Paul O'Grady RIP

[Voyager EMH]

Not everyone's cup of tea I imagine.
This is one of my favourite comedy routines ever, though.
The pretence of it being unrehearsed is amusing in itself.
And Barbara Dickson plays the straight-man so well. Oh so well.

 

[RichA]

He was a quality bloke.

 

[Hobbit]

I’ve watched a few YouTube vids over the last few days. The guy was a great entertainer, a real star. I also got to hear quite a few of his Sunday radio shows as I travelled down south for a Monday start in the office. For me, he had that Terry Wogan quality on the radio.

 

[KenL]

He always came across as such a lovely person. RIP

 

[SocketRocket]

I loved his series with Dogs at Battersea, he had a real affinity with them.

 

[chrisd]

He lived in the village next to ours so he was quite often seen around, not by me though. He was always very friendly and smartly dressed and would say hello to anyone and everyone. A real nice person

 

[Robster59]

One of those entertainers that seemed to appeal to people of all ages. He made the brave decision to ditch Lily Savage and just be himself, and he proved it was not the persona but the person beneath that had the talent. He seemed a genuinely warm and friendly person. He will be missed.

 

[fundy]

I see Battersea Dogs home have put up a tribute fund in his name that has raised over £200k already.

Be interesting to see if they can find anyone close to take over his ambassadorial/tv role for them

 

[Rooter]

I see Battersea Dogs home have put up a tribute fund in his name that has raised over £200k already.

Be interesting to see if they can find anyone close to take over his ambassadorial/tv role for them

I hope so, my now 8yr old lad, watched his xmas dog one last year, the day after boxing day he made us take him to the pet shop, he spent 30quid of his xmas money on dog toys and we went to the dogs trust with them. He truly inspired my lad and hopefully more.

 

[AmandaJR]

I hope so, my now 8yr old lad, watched his xmas dog one last year, the day after boxing day he made us take him to the pet shop, he spent 30quid of his xmas money on dog toys and we went to the dogs trust with them. He truly inspired my lad and hopefully more.

I'd say that's what you call an inspiring legacy. It's well known I love dogs so have so much time for rescuers - he did an amazing job.