The Dead Thread

[Sarnia Kevin]

Just heard that Michael Parkinson has died. RIP

 

[Rita_Poon]

Sir Michael Parkinson: Chat show host dies aged 88

He was one of British TV's biggest names, with a long-running, star-studded Saturday night chat show.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[tommye]

RIP Parkie.

 

[Littlesue]

One of the best chat show hosts, RIP

 

[john jako]

RIP la

 

[Walken]

Occasionally I'll go on a youtube dive of old talk shows, it's amazing how much the cadence has changed in modern shows compared to parkinson or the dick cavett show.

 

[Eggs]

….sad news re Michael Parkinson.

I thought his shows were about his guests, sadly too many hosts try and make the show about them.

 

[roydo]

My BIL is a BA long haul captain. On one flight, an attendant asked him if a 1st class passenger could come to the cockpit. "Have they been drinking?" "No Captain". "OK, 5 mins though".

In walked the passenger and attendant, he shook hands with Steve (BIL) and said "Thank you Captain, my name is Michael". Unlike some personalities, he was the same Parky in real life as the one we all saw on TV.

Sad loss.

 

[Shevin Keedy]

RIP Parky!

Thanks for the help with life insurance and all the free Parker pens.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

RIP la

Beautiful this

 

[Barnfred 55]

His Billy Connolly interviews were some of the best TV ever. Miss Piggy too.

 

[trueblue84]

His mealy mouthed 'apology' in his autobiography was gash, basically 'I was drinking a lot at the time and don't remember what I said but I'm not racist I've worked with black musicians and I love the blues' etc.

In his defence, I think he's done interviews where he talks about it in more detail and basically said he was a vile person back then who was pretty much actively trying to kill himself. Not that that is an excuse, but I think he was in a pretty dark place.

 

[davids]

In his defence, I think he's done interviews where he talks about it in more detail and basically said he was a vile person back then who was pretty much actively trying to kill himself. Not that that is an excuse, but I think he was in a pretty dark place.

People under the influence of drink tend to loose their inhabitions and say what they really think. I've a feeling that was the case with Clapton.

 

[Moomin]

In his defence, I think he's done interviews where he talks about it in more detail and basically said he was a vile person back then who was pretty much actively trying to kill himself. Not that that is an excuse, but I think he was in a pretty dark place.

Or he is just a massive penis.

 

[RomanReigns]

1976.
Stop Britain from becoming a black colony. Get the foreigners out,” exclaimed Clapton to his captive audience. “Get the w*gs out. Get the c**ns out. Keep Britain white,”
“Do we have any foreigners in the audience tonight? If so, please put up your hands. So where are you? Well, wherever you are, I think you should all just leave. Not just leave the hall, leave our country. I don’t want you here, in the room or in my country.”

He added: “Listen to me, man! I think we should send them all back.”

In 2018, Clapton stated that while he knew his comments were offensive, he wasn't the racist he appeared to be onstage that evening. "I was so ashamed of who I was, a kind of semi-racist, which didn't make sense," he said at a Q&A following a screening of Life in 12 Bars, a documentary film about his life. "Half of my friends were black, I dated a black woman and I championed black music."