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Old 12-12-2006, 9:59 PM   #1
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Meatloaf on The Royal Variety Performance....

...painful

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Old 12-12-2006, 10:01 PM   #2
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Re: Meatloaf on The Royal Variety Performance....

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...painful

Indeed.
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Old 12-12-2006, 10:26 PM   #3
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Re: Meatloaf on The Royal Variety Performance....

im sure he still has the juggs he sported in fight club
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Old 12-12-2006, 10:35 PM   #4
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Re: Meatloaf on The Royal Variety Performance....

Didn't see it - I'm presuming it wasn't "paradise by the dashboard light"??
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Old 12-12-2006, 11:03 PM   #5
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Re: Meatloaf on The Royal Variety Performance....

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Didn't see it - I'm presuming it wasn't "paradise by the dashboard light"??
No, it was more 'for crying out loud'.
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Re: Meatloaf on The Royal Variety Performance....

It was horrendous, akin to 'that' performance from Meg Ryan on Parkinson.

I used to be a huge fan of the loaf, when they announced him tonight I lept for the Tivo. Needless to say, I'm currently feeling somewhat deflated.
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Re: Meatloaf on The Royal Variety Performance....

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I used to be a huge fan of the loaf, when they announced him tonight I lept for the Tivo. Needless to say, I'm currently feeling somewhat deflated.
I knew meatloaf when he was a sausage roll
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Old 13-12-2006, 1:36 PM   #8
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Re: Meatloaf on The Royal Variety Performance....

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I knew meatloaf when he was a sausage roll
Now more of a 'meatball'

He wasn't the only dire performer or performance either.
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Old 13-12-2006, 2:31 PM   #9
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Re: Meatloaf on The Royal Variety Performance....

Yes it was awful, but then so was Barry Manilow, god that man has had so much plastic surgery and botox, the only thing that moved on his face was his flapping lips, not one once of expression could be seen.
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Old 13-12-2006, 2:32 PM   #10
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Re: Meatloaf on The Royal Variety Performance....

Was it my imagination or did Ken Dodd make an appearance?

I thought he was dead
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Old 13-12-2006, 2:35 PM   #11
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Exclamation Re: Meatloaf on The Royal Variety Performance....

Hi,

Ken Dodd did indeed appear, and in fact, was actually very funny, as he made lots of self-deprecating jokes about his previous offence of diddling the VAT men out of rather a large sum of tax!


Pooch
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Old 13-12-2006, 2:45 PM   #12
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Re: Meatloaf on The Royal Variety Performance....

The only trouble is, is that Ken Dodd has been doing those jokes for yrs ! Oh and a Simon and Garfunkel joke ?!!? not exactly topical :-)

but for us........how cringey was the Irish comic ? "willy on the neck" and "dying rabbits" wasn't the best material. Then the Avenue-Q bit to Charles was very uncomfortable too. Mrs Thistle-t.w.a.t was the Queen ?!!?!!
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Re: Meatloaf on The Royal Variety Performance....

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Now more of a 'meatball'

He wasn't the only dire performer or performance either.
No, that's for sure! 'What a shower' was my comment afterwards........... and yes that Irish comic was distinctly lame. Rod Stewart, the reason the wife bullied me into watching it, confirmed what we've all suspected - his voice is shot.
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Old 13-12-2006, 3:10 PM   #14
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Re: Meatloaf on The Royal Variety Performance....

Who was the Irish comedian? Wasn't the same one from this years secret policemans ball was it? Because he was awful.

Edit: no apparently it was Jason Byrne.

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Old 13-12-2006, 3:16 PM   #15
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Re: Meatloaf on The Royal Variety Performance....

It was Jason Byrne

I like "alternative comedy" in the main, but this was just not the time or the place !

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Old 13-12-2006, 3:18 PM   #16
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Re: Meatloaf on The Royal Variety Performance....

I've never been a big fan of meatloaf so the performance last night must have been a shocker if fans are commenting on it I make a point never to watch any Royal Variety show.
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Old 13-12-2006, 3:32 PM   #17
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Re: Meatloaf on The Royal Variety Performance....

I didn't see last night's performance but Meatloaf's credibility pretty much died in It's a Royal Knockout.
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Old 13-12-2006, 4:40 PM   #18
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Re: Meatloaf on The Royal Variety Performance....

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Was it my imagination or did Ken Dodd make an appearance?

I thought he was dead

Do you know the same thought crossed my mind
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Re: Meatloaf on The Royal Variety Performance....

Reminds me of that old one:-
Me - "Ken Dodd died yesterday"
You - "Did he?"
Me - "No Doddie"

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Re: Meatloaf on The Royal Variety Performance....

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Was it my imagination or did Ken Dodd make an appearance?

I thought he was dead
No mate, you are getting mixed up.

Ken Dodd's dad's dogs dead.
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Re: Meatloaf on The Royal Variety Performance....

this girlfriend is going to go and watch him at the M.E.N in may !
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Re: Meatloaf on The Royal Variety Performance....

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Reminds me of that old one:-
Me - "Ken Dodd died yesterday"
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No mate, you are getting mixed up.

Ken Dodd's dad's dogs dead.

both good!

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Re: Meatloaf on The Royal Variety Performance....

Heard these years ago, but had to laugh ,driving through Tottenham one day and someone had painted a mix of those two on a wall
Kenn Dodds Dads Dogs Died
Did he ?
no Doddy
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Re: Meatloaf on The Royal Variety Performance....

Ken Dodds on tour at the moment. I saw him on the 19th Nov at the Wolverhampton Civic. He's celebrating 50 years in Showbiz. He came on at 19.00 went off at 00.30 and shook everyones hand who wanted to do so.

http://www.kendoddshows.com/
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Old 14-12-2006, 1:05 PM   #25
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Re: Meatloaf on The Royal Variety Performance....

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Reminds me of that old one:-
Me - "Ken Dodd died yesterday"
You - "Did he?"
Me - "No Doddie"


After today's Inquiry so you mean Dodi?
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Old 15-12-2006, 12:58 PM   #26
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Re: Meatloaf on The Royal Variety Performance....

Surely you're all missing the point of the evening and that was Jordan and Pete crooning 'especially for you' to each other like a poor version of Kylie and Jason (Christ - I didn't think that was possible...). I had to distract myself by sticking hot pins in my eyes.

Still, it was better than watching her struggle through the autocue to introduce the next act. I can only presume it was written in a language foreign to her (English?).
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