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Kweeveen
15 Sep 14 21:53
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first five clues

i am well known in many countries
i have a connection to football
ed and jimmy  knows who i am
a place/places are named after me
i got mentioned in a christmas film
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Report call me a taxi • September 17, 2014 9:37 PM BST
Who the fack is reading clues AND trying to understand them? Laugh

Herman Munster
Report Kweeveen • September 17, 2014 9:39 PM BST
ok one more big clue...you lot are starting to do my head in...Silly
Report call me a taxi • September 17, 2014 9:40 PM BST
Janis Joplin
Report crags • September 17, 2014 9:40 PM BST

Sep 17, 2014 -- 3:35PM, Kweeveen wrote:


all answers must connect with all the clues...if even one clue dosent match then your answer is wrong


What a right Bastard!! Angry

Report Kweeveen • September 17, 2014 9:41 PM BST
am well known in many countries
i have a connection to football
ed and jimmy  knows who i am
a place/places are named after me
i got mentioned in a christmas film
ive got dreamy eyes
a guardian journalist mentioned me in his paper
"Hello, Eddie!"
i appeared on an iconic british show
i sang a famous frank sinatra song
i said a famous line to a famous person
you know your famous when they make a doll of you
there is a link to me from im a celebrity get me out of here
people had to hide so you could see me
i said goodbye to my friend in 1971
we both said goodbye to each other
i have a girlfriend
i also appeared on an iconic american show
i met the great louis armstrong and ginger rogers
50million people watched me go to bed
hollywood are going to make a movie about me
i have millions of likes on facebook
millions would watch me on television in the 1960s



someone tonight has posted an answer that is very very close
Report Crisp77 • September 17, 2014 9:42 PM BST
Danny Kaye
Report Kweeveen • September 17, 2014 9:43 PM BST
crags  LaughLaughLaughLaugh
Report Ozymandius • September 17, 2014 9:44 PM BST
Johnny Carson
Report Kweeveen • September 17, 2014 9:45 PM BST
if i get ten posters who want to give up, il tell you lot the answer
Report call me a taxi • September 17, 2014 9:46 PM BST
1 signing in
Report Crisp77 • September 17, 2014 9:46 PM BST
Jim nabors
Report Pokermonster • September 17, 2014 9:46 PM BST
Sweep?
Report crags • September 17, 2014 9:46 PM BST
Love
Report pumphol. • September 17, 2014 9:47 PM BST
Kweeveen    17 Sep 14 21:39 
ok one more big clue...you lot are starting to do my head in.


NOW YOU REALLY ARE TAKING THE P!SS !!!!!
Report Pokermonster • September 17, 2014 9:48 PM BST
Joe 90?
Report Kweeveen • September 17, 2014 9:48 PM BST
call me a taxi you didnt actually beleive me.Grin..and spoil it for the rest.
Report Pokermonster • September 17, 2014 9:49 PM BST
Zebedee?
Report akabula • September 17, 2014 9:49 PM BST
I'm signing in.
You better tell us tonight as I tossed and turned last night thinking who it was.#



Bing Crosby
Report Kweeveen • September 17, 2014 9:51 PM BST
pumphol..Kweeveen    17 Sep 14 21:39 
ok one more big clue...you lot are starting to do my head in.


NOW YOU REALLY ARE TAKING THE P!SS !!!!!



