today, like every day, is a day when we continue to work through our pain. it does not matter, look you see, when you read this. we are in the dark, desolate days of a world bereft of his excellency, the most righteous and noble Jim Bowen.
it is necessary for us to perhaps not work together but to support each other as we continue to come to terms with this. to their credit, several channels, in particular that Challenge one, have stepped up their repeated broadcasts of the various sermons and lessons Bowen administered to us, the simple humble people.
surely it shall be no surprise to learn that i, me, moi, have spent as much free time as i have afforded to me watching these very welcome repeat broadcasting endeavours. once in a while i find myself slipping; i lose my way and do not do things as Bowen would have decreed. the reminder is most welcome, and my forgiveness, if not salvation, is sought by making amends.
during such a screening i had the honour, the pleasure and the blessing of seeing the above. as i have spoken of so many times before on this blog, high grade celebrities - both overtly and covertly - were a regular on Bowen's chosen medium for lessons, Bullseye. here is an instance where one of the most celebrated performers of his generation did not hide his appearance.
yes, indeed, that is Lionel Blair. the Lionel Blair, the one and only, although of course his good name and outstanding reputation have been sullied and unfairly smeared by association with a certain politician. to address this, and for other reasons, it is always better to refer to former PM Tony Blair as "Tony Bliar" instead, so as not to insult Lionel Blair in error.
no, i am uncertain as to when this episode was broadcast. however, if you are interested, it should be just the work of a moment to find out. if you search for news stories, perhaps limiting the search to the mid-80s, for headlines such as "NHS struggling to cope with baby explosion", meaning a significant increase in the number of babies born, then you would just need to count back 9 months from the date of such stories and the nearest Sunday to that was when this episode was first screened. indeed, quite, this repeat i saw may well have a similar effect, so do keep an eye out for such stories around the end of November and commencement of December.
one of the most interesting - i didn't say disturbing and you cannot prove that i meant to - aspects of British society is a strange quirk in appearance. presently we have a disproportionate number of men who share specific traits. these are that they are in their 40s, they were raised by single mothers what went to pop concerts in the 70s, and the gentlemen look "more than a bit" like either Steve Harley out of Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel or that twat who used to stand on a bar stool to play the tambourine at T-Rex gigs.
what of Bowen? well, in this episode we can clearly see him first experimenting with the kind of wardrobe that he would elect to wear when he stepped up and stepped in to serve as Pope when that German fellow discovered it was a bit too much like hard work. i particularly like the effort he took to make it all "Italian cosa nosta" in style, too.
the wardrobe of the Lionel Blair? well, it's leather. rock and roll leather. this was a look he perfected in his youth, on a whim, and that rock stars all around the world copied, so as to emulate how smart and class he is. did any ever reach his level? it is not for me to say.
awwww, that's a lovely image i captured there, of Jim Bowen administering a blessing to Lionel. it surely brought him both good luck and great fortune as he threw the darts. i got distracted and so did not see what score he got.
more than once it has been the case that someone has mentioned that it's quite likely the only reason Tony Bliar ever got to be PM was because people thought they were voting for Lionel Blair. that, or they assumed Tony had some connection to him, and that he would be just as good as running a country as what everyone assumed Lionel Blair would be. history suggests this turned out not to be the case.
well, anyway, that will do for now. as ever, if even only just the images, i trust this has been of some interest to someone somewhere.
be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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