Goodbye 'reg varney'

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:01 pm

Yesterday, one of our last true greatest comedians bowed out at the age of 92.

'Reg Varney' was the star of 60's comedy 'On The Buses'.

As a small child, i absolutely loved this programme and all the characters in it.

Please Please, let's have all the episode's repeated on tv to honour this wonderful man.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne ... 937609.ece

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:07 pm

News in brief

RIP.

God, he was 50 when he did On The Buses!!

Milly · Post by **Milly** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:08 pm

Cant access the story from the link you left Oscar

I do remember Reg as the very funny Stan Butler though, did you know he played that role of what should have been a bloke aged 35 whilst he was in his early fifties?.... Looked great didn't he!

A very sad loss.....

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:10 pm

OpenMind;1061179 wrote: News in brief

RIP.

God, he was 50 when he did On The Buses!!

I know!! I was shocked when i read that. i thought he was about 35 when he did that. He was such a cheeky chappie wasn't he?

I did catch a couple of repeats on more 4 when i had some afternoons off recently but they need to put them on prime time now. They still make me hoot even today.

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:10 pm

Yes I mentioned on the FOC thread about this earlier today.

I was vey friendly with Olive.....Anna Karen and her late husband Terry and daughter Gloria and was always with them at the studios watching On The Buses being made........think you will know who is in the picture here lol.....Reg left before the series came to an end.......great memories I tell you looking at this picture.

God Rest his Soul.

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Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:11 pm

Milly;1061181 wrote: Cant access the story from the link you left Oscar

I do remember Reg as the very funny Stan Butler though, did you know he played that role of what should have been a bloke aged 35 whilst he was in his early fifties?.... Looked great didn't he!

A very sad loss.....

I had probs with the Sun home page. Try now

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:12 pm

He was also in The Rag Trade, Beggar My Neighbour, and Down the 'Gate. I confess I don't know that last one. I remember the other two though.

Milly · Post by **Milly** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:13 pm

oscar;1061184 wrote: I had probs with the Sun home page. Try now

Yup, that's done it

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:14 pm

OpenMind;1061185 wrote: He was also in The Rag Trade, Beggar My Neighbour, and Down the 'Gate. I confess I don't know that last one. I remember the other two though.Loved The Rag Trade..........EVERYBODY OUT!!!!!!How many English remember that lol

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:16 pm

Carolly;1061183 wrote: Yes I mentioned on the FOC thread about this earlier today.

I was vey friendly with Olive.....Anna Karen and her late husband Terry and daughter Gloria and was always with them at the studios watching On The Buses being made........think you will know who is in the picture here lol.....Reg left before the series came to an end.......great memories I tell you looking at this picture.

God Rest his Soul.

You were truely honoured Carolly. I would love to have met them.

I did get to meet Sid James as a teenager, another great.

Your so lucky to have met them and remember them as you can.

I bet he was as lovely as he was on screen.

I do a great Anna Karen impersonation with my specs on.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:18 pm

Carolly;1061188 wrote: Loved The Rag Trade..........EVERYBODY OUT!!!!!!How many English remember that lol

STRIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVERYBODY OUT.

I remember well.:yh_rotfl

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:19 pm

OOOOOHHHH ARTHURRRRRRRRRR :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:21 pm

oscar;1061189 wrote: You were truely honoured Carolly. I would love to have met them.

I did get to meet Sid James as a teenager, another great.

Your so lucky to have met them and remember them as you can.

I bet he was as lovely as he was on screen.

I do a great Anna Karen impersonation with my specs on.Dont speak ill of the dead so they say so I indeed wont and he never did me any harm;)

Dont know if you know this but Annas best friend is Babs Windsor and Babs got her the part of her sister........Aunt Sally....in Eastenders....also did you know Anna used to be a stripper lol;)

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:25 pm

Carolly;1061193 wrote: Dont speak ill of the dead so they say so I indeed wont and he never did me any harm;)

Dont know if you know this but Annas best friend is Babs Windsor and Babs got her the part of her sister........Aunt Sally....in Eastenders....also did you know Anna used to be a stripper lol;)

I knew Anna Karen was in Eastenders as Peggy's sis. Didn't know she was a stripper? Bit of a goer was she???;););)

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:25 pm

Carolly;1061193 wrote: Dont speak ill of the dead so they say so I indeed wont and he never did me any harm;)

Dont know if you know this but Annas best friend is Babs Windsor and Babs got her the part of her sister........Aunt Sally....in Eastenders....also did you know Anna used to be a stripper lol;)

I remember yonks ago on some programme. Anna Karen, without all the TV make up etc., was very attractive. You wouldn't have known that she and Olive were the same person.

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:26 pm

On The Buses - TV Comedy

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:32 pm

Yes Anna was attractive back then .....her and Babs met while they wre making Carry On Camping......shes not had it easy at times because Terry did a comedy act and was ill for years before he passed away...Barbaras been a good friend to her.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:34 pm

Carolly;1061202 wrote: Yes Anna was attractive back then .....her and Babs met while they wre making Carry On Camping......shes not had it easy at times because Terry did a comedy act and was ill for years before he passed away...Barbaras been a good friend to her.

That's the East End spirit for you. Glad to hear that. :-6:-6

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:39 pm

I can't raise anything on the Rag Trade except Wiki.

One guy, must be a fan or something, is having bandwidth usage problems on his server. Must be getting a lot of hits.:wah:

The only other place which has vids is for educational establishments only - schools, libraries, etc.

