tinfoilhat   11 #1 Posted February 1, 2019 He could be a tad too lefty for me but he was always good value on the News Quiz on radio 4, and was funny and knowledgeable. Surprised to hear he presented top of the pops once! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Halibut   12 #2 Posted February 1, 2019 That's sad news, I liked Jeremy Hardy. According to the piece I've just read from the Independent he once had a performance cancelled by Burnley Council after saying ( in his very funny R4 programme Speaks to the Nation) that BNP members should be shot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Anna B   1,401 #3 Posted February 2, 2019 I also liked Jeremy Hardy and his wonderfully sardonic wit.  Died far too young, and will be missed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Baron99   775 #4 Posted February 2, 2019 21 hours ago, tinfoilhat said: He could be a tad too lefty for me but he was always good value on the News Quiz on radio 4, and was funny and knowledgeable. Surprised to hear he presented top of the pops once! Found him very funny in 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.'  Apparently he upset a lot of folk & was once booed by the audience during Radio 4's, 'Just a Minute', when given the word 'Parasite' to talk about for 60 seconds & he began talking about the Royal Family.  Wonder if the clip is available online anywhere? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
taxman   12 #5 Posted February 2, 2019 I saw him live back in the 80s, he was brilliant then and was always good value ever since. Shocked and upset by his death.  Cancer eh, what a bummer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
mickey finn   12 #6 Posted February 3, 2019 On 01/02/2019 at 12:11, Halibut said: That's sad news, I liked Jeremy Hardy. According to the piece I've just read from the Independent he once had a performance cancelled by Burnley Council after saying ( in his very funny R4 programme Speaks to the Nation) that BNP members should be shot. Stop politicising someone's death please, anyhow RIP Mr Hardy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Halibut   12 #7 Posted February 4, 2019 10 hours ago, mickey finn said: Stop politicising someone's death please, anyhow RIP Mr Hardy I'm quite convinced Mr Hardy would approve, so my comment stands. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Hots on   10 #8 Posted February 4, 2019 7 hours ago, Halibut said: I'm quite convinced Mr Hardy would approve, so my comment stands. I'm quite convinced he wouldn't urinate in your direction if you were in flames. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Halibut   12 #9 Posted February 4, 2019 2 minutes ago, Hots on said: I'm quite convinced he wouldn't urinate in your direction if you were in flames. Of course he wouldn't; he's dead. Bit pathetic that you've come onto a thread mourning the death of a great comic just to have a go at me is it not? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
mickey finn   12 #10 Posted February 4, 2019 10 hours ago, Halibut said: I'm quite convinced Mr Hardy would approve, so my comment stands. He was a very politically involved individual so on reflection I think you are correct, even though I didnt agree with a most of is politics I did find him very funny and very intelligent and only 57, I hate cancer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
horribleblob   212 #11 Posted February 4, 2019 Being, more or less, a contemporary of Jeremy Hardy and having seen him perform some of his early stand-ups, I relate somewhat to this piece by Mark Steel, published in the i.  https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jeremy-hardy-death-brain-cancer-comedian-obituary-tribute-mark-steel-a8758226.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...