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« on: May 25, 2005, 08:35:52 AM »
Very sad day for a lot of people today with the passing of Graham Kennedy.  To me, the funniest man I have ever seen.  He is probably the single most person who hindered my education, because i usually went to school bleary eyed after watching IMT every night as i was growing up.  I was addicted at an early age to his genius, and when he retired was a great loss.  Admire the fact that he dropped off the world and lived his own life when he retired, not craving the adulation, but just the quiet life.  Hard to imagine that he is gone, but he has given us a lifetime of memories  :'(

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Re: Gra-Gra
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2005, 10:39:28 AM »
What a legend.

Always hated the fickle side of showbizness and chose to never socialise to any great extent within those circles.

Sign of a good human being :cheers


This is the first i heard of it as I am in the states.

RIP Graham Kennedy,
THE GREATEST Australian television pioneer in live entertainment and comedy

Froars,
Ill be back in a couple of weeks so we will go to the footy then.
U driving ??

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Re: Gra-Gra
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2005, 10:47:14 AM »
Luved Blankety Blanks with him and Ugly Dave Gray and Noelene Brown and "Dick" lol
Did Dick?
Dick did lol
etc.

The best threesome  ;) ever!

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Froars,
Ill be back in a couple of weeks so we will go to the footy then.
U driving ??
I'll be drinking, so i guess i will be driving lol  :shh
Give us a call!

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Re: Gra-Gra
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2005, 01:27:55 PM »
Luved Blankety Blanks with him and Ugly Dave Gray and Noelene Brown and "Dick" lol
Did Dick?
Dick did lol
etc.

The best threesome  ;) ever!


 :lol

Don't forget "Cyril said"
"Oh yes I am a dreamer, I still see us flying high!"

from the song "Don't Walk Away" by Pat Benatar 1988 (Wide Awake In Dreamland)

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Re: Gra-Gra
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2005, 04:01:04 PM »
Luved Blankety Blanks with him and Ugly Dave Gray and Noelene Brown and "Dick" lol
Did Dick?
Dick did lol
etc.

The best threesome  ;) ever!


 :lol

Don't forget "Cyril said"

 ;D

Or Peter the phantom puller  ;)

All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be - Pink Floyd

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Re: Gra-Gra
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2005, 08:01:06 PM »
And "old Derrick"

 :lol
"Oh yes I am a dreamer, I still see us flying high!"

from the song "Don't Walk Away" by Pat Benatar 1988 (Wide Awake In Dreamland)

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Re: Gra-Gra
« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2005, 10:26:50 PM »
Found this on Crikey which, if true about Packer not looking after the man who made Channel Nine the best in the land, is pretty disappointing.  Channel Nine made some mileage out of him while he worked for them and will make some more after his death.  Doesn't paint a nice picture of Packer IMO.

Graham Kennedy's stellar career

By Glenn Dyer

Graham Kennedy was Austalia's greatest TV talent, writes Glenn Dyer, and he helpd to make the Packer family rich. But did they abandon him in his hour of need?

Kennedy started hosting In Melbourne Tonight from the age of 23. Those interested in his career should read the Graeme Blundell biography, King: The Life and Comedy of Graham Kennedy.

It's a brilliant read and it makes it clear that Kennedy was a giant in this rapidly changing area: TV's inroads into the Australian consciousness, especially the living room, was a major factor in many of the social and political changes this country underwent from the late 1950s onwards.

The Blundell book puts that in a very nice context, and also shows how important Kennedy was to the fortunes of the Packer family. Without the money and fame and publicity Kennedy and his In Melbourne Tonight brought to the Nine Network the Packers may not have been so successful in welding together a powerful TV media business.

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There are a dozen or so references to the Packers and their dealings in the Blundell Book, but perhaps the most miserable and heart rending come towards the end (pp 421-422) when Kennedy is living in Bowral in the Southern Highlands and needs money for constant care after injuring himself in a fall.

