tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671167.post8633091912057017769..comments2023-10-31T17:13:32.715+01:00Comments on OCTOPUS 99: Merry Christmas From Octopus 99Dominic Zerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459420315772992316noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671167.post-8266340356961880162008-01-07T21:10:00.000+01:002008-01-07T21:10:00.000+01:00Well, I actually heard via two cameramen - both fr...Well, I actually heard via two cameramen - both freelance, so it could've come from anywhere.<BR/>I'm actually as out of the TV Business as it's possible to get, both geographically & psychologically, but one of the few things I liked about the business was Bob.Dominic Zerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14459420315772992316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671167.post-12484596167092300062008-01-07T09:45:00.000+01:002008-01-07T09:45:00.000+01:00Hi Dominic - thanks for replying. I assume you mu...Hi Dominic - thanks for replying. I assume you must have heard from someone at Thames as no-one from the family seems to have contacted anyone at Thames or any of his old mates. I was still in touch and he was in hospital in Swansea. Lovely man. Sheila xsheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530442719525521787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671167.post-31714389239075540702008-01-06T10:47:00.000+01:002008-01-06T10:47:00.000+01:00I'll dig a couple out later & post them...& I'll t...I'll dig a couple out later & post them...& I'll try and find out who the artist was too.<BR/>I just read 'Moonraker', one of the ones I'd missed out on. It's fucking great, I'd forgotten how good they are.<BR/>PS - Thanks for quoting my 'Review' on your blog!Dominic Zerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14459420315772992316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671167.post-21102542953553246752008-01-06T10:36:00.000+01:002008-01-06T10:36:00.000+01:00Yeah, I knew some were missing, the From Russia Wi...Yeah, I knew some were missing, the From Russia With Love cover I have isn't there. But that was a photograph rather than artwork. I think that one was a major influence on my formative years.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404701333748291101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671167.post-1244136279779196212008-01-06T10:21:00.000+01:002008-01-06T10:21:00.000+01:00Hi Dan - Saw that, but they haven't included the l...Hi Dan - Saw that, but they haven't included the late 50s Pan covers..don't know the artist, but they're fantastic.<BR/><BR/>Sheila - Heard about Bob second hand I'm afraid, so I don't have any details. I worked with him '96 through to whenever it was MBC packed up and went home, though there was less work there in the last year (2001?), so I hadn't seen him in a long while.Dominic Zerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14459420315772992316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671167.post-66423876506479942192008-01-06T09:58:00.000+01:002008-01-06T09:58:00.000+01:00Hi - I saw your obit for Bob Ando and would like t...Hi - I saw your obit for Bob Ando and would like to know when you knew him at MBC. I was his PA at the beginning so might know you. Were there newspaper obits - if so we didn't see them? People at Thames would be interested. Thanks - Sheilasheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530442719525521787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671167.post-60327968560302273702007-12-31T17:05:00.000+01:002007-12-31T17:05:00.000+01:00And a Happy New Year to you!Did you see this in th...And a Happy New Year to you!<BR/><BR/>Did you see <A HREF="http://blog.gusset.co.uk/2007/12/fleming.shtml" REL="nofollow">this in the Indi</A> on Friday?Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404701333748291101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671167.post-51473685570079055252007-12-26T13:28:00.000+01:002007-12-26T13:28:00.000+01:00Merry Christmas to all the Zero family! Also to th...Merry Christmas to all the Zero family! Also to the Refried variety! (Is that like Bubble and Squeak?)<BR/><BR/>I thought you'd stopped doing that to people on the High Street? I thought Cagney and Lacey told you off for it last time. :0<BR/><BR/>Have a great one. *Munches the twentieth chocolate truffle of the day*Molly Bloomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002045980797531079noreply@blogger.com