Ann Bancroft

I was in Mike Harding's (I have known Mike since his folk club days) dressing room with him and several of his entourage at the Civic Theatre in Chelmsford, during one of his many nationwide tours twenty or so years back. There was only one toilet and it was occupied. Mike, needing a leak was pissing in the handbasin with the tap running when one of the theatre usherettes walked in with a tray of sandwiches. She didn't bat an eyelid but casually said, 'Where you want the sarnies, Mike?' Mike never stopped pissing but glanced towards her with his dick in his hand and replied, 'Oh anywhere will do love.' She put them on the dressing table and left with a smile on her face. I wondered later whether they were more familiar with each other than I realised.

I'm 37 this year, and this is rapidly developing into the best year of my life. It's a fab age to be for all sorts of reasons.

oh well I stand corrected, that changes everything

You aren't supposed to know Flashy, that's the whole point of a rug, surely?

Well it fooled me.

Flashy, it's su.... oh forget it.

Superglued? Well knock me down wiv a fevver.

*picks up 4' fevver made of oak and takes a swipe at flashy's non-glued wig*

Yeah, The Graduate is one of my all-time favorites as well. It may be the best film every made, at least American film, that is. It says a lot about the changing character of American society at that time. Ive never thought of it as a comedy, though. Liana and I have had this discussion several times. To me, it is more of a 'domestic horror story' with amusing interludes. The emphasis, however, is on the horror, not the comedy, as I see it.

AnnE. Grr.

74...i thought she was older than that. she looked about 50 in the Graduate. Ah well another legend gone, very , very sad.

Awww - just seen the headline! What a shame. Ditto, Liana, ended up watching the Graduate yet again the other night, even though we've got it on video - once you start... She (and Hoffman) were just perfect. Saw her a while ago too in that romcom about the priest and the rabbi (god that sounds awful but you know what I mean). Cue Simon & Garfunkle... [%sig%]

Hello darkness, etc. 50 Flash! A tad harsh. I guess she was late thirties then and looked mighty fine to me.

Well i'm useless at guessing ages. i've been woefully wrong many times on the site below. Cecilia you're breaking my heart, you're breaking my confidence daily.

Oh no - mid forties!!! Please tell me she was mid-forties - I need to know that's possible. Doo de Doo Doo Doo Doo... [%sig%]

She was 37 when the Graduate was filmed.

Bugger. I'm 3 years older than Mrs Robinson. I'm going to bed. Hrmmph. [%sig%]

she was so sexy as the older woman in the graduate, maybe that's why i ended up marrying an older woman...

It's only when you get older that you realise just how sexy older women can be, Martin! She watched me as I took a leak one time, you know. Pretty soon I'll be the oldest person alive.

I tend to agree with you, James. I found it very sad in lots of ways.

there's a guy who just turned 109....you got a bit of time to go yet

I forgot to add... Not least because up until the time the film hit the box office Paul Simon had been resident in Brentwood (England), 10 miles from here, and had been working the British folk club scene. He was a regular here for a year or so but when the movie struck gold he was hurriedly recalled to New York by an excited Art Garfunkel, to cash in on their new-found fame. The rest is history, as they say. As an aside, Paul Simon didn't even know 'The Sound Of Silence' had been used in the movie, and in fact the producers had added extra instruments to the original recording as they thought the sound too sparse.

A brilliant movie that had all the aspects mentioned here, some brilliant comedic moments to the harrowingly sad. A great all round film. Dustin Hoffman was only seven years youngr than Anne Bancroft when he played this part, i always thought that fact was amazing.

its like the fact that Roger Moore was brought in to replace Sean Connery as Jimmy Bond because Sean was getting too old but Roger is 4 years older!

Yeah, but he had a better wig.

Roger is 2 and a half years older than Sean.

there's something very mysterious and a bit glam about "Anne Bancroft watched me take a leak" I think it's the use of the word WATCHED, I mean, it has a certain intimacy.

Yeah, but no, but his WIG is four years older.

I didn't know the old eyebrow twitcher wore a syrup.

nah not mysterious... look more carefully at my first post!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Missi you old scoundrel.

ahh, I see, yes, of course! it's just that George has this murky and sub-surface history that means when he says he was watched 'cyphoning the python' in front of a hollywood star you just tend to believe him. whereas if Jasper said that three followed two you'd instantly write it opff as nonsense. reputations eh? they go a long way.

I once had a wee in the mens toilets of a theatre whilst Kenneth Williams guarded the door. I was eleven.

is this really about to turn into the "who have you peed in front of?" thread because I have nobody.

Make one up. Or perhaps peed on would be more up your street. People I would like to pee on: - any Big Brother contestant - Lorraine Kelly - Eamonn Holmes - Wayne Rooney Martin, are you there? Martin?

yes i'm here and that ill fated post follows me around it wasn't my fantasy btw, it was a mate of a mate called colin, colin told me the story - the gloria hunniford one... if i was to have that fantasy well susan sarandon would do nicely thank you she could dress down the gold lame dress is optional and she can wear sneakers