GOOD DJ SADLY MISSED
2006-11-27 21:43:38 · 21 answers · asked by Carol B 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
SORRY DID YOU KNOW.
2006-11-27 21:58:41 · update #1
Yeah I composed this poem (in the style of a spoof poet who writes for Private Eye magazine):
So, farewell then Alan "Fluff" Freeman
Your radio style was much imitated
Especially by comedians
But you meant a lot to us.
"Greeting, Pop Pickers", you would say, and "Not Alf!"
And we would welcome you into our homes
And into our cars, and so on
Keith's mum says you were the first person to play "Hey Jude"
Though I personally remember you more for The Buzzcocks
And Pink's Floyd's "Wish you were here"
Wish you were here
Matt Porter aged 49 and a third
2006-11-27 21:47:33 · answer #1 · answered by big pup in a small bath 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
yes he'll be very sadly missed.
I remember in the early seventies "Fluff" reading out a letter of mine criticising fox hunting. He was a genuine good bloke I think whereas the majority of DJ's are not.
We've all got to go some time & I'll be toasting Freeman with a drink or two tonight. Good on yer mate! not 'arf!
2006-11-27 21:48:23 · answer #2 · answered by frankobserver 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
LONDON (Reuters) - One of the country's best known DJ's, Alan "Fluff" Freeman, who began working for the BBC in 1960, has died aged 79, the corporation said on Tuesday.
Freeman, whose catchphrases were "Alright pop pickers?" and "not 'arf" came to public prominence when he began presenting "Pick of the Pops" before moving to host shows on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2. He subsequently moved to commercial radio before rejoining the BBC.
Freeman, who was born in Australia, had a distinctive presenting style that left him open to parody by various comics notably Harry Enfield's character "Dave Nice".
Freeman took the leg-pulling in good humour, even appearing in one sketch -- a move which boosted his popularity further.
The BBC quoted his personal manager Tim Blackmore who said Freeman had never fully understood his own popularity.
"Alan was a naturally warm man who never quite understood the nature of his appeal ... through all his professional success, he still retained a total bewilderment that so much success and affection should have come his way."
Freeman, who died in a retirement home in west London, continued broadcasting until a couple of years ago.
2006-11-27 21:54:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
he died late last night. i was watching the BBC 24 news channel when they announced it. it's really sad, he was a brilliant DJ with a funny sense of humour...... i always remember him doing the chart run down - not 'alf mate !!! he will be missed. and in answer nicky's question - he was 78
2006-11-27 21:51:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
no, i'm better nerve-racking about the fly that smacked into my bumper at the moment. i'm guessing the Dems will enable the fly's belongings sue me. for sure, I deserve that. i believe so unhappy for the fly as Dems tell me I might want to. perchance 0bama might want to make vehicles unlawful so flies do not get harm.
2016-10-07 21:53:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, it's a shame, he was a really nice bloke.
But he died at a ripe old age, 79.
"Alright pop pickers?" ;)
2006-11-27 22:00:45 · answer #6 · answered by chloe392nash 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lets rock pop pickers
2006-11-27 21:47:00 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Missed? Not 'arf!
Rest in peace fluff!
2006-11-27 21:53:30 · answer #8 · answered by Phlodgeybodge 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah,,,such a shame,,a DJ character...'Not Alf'....
2006-11-27 21:48:53 · answer #9 · answered by junio130 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a very nice man, not a whiff of scandal about him either.
Will be sadly missed - not arff!
2006-11-27 21:59:26 · answer #10 · answered by gorgeousfluffpot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