won't take you more than couple of sittings to read and it's usual only a couple of quid.
Wise words indeed, Chris.
It's all too easy to come across like a Diary of a Nobody out-take. If only Bill Wyman and Ray Coleman had been able to heed your advice before bringing out Stone Alone , a wretched tome which is pooterish without the humour or the humanity.