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:41 pm

oscar;1061203 wrote: That's the East End spirit for you. Glad to hear that. :-6:-6Yep shes an Eastender through an through and comes from near where I lived.....loved her in Sparrows Cant Sing and parts of it was made in the "twins" club as she was very friendly with them...me old mate Queenie Watts was in that film also and Stephen (Blake On The Bus's) and many famous East End Faces.....I just love that film so so much...again so many memories;):-4

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:52 pm

Carolly;1061210 wrote: Yep shes an Eastender through an through and comes from near where I lived.....loved her in Sparrows Cant Sing and parts of it was made in the "twins" club as she was very friendly with them...me old mate Queenie Watts was in that film also and Stephen (Blake On The Bus's) and many famous East End Faces.....I just love that film so so much...again so many memories;):-4

Did you ever meet Doris Hare??

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:09 pm

oscar;1061220 wrote: Did you ever meet Doris Hare??Oh yes many times.....alot posher than she was on the programme thats for sure lol

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:15 pm

Carolly;1061241 wrote: Oh yes many times.....alot posher than she was on the programme thats for sure lol I always imagined that.

I loved her so much.. she was the spit of my mum but then my mum was a lot posher as well but to look at they could have been twins.

I bet she was lovely as well. :-6

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:17 pm

jimbo;1061227 wrote: he will never get butler now will he

i used to love that show :-6:-6:-6

I bet you got turned on by Olive's nylon nightie's didn't you Jimbo?? :yh_rotfl

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:19 pm

oscar;1061247 wrote: I always imagined that.

I loved her so much.. she was the spit of my mum but then my mum was a lot posher as well but to look at they could have been twins.

I bet she was lovely as well. :-6Yes babe she was a lovely lady:-4

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:23 pm

Carolly;1061250 wrote: Yes babe she was a lovely lady:-4

The only flaw i could ever find in 'On the Buses' was the amount of girlfriends that 'Jack' had. Let's be fair, he was no sex symbol was he???:wah:

He could eat a sandwich through a letterbox with those teeth

Victoria · Post by **Victoria** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:40 pm

I bought a 3 dvd set last Christmas for OH we sat down on Christmas day and watched hours of on the buses.

My kids finally understood why any jobs worth official is known as a Blakie in our house!

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:45 pm

Victoria;1061285 wrote: I bought a 3 dvd set last Christmas for OH we sat down on Christmas day and watched hours of on the buses.

My kids finally understood why any jobs worth official is known as a Blakie in our house!

I didn't know they were out on dvd. omg i must get the set.

Mr Oscar does a good "I ate you wifie". :wah:

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:54 pm

oscar;1061256 wrote: The only flaw i could ever find in 'On the Buses' was the amount of girlfriends that 'Jack' had. Let's be fair, he was no sex symbol was he???:wah:

He could eat a sandwich through a letterbox with those teeth ;)Sad life after he left the programme..........very sad infact and God Rest his Soul also.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:35 pm

Carolly;1061302 wrote: Sad life after he left the programme..........very sad infact and God Rest his Soul also.

Most true genius's suffer don't they? Charles Haughtry, Kennie Williams to name only two.

Does anyone know if you can get dvd's of 'On The Buses' films as well?

I always remember the one where they worked in the holiday camp.. Just hilarious.

I'm going shopping tomorrow, Do you think Woolie's will have the dvd's???

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:34 am

oscar;1061474 wrote: Most true genius's suffer don't they? Charles Haughtry, Kennie Williams to name only two.

Does anyone know if you can get dvd's of 'On The Buses' films as well?

I always remember the one where they worked in the holiday camp.. Just hilarious.

I'm going shopping tomorrow, Do you think Woolie's will have the dvd's???

The films are available. Don't ask me where though. Probably Amazon at least.

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:36 am

oscar;1061474 wrote: Most true genius's suffer don't they? Charles Haughtry, Kennie Williams to name only two.

Does anyone know if you can get dvd's of 'On The Buses' films as well?

I always remember the one where they worked in the holiday camp.. Just hilarious.

I'm going shopping tomorrow, Do you think Woolie's will have the dvd's???Try to Google them......thats how I got my DVD to Sparrow Cant Sing....good luck;)

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:25 am

Carolly;1062051 wrote: Try to Google them......thats how I got my DVD to Sparrow Cant Sing....good luck;)

Thanks Carolly. We didn't go shopping after all today so I'll have a google later. I can't wait to see them all again. :-6:-6

kimberley92 · Post by **kimberley92** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:27 pm

Carolly;1061183 wrote: Yes I mentioned on the FOC thread about this earlier today.

I was vey friendly with Olive.....Anna Karen and her late husband Terry and daughter Gloria and was always with them at the studios watching On The Buses being made........think you will know who is in the picture here lol.....Reg left before the series came to an end.......great memories I tell you looking at this picture.

God Rest his Soul.
Hi I know this a really old thread but I came across it and I am a huge On the Buses fan. I noticed that you are photographed with Bob Grant there, he was a huge hero of mine but sadly I never got to meet him. I just wondered what he was like when you met him ?

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:32 pm

kimberley92;1385945 wrote: Hi I know this a really old thread but I came across it and I am a huge On the Buses fan. I noticed that you are photographed with Bob Grant there, he was a huge hero of mine but sadly I never got to meet him. I just wondered what he was like when you met him ?

Hi Kimberley and welcome to the forum. Make sure you stick around and join In some other threads... Maybe post some of your own.

Yes, It Is an old thread and sadly Carolly Is no longer with us. It was a terrible to do. She was arrested for Eel abuse In Bethnal Green and she got 60 days Imprisonment.

However, In her hey day, she was quite a saucy minx and sang for a living where she came Into contact with with the likes of Babs Windsor and Anna Karen.

Maybe when she gets out of pokey, she may come back and post about Bob Grant.