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thisbluespirit1. Peter Sallis has died. He was 96, of course, so he'd had a very good innings, but still. *salutes* Obviously, he was ubiquitous as Clegg and as Wallace, but since I started delving into old telly, he will also forever be The Man Who Didn't Eat Sweets in a Public Eye episode I have watched more than most.
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fic_corner is running again! It's an exchange for children's & YA lit and is usually good fun. There's a brainstorming post open and nominations will begin soon. (I don't know if I'll be able to do it, because summer, but I think it's relevant to some people's interests.)
3. While I'm talking about comms, I'm not sure I ever gavehidden_passages a quick pimp - it's a general comm for all things Gothic fiction related, run by calliopes_pen. (I think I was pimping my own comms such a lot once I moved them over that I got too exhausted. I meant to mention a few other good Dreamwidth comms, whether new, old, or recently moved, but I forgot.)
4. I have ordered the 1970s TV series Thriller with my b'day voucher. I don't know whether that was the best choice or not, but I will at least now have a proper screencap-able copy of my very own of the episode where James Maxwell and Julian Glover move into together and bury girls in the back garden and that is the important thing. (I think Suzanne Neve and Gemma Jones may be in other episodes, too.)
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fic_corner is running again! It's an exchange for children's & YA lit and is usually good fun. There's a brainstorming post open and nominations will begin soon. (I don't know if I'll be able to do it, because summer, but I think it's relevant to some people's interests.) 3. While I'm talking about comms, I'm not sure I ever gave
hidden_passages a quick pimp - it's a general comm for all things Gothic fiction related, run by calliopes_pen. (I think I was pimping my own comms such a lot once I moved them over that I got too exhausted. I meant to mention a few other good Dreamwidth comms, whether new, old, or recently moved, but I forgot.)4. I have ordered the 1970s TV series Thriller with my b'day voucher. I don't know whether that was the best choice or not, but I will at least now have a proper screencap-able copy of my very own of the episode where James Maxwell and Julian Glover move into together and bury girls in the back garden and that is the important thing. (I think Suzanne Neve and Gemma Jones may be in other episodes, too.)
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Date: 7 Jun 2017 06:58 pm (UTC)It was very sad about Peter Sallis. I know that 96 is better than many get, but he did so much, and he always seemed so nice. And Wallace & Gromit are lovely. And of course he did a Who, way back when. I'm quite glad that, many years ago when I first read my Target of "The Ice Warriors", I didn't know that one of the blokes in it had Cleggy's head! It would have been quite disconcerting at the time, I think.
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Date: 7 Jun 2017 07:34 pm (UTC)I know! :-D I don't know why someone didn't watch that episode and realise that clearly it could have been turned into an unlikely room-mates murder comedy with James Maxwell and Julian Glover. It was a tragic missed opportunity.
Yes, Peter Sallis had a good innings, but he was so very good and much loved. You have to at least pause and give him a nod, I think.
I didn't know that one of the blokes in it had Cleggy's head! It would have been quite disconcerting at the time, I think.
Stealing people's head is always disconcerting!