Nothing works! RIP Geoffrey Bayldon (the Catweazle actor)

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[classic33]

Jon Pertwee was Worzel Gummidge

 

[swee'pea99]

I still use the words 'electrickery' and 'telling bone'. RIP.

 

[EltonFrog]

[QUOTE 4798932, member: 259"]Geoffrey Bayldon has died. I know he did loads of stuff and had a very full career, but I absolutely loved watching that magical series Catweazle when I was a kid. It was bonkers, very funny, and he was the best wizard I've ever seen on screen, bar none.[/QUOTE]

I agree.

I still use the words 'electrickery' and 'telling bone'. RIP.

So do I!

 

[Crackle]

I still use the words 'electrickery' and 'telling bone'. RIP.

So do I and I hadn't realized where they came from!

 

[ianrauk]

Touchstone is on the tellingbone powered by electrickery

Yep still use those words too.

 

[Dayvo]

[QUOTE 4798932, member: 259"]Geoffrey Bayldon has died. I know he did loads of stuff and had a very full career, but I absolutely loved watching that magical series Catweazle when I was a kid. It was bonkers, very funny, and he was the best wizard I've ever seen on screen, bar none.[/QUOTE]

I fully agree.

I also thought he had died a while back, but he outlived both Robin Davies (Carrot) and Neil McCarthy (Sam).

A few years ago I borrowed both the DVD series from my sister and was transported back to the 70's. Happy days and hours of fun spent watching the programme.

I preferred the first series, although they were both very enjoyable. One scene I remember very well was when Catweazle was offered some cake and instead of taking just a slice, he took the rest.

And I always wanted to live in a disused water tower hidden away in the woods somewhere (or a disused railway station - where he lived in the second series).

 

[Paulus]

There are several of us at work of a certain age who still laugh at the sayings of Catweazle on a regular basis.
I thought Geoffrey Baldon had left us some time ago.