78 he is today hope i look like that when im 78:)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Saville

Christ! I hope you don't!

Originally posted by Anj1364
Christ! I hope you don't!

but he does look young for his age

Originally posted by panda79
but he does look young for his age

Please don't take this seriously:thumbsup: but I have always thought he looked old. Even when he did TOTP.

Originally posted by Anj1364
Please don't take this seriously:thumbsup: but I have always thought he looked old. Even when he did TOTP.

thinking about it he did look old then

top bloke tho:)

I agree that Savile is, 'a top bloke' , to coin Panda's phrase in respect of raising over £40 million for worthy charities, and for putting in countless hours of voluntary service at both General and Psychiatric hospitals. Some question his motives, but as far as I am concerned, it is enough that he is doing 'good' deeds for other, less fortunate souls.

However, he has not always been viewed as a beatific, rather eccentric figure. There are rumours that he engaged in extreme physical violence as a Dancehall Manager. Of course, the allegations that he administered 'justice' to deliberate troublecausers in various brutal ways may be untrue. Nevertheless, I have heard some of the stories, and if true, Savile was not a man to cross lightly in his Dancehall days. Savile was a professional wrestler too for a while. I recall an interview with former wrestling champion, Mick McManus in the seventies. McManus was asked who he would not care to fight outside of the ring. 'Jimmy Savile' was his reply.

In the early days of pop TV/radio, Jimmy Saville was the undisputed king. While David Jacobs, Pete Murray, Keith Fordyce etc looked (and sounded) about as hip as your Dad, Saville was always wonderfully outrageous and right out there on the edge.

Those of us of a certain age will never forget his shows on Radio Luxembourg, or seeing him compare countless package tours during the 60s, including the famous NME Poll Winners Concerts at the Empire Pool Wembley.

In retrospect he was probably the first of the British "wacky" radio DJs and he paved the way for Chris Evans and his ilk (not necessarily a good thing, I agree). He looked and sounded like the bands he was working with (sometimes even more so) and they seemed to warm to him more than the be-suited fogies they usually had to deal with.

Jim'll Fix It and his other TV work (TOTP aside) was for the most part, crap, as by that point Saville had become a parody of himself. Let's face it, after Tommy Cooper (and possibly Frank Spencer), he must have been the most impersonated man in Britain, so every time he opened his mouth you just couldn't take him seriously.

As time went on, it became painfully clear that he was probably as mad as a hatter, but that didn't matter because by that stage we had developed an enduring love/hate relationship with him and he was firmly established as a British institution.

It's good to see him growing old (dis)gracefully. Long may he continue to bleach his hair and squeeze into those gold lamé suits.

How's about that, then, guys and gals?

Excellent posting, Mojo. Nice to see that posters 'of a certain age' remember when Savile was ' hip'. I remember as far back as his early black and white Top of the Pops presentations. I think your appraisal is realistic and fair. Savile has definately become a parody of himself, and the widespread tendency is to pathologise his eccentric behaviour. You are correct in that we cannot make our minds up whether to take him to our hearts, or to reject him as a grotesque. He is, by any standards, a very unusual human being.

Did anyone on here ever write in when he did "Jim'll fix it?" sadly I never got round to it, although there was a couple of bits I would've liked him to "fix" for me.

Such as "fixing" the head of the "Unit" at Gleadless Valley School.. God she was an evil tyrant!

Jim'll fix it was one of my favourite programmes when I was young(er).:) The one with the boys eating on the roller coaster was a classic and still funny when it's occasionally shown.

Rich,
I have heard tales about the female Head of the 'Unit' at Gleadless school before, and they are most unpleasant I must say. If true, I have every sympathy with you. I myself was an inmate of South Yorkshire's answer to Colditz; Hinde House School, run as an SS Order Castle by Untersturmbannfuhrer Derlwyn Edwards. Several escape attempts failed.

Now then now then, as it happens, did you know that he was a racing cyclist in the early 5os competing in the Kelloggs Tour of Britain.

