Wow, yes, thank you. I read that nearly 10 years ago. I clearly had forgotten the second half of it.
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Wow, yes, thank you. I read that nearly 10 years ago. I clearly had forgotten the second half of it.
I’m going to in a bit, my backs gone and I can barely move so need to relieve the boredom
Surely the most disturbing thing about JS (aside from the abuse- and I don’t mean that in an offhand way- the abuse was bleeping awful) was his visiting the morgues of hospitals, mucking around with the bodies and stealing their glass eyes for jewellery. What the actual duck.
Jimmy Savile always gave me the creeps. His huge cigar, his hair, teeth, the way he conducted himself on Jim’ll Fix It, there was just something about him that made me think I would not like to meet him in person.
I got Savile's autobiography, As It Happens, through the post today. It includes this early picture of Savile, which is something of a contrast to his later image!
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even the very mention of the name Jimmy Savile made me terrified as a TV viewing kid
hearing his voice or any of his theme tunes
THAT FACE
THEM STUPID CATCHPHRASES
I always thought Fix It would be a better show if the BBC replaced him as host
I thought
WHY HATE JEREMY BEADLE OR NOEL EDMONDS
THEY'RE NOT VILLANS
Savile just struck me as pure evil even then
hearing his voice or any of his theme tunes
THAT FACE
THEM STUPID CATCHPHRASES
I always thought Fix It would be a better show if the BBC replaced him as host
I thought
WHY HATE JEREMY BEADLE OR NOEL EDMONDS
THEY'RE NOT VILLANS
Savile just struck me as pure evil even then
I have to say I really loved the song they played at the end of Jim'll Fix It: 'Your letter was only the start of it; one letter and now you're a part of it - Jim has fixed it, Jim has Fix It for you - and you and you and you ... ' It was a really happy, feel-good song.
Sadly, it is now permanently tainted by what is associated with.
The ‘75 opening theme was a bit of a belter, actually!
Similar but not quite as good was Record breakers theme song
Was he still abusing kids when he was old? It's hard to imagine him doing it in the 90s and 00s.
I cannot imagine him NOT having murdered. The other stuff is so sick I don't think murder would be much of a leap.
I cannot imagine him NOT having murdered. The other stuff is so sick I don't think murder would be much of a leap.
Great concept for a show and as a kid I loved it. However why chose him of all people to host.
Wikipedia says 1955 - 2009. It wouldn’t surprise me if he’s murdered either.
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Knowing what we know those lyrics take on a whole new meaning
I think I paid £5 for In plain sight on Apple Books. It’s horrific. I’m 2/3 through it. I hope to God nothing like him ever is allowed to happen again.
This photo of Savile and his family is from As It Happens, his autobiography. Savile is the youngest on the right.
He should ha be been locked up,that was cheap compared to Amazon.
I loved the programme but he ruined it for.me with his repulsive creepy ways.
From the BBC perspective, I lay the ultimate blame at the door of the Director Generals that were there during his time. They created a culture that allowed him to flourish unchecked. They MUST have at least heard rumours.
They knew what he was like. The producer of the ‘Jim’ll Fix It’ show, Roger Ordish said, when the allegations first started surfacing, "I didn't see anything and nothing was reported to me", but added that he knew Savile had a "predilection for younger females". Any decent and responsible person would have made sure that he didn’t have access to ‘younger females’ but that’s exactly what they didn’t do.
I bet I know why - he was approaching fifty and no doubt knew his days as a presenter of teens' music would be numbered. In fact he did present Top of the Pops less once Jim'll Fix It began.
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