Gimlet and Finchley
What you end up writing if you watch Succession immediately after reading up on Sooty
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Gimlet and Finchley 1 - Ted, Gimlet and Finchley
On TV the comedian is talking to a wolf and an alligator glove puppets. “When I die,” he said, “I want you both to continue the act without me.”...
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Gimlet and Finchley 2 - Gavin
Gavin stopped the video, and the screen froze on the image of Gimlet, basking in the laughter. “There you are gentlemen,” Gavin said. “Proof that Ted...
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Gimlet and Finchley 3 - Gimlet and Flinchley
I feel sort of empty,” said Finchley. “Of course you do,” said Gimlet. “That’s because you don’t have a hand up your bottom.” Without Ted, Gimlet and...
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Gimlet and Finchley 5 - Becky
A woman grabbed me as I was about to enter the driveway. “Oi,” she gobbed. “There’s a queue you know.” “Yes,” I said, “A queue outside my house.” “It...
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Gimlet and Finchley 4 - Mario
Mario believe in convention. He believed that children’s entertainers shouldn’t do blue jokes, even when they played to an adult audience. He...
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Gimlet and Finchley 6 - Gimlet and Finchley
It was nighttime, Gimlet and Finchley were ‘asleep’ in the carry-case where they lived when they weren’t performing. But puppets don’t need sleep...
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Gimlet and Finchley 7 - Gavin
Ted Elliott’s children were let into Gavin’s office. Gavin had been Ted’s manager, and following Ted’s death was overseeing Gimlet and Finchley’s...
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Gimlet and Finchley 8 - Gimlet and Flinchley
“Do you think they’ll want us to perform?” said Finchley. “Will who want us to perform?” said Gimlet. “You know, at the funeral. Ted’s funeral.” “I...
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Gimlet and Finchley 9 - Blake
I met up with Beck and Mario before the funeral. It was partly because of Gavin, we thought it would be better to turn up in force. Also, it meant...
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Gimlet and Finchley 10 - Gimlet and Finchley
Gimlet addressed the church. “Forty years ago, Ted was nobody, working as a travelling insurance salesman, with dreams of fame but no act to speak of...
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Gimlet and Finchley 11 - Gimlet and Finchley
“I can’t sleep,” said Finchley. The two puppets were alone in the carry-case where Ted had kept them for 43 years. “It’s the excitement of Ted’s...
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Gimlet and Finchley 12 - The reading of the will
The reading of the will Ted’s will is being read in his solicitor’s office. It is a small room for such an occasion, with a dozen chairs crammed in,...
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Gimlet and Finchley 13 - Gimlet and Finchley
That night, Gimlet and Finchley were supposed to be fast asleep in their carry-case, but, as usual, they were up all night talking. "He wasn’t very...
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Gimlet and Finchley 14 - Becky
I met up with Blake and Mario to discuss the implications of dad’s will. “That was a shock,” I said. It had been a shock. Dad had left Gimlet and...
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Gimlet and Finchley 15 - Gimlet and Finchley
The two puppets were ‘in bed’ in their travel case. They had just learnt that Ted’s children, Mario and Becky, would be taking over as their puppet...
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