Author Topic: Dad's Army co-writer David Croft dies at 89 (Read 3099 times)

Rik · « **Reply #15 on:** September 28, 2011, 16:43 »

Quote from: Simon on September 28, 2011, 12:47

That was clever, but I never really found it funny.

You had to have been a bureaucrat.

GillE · « **Reply #16 on:** September 28, 2011, 17:48 »

It was one of those programmes that people in the trade vehemently denied had any similarity to actuality but confirmed in later decades that it was uncomfortably close to the truth. From what I knew of the MOD when I was in the RAF, it was definitely very close to the truth.

I see a number of people are now coming forward and claiming to be ex-spies from the 60s/70s. They reckon Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was also a fair representation of the SIS, although they never had such raucous Christmas parties.

Simon · « **Reply #17 on:** September 28, 2011, 22:33 »

The co-writer of the long-running sitcom 'Allo 'Allo, David Croft, has died at the age of 89.

His family said "He pi$$ed away in his slop."

GillE · « **Reply #18 on:** September 28, 2011, 23:00 »

Simon · « **Reply #19 on:** September 28, 2011, 23:04 »

I bet the funeral will be a scream.

Rik · « **Reply #20 on:** September 29, 2011, 08:48 »

No, he was in comedy, not horror.

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