Davro: A Thousand Faces, No Legacy?
Added 2023-04-18 22:30:32 +0000 UTC
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I love that the video only surfaced when someone made an illicit copy from the BBC's in-house Health and Safety training, where it was being used as an example about the dangers of shoddy props.
Stuart Millard
2023-04-24 11:06:46 +0000 UTCI used to be a member of the Local Authority Event Organisers Group and I used the Oh Bobby video as a training example of temporary demountable structure hazards, mostly for the craic of watching the wee scrote faceplant on repeat.
Mags White-O'Kane
2023-04-22 15:01:24 +0000 UTCJim Davidson left us a legacy, and it was Davro. Thanks. No, really. You shouldn't have.
John Churchman-Conway
2023-04-21 06:13:55 +0000 UTCYou deserve a blogger's equivalent of the Iron Cross for sitting through that trash, and making it funnier than it likely was originally. Of course, it should be presented to you by Bobby Davro dressed as Freddie Starr dressed as Hitler.
Ciaran Colley
2023-04-20 18:39:32 +0000 UTCThere is something I love about Lionel Blair's little cautionary finger up to the audience in that last clip. It's like he's told himself, as a consummate showman, he needs to take charge of this situation - be the man who steers the them all through this awkward time - but it instantly evaporates and he just looks haltingly down at the ground, no doubt humming showtunes nervously to himself as he mentally practises his footwork. "Don't worry, everyone! We...ah...now, um what...what was it...one-two-three...one-two-three...the sun will come ooooouuuttt...Please, everyone!...brushing off my taaaaiiils..."
Tom Foster
2023-04-20 10:42:51 +0000 UTCDavro's legacy of falling flat on his face apparently emanates from the 80's
Ross Merryweather
2023-04-20 10:32:24 +0000 UTCAnd that set with the abstract shapes can only be described as 'proto-Vaporwave'. Davro may turn out to be the most influential musical figure of the 2020s.
Alison Eales
2023-04-19 21:52:38 +0000 UTCTo me, Davro and Little and Large are the two ultimate examples of 80s "comedy". Bad impressions, bad sight gags, punchlines consisting of quotes from a film or advert. "Hey everyone, here's that thing you've seen! That's funny ain't it?". No, not really Bobby. Not at all, actually.
Thomas Fitch
2023-04-19 14:11:11 +0000 UTC'Oh Stuart!' Seriously, rest up as much as you need and get fighting fit, man. We'll still be here. Ps 'Trackingcore' - I'm sure I have a guitar pedal that has that effect on it...
Benjamin Thomas Holton
2023-04-19 10:03:07 +0000 UTCHmph, 'no legacy' indeed? I once overheard two women talking about Davro at work. One of them couldn't get who her mate, who couldn't remember his name, was on about, even after she perfectly described him as "little fair-haired fella who used to take people off, not Les Dennis, the other one".
Paul
2023-04-19 01:32:45 +0000 UTCJust to reiterate what I said earlier in reply to my health status post about the Covid, I am finally, slowly starting to feel better, but haven't got much done the last fortnight, and am probably still some ways off being able to record any voiceovers. Having taken your comments into consideration, I'll be posting a poll at the weekend with a couple of options for what happens with May's Plague Month content, the result of which I will abide by. Fighting Fantasy style, YOU DECIDE MY FATE! (this was meant to post at midnight, but I'm flagging)
Stuart Millard
2023-04-18 22:36:41 +0000 UTC
