tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802567794111313334.post6178366459392405888..comments2023-06-21T09:35:57.565+01:00Comments on Trying to borrow a fiver off...: 31 Days In May: part 2Ian Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220962051392602822noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802567794111313334.post-54691782208387850932008-05-05T23:14:00.000+01:002008-05-05T23:14:00.000+01:00Top right is where Peter Powell was meant to be si...Top right is where Peter Powell was meant to be sitting when he ran in "late" on one episode and famously went arse over tit, I think on Children In Need night, That's possibly where the 'young showbiz bloke' thing comes from.<BR/><BR/>Top left was, as Steve said, typically the Cryeresque old-timer who'd usually give Tel/Les a bit of stick (during the era of the ready stick, they probably did that as a visual gag).<BR/><BR/>That Serafinowicz/Pegg Comic Relief parody had Willie Rushton top left ("you're skating on thin ice, Rushton") which was fairly spot-on.Chris Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17988864556891737896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802567794111313334.post-73989442856442865172008-05-05T21:39:00.000+01:002008-05-05T21:39:00.000+01:00Screen left to screen right: (top) Davies, Dickins...Screen left to screen right: (top) Davies, Dickinson, Grayson; (bottom) Reid, Everett, Rice.Michehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13694357130952030384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802567794111313334.post-49351766039888922712008-05-05T18:28:00.000+01:002008-05-05T18:28:00.000+01:00Top left and top right seemed to be fairly flexibl...Top left and top right seemed to be fairly flexible on the Blank, I think normally you'd have someone funny at top left - Barry Cryer or Lal - to get things off to a decent start, and then the top right would be sort of ballast. Didn't always work like that, though, David Hamilton and DLT were regulars in top left.Steve Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870981671564008402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802567794111313334.post-30983045566594549302008-05-05T17:19:00.000+01:002008-05-05T17:19:00.000+01:00YES!!! Get in there!!!YES!!! Get in there!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802567794111313334.post-24733504312139937522008-05-05T15:01:00.000+01:002008-05-05T15:01:00.000+01:00Crikey.According to the TV Cream book, top right s...Crikey.<BR/><BR/>According to the TV Cream book, top right should be traditionally occupied by "youngish showbiz bloke" (eg Gary Davies). I'm not sure that Windsor Davies (who taught my dad P.E. by the way) fits into that demographic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802567794111313334.post-11733281212370126042008-05-05T11:42:00.000+01:002008-05-05T11:42:00.000+01:00Here we go:From top left -GraysonReidDaviesFrom bo...Here we go:<BR/><BR/>From top left -<BR/><BR/>Grayson<BR/>Reid<BR/>Davies<BR/><BR/>From bottom left -<BR/><BR/>Rice<BR/>Everett<BR/>DickinsonIan Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10220962051392602822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802567794111313334.post-85106873700965762272008-05-05T11:20:00.000+01:002008-05-05T11:20:00.000+01:00from Top left (as we see it):Windsor Davies, Larry...from Top left (as we see it):<BR/><BR/>Windsor Davies, Larry Grayson, Beryl Reid<BR/><BR/>Bottom left:<BR/><BR/>Anneka Rice, Kenny Everett, Sandra Dickinson<BR/><BR/>You'd think Grayson would be hosting himself wouldn't you, considering...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802567794111313334.post-47023012419573167592008-05-04T21:45:00.000+01:002008-05-04T21:45:00.000+01:00Bearing in mind that Blankety Blank seating plan w...Bearing in mind that Blankety Blank seating plan worked to a strict mathmetical formula, I would go with the following:<BR/><BR/>TL: Davies<BR/>TM: Reid<BR/>TR: Grayson<BR/>BL: Rice<BR/>BM: Everett<BR/>BR: DickinsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802567794111313334.post-62712741869740630012008-05-04T17:09:00.000+01:002008-05-04T17:09:00.000+01:00Larry Grayson - Top LeftBeryl Reid - Top MiddleWin...Larry Grayson - Top Left<BR/>Beryl Reid - Top Middle<BR/>Windsor Davies - Top Right<BR/>Anneka Rice - Bottom Left<BR/>Kenny Everett - Bottom Middle<BR/>Sandra Dickinson - Bottom Right<BR/><BR/>What a line-up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com