Jeremy Beadle R.I.P.
I was saddened to hear that TV and radio presenter Jeremy Beadle had passed away from pneumonia. It was shocking as a serious chest infection almost took my own mother over Christmas and it seems that there's an awful lot of this stuff about at the moment. I remember Beadle from my childhood not via the show "Game for a Laugh" but from his radio presenting on London's LBC radio station and his Beadlebum show. He was a very clever guy and such was his effect on my life that I'm often heard to exclaim in moments of exasperation: "By Beadle's withered hand..." (Of course, you have to know that he suffered Poland syndrome that left one of Beadle's hands shrunken.
Now I only know one Jeremy Beadle joke and it might fly over your head, but as a tribute I will post it here. It goes something like this:
I hear that on one hand Jeremy Beadle's penis is small...but on his other hand it looks rather large...
A truly awful gag, I think you'll agree.