Comments on: Catweazle http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/09/catweazle/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:35:30 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: rilkefan http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/09/catweazle/comment-page-1/#comment-147238 rilkefan Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:46:56 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4409#comment-147238 Time for new glasses. Time for new glasses.

]]> By: Backword Dave http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/09/catweazle/comment-page-1/#comment-147186 Backword Dave Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:40:22 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4409#comment-147186 Good lord, I can still remember his catchphrase, "Nothing works." Perhaps I'm reading too much into this, but when I was a kid, we had books and TV like Catweazle (ordinary boy and crazy old homeless person), Stig of the Dump (ordinary boy and crazy young homeless person), and so on. What do kids get now? Posh magical kids at boarding school! Hmph, I say. Good lord, I can still remember his catchphrase, “Nothing works.”

Perhaps I’m reading too much into this, but when I was a kid, we had books and TV like Catweazle (ordinary boy and crazy old homeless person), Stig of the Dump (ordinary boy and crazy young homeless person), and so on. What do kids get now? Posh magical kids at boarding school! Hmph, I say.

]]> By: Ronan http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/09/catweazle/comment-page-1/#comment-147171 Ronan Fri, 10 Mar 2006 02:21:09 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4409#comment-147171 [rilkefan] "1 really is lovely" probably merits a grammatical investigation too - I really is serious...! [rilkefan] “1 really is lovely” probably merits a grammatical investigation too – I really is serious…!

]]> By: cdm http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/09/catweazle/comment-page-1/#comment-147169 cdm Fri, 10 Mar 2006 01:17:40 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4409#comment-147169 [rilkefan] You are kidding, right? If not, you might want to try reading the whole sentence. [rilkefan] You are kidding, right? If not, you might want to try reading the whole sentence.

]]> By: rilkefan http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/09/catweazle/comment-page-1/#comment-147164 rilkefan Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:48:46 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4409#comment-147164 "1, and my daughter, then 5, was captivated." No snark intended, but what about the subject/verb argreement above? I began a poem the other day "Zexmenia, and its grape jelly smell,/Call to the Tourette's in every poet" - and I wasn't sure whether I wanted "call" or "calls". My wife, a former editor, insisted on "call" - I meant to express "A (and for that matter B too) is X". “1, and my daughter, then 5, was captivated.”

No snark intended, but what about the subject/verb argreement above? I began a poem the other day “Zexmenia, and its grape jelly smell,/Call to the Tourette’s in every poet” – and I wasn’t sure whether I wanted “call” or “calls”. My wife, a former editor, insisted on “call” – I meant to express “A (and for that matter B too) is X”.

]]> By: Barry Freed http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/09/catweazle/comment-page-1/#comment-147159 Barry Freed Thu, 09 Mar 2006 23:10:44 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4409#comment-147159 <i>must have been created on some sort of drug, even if HR Pufnstuff wasn’t</i> The HR stands for "Hand-Rolled" must have been created on some sort of drug, even if HR Pufnstuff wasn’t

The HR stands for “Hand-Rolled”

]]> By: One of Geoffrey Bayldon's Biggest Fans http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/09/catweazle/comment-page-1/#comment-147158 One of Geoffrey Bayldon's Biggest Fans Thu, 09 Mar 2006 23:01:01 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4409#comment-147158 Brought forward from the 11th century, so not exactly "900 years old" - depending on what theory of time travel and its effects you go for. The two novels that Richard Carpenter adapted from his scripts for the series are worth hunting out too (they were published by Puffin Books many years ago). They add a lot to the story while keeping most of the gags. Brought forward from the 11th century, so not exactly “900 years old” – depending on what theory of time travel and its effects you go for.
The two novels that Richard Carpenter adapted from his scripts for the series are worth hunting out too (they were published by Puffin Books many years ago). They add a lot to the story while keeping most of the gags.

]]> By: harry b http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/09/catweazle/comment-page-1/#comment-147157 harry b Thu, 09 Mar 2006 22:56:23 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4409#comment-147157 He's 900 years old in the sense that he was born 900 years ago (well 935 now). But he accidentally fell through those 900 ish years when trying to escape from some Normans, so he hasn't aged all those years (though I will say that Geoffrey Bayldon hardly looks so young now!). However, the fact that he looks much younger than we remember is because our perspective has changed, rather depressingly, in the intervening 35 years.... He’s 900 years old in the sense that he was born 900 years ago (well 935 now). But he accidentally fell through those 900 ish years when trying to escape from some Normans, so he hasn’t aged all those years (though I will say that Geoffrey Bayldon hardly looks so young now!).

However, the fact that he looks much younger than we remember is because our perspective has changed, rather depressingly, in the intervening 35 years….

]]> By: Laura http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/09/catweazle/comment-page-1/#comment-147156 Laura Thu, 09 Mar 2006 22:23:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4409#comment-147156 Was Catweazle supposed to be 900 years old, though? or brought forward from 900 years ago? I remember him seeming incredibly aged & decrepit but clicking through to Amazon the actor now looks jarringly youthful. Was Catweazle supposed to be 900 years old, though? or brought forward from 900 years ago? I remember him seeming incredibly aged & decrepit but clicking through to Amazon the actor now looks jarringly youthful.

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