that was just me talking the clue was in my next post..LaughLaugh
Report pumphol. • September 17, 2014 9:52 PM BST
ernie wise
Report Pokermonster • September 17, 2014 9:53 PM BST
The Soup Dragon?
Report anubis7 • September 17, 2014 9:53 PM BST
Tom Jones
Report Kweeveen • September 17, 2014 9:54 PM BST
ok a big big clue comming up in next post
but before i post it, someone on here tonight got so so close if he had worked out the clues he would have got it.
Report Pokermonster • September 17, 2014 9:55 PM BST
That'll be me with my black man's cóck guess.
Report Bergkamp93 • September 17, 2014 9:55 PM BST
eddie izzard ?
Report pumphol. • September 17, 2014 9:55 PM BST
If I went through every clue with a fine tooth comb I would deserve to put in a padded cell Crazy
Report Clouseau • September 17, 2014 9:56 PM BST
Is it the former Wolves player, Kenny Hibbert??
Report akabula • September 17, 2014 9:56 PM BST
Laugh PM
Report pumphol. • September 17, 2014 9:56 PM BST
I doubt it Laugh
Report Kweeveen • September 17, 2014 9:58 PM BST
am well known in many countries
i have a connection to football
ed and jimmy  knows who i am
a place/places are named after me
i got mentioned in a christmas film
ive got dreamy eyes
a guardian journalist mentioned me in his paper
"Hello, Eddie!"
i appeared on an iconic british show
i sang a famous frank sinatra song
i said a famous line to a famous person
you know your famous when they make a doll of you
there is a link to me from im a celebrity get me out of here
people had to hide so you could see me
i said goodbye to my friend in 1971
we both said goodbye to each other
i have a girlfriend
i also appeared on an iconic american show
i met the great louis armstrong and ginger rogers
50million people watched me go to bed
hollywood are going to make a movie about me
i have millions of likes on facebook
millions would watch me on television in the 1960s
someone tonight has posted an answer that is very very close


kiss me goodnight
Report Bergkamp93 • September 17, 2014 10:01 PM BST
Male or Female ?
Report pumphol. • September 17, 2014 10:03 PM BST
Britt Eckland
Report Kweeveen • September 17, 2014 10:03 PM BST
Bergkamp93 it in the clues mateWink
Report Bergkamp93 • September 17, 2014 10:04 PM BST
Ah ok, this mind sound stupid pal, but is this a game OR is this person actually you ?
Report Crisp77 • September 17, 2014 10:05 PM BST
Arthur askey
Report pumphol. • September 17, 2014 10:06 PM BST
He cant be Arthur!
Report Kweeveen • September 17, 2014 10:07 PM BST
im going to give you some answers to the clues next post ,so i guess its fastest post wins...
Report crags • September 17, 2014 10:08 PM BST
Crisp has googled 'kiss me goodnight' NAP
Report Kweeveen • September 17, 2014 10:09 PM BST
LaughLaughLaughLaugh crisp77 tut tut mr google, i left one word out so you cant google it..
Report pumphol. • September 17, 2014 10:09 PM BST
or he is over 65 Silly
Report Crisp77 • September 17, 2014 10:12 PM BST

Sep 17, 2014 -- 4:08PM, crags wrote:


Crisp has googled 'kiss me goodnight' NAP


Crags too Shocked

Report crags • September 17, 2014 10:13 PM BST
Correct! Laugh
Report Bergkamp93 • September 17, 2014 10:14 PM BST
Van Morrison
Report pumphol. • September 17, 2014 10:15 PM BST
I
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---------the
            will
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------------------live
Report Pokermonster • September 17, 2014 10:15 PM BST
Get a wriggle on then, Kweeveen.  I have to go out in a bit.
Report Crisp77 • September 17, 2014 10:15 PM BST
Topo gigio
Report Crisp77 • September 17, 2014 10:16 PM BST
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topo_Gigio
Report Crisp77 • September 17, 2014 10:16 PM BST
Good night Sad
Report Kweeveen • September 17, 2014 10:16 PM BST
am well known in many countries
i have a connection to football i am an official mascot of a football team
ed and jimmy  knows who i am        jimmy is jimmy tarbuck
a place/places are named after me
i got mentioned in a christmas film
ive got dreamy eyes
a guardian journalist mentioned me in his paper
"Hello, Eddie!"
i appeared on an iconic british show
i sang a famous frank sinatra song
i said a famous line to a famous person
you know your famous when they make a doll of you
there is a link to me from im a celebrity get me out of here   the link is Natalie Appleton
people had to hide so you could see me
i said goodbye to my friend in 1971
we both said goodbye to each other
i have a girlfriend
i also appeared on an iconic american show
i met the great louis armstrong and ginger rogers
50million people watched me go to bed
hollywood are going to make a movie about me
i have millions of likes on facebook
millions would watch me on television in the 1960s
someone tonight has posted an answer that is very very close
kiss me goodnight
Report Crisp77 • September 17, 2014 10:17 PM BST
Is it topo gigio
Report Kweeveen • September 17, 2014 10:18 PM BST
crisp  wiki well done............the answer is TOPO GIGIO
Report Crisp77 • September 17, 2014 10:18 PM BST
Lucky guess Plain
Report Pokermonster • September 17, 2014 10:18 PM BST
Topo Gigio!  Who on earth is Topo Gigio?
Report Bergkamp93 • September 17, 2014 10:19 PM BST
who is that ?
Report crags • September 17, 2014 10:19 PM BST
WALOFS  Laugh
Report crags • September 17, 2014 10:19 PM BST
A mouse
Report Crisp77 • September 17, 2014 10:20 PM BST
Where?
Report Crisp77 • September 17, 2014 10:21 PM BST

