Mr Buxted Posted Thu Sep 14 13:39:19 BST 2000 by Super Gnat

About 8 years ago there was a comedian on Loose Talk (I think) on R1 called Mr Buxted who was meant to be a cantankerous landlord. He told a few gags etc. but then went on to do one of the funniest comedy poems that I have ever heard about murdering Cilla Black. I can only remember the end when Cilla unlocks her front door and the killer is waiting in the porch:

Suprise, Suprise Cilla!
Then hammered down upon her head,
Cilla Black now Cilla Red,
And as she lay there in the mud,
She lost a lorra lorra blood.

Did anyone else hear this and does anyone know who Mr Buxted was in reality?

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Posted By Jon on Thu Sep 14 13:46:04 BST 2000:

Sound like his career peaked with that slice of merciless satire. No wonder he gave up after.

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Posted By TJ on Thu Sep 14 13:50:32 BST 2000:

I remember it too... but I don't know who he was!

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Posted By Supra Gnat on Thu Sep 14 13:53:09 BST 2000:

It was actually pretty good when I heard it, perhaps I didn't manage to convey the timing, delivery, actual content of the poem etc. due to the 8 years having past since I heard it. Anyway, why am I trying to justify it to you when you think that "the boy with the Arab Strap" was one of the best albums of the 90s when it wasn't.

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Posted By Jon on Thu Sep 14 13:57:47 BST 2000:

Could it have been someone called Nick Toczek? He did some poems on Loose Ends once and they were OK.

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Posted By Jon on Thu Sep 14 13:58:38 BST 2000:

Or John Hegley.

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Posted By TJ on Thu Sep 14 13:59:01 BST 2000:

I don't think that Boy With The Arab Strap is one of the best albums of the 1990s, not by a long chalk. Tigermilk and If You're Feeling Sinister were way better, and even they don't come close to winning the title.

Why on Earth did you think that I did???

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Posted By Bent Halo on Thu Sep 14 14:58:15 BST 2000:

It was Peter Baynham who played Mr Buckstead. Now you all know.

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Posted By Anonymous on Thu Sep 14 15:00:45 BST 2000:

It was Jon who thought that (in the Music Sensation thread above), due to the unfortunate delay in my reply to him your message cropped in between. A thousand apologies for casting aspersions on your obviously excellent musical taste (I have been listening to both of those albums all day today in order to get me through a particularly tedious day at work).

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Posted By Supra Gnat on Thu Sep 14 15:06:05 BST 2000:

That was me above by the way.
Was it really Peter Baynham? To be fair it didn't sound anything like him, if anyone I thought it was one of the people from Absolutely.
Well I really am astonished, but thanks for the info.

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Posted By Bent Halo on Thu Sep 14 15:14:27 BST 2000:

>To be fair it didn't sound anything like him, if anyone I thought it was one of the people from Absolutely.

He sounds *very* Welsh to my ears. I have a tape of that very Cilla poem, which is great!

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Posted By Supra Gnat on Thu Sep 14 15:24:16 BST 2000:

Any chance of obtaining a copy? I would be prepared to pay cash money to compensate for the inconvenience.

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Posted By Bent Halo on Thu Sep 14 16:17:15 BST 2000:

My address is in the Banned Forever thread.

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