tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160907056447793603.post2578956734261128563..comments2023-11-15T04:03:13.741+00:00Comments on Crime Scene NI: For your own sake, Peter, stop stealing my scriptsGerard Brennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18301381067485712366noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160907056447793603.post-39132656997724889192010-01-18T14:39:29.755+00:002010-01-18T14:39:29.755+00:00Radio Foyle have a very talented commentator calle...Radio Foyle have a very talented commentator called Anita Robinson who does a five minute weekly slot on whatever strikes her as odd. After her bit last Friday, a listener rang in to say how well she'd done and suggested playing 'Here's to you, Mrs Robinson' as a salute to her. <br />But the presenter just laughed and said we're not allowed to play that song this week, "for obvious reasons". So it seems poor Iris can't get a song dedicated to her either.Garbhannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160907056447793603.post-53277202097610672482010-01-18T10:56:52.858+00:002010-01-18T10:56:52.858+00:00Garbhan
Derry? Never heard of it, as Peter Robins...Garbhan<br /><br />Derry? Never heard of it, as Peter Robinson would say.<br /><br />I've seen P R a few times but never "interviewed" him. Arent you the fancy one? He drove past our house in Victoria Estate in Carrick on the back of a milk lorry with Ian Paisley when I was quite wee. It was at night and Robinson was wearing a camel hair coat and sunglasses. The other time was when my brother and I went to see Ozzie Osbourne at the Ulster Hall. Peter and Ian were together again outside protesting about the devil or something. Ozzie dedicated his first song to Paisley but Peter sadly got left out.adrian mckintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349942973907386269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160907056447793603.post-78089158055004750152010-01-18T09:05:14.285+00:002010-01-18T09:05:14.285+00:00I interviewed Robinson once in Derry, Adrian, abou...I interviewed Robinson once in Derry, Adrian, about 10 years ago and he was surprisingly funny off-mike, if incredibly non-PC. Tend to agree with Seana, though, that Iris is where the money is at in that family. (And in their case literally.) <br />Did Genesis for O Level Religion (Grade C - bate that up you Mrs Sweeney!) but never felt the urge to go any further. And visiting Slemish would mean having to go through Ballymena, and both you and I know, Adrian, that that will entail a cold day in hell first.<br />But I do think it is possible to score humour from cold, clinical and repressed hard men - particularly when events send their lives spiralling out of control. Not that you'd laugh too hard mind - as it's always your turn next.Garbhannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160907056447793603.post-60689411730197794112010-01-18T01:49:48.988+00:002010-01-18T01:49:48.988+00:00But maybe Peter is reading Garbhan's books lik...But maybe Peter is reading Garbhan's books like a script and is just not that good an actor. I think his wife is the one with the gifted interpretation.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160907056447793603.post-66030131947759573022010-01-18T00:49:43.157+00:002010-01-18T00:49:43.157+00:00Garbhan
The problem with your argument Garbhan is...Garbhan<br /><br />The problem with your argument Garbhan is that Peter Robinson is a kind of humour black hole, sucking all the fun out every room he's ever been in. He's a dangerous entity. If he really is using you as his life muse you'll start to be less funny every day until that time in the future when you're not funny at all and you find yourself wearing aviator sunglasses indoors and having a strong urge to climb Slemish in the middle of the night in the rain waving a piece of paper muttering about Leviticus.adrian mckintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349942973907386269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160907056447793603.post-71599801246080511652010-01-17T18:31:50.421+00:002010-01-17T18:31:50.421+00:00Oh, definitely. You've got to get something ou...Oh, definitely. You've got to get something out of your powers, after all.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160907056447793603.post-86014170693784554652010-01-16T18:21:30.434+00:002010-01-16T18:21:30.434+00:00(Should of course be 'include'.)(Should of course be 'include'.)Garbhannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160907056447793603.post-11483783468527531162010-01-16T18:20:17.804+00:002010-01-16T18:20:17.804+00:00Good idea, Seana. As long as I could included a Ch...Good idea, Seana. As long as I could included a Chelsea-supporting satirist who becomes a multi-millionaire.Garbhannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160907056447793603.post-70655240178095915392010-01-16T15:52:01.745+00:002010-01-16T15:52:01.745+00:00Garbhan, I think you may have to write avery dull...Garbhan, I think you may have to write avery dull one where nothing much happens, but peace reigns supreme. Sure it stifles your creativity, but the fate of Northern Ireland may well depend on it.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160907056447793603.post-83195029514646028592010-01-16T12:24:06.861+00:002010-01-16T12:24:06.861+00:00Great thread, Peter. But did he ever give Iris a w...Great thread, Peter. But did he ever give Iris a walk-on cameo in his books - as I did in 'MLA' and 'Yours Confidentially'? (She's top of Shay Gallagher's list of 'alternates' to Sue. Sue's is Sinn Fein's Greek god-in-waiting Gerry Kelly.)Garbhannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160907056447793603.post-72291996733172105432010-01-15T19:39:34.870+00:002010-01-15T19:39:34.870+00:00Er, the bottom of the list, that is.Er, the bo<b>tt</b>om of the list, that is.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160907056447793603.post-28162793336660088362010-01-15T19:38:30.940+00:002010-01-15T19:38:30.940+00:00Garbhan is not the first to make the connection be...Garbhan is not the first to make the connection between <a href="http://adrianmckinty.blogspot.com/2010/01/mrs-robinson-youre-trying-to-seduce-me.html" rel="nofollow">his own somber books and Iris Robinson's hilarious life</a>. (Scroll toward the borrom of the comments list.) The comment you will find there, in turn, inspired <a href="http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/2010/01/ten-lays-that-shook-world.html" rel="nofollow">this</a>.<br /><br />Well done!<br /> ==============<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160907056447793603.post-60681382144880388542010-01-15T10:00:30.400+00:002010-01-15T10:00:30.400+00:00It's very hard to know these days where the fi...It's very hard to know these days where the fiction stops and real-life begins, Michael.Garbhannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160907056447793603.post-22648106322747645522010-01-14T21:22:32.597+00:002010-01-14T21:22:32.597+00:00Haha, nice one, Mr Downey! Um, you are kidding, ri...Haha, nice one, Mr Downey! Um, you are kidding, right? Although, come to think of it, you could be on to something here...Michael Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14362324064346137974noreply@blogger.com