Sep 17, 2014 -- 4:18PM, Pokermonster wrote:


Topo Gigio!

Report crags • September 17, 2014 10:21 PM BST
there on the stair?
Report Crisp77 • September 17, 2014 10:22 PM BST
Right there
Report pumphol. • September 17, 2014 10:22 PM BST
A puppet from spanish TV


Kweeveen you are a very sad man


Sadly there are a dozen or so even sadder people that have unfortunately posted on this thread
Report Clouseau • September 17, 2014 10:22 PM BST
The answer is a phucking hampster.... jeez... Cry
Report Pokermonster • September 17, 2014 10:22 PM BST
I'd like to think that I'm good at quizzes, plus I live in America for half the year, but I've never heard of Topo Gigio.
Report Kweeveen • September 17, 2014 10:22 PM BST
all the children lost, bet half would have got the answer if it was thomas the tank...Grin.
Report Crisp77 • September 17, 2014 10:24 PM BST

Sep 17, 2014 -- 4:22PM, Pokermonster wrote:


I'd like to think that I'm good at quizzes, plus I live in America for half the year, but I've never heard of Topo Gigio.


Must be the half of the year he is hibernating.

Report Bergkamp93 • September 17, 2014 10:25 PM BST

Sep 17, 2014 -- 4:22PM, Kweeveen wrote:


all the children lost, bet half would have got the answer if it was thomas the tank....


LaughCool

Report Kweeveen • September 17, 2014 10:25 PM BST
answer was an age thing.....big in america in the sixties.
ed sullivan show rest my case
Report pumphol. • September 17, 2014 10:26 PM BST
to be fair I never expected it to be  someone I have never heard of & think the question looking at it now is quite ridiculous Crazy
Report pumphol. • September 17, 2014 10:27 PM BST
In other words I'm seething LaughLaughLaugh
Report Crisp77 • September 17, 2014 10:27 PM BST
If one of the clues was "sounds like the best italian male prostitute" it would have been easier.
Report Bergkamp93 • September 17, 2014 10:27 PM BST
Laugh
Report Kweeveen • September 17, 2014 10:28 PM BST
the idea was not to give easy clues and jump into google to wiki answer
Report pumphol. • September 17, 2014 10:29 PM BST
Not expecting easy clues but you would expect your clientèle in this quiz to expect someone/ something that they would recognise
Report Pokermonster • September 17, 2014 10:30 PM BST
Fair enough, I applaud your reasoning, sir, but the answer was a tad obscure.
Report pumphol. • September 17, 2014 10:30 PM BST
TAD LaughLaughLaughLaughLaughLaughLaughLaughLaughLaugh
Report Kweeveen • September 17, 2014 10:30 PM BST
il do another one in a day or so and il use a famous person...ive one in mind Wink
Report Crisp77 • September 17, 2014 10:31 PM BST
Bag puss
Report pumphol. • September 17, 2014 10:32 PM BST
if its someone we have heard of it will never go as far as this one
Report Clouseau • September 17, 2014 10:35 PM BST
Alexander Armstrong: "Out of our surveyof 100 people; Name a cartoon/animated mouse..."

