tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post8226210842116644546..comments2024-03-19T10:35:55.877+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Fyfe Robertson.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-34545366040281093282021-02-03T10:56:22.066+00:002021-02-03T10:56:22.066+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Jaya Riaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11529092995116192712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-30521779254566621012021-01-08T12:17:42.437+00:002021-01-08T12:17:42.437+00:00I think it was he that filmed a farmer and his she...I think it was he that filmed a farmer and his sheep that were penned in with a dog to stop the dog from worrying sheep. Instead of letters claiming cruelty the team were inundated with requests to get their dogs 'treated'. <br />Cliff and his wife - of 2 way Family Favourites - lived in Reigate my home town.pottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834163803780455512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-63603904050214730052021-01-08T05:10:55.077+00:002021-01-08T05:10:55.077+00:00Nor mine.Nor mine.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-1809152801026266572021-01-08T04:30:52.443+00:002021-01-08T04:30:52.443+00:00I've had a good look, but can't find it. P...I've had a good look, but can't find it. Pity, it was so funny.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-29733345573939320142021-01-08T04:29:54.636+00:002021-01-08T04:29:54.636+00:00These days it's 'The One Programme', w...These days it's 'The One Programme', which wouldn't receive two minutes of my precious time.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-65616196337904710432021-01-08T04:27:04.784+00:002021-01-08T04:27:04.784+00:00He was very good. I always loved watching him.He was very good. I always loved watching him.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-86179041631918797322021-01-08T04:26:17.880+00:002021-01-08T04:26:17.880+00:00Imagine living with that woman... horrendous. Than...Imagine living with that woman... horrendous. Thank you.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-43739498797916611262021-01-07T23:42:35.870+00:002021-01-07T23:42:35.870+00:00He looks a bit like Catweazle. It's amazing wh...He looks a bit like Catweazle. It's amazing what you can find on youtube - the interview might be there.Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-34547983346768672552021-01-07T18:33:24.841+00:002021-01-07T18:33:24.841+00:00Tonight was a very good programme and I remember F...Tonight was a very good programme and I remember Fyfe Robertson and all the others on the programme very clearly. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-78762946444739393632021-01-07T18:11:54.122+00:002021-01-07T18:11:54.122+00:00I had for gotten him. They don't make them l...I had for gotten him. They don't make them like him any more.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-20099279110222539732021-01-07T17:02:07.593+00:002021-01-07T17:02:07.593+00:00HERE IT IS<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orD-e_W6Pic&ab_channel=P60D" rel="nofollow"><b>HERE IT IS</b></a>Adrian Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09061432566298145837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-47481833486925663902021-01-07T16:57:37.009+00:002021-01-07T16:57:37.009+00:00Weegie is a language unique to mankind. There is a...Weegie is a language unique to mankind. There is a YouTube video of a Weegie lass trying to get Alexa to play here a song. If I find it I'll pop a link in. Adrian Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09061432566298145837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-41570616661456966432021-01-07T16:44:29.296+00:002021-01-07T16:44:29.296+00:00Yes, I can imagine that. His accent was very soft ...Yes, I can imagine that. His accent was very soft and attractive, but probably at that time we had yet to experience Glaswegian-speak.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-3235014477475231942021-01-07T15:20:36.899+00:002021-01-07T15:20:36.899+00:00The thing about Fyfe Robertson's accent was no...The thing about Fyfe Robertson's accent was not so much that it was Scottish but that it was Edinburgh and thus everyone watching TV in England suddenly thought all Scots spoke thus. When they arrived in Glasgow they we consequently completely bamboozled.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-35475962765323163302021-01-07T14:45:26.679+00:002021-01-07T14:45:26.679+00:00It was a hilarious interview, made all the better ...It was a hilarious interview, made all the better by FR.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-7476648425313195262021-01-07T14:16:40.381+00:002021-01-07T14:16:40.381+00:00Sounds wonderful Cro. I can just imagine the inter...Sounds wonderful Cro. I can just imagine the interview.Shrimpton and Perfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11936163290981358252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-33856759766758551992021-01-07T13:24:11.366+00:002021-01-07T13:24:11.366+00:00I loved him. He was always so calm and unflappable...I loved him. He was always so calm and unflappable. Cliff Michelmore (sp?) was good too, but very different.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-42721299425305454612021-01-07T13:22:13.909+00:002021-01-07T13:22:13.909+00:00Me too. We all ned a laugh or two these days.Me too. We all ned a laugh or two these days.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-1234810373259539642021-01-07T12:52:58.031+00:002021-01-07T12:52:58.031+00:00It was an 'understandable' accent too. Not...It was an 'understandable' accent too. Not too broad.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-36331537011508523752021-01-07T12:51:54.211+00:002021-01-07T12:51:54.211+00:00It's not an uncommon name so there must have b...It's not an uncommon name so there must have been others. Fyfe, however, was unmistakable. A wonderful man.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-67881184624106858162021-01-07T12:44:13.543+00:002021-01-07T12:44:13.543+00:00Oh Cro, you never fail to take me back to my child...Oh Cro, you never fail to take me back to my childhood. We always watched Fyfe { the Tonight programme ? } I remember that interview along with another one where he was interviewing someone on the street in Scotland who had the broadest accent and you couldn't understand a word they were saying !!! That, too, was very funny ..... I bet its on YouTube somewhere ! XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-84098042123668553252021-01-07T12:39:29.280+00:002021-01-07T12:39:29.280+00:00I needed this laugh today. I needed this laugh today. Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-31273673168980288332021-01-07T11:15:27.320+00:002021-01-07T11:15:27.320+00:00He taught the rest of the nation how to do a Scott...He taught the rest of the nation how to do a Scottish accent. A great interviewer too. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-19740008118718532132021-01-07T11:04:27.629+00:002021-01-07T11:04:27.629+00:00Fyfe Robertson, rings a bell. Probably saw or hear...Fyfe Robertson, rings a bell. Probably saw or heard him in NZ. Great interview. <br />But was there another Robertson back then, broadcaster, comedian? Ive got it at the back of my mind that it's another name I'm thinking oflocal alienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586011850451326646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-30031292954201524912021-01-07T10:31:12.430+00:002021-01-07T10:31:12.430+00:00Nor did he travel between TV locations in a horse-...Nor did he travel between TV locations in a horse-drawn wagon; unless he kept it quiet.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com