July 05, 2007

Surrealist, critic, bohemian bon viveur and jazzman George Melly is no more.
posted by ultang 17 years ago
  • You forgot 'swinger of both ways'. A great man who used to appear, amongst other things, on this really mad daytime TV art-based quiz in the 80s. I think he was one team captain and the monumentally grumpy Maggi Hambling the other. Everyone smoked all the way through. Found it! He was presenter, it was called Gallery Fucking ace it was. They'd never make it today.
  • Honestly, I'd only seen this guy one before, in a program about the history of men's suits. He was explained his choice for bold fabircs in that he was in some Saville Rd place, saw a pattern he really liked, and was politely told that that was in fact liner fabric. But he had a suit made of it anyway, and off he went. Sounds like he was a hoot. Sorry to see him go.
  • They'd never make it today I guess it wouldn't be quite the same, what with him being dead and all. He'd be like: I done composin' I decomposin' Them feet ain't warming no more.
  • didn't know about the art .
  • Another cheerful but unrelated obit.
  • I dunno - he could cohost with fellow posthumous art lover Vincent Price. I can practically hear the witty banter now.
  • Maybe. It ought to appeal from a surrealist point of view. Q: Senor Buñuel, we are considering a TV production called the Calavera Chat Show, where everyone is a cadaver. Would you consider hosting it? A: Certainly, but only on condition that Franco and Dali are my first two guests...
  • He was great.
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