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Post by resurgam on Nov 19, 2010 23:07:27 GMT -1
Did anyone else watch Billy Connolly and Aly Bain pay a very stilted tribute to the late Norman MacCaig last night?
MacCaig's work shone.
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Post by bormes on Nov 19, 2010 23:15:37 GMT -1
Hi resurgam and welcome. I missed it can you tell me when and which channel it was on? I will try to see it again, Thanks.
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Post by westender on Nov 20, 2010 10:44:47 GMT -1
Did anyone else watch Billy Connolly and Aly Bain pay a very stilted tribute to the late Norman McCaig last night? McCaig's work shone. In what way was it 'very stilted'? |
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Post by heidie on Nov 20, 2010 16:59:12 GMT -1
Who he?
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Post by resurgam on Nov 20, 2010 22:17:44 GMT -1
Did anyone else watch Billy Connolly and Aly Bain pay a very stilted tribute to the late Norman McCaig last night? McCaig's work shone. In what way was it 'very stilted'? In that it didn't flow naturally. What on earth posessed whoever had the idea of remembering McCaig to hang the notion of Connolly and Bain going fishing around the neck of the programme? |
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Post by westender on Nov 20, 2010 23:40:41 GMT -1
In what way was it 'very stilted'? In that it didn't flow naturally. What on earth posessed whoever had the idea of remembering McCaig to hang the notion of Connolly and Bain going fishing around the neck of the programme?  "...The trio set out on a journey to locate the elusive trout of the poet's favourite fishing spot, the Loch of the Green Corrie, 1,600ft up a mountainside in Assynt." (...And you might at least try to spell the man's name right.) |
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Post by bormes on Nov 20, 2010 23:44:28 GMT -1
Trio?
I thought it was Ego Connolly and Bain who went fishing, who was the third one? (Ashes, maybe?)
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Post by resurgam on Nov 20, 2010 23:47:19 GMT -1
In that it didn't flow naturally. What on earth posessed whoever had the idea of remembering McCaig to hang the notion of Connolly and Bain going fishing around the neck of the programme? "...The trio set out on a journey to locate the elusive trout of the poet's favourite fishing spot, the Loch of the Green Corrie, 1,600ft up a mountainside in Assynt." (...And you might at least try to spell the man's name right.) Your second bite at the cherry is no more informative, relevant or useful than your first. I don't know where you sourced your quote but the 'trio' consisted of four people. As Jimmy Sanderson might have said 'did you watch the programme or were you in the pub?' |
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Post by westender on Nov 21, 2010 0:04:45 GMT -1
"...The trio set out on a journey to locate the elusive trout of the poet's favourite fishing spot, the Loch of the Green Corrie, 1,600ft up a mountainside in Assynt." (...And you might at least try to spell the man's name right.) Your second bite at the cherry is no more informative, relevant or useful than your first. I don't know where you sourced your quote but the 'trio' consisted of four people. As Jimmy Sanderson might have said 'did you watch the programme or were you in the pub?' You aked what the thinking was about the fishing angle. I have informed you. The source cited also states "Fiddler Aly Bain, comedian Billy Connolly and writer Andrew Greig" as the trio. Who was the fourth? No, I didn't watch the programme. I asked you to elucidate as to why you found it 'very stilted' and your response has been it "didn't flow". Not much elucidation there. I asked because I like MacCaig and loathe (the current) Connolly and wanted to know more before seeking the programme out. Nicely edited (not) on the spelling correction front, btw. Pity you needed it pointed out. |
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