Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Yosser, alone with custody of his children takes desperate. This famous scene features the classic im desperate, dan as yosser goes to confession. Yosser hughes is a fictional character from alan bleasdales 1982 television series boys from the blackstuff. As the league of gentlemen shows, theres little as funny as. Boys from the black stuffwatched a film the other night with the guy who played yosser hughes. Dec 30, 2016 stewart began writing the grambler when he was between procedures and hoping for some form of recovery. The grizzlyfaced strong man with a passion for cow pie has been cast in an 8fttall bronze statue unveiled by schoolchildren in dundee high street on thursday.
The witch is dead could reach number one following margaret thatchers death. Good old yosser hughes, for anyone familiar with alan bleasdales brilliant writing. He successfully steered the medium through a period when single plays were dropped in favour of series. Boys from the blackstuff wikipedia republished wiki 2. When the priest tries to calm him and sympathetically urges yosser to call him dan, yosser. Jun 15, 2007 yosser hughes is explaining that his life is crap and he needs a job gizza job. He loved all aspects of football and was a lifelong motherwell supporter. Yosser hughes muchasked line from the boys from the blackstuff. His wish was that the grambler should continue after his death and i have been happy to oblige.
Im at an impressionable age the last war in albion part. Boys from the blackstuff is a british television drama series of five episodes, originally transmitted from 10 october to 7 november 1982 on bbc2 the serial was written by liverpudlian playwright alan bleasdale, as a sequel to a television play, the black stuff. Yosser appears as a tall man in his mid thirties who wears predominantly black clothes and a distinctive bushy. Join facebook to connect with jon brooke and others you may know. I had to laugh about the confession of yosser hughes while i was there looking at the sinners boxes. Bleasdale admitted on 2 september 2011 on radio 4s programme reunion that he had been saving that joke for years, but it was the perfect joke at the perfect time. The grambler is a charitable football betting experiment. Asa you can see, the famous kirby kiss has been passed on to yossers. We ask our members to please join us in our new community site, the hartmann report.
Alltime best writing by the king of playwrights, alan bleasdale. Desperate dan possibly the most famous comic character of all time has been immortalised in dundee, the city of his birth. Yosser mutters i m desperate, dan, but it can also be interpreted, for if you know the main comic character of the uk comic the dandy, as i m desperate dan, the cowpie eating, gunslinging, cowboy strongman. Dec 18, 2017 as the league of gentlemen shows, theres little as funny as grim despair. Yosser hughes boys from the blackstuff wow, such a delay holidays sorry. Yosser hughes in a confession box talking to the priest i m desperate, father, call me dan, my names dan i m desperate, dan. Straddle the line in discord and rhyme i love 1982 a celebration of 1982 in music, films, tv and news. But the tv drama that really got me, and had a huge.
Yosser hughes in boys from the black stuff tells the kindly priest. Maybe i had found a better use for my pocket money, maybe i got bored of it, im not too sure. Aug 23, 2012 yosser hughes boys from the blackstuff wow, such a delay holidays sorry. Oct 27, 2009 the latest track from one half of big gourami me. Boys from the blackstuff bbc4 sunday nights discussion in tv show forum started by bill hicks, sep 26. This famous scene features the classic i m desperate, dan as. Daniel thomas is listening, and telling him im desperate, father.
Were in need of a bit of a major cull at the moment, i wonder if hes free. I had awful tummy churns watching that poor man yosser gisajob hughes go insane through desperation whilst his daughter and their kitchen were neglected. By early 1982 under the thatcher government unemployment in the uk had reached 3 million one in eight of the workforce. The priest, trying to comfort yosser, tells him call me dan dan. Im desperate father thomas, i dont know what to do father thomas. Boys from the blackstuff yossers story tv episode 1982. Television producer whose work included landmark dramas such as boys from the blackstuff and edge of darkness michael wearing, who has died aged 78, was a television producer and executive behind some of the most socially and politically charged dramas of the late 20th century. Sage 50 payments on account vat cash accounting scheme. I still have a huge pile of them sitting in one of my wardrobes upstairs. I remember yosser hughes in boys from the black stuff when he was in church in the confession booth, speaking through the screen to the priest who had introduced himself as dan. Bernard hill wonderfully captured the psychotic energy of hughes and his portrayal won him a well deserved bafta award. I will start with the pun from yossers story, where he visits the priest. With bernard hill, jean warren, timothy bleasdale, tamana bleasdale.
