"michael adams" wrote in message
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The point I was making was simply that none of this was directly
attributable
to Harold MacMillan.
Did I assert that any of it was?
No. But the poster I was intially responding to, did,
At last a small concession.
OK Cook knew who he was ridiculing. But MacMillan should not have gone. A
little basic research would have put him straight.
So Cook was in the habit of singling out well known members of the
sudience
for ridicule was he ? He had a history of it, did he ? This being at a
time
when interviewers still used to call politicians "sir" on radio and TV.
Let me put you straight on one thing, Michael.
I'm not a naughty schoolboy, and if you persist in treating me like one, it
won't do you any good. Got that?
Cook's attitude to authority in general, and to Mac in particular, was well
known. Fact.
Other than that, the fact that Peter Cook chose to publicly and
knowingly
waste his latter years in a drink filled haze is entirely up to him.
As have many figures in the public eye, not least Churchill, Wilson,
Thatcher and goodness knows who else. Your point is?
First up, Churchill, Thatcher, and Wilson were at a relatively advanced
age
had lost General Elections and were no longer leading and would never
again
their parties.
Churchill spent much of WW2 in an alcoholic haze, and so he was indeed
"leading". Wilson had to have his fix to get through PMQs, and so he too was
leading. Thatcher's increasing use of the bottle, especially during the
difficult times domestically or when locked in negotiations with other
European and World leaders, has been aired many times. It was during the
period that she, too, was leading.
Unlike our Comedy Hero who had a good twenty more years
of writing and performing ahead of him.
You've got a problem with Cook. I realise that. I have no problem with you
calling him whatever you like. But I also am entitled to put a counter view
if I wish.
Singling out public figures from the stage in a public theatre and
subjecting
them to ridicule is always off limits. Yes.
It happened. He should not have gone. Get over it.
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Tim
http://tim-fenton.fotopic.net/
http://zelo-street.blogspot.com/