PETE BURNS dies aged 57

5 of 5

peterstone

31-10-2016

Originally Posted by lulu g:
“BIB - I don't think that's an apt comparison. Pete Burns's popularity predated his appearance on Celebrity Big Brother.”

What popularity?

Bless You

31-10-2016

Sounds like this was a terrible series going by this thread

lulu g

31-10-2016

Originally Posted by peterstone:
“What popularity?”

The popularity as expressed in this thread, for example.

lulu g

31-10-2016

Originally Posted by Bless You:
“Sounds like this was a terrible series going by this thread ”

I would say it was the best-ever CBB series. It's been downhill all the way since then.

peterstone

01-11-2016

Originally Posted by lulu g:
“The popularity as expressed in this thread, for example.”

Hardly popularity. This is a BB thread and he was in BB. He's now dead so quote rightly there is a thread about him. You alluded to his popularity pre BB.

I wouldn't say he was particularly popular or famous pre BB. He had one big hit in 1985 under a groups name and was hardly heard of since was he.

I recall seeing him in ' Never mind the buzzcocks' once but that's about it.

He wasn't a big celeb pre BB

lulu g

01-11-2016

Originally Posted by peterstone:
“Hardly popularity. This is a BB thread and he was in BB. He's now dead so quote rightly there is a thread about him. You alluded to his popularity pre BB.

I wouldn't say he was particularly popular or famous pre BB. He had one big hit in 1985 under a groups name and was hardly heard of since was he.

I recall seeing him in ' Never mind the buzzcocks' once but that's about it.

He wasn't a big celeb pre BB”

What I meant was that the people who like(d) Pete Burns liked him before he was in CBB, whereas Gina Reo's popularity stemmed entirely from her appearance in BB. I'm aware that he was not to everyone's taste, but a fair number of people in this forum and elsewhere expressed delight that he was a contestant that year.

Cats_Eyes

01-11-2016

Originally Posted by lulu g:
“You have said pretty much everything I wanted to say. He was the best CBB contestant ever in the best CBB series ever. His unexpected friendships with George Galloway and Denis Rodman and (up to a point) Michael Barrymore were CBB gold, never to be equalled. Those were the days, when CBB offered intelligent, interesting, and/or witty conversation on a regular basis. RIP Pete Burns, RIP Celebrity Big Brother.

"Sad to hear of the demise of Pete Burns. He was a cross between Oscar Wilde and Dorothy Parker. You don't get more brilliant than that. RIP" - George Galloway”

Wonderful epitaph - he would have been happy with that.

peterstone

02-11-2016

Originally Posted by Cats_Eyes:
“[/b] Wonderful epitaph - he would have been happy with that.”

Yes, great epitaph,

Shame its not true

Cats_Eyes

02-11-2016

Originally Posted by peterstone:
“Yes, great epitaph,

Shame its not true”

All epitaph is to recall and show respect

So the fact that you don't agree is neither here nor there.

peterstone

02-11-2016

Originally Posted by Cats_Eyes:
“All epitaph is to recall and show respect

So the fact that you don't agree is neither here nor there.”

I have my opinion.

The deluded friend of Saddam, George Galloway, has his.

5 of 5