tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661618756936510240.post231520705322826976..comments2023-10-23T10:19:16.222-07:00Comments on The Life and Times of Paul Daniels: Daily Mirror and More LiesA Magic Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04930770136972919690noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661618756936510240.post-56156228687439067752010-05-25T07:08:43.802-07:002010-05-25T07:08:43.802-07:00Good God paul. You haven't got your troubles t...Good God paul. You haven't got your troubles to seek!Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09396016590610037737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661618756936510240.post-80463487787255024822010-05-17T03:55:27.096-07:002010-05-17T03:55:27.096-07:00To all who commented... for good or evil... thank ...To all who commented... for good or evil... thank youA Magic Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930770136972919690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661618756936510240.post-79274310059901548212010-05-15T09:08:54.675-07:002010-05-15T09:08:54.675-07:00At least these days you can respond online and set...At least these days you can respond online and set people straight on how the interview really went down.That's if typing isn't too hard with your stumpy freckled fingers of course ;-)Littleacornmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275459231168162432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661618756936510240.post-65692467299565546042010-05-14T06:55:20.063-07:002010-05-14T06:55:20.063-07:00Hello Paul. I'm a journalist, and that sort of...Hello Paul. I'm a journalist, and that sort of article is an embarrassment to my trade. Note carefully, not profession in the proper definition of the word - journalists are tradespeople, selling words for money. Obviously, we can and should be professional in doing so, and ensure that the words we sell are the best, most acccurate words we can offer. Which this woman clearly hasn't. Also, she's failed to notice or failed to mention that it's pretty obvious your tongue is firmly in your cheek.<br /><br />I'm also an historian of entertainment, and I don't get this idiotic "Look at this sad, pathetic person who's not on telly anymore". TV's a great shop window, but even Morecambe and Wise made their real money touring the theatres - they called the gigs 'bank raids'. There are some performers who've managed to become rich and respected without ever having their own TV show. Eddie Izzard springs to mind. Is he pathetic? <br /><br />Good to see you putting the record straight, but, at the end of the day, you - with the expert help of Ron Green and crew 7 ;) - made a TV camera disappear in front of a gawping audience of millions. She hasn't.Louis Barfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09500085182214151483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661618756936510240.post-179778846217528572010-05-14T02:56:44.576-07:002010-05-14T02:56:44.576-07:00Well said Paul!! I've known you and Debbie for...Well said Paul!! I've known you and Debbie for many years and know you both to be hardworking entertainers wherever that might be! You must also be very close to a Silver Wedding anniversary - a fact which speaks for itself! I tried to get on the Mirror's website to see who this journalist was but their website doesn't work properly - just like their staff!!! Elaine (Bennett)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11899684620093477208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661618756936510240.post-70332293470891436712010-05-13T20:26:11.172-07:002010-05-13T20:26:11.172-07:00Nice try Justin... are you the Wicked Witch?Nice try Justin... are you the Wicked Witch?A Magic Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930770136972919690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661618756936510240.post-79868991092979227192010-05-13T10:55:22.374-07:002010-05-13T10:55:22.374-07:00My friend works at the Mirror and he said the tape...My friend works at the Mirror and he said the tape of the interview is hilarious. He even asked the reporter to get her chest out. Wicked Witch? Looks like Paul met his match and his magic just didn't wash. Now that's tragic. Release the tapes!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661618756936510240.post-85745663449921047112010-05-13T10:03:24.811-07:002010-05-13T10:03:24.811-07:00Wow, reading stuff like this makes me ashamed to b...Wow, reading stuff like this makes me ashamed to be a journalist (although I do tech stuff, and rarely write about people).<br /><br />I have been a fan of yours for my whole life, and I hope you don't stop giving interviews for more reputable papers / magazines.