RT @rpg7twit: Henry Gee, aka @cromercrox: the new @stephenfry ? @lablit
Great time at the NN drinks last night, despite there being only a few regulars there; and the magnificent Pamela Ronald. Pamela said something nice about a certain blog post last year, without realizing that was me, which is, actually, the kind of fame that appeals to me. People know what I’ve done without associating it with the mental-looking redhead tripping over his own shadow and drinking Theakstons out of plastic cups.
Apparently I'm the next @stephenfry sez @rpg7twit. Big, brain size of planet, yes. Gay, famous, no. @cromercrox
On the other hand, we all (here at NN anyway) know Henry Gee and what he looks like. But the rest of the world doesn’t. Which is a shame, especially as one of us is convinced that Henry Gee is the next Stephen Fry.
RT @rpg7twit Henry Gee, aka @cromercrox: the new @stephenfry ? @kejames
So, I urge you, retweet the next internet meme. And remember where you were on 1st July 2009, when first you realized that Henry Gee is the next Stephen Fry.
I’d love to come to one of these things. But sadly the hole isn’t deep enough, yet.
Keep on diggin’.
Does this mean you are the next Hugh Laurie? When do you start talking in an excellent American accent (better than most Americans, really)? Who is the next Rowen Atkinson, and when do you get to be a character in his or her TV series?
I was hoping to be Cate Blanchett. I’ve got the legs for it.
I’m not sure there’s the headspace for any true overlap between the reigns of Henry and Stephen Fry.
You think we’re going to need a bigger planet?
I vote for Richard to become the next Tim NcInnerny, thus finally giving Henry a reason to call him “Darling”. Not having a reason never stopped him before though.
Tim McInnerny (100x on the blackboard)
I think it belittles Henry to suggest he could be the next Stephen Fry. Think rather, ’Stephen Fry (
stephenfry), the new Henry Gee (cromercrox).I mean, to start with, Fry either wears suits or T-shirts. Henry could teach him a thing or two about serious shirts.
What has this silly formatting system done? That should have read:
Think rather ‘Stephen Fry ( @stephenfry) the new Henry Gee ( @cromercrox)?’
Henry could teach us all something about anything.
I think Mike might be the new Patsy Byrne.
If I say anything about Miranda Richardson I just know I’m going to get slapped.
I fear that Bob will compare somewhat unfavourably to Bob
On the other hand, we all (here at NN anyway) know Henry Gee and what he looks like. But the rest of the world doesn’t. Not yet. I think it’s fair to say that this will change as soon as Cromer: Darwin’s Lost Weekend hits teh interwebz. He’s only got a small part (stop sniggering at the back).
(Is it just me, or is the silence of Henry’s lack of presence looming over this thread like a low-pressure system?)
(He’s too busy being Stephen Fry. All the conversation is on Twitter)
Richard seems more “The New Alan Davies” than “The New Hugh Laurie”:
note to self: Go ‘off the record’ when chatting with Eva.
“we have to go viral” can’t also be off the record.
Also, payback for making me shout about social media in a presentation =)
Hey, I made you look good!
Henry wishes it to be known that he’s still stuck on a train somewhere between Nizhny-Novgorod and Colchester.
@cromercrox Can you introduce me to Hugh Laurie?
Henry wishes it to be known that he’s still stuck on a train somewhere between Nizhny-Novgorod and Colchester.
but where is Stephen Fry?
Funny how you never see them in the same train, at the same time.
precisely my point.
Stephen Fry appears to be in Germany, drivelling about Wagner. I somehow can’t see Henry being a Wagner fan.
At this juncture all I can think is Kill the Waaaabbit, kill the Waaabbit…
Or was that Mendelssohn? I get them confused because they’re both wretched.
Great. I now have a mental image of Henry in a Playboy bunny outfit but with huge wings and a horned helmet, hanging off the skis of an Iroquois over Vietnam.
Thanks.
I have been told that Wagner’s music is better than it sounds.
~ Mark Twain, via Telegraph Twitter 1.0
I used to share tissue culture space with two Wagner fans, whereas I tend to agree with contemporary critics who described his work as “advanced cat music” and “demons drowning in a torrent of brandy”. We had several animated arguments about this, which I feel that I won, after finding an article about how Wagner’s music had killed two rare and beautiful okapis at a zoo in Europe.
I now have a mental image of Henry in a Playboy bunny outfit but with huge wings and a horned helmet, hanging off the skis of an Iroquois over Vietnam.
Richard is clearly working too hard. He needs help. Not that the image isn’t appealing, though.
I have been told that Wagner’s music is better than it sounds.
An opinion attributed to Rossini is that Wagner has wonderful moments and awful quarters-of-an-hour.
Rossini, on the other hand, is abjectly dismal fluff.
What’s this post about again?
Also: by dint of Royal Fiat, Priori Incantatem, and Having Spoken With
the new Henry Geethe very famous Stephen Frysome guy in a chicken suitRichard Grant on the phone, I claim priority as The New Richard Grant™ and, to add further confusion to the proceedings, suggest a quick game of Mornington Crescent. Therefore:Putney Bridge.
I am not mad.
Sanity is, however, statistical. I demand a recount.
Ok, I counted. A majority of the voices in my head say I’m not mad.
I’m surprised nobody’s used the Circle-Line Embankment gambit yet.
Nobody’s playing, yet.
Mornington Crescent! Go on, ask me another.
Only someone with the wit and charm and fame of Stephen Fry could win so quickly.
OK, OK, I’m the new Stephen Fry. Will you go away now?
No, I’m coming to see you next Sunday to get your autograph.
Mrs Gee wants to give you a Serious Talking-To, young man.
I look forward to it.
Can I have a signed photo too?
From Mrs Gee? I’m sure I can get you one.
I am almost certain that Henry cheated, there, but I’ll have to consult the rule book. In the meantime, surely you could have The New Stephen Fry™ simply scan, PDF and email you his autograph?
I could, but then I wouldn’t get to see the hot blonde he lives with. And Cromer, of course.
Hey! I’m seeing the new Stephen Fry on Sunday. \o/
Wow- I have never been called magnificent before. I do like the sound of that.
I did like your post. Well done!