Wow

The think that impresses me about him most, more than his former physical prowess, his charity work, his catchphrases and his cigars.
Is that he manages with 1 pair of underpants, which he washes in the sink before he goes to bed, and puts them on again in the morning.

Quality. . .

I recall a TV program with Louie Theroux where he met Jimmy and you got to see how barmy this guy really is, plus, he is as tight as a ducks sphincter, he would not spend a penny of his own money and apparently that was why he had so much.

Kry 10,
To be honest I got the impression that Savile is obsessive about his money too. However, in view of the fact that he has raised over £40 million in charity for those less fortunate, I think we might overlook that unattractive character trait of his.

Theroux is hardly 'Mr Normal' himself. I thought that the two of them got on rather well towards the end- there was a certain 'chemistry' between two oddballs. Admittedly, Savile is the odder of the two. He seems to live life 'on the run', as if endeavouring to escape from something. What that might be is up for conjecture. Bearing in mind the laws on libel, I shall not venture my own theory, or repeat rumours which circulated Fleet Street in the seventies.

Good old Jimmy Saville. Wonder if he's still partial to a fat cigar?

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I have it on good authority that Derlwyn Edwards went to school with Jimmy Saville.

Is he partial to shellsuit?

Jimmy Saville has got to be one of the most irritating people on TV.

:) having met sir jim many times whilst he's out & about on his morning runs here in scarborough i'v got to say he's a really nice guy. he always finds the time to chat with anyone who approaches him.as regards his appearance, whats wrong with it? its jimmy innit! instantly recognisable. if you saw the queen in tesco's with out her regalia & entourage you probably would'nt notice her. its show buisness,every 1 who came to prominance in the 60s had a gimmick,including the beatles & the stones,they all had to be different to get noticed. sir jim ex miner ex nightclub bouncer with a love of popular music earned his knighthood for helping other less fortunate people in life.he's always lived in this country & paid his taxes here,unlike some less worthy recipiants of a knighthood. salut'e sir james,a working class "wessie" done good.

It's a little known fact that Jimmy Saville was briefly the Beatles manager when they were known as the Quarrymen. Rumours of a liaison with one of the band members have never been denied.

It's a little known fact that Jimmy Saville was briefly the Beatles manager when they were known as the Quarrymen. Rumours of a liaison with one of the band members have never been denied.

Which Quarryman was it? Give us a clue Basil!

would that have been when Pete Best was the drummer?

I can;t say which one it was, but I'm sure you can Imagine....... ;)

I can;t say which one it was, but I'm sure you can Imagine....... ;)

Guess that figures. In the Theroux documentary the great man implies he's given many a young lady the, ahem, pleasure of his company, but I can't recall ever having seen a kiss-and-tell about Sir Jim. A trifle odd.

I can;t say which one it was, but I'm sure you can Imagine....... ;)

I read Brian Epstein had a fancy for him:|

I have met him
he was a bit of a tw*t

a twit - why?

Congratulations to all those who fell for my "Jimmy Saville once managed the Beatles" story. To avoid blackening the name of the deceased Mr Lennon, it's my duty to inform you that I made the whole thing up.


But does it make me a bad person?

Congratulations to all those who fell for my "Jimmy Saville once managed the Beatles" story. To avoid blackening the name of the deceased Mr Lennon, it's my duty to inform you that I made the whole thing up.


But does it make me a bad person?

Hell, no. Makes you a damn fine person of excellent yarn-spinning and rare wit.

Congratulations to all those who fell for my "Jimmy Saville once managed the Beatles" story. To avoid blackening the name of the deceased Mr Lennon, it's my duty to inform you that I made the whole thing up.


But does it make me a bad person?

you have now lost the trust of half the forum, Brian Epstein did fancy JL, they went on holiday together, it was reported he made a pass but I don't think JL was up for it (allegedly) and it isn't April 1st, AND I shall never share my chips with you again:P