<br /><br />I also hope that you, and the people that know you, can laugh about that interview, and that it doesn't do any damage to your relationships.Shelaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141208368605917224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661618756936510240.post-50847164820029456752010-05-13T09:13:39.604-07:002010-05-13T09:13:39.604-07:00Thank you all for the support. It seems I am not a...Thank you all for the support. It seems I am not alone.....A Magic Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930770136972919690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661618756936510240.post-75065974050284657612010-05-13T08:13:33.686-07:002010-05-13T08:13:33.686-07:00Haven't bought a newspaper other than for the ...Haven't bought a newspaper other than for the freebie DVDs - the contents of the paper itself is usually treated like a badly written comic book.<br /><br />With Murdoch putting up paywalls on his newspaper websites, it'll be interesting to see whether this will have any effect on the newspaper industry as whole. <br /><br />I did an interview with a Murdoch rag about getting rid of my TV and watching everything I wanted to watch online (because after working in the film industry for six years I hardly ever had any time to watch TV programs regularly, and found that with the advent of services like BBC iPlayer, it was easier to watch these programs on the computer and do away with the TV).<br /><br />http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article5213521.ece<br /><br />The journalist took a lot of my quotes out of context and make me appear to be a freeloading scumbucket. I had NO right to reply on the comments page, and when the paywalls at Murdoch Towers go up, I'll not be able to see that article any more. Anybody interviewed or quoted in these rags will have to pay to check what's been written by them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661618756936510240.post-80802591903504309532010-05-13T07:46:46.576-07:002010-05-13T07:46:46.576-07:00I'm sure you can get them cornered for slander...I'm sure you can get them cornered for slander there! That's a joke. I knew they stretched the truth but that is effectivly making news up, and I'm sure when it puts a persons character into question then they have crossed a legal line...get on the case!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03024300513614553925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661618756936510240.post-43215634382178177502010-05-13T06:09:24.779-07:002010-05-13T06:09:24.779-07:00I haven't bought a newspaper for years simply ...I haven't bought a newspaper for years simply because of all the lies and 'angled' stuff they publish. By defenition they're yesterday's news and fit only to wrap up a decent portion of chips.<br /><br />As far as I and many others are concerned, Paul is a real trouper, a skilled performer and entertainer who takes his magic all over the globe to where the audiences want to see it - not bad for someone who is alledged to be faded ;0)!Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14907556708498202387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661618756936510240.post-12892013807056355402010-05-13T05:49:32.379-07:002010-05-13T05:49:32.379-07:00With this kind of journalism, we should be reminde...With this kind of journalism, we should be reminded of the old joke about a reporter who was fired because he accidently allowed a fact to slip into his lastest news story.John Helvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00044932170996714646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661618756936510240.post-6653523735510656822010-05-13T02:44:26.862-07:002010-05-13T02:44:26.862-07:00You should record all your interviews on a digital...You should record all your interviews on a digital dictaphone and release them for download if a newspaper tries to fry you! Tony Benn always did!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06194512955455576734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661618756936510240.post-20153423675420954652010-05-13T02:07:00.895-07:002010-05-13T02:07:00.895-07:00Of course you should remember the old journalistic...Of course you should remember the old journalistic adage "Never let the truth get in the way of a good story".<br /><br />A truly nasty piece of journalism, with one eye on sales, the other eye on a career, but she made the mistake of taking her eye off the ball! The thing she overlooked was your popularity and the thing that makes you popular, you are a truly nice person. Sometimes jealousy can get the better of people like her, and for what it's worth, I don't buy the Mirror, and never have!<br /><br />Keep on being you, a better alternative to the falsification printed in the Mirror.Pete Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18109788436153628921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661618756936510240.post-16100195935348994332010-05-13T01:57:55.377-07:002010-05-13T01:57:55.377-07:00Quite right Paul - nobody, famous or not should be...Quite right Paul - nobody, famous or not should be allowed to be the victim of malicious lies published in a national newspaper. Don't let it get to you, you still have your fans and your family. That is all that matters.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17521694779094908529noreply@blogger.com