Twitter again - Glinner

Way back when in the early days of Twitter Glinner helped save a computer museum.
It was in a town near me and was going to have to close as they couldn’t afford the rent. They had supplied the background props to IT Crowd so I contacted Glinner via Twitter to ask if he could help. We put together a Twitter campaign and the museum now has a permanent home.

@LastSummerHere all the best are

God I love Black Books.

"Millwall, Millwall, you're all really dreadful, and your girlfriends are unfulfilled and alienated... "

The day after the dinner party when Bernard & Fran are trying to work out what terrible thing Bernard has done... He's done Belly Savalas...
"You didn't do Cobumbo did you?" "No, I didn't have a cigar."

Colm : It's not the Greeks, it's the Chinese he's after

Father Ted : I'm not after the Chinese! I'm not a racist!

Mrs. Carberry : I don't care as long as I can have a go at the Greeks! They invented gayness

I went to the BAFTAs one year and all the IT Crowd were there and won loads of awards. We can a coach to the meal afterwards at some. swanky hotel and Glinner was on the coach. I wish I know then what I know now I'd have shook his hand. The man's a legend and it's cost him probably the most of anyone. Got nothing but respect for the big lummox.

Black Books gets quoted all the time in our house, always has me rolling about laughing no matter how many times we watch it. Manny and the Little Book of Calm, Dave Syndrome, when Fran goes to work in the office and does the presentation, the tax returns one, and all the times Bernard is so rude to his customers. Absolute genius. Thank you Glinner, and thank you so much for all you are doing to stand up for women and girls. The pathetic wee bullies on Twitter wouldn't bother attacking you if they weren't so hacked off at all the sunlight you are shining on their misogynistic bullshit.

Keep 'er lit, Glinner.
'The older Graham is, the gooder Graham is'

If any TRAs are reading this and would like to quote any life-affirming joy they’ve shared with the nation, go ahead...

Graham spoke very well today, he is a lovely man who felt appreciated by all of us there in Glasgow so the shitty wee haters can bugger off.

Horse dentist 😁

Every single time for 20 years my colleague or I have been about to hand a bag of receipts over to our accountant we have said "Well whores will have their trinkets" to each other a la Bernard. You'd think it would have got old by now but no

' Then there's UHT milk. But there's not much demand for that- because it's shite.' Ted nods sagely , in agreement.

Ds1 loved IT crowd. I think Richard Ayoade is the draw for him as much as anything, though.

I've been known to say motherflipping when I'm trying not to swear at something. And we often break the Internet.

"My lovely hooooors
Where are you going with your fetlocks blowing in the......wind
I want to shower you in sugar lumps & take you to the horse doctor" 😂😂😂

Small/far away
Don't press the button
& so much more (actually thinking about & realising our kids are going to think it's weird that all our sayings are in Ted when they get to watch it 😳)

I also LOVE black books & the spoons bit has me every single time. ♥️ Fran

Re-watching Black Books since it’s been on Netflix, I was absolutely obsessed as a teenager. It has aged brilliantly like a lot of Glinner’s comedy seems to! The parts of Father Ted that you wouldn’t really get away with nowadays, instead of leaving a bad taste in your mouth seem even funnier. I don’t know how that’s happened when so much comedy is hard to watch even ten years later.

I hope Glinner is laughing it off...their self esteem might be wrapped up in how they look, but his isn't, I would bet anything!

WE SAID WE WOULDN’T TALK ABOUT CANADA

weirdly apt

Omg I just love father ted. I love the way Glinner goes right to the edge of situations to make the joke. Like the shit fair with the cat on the turntable and the picnic bench getting hoisted up. Obviously these things never happened but you know exactly the kind of events he's referencing. It's so so clever.

And I think it says something that today's teenagers think it's funny. Humour doesn't always age well and these are bloody old programmes. But the appeal is universal.

Is Pope Ted the musical still going ahead? Before covid they were working on it, but I'm not sure how far it had got. I would love to see that. I hope it does happen.

And of course 'now, picture the ocean... AGH! AAGH! Oh, oh, a calm ocean!' 😆

'When you're feeling under pressure, do something different. Roll up your sleeves, or eat an orange.'

Glinner is phenomenal - love him & his comedy genius!

I really liked Count Arthur Strange. It was an odd show but I found it rewarding, gentle comedy. Great escapism.

Feck & the other F word, the bad one you know the one that I mean

Ride me sideways that was another one