RIP Mr Robinson...

[Lie-in King]

I've only just seen this & can't find another thread here, so -

Requiescat in pace, Robert Robinson.

A fine broadcaster & a gentleman, fondly remembered.

http://www.independen...es-at-83-2337263.html

[quizzer01]

I agree , he was a perfect gentleman r.i.p

[mike11111]

I yield to no one in my admiration for Robert Robinson, if for no other reason than patiently putting up with those insufferable prigs, both young and old, who appeared regularly on Ask The Family.

[MarkRae]

Hats off to the guv'nor, please...

[Buenchico]

Main thread here:
http://www.theanswerb...773.html#.TkcWRGH0_oA
(I suggest looking at the 'Fry & Laurie' video which I posted there . I feel sure that the sketch was was created out of fondness and respect. It seems a fitting tribute to RR).

[Mamyalynne]

I commented on the other thread, but he was a real gent and part of our lives, his voice so gentle too.

[mike11111]

His habitual response to a wrong answer on Brain Of Britain:
"Ah, would that it were!"

[mike11111]

^^ It was the double subjunctive that turned me on.

[Buenchico]

You should have studied mathematics, Mike. If a double subjunctive can 'turn you on' you should appreciate the ecstasy which a mathematician can get from an 'elegant solution' ;-)

[Buenchico]

You're showing your age, HouseMouse ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoiKoIZ7wwo

[bunkmoreland]

always remembered fondly as the ultimate quizmaster ;-) as a child though,i was always afraid that my mother would enter us into the programme,cos she was so good at maths and i was the opposite! In reality now,the idea of my mother applying to ask the family,makes me doubt my sanity ever existed as a child lol

[mike11111]

I have not read it, but apparently Ann Widdecombe (a Latin graduate) wrote a novel of which the opening line is:

"Last night I dreamt of the pluperfect passive subjunctive".

Bet it's a real bodice ripper with a line like that!

[4candles]

A consummate broadcaster - one of the last of his kind.

[TTG]

Used to enjoy "Ask the Family"...a fine quizmaster.