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The world was his 'lobster'...

electric*mayhem*band — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:16:01 GMT

...now sadly no more. Actor George Cole has passed away, aged 90. Best known for his role as Arthur Daley in 'Minder', him and Dennis Waterman were the best comedy duo since Laurel & Hardy. The phrase that he coined 'Er indoors', winning a place in the Oxford Dictionary.

Re: The world was his 'lobster'...

malacandran — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:30:23 GMT

@electric*mayhem*band wrote:
...now sadly no more. Actor George Cole has passed away, aged 90. Best known for his role as Arthur Daley in 'Minder', him and Dennis Waterman were the best comedy duo since Laurel & Hardy. The phrase that he coined 'Er indoors', winning a place in the Oxford Dictionary.

Will the phrase "Er indoors" get deleted from OED, as sexist?

Re: The world was his 'lobster'...

******lynda****** — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 18:11:00 GMT

I hope not. Everything is getting too PC for my liking

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fallen-archie — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 18:49:07 GMT

Ah shame! Unforgetable in minder great script interpreted with great skill. Wonder who will pick up his Tab at Daves club?

Re: The world was his 'lobster'...

malacandran — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 18:50:02 GMT

@******lynda****** wrote:
I hope not. Everything is getting too PC for my liking

Nobody likes PC. But we must pretend to agree with it. Otherwise, the police will come round.

Re: The world was his 'lobster'...

right-then-petal — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 18:54:02 GMT

George Cole Was it A Lot Of Things

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33803144

Re: The world was his 'lobster'...

******lynda****** — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 19:11:03 GMT

I refuse to pretend to agree with it. People should stop taking themselves too seriously.

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malacandran — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 19:21:35 GMT

If we don't say PC things, like we welcome "diversity", even though we know it's **bleep**, won't we get in trouble?

See that is the problem these days, we daren't speak the truth.

Re: The world was his 'lobster'...

jd.linklater — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 19:38:50 GMT

@electric*mayhem*band wrote:
...now sadly no more. Actor George Cole has passed away, aged 90. Best known for his role as Arthur Daley in 'Minder', him and Dennis Waterman were the best comedy duo since Laurel & Hardy. The phrase that he coined 'Er indoors', winning a place in the Oxford Dictionary.

I've been calling mine 'er indoors for thirty odd years

Re: The world was his 'lobster'...

al**bear — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 05:03:19 GMT

Can't have a thread about George

without a mention of, for some, myself included,

His best loved character

Flash Harry

Re: The world was his 'lobster'...

electric*mayhem*band — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 10:34:10 GMT

Yes McB, the epitome of a 'spiv', and playing alonside his mentor, Alastair Sim.

Ironic though, that the role he was most famous for, he detested.

The late George Cole hated playing his most famous character, Arthur Daley.

He wrote about his distaste for the wheeler dealer character from ITV show ‘Minder’ in his autobiography ‘The World Was My Lobster’.

“He was a dreadful character,” he wrote.

“I don’t understand how he became so popular. It used to be worrying when I got letters from young kids saying Arthur

Daley was just like their dad. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone.

“He behaved terribly to people who got in the way of him making a quick quid - and the audience still loved him.”

https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/post/126080906416/george-cole-hated-playing-arthur-daley

Re: The world was his 'lobster'...

al**bear — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 10:55:32 GMT

"Guten morgen"

"Hi Mr Morgan, I'm Arfur Daley"

Then to Terry " He don't sound Welsh"

Re: The world was his 'lobster'...

Anonymous — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 12:06:13 GMT

RIP.