tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post3513229005053781795..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRĂNMARK BLOG: Great film - shame about the awful presenter! I mean, Jonathan Ross? Really?Scott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-5050601590084674982011-10-18T18:54:32.966+01:002011-10-18T18:54:32.966+01:00Good point, SDG - wrong Barrymore!
I have sacked ...Good point, SDG - wrong Barrymore!<br /><br />I have sacked my sub-editor!<br />Monday, February 14, 2011 - 06:59 PMScott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-78308684409153464982011-10-18T18:54:25.560+01:002011-10-18T18:54:25.560+01:00I did not watch the ceremony precisely because of ...I did not watch the ceremony precisely because of Ross' participation so I cannot comment on the content. I did want to see Sir Christopher Lee's award, but passed up the opportunity.<br />Two comments<br />1. Now that Ross is creeping back to the fold [I hate to think of the size of the payment he received out of the Licence Fee - no doubt the BBC outsourced the entire production to his company because of some contractual obligation] I wonder if Charles Moore will revive his campaign.<br />2. I had no idea that Lionel Barrymore was an enthusiastic alcoholic and drug addict and had got up to a bit of how's your father in the swimming pool [he was after all confined to a wheel-chair for the last 25-years of his life because of acute arthritis]. I know his brother John was fond of the bottle and his great niece Drew spent her formative years in re-hab. Perhaps you are thinking of Lionel Bart [author of the ghastly "Oliver!"] or Lionel Jeffries [Krautie in "Two Way Stretch"] or Lionel Blair [an even worse song-and-dance man than Brucie]? <br />Or, perhaps you're right. I hope the saintly Ethel never found out.<br />Monday, February 14, 2011 - 06:05 PMSDGnoreply@blogger.com