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Offline gazzalfc

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Jim Bowen has died :(
« on: March 14, 2018, 01:23:32 pm »
Well they say bad news happens in 3's

Looks like he's gone to the un-won Speedboat (heres what you could have won) area in the sky
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Re: Jim Bowen has died :(
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2018, 01:25:58 pm »
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/Ws6RdlpCXHk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/Ws6RdlpCXHk</a>
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Re: Jim Bowen has died :(
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2018, 01:34:36 pm »


RIP Jim ( didn't know he was from Liverpool though !)
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Re: Jim Bowen has died :(
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2018, 01:42:14 pm »
Stumbled across this on twitter. I'll copy it here with credit to the author

David Hill
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So, I'm still watching Bullseye from 1981. And everyone is unemployed. But when they tell Jim this, he doesn't mock them or chide them; he offers his support and asks how bad it is wherever they're from. Like it's a war. Which it was - and they're on the same side.

There's a lesson in there for TV producers today. First, stop all the scornful, demonizing crap about benefits claimants. And then hire some presenters who actually understand what it's like to come from regional, working communities.

A standard opener for Jim is to ask someone where they're from, and then to follow this up by asking if there's much work there. This is a light entertainment show combining darts and trivia, and it shows more care and concern for working communities than anything we have today.
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Re: Jim Bowen has died :(
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2018, 01:55:11 pm »
RIP.

Still got a bullseye mug at my mums, had a brew in it only last week.
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Re: Jim Bowen has died :(
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2018, 01:56:50 pm »
Sunshine indoors. RIP.
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Re: Jim Bowen has died :(
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2018, 02:52:40 pm »
Quote from: Spongebob Redpants on March 14, 2018, 01:34:36 pm

RIP Jim ( didn't know he was from Liverpool though !)

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Re: Jim Bowen has died :(
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2018, 02:55:08 pm »
Quote from: gazzalfc on March 14, 2018, 01:23:32 pm
Well they say bad news happens in trebles


Fixed.

RIP Jim. Can’t beat a bit of Bully.
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Jim Bowen dies aged 80
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2018, 03:53:33 pm »
Sad news, Bullseye was a staple for me.

RIP Jim.
« Last Edit: March 14, 2018, 04:02:22 pm by The Bournemouth Red »
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Re: Jim Bowen dies aged 80
« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2018, 04:10:32 pm »
On a day when Stephen Hawking also died, it was fitting that the non darts player went first.
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Re: Jim Bowen dies aged 80
« Reply #10 on: March 14, 2018, 04:21:08 pm »
Quote from: sinnermichael on March 14, 2018, 04:10:32 pm
On a day when Stephen Hawking also died, it was fitting that the non darts player went first.

Two great mathematicians as well. Jim could always be relied out to count out that £32 in prize money correctly, even if it did usually take him two minutes during an ad break.
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Re: Jim Bowen has died :(
« Reply #11 on: March 14, 2018, 04:46:35 pm »
Quote from: BIG DICK NICK on March 14, 2018, 02:55:08 pm
Fixed.


Ha Ha - You can't stop it can you? :D

RIP Jim
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Re: Jim Bowen has died :(
« Reply #12 on: March 14, 2018, 05:31:31 pm »
RIP Jim, used to love a bit of bully as a kid.
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Re: Jim Bowen has died :(
« Reply #13 on: March 14, 2018, 10:34:55 pm »
Quote from: BIG DICK NICK on March 14, 2018, 02:55:08 pm
Quote from: gazzalfc
Well they say bad news happens in trebles
Fixed.
Quote from: sinnermichael on March 14, 2018, 04:10:32 pm
On a day when Stephen Hawking also died, it was fitting that the non darts player went first.
Well he was a comedian so I'm sure he would appreciate the humour  ;D

R.I.P Jim Bowen
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Re: Jim Bowen has died :(
« Reply #14 on: March 14, 2018, 10:52:16 pm »
This is almost as bad as 2016. :(
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Re: Jim Bowen has died :(
« Reply #15 on: March 15, 2018, 08:15:59 am »
Grew up watching Bullseye as a kid, it was pure gold. Used to love it when they got a 'professional' darts player on to win some money for a charity, they'd end up throwing something shit like an 11 haha!

Loved him in Phoenix Nights too, absolutely boss.

Imagine having Jim Bowen as your deputy headmaster as well haha crackers.

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Re: Jim Bowen has died :(
« Reply #16 on: March 17, 2018, 04:08:01 pm »
Quote from: gazzalfc on March 14, 2018, 01:42:14 pm
Stumbled across this on twitter. I'll copy it here with credit to the author

David Hill
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So, I'm still watching Bullseye from 1981. And everyone is unemployed. But when they tell Jim this, he doesn't mock them or chide them; he offers his support and asks how bad it is wherever they're from. Like it's a war. Which it was - and they're on the same side.

There's a lesson in there for TV producers today. First, stop all the scornful, demonizing crap about benefits claimants. And then hire some presenters who actually understand what it's like to come from regional, working communities.

A standard opener for Jim is to ask someone where they're from, and then to follow this up by asking if there's much work there. This is a light entertainment show combining darts and trivia, and it shows more care and concern for working communities than anything we have today.

If there was a 'Repped' button on RAWK it'd have been used on this mate.

RIP Jim Bowen
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Re: Jim Bowen has died :(
« Reply #17 on: March 17, 2018, 04:15:33 pm »
Quote from: gazzalfc on March 14, 2018, 01:42:14 pm
Stumbled across this on twitter. I'll copy it here with credit to the author

David Hill
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So, I'm still watching Bullseye from 1981. And everyone is unemployed. But when they tell Jim this, he doesn't mock them or chide them; he offers his support and asks how bad it is wherever they're from. Like it's a war. Which it was - and they're on the same side.

There's a lesson in there for TV producers today. First, stop all the scornful, demonizing crap about benefits claimants. And then hire some presenters who actually understand what it's like to come from regional, working communities.

A standard opener for Jim is to ask someone where they're from, and then to follow this up by asking if there's much work there. This is a light entertainment show combining darts and trivia, and it shows more care and concern for working communities than anything we have today.

Funnily enough, I hadn't seen this tweet, but I was coming into the thread to say something similar (albeit nowhere near as eloquently).

RIP to a quiet hero.
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