Mickey scored 99
Minnie scored 97

.... and the pointless phucking answer was Topo Gigsio
Report Kweeveen • September 17, 2014 10:35 PM BST
again pokermonster obscure but it had people having a crack at it ..and wasnt guessed until tonight..
althrough it was a 60s puppet, any young posters here are rightly saying who the fúck
Report akabula • September 17, 2014 10:37 PM BST
il do another one in a day or so and il use a famous person...ive one in mind

WALOS But thanks for the heads up, I'll know to give the thread a miss.
Report pumphol. • September 17, 2014 10:37 PM BST
I'm 53 & I'm saying WHO THE FICK !!

In all fairness we had a crack at it as we expected it to be an answer more than three people in the whole of the UK had heard of.
Report Kweeveen • September 17, 2014 10:38 PM BST
Joined: 29 Jul 04 | Topic/replies: 34,796 | Blogger: pumphol.'s blog
if its someone we have heard of it will never go as far as this one


it is someone very famous and it will go as far as this il make sure..GrinCool
Report Clouseau • September 17, 2014 10:39 PM BST
Kweeveen 17 Sep 14 22:30
il do another one in a day or so and il use a famous person...ive one in mind


Is it Daniel Agger?
Report crags • September 17, 2014 10:39 PM BST
lots on here will know Topo Gigio, old bastards like cmat, bodil, kenny etc
Report crags • September 17, 2014 10:40 PM BST
.. and me Sad
Report Pokermonster • September 17, 2014 10:40 PM BST
I reckon I had a better chance of getting it than anyone: I'm older than most on here; I live in America; and I knew it was a puppet.

Alas, I'd never heard of him.
Report call me a taxi • September 17, 2014 10:40 PM BST
I've heard of it, and if memory serves, it once appeared on Sunday Night At The London Palladium.

I wouldn't have got it though, even with another 500 guesses.
Report Kweeveen • September 17, 2014 10:41 PM BST
wiki the answer it/he is very famous in the 60s
Report Kweeveen • September 17, 2014 10:42 PM BST
In 1966, Topo Gigio appeared on the first of many occasions in ITV's Sunday Night at the London Palladium with Jimmy Tarbuck (Compere), Nina & Frederik and Lonnie Donegan.
Report kincsem • September 17, 2014 10:42 PM BST
Champion the Wonder Horse
Report pumphol. • September 17, 2014 10:44 PM BST
so unless your at least late 50's you basically had no chance of getting it
Report Kweeveen • September 17, 2014 10:46 PM BST
Joined: 14 Sep 04 | Topic/replies: 6,946 | Blogger: Pokermonster's blog
I reckon I had a better chance of getting it than anyone: I'm older than most on here; I live in America; and I knew it was a puppet.

Alas, I'd never heard of him.



pokermonster if you say your older than most hereWink google ed sullivan show and topo gigio
Report Pokermonster • September 17, 2014 10:48 PM BST
I've obviously heard of The Ed Sullivan show; just never seen it.
Report Kweeveen • September 17, 2014 10:50 PM BST
ok no problem mate....

thread got over 200 posts and over 2000 views

not bad for a little italian mouse...Cool
Report Pokermonster • September 17, 2014 10:52 PM BST
What was his connection with I'm A Celebrity?
Report call me a taxi • September 17, 2014 10:53 PM BST
call me a taxi   
17 Sep 14 22:40 
I've heard of it, and if memory serves, it once appeared on Sunday Night At The London Palladium.
I wouldn't have got it though, even with another 500 guesses.


Kweeveen   
17 Sep 14 22:42 
In 1966, Topo Gigio appeared on the first of many occasions in ITV's Sunday Night at the London Palladium with Jimmy Tarbuck (Compere), Nina & Frederik and Lonnie Donegan.


Just shows the crap my parents had on the television Laugh
Report Kweeveen • September 17, 2014 11:01 PM BST
this is the answer to two clues...

The Guardian Guide journalist Charlie Brooker, in his Screen-Burn column, likened All Saints Natalie Appleton to Topo Gigio after her appearance in I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!.[4]
Report pumphol. • September 17, 2014 11:11 PM BST
"The Guardian Guide journalist Charlie Brooker, in his Screen-Burn column, likened All Saints Natalie Appleton to Topo Gigio after her appearance in I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here"


Of course I remember reading that over my coffee & cornflakes Mischief
Report Capt__F • September 17, 2014 11:26 PM BST
next forum name for taxi
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