Stare Into Space » Purdy http://stareintospace.com Gerry Hayes' Blog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:39:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 A shade under six feet http://stareintospace.com/2008/11/15/a-shade-under-six-feet/ http://stareintospace.com/2008/11/15/a-shade-under-six-feet/#comments Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:15:13 +0000 Gerry http://www.jimmypagestrousers.com/blog/?p=243 Is how my brother (who is among his biggest fans) refers to Peter Cushing. Partly because he read it somewhere, but mainly because, at six feet, he can lay claim to the, relatively dubious, distinction of being taller than him.

I can’t affirm the same fandomism (it’s probably a word) as he, but I do like a bit of Cush.  Who doesn’t?  I was, therefore, much heartened to find him, unexpectedly, on TV tonight.  In an episode of The New Avengers called The Eagle’s Nest, there was Pedro, playing a mad German teacher, banging on about reanimating dead frogs and accidentally getting caught up in Nazi, world-domination plots.  Brilliant.

Never really been a big New Avengers man.  As much as I like Gareth Hunt and his coffee bean shaking, I’m afraid to say that Purdy is no Mrs. Peel.

The Cush certainly helps but I’m Mrs. Peel all the way.

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