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Say Goodnight Dick

“Say Goodnight, Dick”, to which Dick Martin would reply “Goodnight Dick” was the catchphrase which ended most of the shows of the Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In. Sadly, Dick Rowan died over the weekend of respiratory complications in a hospital in Santa Monica. He was 86.

I can barely remember the show when it was aired in the UK, but I do recall the novelty of it all - with guests popping out of windows in a wall and saying daft things (This technique then copied by many shows after that). Also there were the characters - “Very interesting… but stupid” - from the German soldier behind the bush, played by Arte Johnson.

Dick Rowan went onto become one of US televisions busiest TV directors, working on episodes of “Archie Bunker’s Place”, “Newhart” and “Family Ties” to name a few. But he’ll be more funnily remembered as the zany guy who was part of the Dan Rowan/Dick Martin “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In”.

So, “Goodnight Dick” - it was fun.

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Best Western Chine Hotel Boscombe

Best Western Chine Hotel Boscombe. The view is spectacular from the hotel room of the Best Western Chine Hotel in Boscombe, Dorset, (no, it’s not a silent movie - just very quiet):

Well, for those that missed the view in the video, here’s a little piccie of the view from the hotel room of the Best Western Chine Hotel in Boscombe:

And apart from that, here’s what the room looked like in the Best Western Chine Hotel in Boscombe:

And although I didn’t bring my swimming costume with me, (like I would anyway! ), the swimming pool did look quite inviting, although not for diving into from my bedroom window……!

As it says on the website of the Best Western Chine Hotel Boscombe:

Many-a-great name in show business has stayed at the Best Western Chine Hotel while walking the boards at one or other of Bournemouth’s many theatres.

The walls of the lower levels of the hotel are plastered with old time photographs of the famous variety artistes who have stayed at the Best Western Chine Hotel, Boscombe. One of those acts was Wilson, Keppel and Betty:

And did you know that there were about 8 - 12 “Bettys” over the years, and one daughter even followed in her mother’s footsteps to be a “Betty” ?

But back to the hotel! The food at the Best Western Chine Hotel, Boscombe is superb. Here is one of their scrumptious desserts I had whilst staying there:

All in all I can safely say that the Best Western Chine Hotel is an excellent hotel to stay at if you are on holiday, business etc in the Bournemouth area. It’s even got a very nice beach you can walk around on and talk to yourself on camera! :

For more details about the Best Wetern Chine Hotel Boscombe click on this link: Best Western Chine Hotel Boscombe and enjoy

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Say Goodnight Dick

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