Gimlet and Finchley

By Terrence Oblong

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

By Terrence Oblong on Wed, 22 Nov 2023

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

By Terrence Oblong on Thu, 23 Nov 2023

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

By Terrence Oblong on Thu, 23 Nov 2023

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

By Terrence Oblong on Sun, 26 Nov 2023

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

By Terrence Oblong on Sat, 25 Nov 2023

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

By Terrence Oblong on Sun, 26 Nov 2023

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

By Terrence Oblong on Mon, 27 Nov 2023

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

By Terrence Oblong on Mon, 27 Nov 2023

“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

By Terrence Oblong on Wed, 29 Nov 2023

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

By Terrence Oblong on Wed, 29 Nov 2023

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

By Terrence Oblong on Wed, 29 Nov 2023

“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

By Terrence Oblong on Fri, 01 Dec 2023

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

By Terrence Oblong on Sun, 03 Dec 2023

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

By Terrence Oblong on Sun, 03 Dec 2023

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

By Terrence Oblong on Mon, 04 Dec 2023

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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