Go to my local shopping centre and try and trip up as many kids wearing those bloody heelies as possible. Im at an impressionable age the last war in albion part 37. When the priest tries to calm him and sympathetically urges yosser to call him dan, yosser blurts out the words. Water rates in my area are zero rated so theres really no problem, but for other items like this where part is vatable and part not and you get direct debits the way to match them of is by going through corrections filemaintenancecorrections and changing the tax codes so they match, matching off the pas and amounts paid in the banksupplier, then going back into corrections and putting. Yosser tells the priest im desperate father and the priest replies, just call me, dan. I could have been a footballer but i had a paper round yosser hughes father, i m desperate please, call me dan i m desperate dan. Yosser was at rockbottom after becoming jobless, skint, being evicted and having his three kids taken into care. Incidentally, if you were thinking of telling me it was the dandy in that morecambe and wise sketch, have another look. Slippy is getting more like yosser hughes from the blackstuff everyday. The yosser character was famous for his catchphrase gizza job.
Please note that you will have to register a new account on the hartmann report. So here it is, you loyal readers of georges journal. Daniel johnston desperate man blues lyrics genius lyrics. Graeme souness and sammy lee of liverpool fc make cameo appearances in this episode. He was also a brilli ant friend and colleague and is missed by so many people. I was thinking of sending this out with all my job applications. Week 19 the grambler salutes rio ferdinand stewart was an amazing person a wonderful husband, a fantastic brother, a loving son and an adored uncle. His wife has left him for another man and has also left him with three children to bring up. Dec 20, 2009 this mixes extreme sadness with some comedy, as the priest asks yosser to call him dan for short, instead of father. Straddle the line in discord and rhyme i love 1982.
Yosser hughes boys from the blackstuff i love 1982. This famous scene features the classic i m desperate, dan as yosser goes to confession. The episode contains the often repeated scene in which yosser goes to confession looking for help, and tells the priest he is desperate. Boys from the blackstuff was a true account of the time in liverpool and many other cities. This famous scene features the classic i m desperate, dan as yosser goes to. The episode also contains the often repeated scene in which yosser goes to confession looking for help, and tells the priest he is desperate.
I m desperate dan superb drama and ill definitely be watching that. Boys from the blackstuff yossers story tv episode 1982 imdb. The sevco losers thread mind the gap, know your place. Mount st marysthe famine church leeds derelict places. Boys from the blackstuff bbc4 sunday nights avforums. Classic comics celebrated in new royal mail stamps the chase has designed a range of british comic stamps for the royal mail, featuring the dandys desperate dan, dennis the menace from the beano, football strip roy of the rovers, and the four marys from bunty. An earlier episode yossers story yosser hughes, sobbing his heart out. Gm, my sister and i had a ritual about the beano and the dandy. Asa you can see, the famous kirby kiss has been passed on to yossers young daughter as the social services take his children away.
Share on facebook facebook share on twitter twitter pick. That said the daily record did and still does have a rabid support of glasgow rangers so is probably using a whip to beat irish celts one thing noticeable is just how disturbed yosser comes across and one feels puzzled why the gp doesnt section under the mental health act, but im guessing that the point bleasdale is making the worst evil in. Jul 29, 2018 yosser hughes in boys from the black stuff tells the kindly priest. There aint no color in the sky anymore and i dont feel much like singing cant see what for there aint no comfort in this life, anymore all that i can see. Welcome to the grambler, the most illinformed blog you are ever likely. This mixes extreme sadness with some comedy, as the priest asks yosser to call him dan for short, instead of father. Boys from the blackstuff michael angelis and mark moraghan. We had a great response to our magical mystery tour christmas quiz, and were just sifting through the answers we hope everyone who took part enjoyed doing it and we hope that people in liverpool reuse bits of the quiz for dinner parties, gettogethers or just wasting a few minutes at work. Tv director whose boys from the blackstuff won a bafta for best drama serial the director philip saville, who has died aged 86, was an important figure in british television drama an innovative practitioner who brought alan bleasdales 1982 drama boys from the blackstuff to the screen. Shaun mohan loved this programme, very sad times desperate. Yosser hughes is explaining that his life is crap and he needs a job gizza job. Boys from the blackstuff bernard hill as yosser hughes. Boys from the blackstuff on sunday 26th septemberbbc 4. Great britain 2012 the dandy and desperate dan gro.
As the league of gentlemen shows, theres little as funny. Boys from the blackstuff yosser hughes im desperate dan. And im not going to sit here and say to you that hes not going out the door because, if a bid lands that the board like and they want to accept, its a completely different conversation. We would be brought to the only village newsagent this is pre supermarkets and garages selling them on a sunday morning after mass where mrs o. The definitive slice of antithatcherite tv, this was the short drama serial that imprinted yosser hughes desperate employmentseeking greeting on the national consciousness. Yosser appears as a tall man in his mid thirties who wears predominantly black clothes and a distinctive bushy moustache. Sep 26, 2010 boys from the blackstuff bbc4 sunday nights. The priest, trying to comfort yosser, tells him my names dan call me dan. As the league of gentlemen shows, theres little as funny as grim despair.