Geoffrey Perkins Is Dead At 55 108
Dynamoo writes "Legendary comedy writer and producer Geoffrey Perkins has died in a road accident in London. Perkins was until recently the head of comedy for BBC TV. Earlier in his career he produced the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series, and was a writer, director, and producer of many comedy shows including Spitting Image, The Fast Show, and several others. He also invented the game of Mornington Crescent. The world will be a less joyful place without him."
Re:The numbers were in his favour... (Score:5, Interesting)
Hammond can also remember phone numbers now, something he never used to be able to do.
Recent studies have shown that celery actually contains chemicals which help the brain repair itself in the case of an injury, making Hammond's taste for celery very interesting.
Re:He'll be missed... (Score:4, Interesting)
I'm glad to see someone in this thread is showing some decorum instead of making tasteless jokes or asking "who?"
I agree entirely with what you've said, the H2G2 radio shows were fantastic (and a regular fixture on my iPod), I was always disappointed they didn't continue the story after the end of the second series (although Dirk Maggs did a decent job more recently).
Another Perkins favourite of mine was KYTV [imdb.com], a spoof on satellite TV channels with lots of tacky low budget game shows and news channels.
RIP Geoffrey.
Re:Mornington Crescent... (Score:3, Interesting)