That her nickname for husband david was goldenballs in 2001. 0ur arts correspondent David Sillito looks back at his life. Dont you get fed up of each other . Oh, yes, yes. I call him golden balls, you know, now. Did you ever say, you dirty rat . Never. Jimmy cagney. Orson welles. Jimmy stewart. These were distant, mysterious screen gods until parkinson brought them into your living room. The fact is that youre a crowd puller and frazier s not, is he . Why is that . Well, number one, hes ugly. His interviews with muhammad ali were unmissable. He has no rhythm, no footwork, no class. He cannot talk. And who told him he could sing . But of all those 2,000 or so guests, one always haunted him. I interviewed everybody from Henry Kissinger to Billy Connolly to james cagney to dame edith evans, all those people. And im only remembered for one thing, i was attacked by a sodding emu. Hes not aggresive Rod Hull And Emu Rather punctured the suave tv persona. I knew we should never have booked it.
Such as david bowie and paul mccartney. And in 2001 Victoria Beckham let slip that her nickname for husband david was goldenballs. 0ur arts correspondent David Sillito looks back at his life. Dont you get fed up of each other . Oh, yes, yes. I call him golden balls, you know, now. Did you ever say, you dirty rat . Never. Jimmy cagney. Orson welles. Jimmy stewart. These were distant, mysterious screen gods until parkinson brought them into your living room. The fact is that youre a crowd puller and frazier s not, is he . Why is that . Well, number one, hes ugly. His interviews with muhammad ali were unmissable. He has no rhythm, no footwork, no class. He cannot talk. And who told him he could sing . But of all those 2000 or so guests, one always haunted him. I interviewed everybody from Henry Kissinger to Billy Connolly to james cagney to dame edith evans, all those people. And im only remembered for one thing, i was attacked by a sodding emu. Hes not aggresive Rod Hull And Emu Rather p
To have something to sell. right. play forward. well played. well done. 0ffscreen he loved his cricket. always a proud yorkshireman. one day there is some research into the benefit of this magnificent food, soul food for yorkshiremen. and at the end it was his father s very yorkshire judgment that came to mind just before he died. he said to me, he said, you ve done well and you met some big stars. i said, i had. he said, you made a bob, too, without breaking sweat. i made sure that was also true. good lad, he said. but to think on. it s not like playing for yorkshire, is it? it wasn t. but once or twice it got pretty damn close and i. tributes have been coming in since his death was announced. actress and singer and bbc radio 2 presenter, elaine paige has said sir michael parkinson was a legendary interviewer that will be remembered as the best of his profession.
And then reviving the parkinson show. he s a practicing homeopath, as a matter of fact. there were moments, but it was nowjust one of many chat shows on an interview circuit. pretty sure that s what he said he wanted. ..where everyone seemed to have something to sell. right. play forward. well played. well done. 0ffscreen, he loved his cricket, always a proud yorkshireman. one day, there ll be some research into the benefit of this magnificent food, soul food for yorkshiremen. and at the end, it was his father s very yorkshire judgment that came to mind. just before he died, he said to me, he said, you ve done well and you ve met some big stars. i said, i had. he said, you made a bob or too without breaking sweat. i admitted that was also true. good lad, he said, but think on. it s not like playing for yorkshire, is it? it wasn t. but once or twice, it got pretty damn close. goodnight.
..where everyone seemed to have something to sell. right. play forward. well played. well done. 0ffscreen he loved his cricket. always a proud yorkshireman. one day there is some research into the benefit of this magnificent food, soul food for yorkshiremen. and at the end it was his father s very yorkshire judgment that came to mind just before he died. he said to me, he said, you ve done well and you met some big stars. i said, i had. he said, you made a bob, too, without breaking sweat. i admitted that was also true. good lad, he said, but think on, it s not like playing for yorkshire, is it? it wasn t. but once or twice it got pretty damn close to it. many tributes have been paid to sir michael parkinson. the actress and singer, elaine paige said he was a legendary interviewer .