Thursday, 11 July 2013

Ben Elton plays D&D


No really. With Steve Jackson, Ian Livingstone, and... who are the other two guys? I recognise the guy in the white shirt (I think).



Thanks to Gorgonmilk for finding this.

[Update: You can tell I've not done much blogging over the past few months - Orlygg (of Realm of Chaos 80s) posted this video nearly one month ago...]

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  1. LegioCustodesThursday, July 11, 2013 9:30:00 pm

    This is literally the best thing I have ever seen. Though I do think Ben Elton is a little condescending of the hobbyists throughout...mind you some of them don't help themselves!...Frothers!

    I can't believe this is 1984!!

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  2. Andy BartlettThursday, July 11, 2013 10:37:00 pm

    Of course, the DM is the late Albie Fiore, author of two of the most highly regarded adventures in White Dwarf (the Licheway and Halls of Tizun Thane) - and the brief scene of him designing a dungeon with the care and attention of a draftsman reminds me that I learned from his obituaries that he was, indeed, an architect.

    The guy in the white shirt looks a bit like Graeme Davis, doesn't he?

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    1. AnonymousFriday, July 12, 2013 3:50:00 pm

      It's actually Jervis Johnson, designer of Blood Bowl, Adeptus Titanicus, Space Marine, etc. His a lot taller than I am and has a much better-looking voice.

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    2. Andy BartlettFriday, July 12, 2013 4:04:00 pm

      Cheers Graeme. I hope the police never ask me to identify a man in a lineup.

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  3. Warlord PaulFriday, July 12, 2013 12:12:00 am

    That's funny, I got around to watching these just the other day after Orlygg(?) put them up a while back. Elton's tone is a bit off and that Tarry bloke is a world class tool but I loved the episode. Apparently that LARP place is still in business. Just looked at a photo of Graeme Davis, I think it's him.

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  4. David LarkinsFriday, July 12, 2013 5:10:00 am

    Great stuff all around. I might have to steal that "little people kidnapping" trap.

    I think the mystery player might be a young Jervis Johnson, perhaps?

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  5. noismsFriday, July 12, 2013 9:37:00 am

    That's a great video but god, it just reminds me how much I hate Ben Elton.

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    1. Andy BartlettFriday, July 12, 2013 10:06:00 am

      Thing is, Ben Elton taking the piss out of Yoof TV is exactly the same as Ben Elton presenting Yoof TV. I honestly can't tell the difference between South of Watford and Nozin Around:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo9_aBj1Z84

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    2. noismsFriday, July 12, 2013 10:08:00 pm

      That's because Ben Elton just doesn't really know what he's doing. He's just a ranty upper-middle class nitwit with a grotesquely over-inflated sense of his own intelligence.

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  6. Filippo BettoschiFriday, July 12, 2013 11:22:00 am

    That's amazing!
    Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson playing together... priceless.
    I also think the guy in the white shirt is Jervis Johnson, with his characteristical bass voice.

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  7. zhu bajieeFriday, July 12, 2013 11:24:00 am

    What gets me is the highly enthusiastic Ian Livingstone describing D&D in 1984 is almost exactly the same as the highly enthusiastic Ian Livingstone describing D&D in 2010, but with less hair.

    http://www.channel4.com/programmes/100-greatest-toys-with-jonathan-ross/4od

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  8. Graham BottleyFriday, August 02, 2013 10:21:00 am

    I passed the link on to Steve and Ian, and the comment came back that they were great memories except for the hairstyles!

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    1. Andy BartlettFriday, August 02, 2013 4:52:00 pm

      Everyone laughs at my youthful haircuts (mid nineties), but I just wish that I had hair these days...

      But here's to Steve and Ian, who's fault this all is!

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  9. Andy BartlettFriday, August 02, 2013 4:53:00 pm

    This being a lifetime of fantasy gaming, not baldness. That's my maternal genes...

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