Tony Sattler said Kennedy told him "Tone, whatever happens to me Kerry Packer will look after me." Blundell writes that Sattler then spent "several days ringing Kerry Packer's office" to ask for financial help for Kennedy's care. "Sattler said he was not broke but no millionaire. Nursing was going to cost $3000 a week – "We could cope for several years but no more."

Sattler had explained this to Packer's office. "After three days, Di Stone, Mr Packer's personal assistant, called Sattler back: Mr Packer has considered his plight. Unfortunately he is unable to assist."

The incident spark an internet chat room joke, quoted in the book: a spokesman for Kerry Packer is asked why he didn't pay for the nursing care for Kennedy and replies: "Graham Kennedy doesn't have any viable kidneys left." An article was published in The Australian newspaper about Kennedy's plight and Sattler continued talking to friends and other people. He was receiving feedback from Nine and Blundell said it amounted to this summary of Packer's attitude "Why is this c—t trying to blacken my name."

Then a call came from David Leckie, then Nine CEO, asking how much Kennedy needed. Then a call came from another executive, again asking how much. Sattler was told the matter had to go to the board. Blundell says that in October of 2001 he received a call from a man (an "unnamed businessman," and according to Sattler it wasn't Kerry Packer) who inquired after Kennedy's health and asked how much money he needed. "Ten minutes later there was a call from Graham's bank to say $150,000 had been deposited in the ailing comedian's account."

Blundell reports newspaper speculation that the mystery businessman was Sam Chisholm. Chisholm at that time was not close to the Packer interests, certainly not as close as he is now as he oversees the TV business of PBL.

The Nine Network is believed to have some sort of Kennedy movie or biopic in development. The truthfulness of any TV or movie production will be judged by how it treats this small, but significant episode in the late comedian's life. The Nine Network should run a long tribute to Kennedy tonight. They have all the vision. To do anything less would be churlish in the extreme.

http://www.crikey.com.au/articles/2005/05/25-1156-6837.html

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Re: Gra-Gra
« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2005, 11:23:07 PM »
According to Derryn Hinch he died from an AIDS related illness, and he in turn inferred that it was related to his sexual orienation.

LMAO @ Hinch's courage - waiting for people to die and then kicking them in the guts.

LMAO @ his excuse - "all history owes anyone is the truth"

LMAO @ Hinchy saying the only reason Schapelle has been getting a lot of support is because she is an attractive young, white, female with "pretty big boobs". LMAO at him spending hours watching news reports trying to size up her boobs.

LMAO @ getting paid for having offensive views on everything.

How do i get a job doing that?

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« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2005, 11:37:27 PM »
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According to Derryn Hinch he died from an AIDS related illness, and he in turn inferred that it was related to his sexual orienation.

LMAO @ Hinch's courage - waiting for people to die and then kicking them in the guts.

LMAO @ his excuse - "all history owes anyone is the truth"

LMAO @ Hinchy saying the only reason Schapelle has been getting a lot of support is because she is an attractive young, white, female with "pretty big boobs". LMAO at him spending hours watching news reports trying to size up her boobs.

LMAO @ getting paid for having offensive views on everything.

How do i get a job doing that?

Well said, Jakey.  He is a coward of a man.  He did the same when Hookes died, saying something or other about his private life because the truth must be told lol.  What he does is manipulate events like these when we should be paying tribute to the real heroes and turns the focus onto himself.  He's very clever, but that doesn't make him a nice man IMO.

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« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2005, 03:44:46 AM »
Is Hinch right? lol


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Re: Gra-Gra
« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2005, 06:05:24 AM »
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Is Hinch right? lol

To which allegation - he makes so many lol
If everyone said something was black - he'd say it was white just to go against popular opinion
He also makes statements which are just common knowledge - and stuff that who really gives a stuff about anyway.
But he'll make 'em - just so he can get more publicity than anyone else and try and tarnish someone's reputation - usually becasue he can, because they're dead.  He must have a whole heap of stuff on lots of ppl but waits for them to croak it before he delivers it.  What a cowardly little man.
Him being right or wrong is irrelevent IMO