Chase Me ! Duncan Norvelle

guitartango

Sad to see that he has died at the age of 66. I always thought he was a little camp with his catch phrase "Chase Me"

EricTheWeary

Just looking at his Wikipedia page he had a stroke in 2012 and has struggled with his health since. 

I do remember him as a guest on various things and that he hosted the pilot of what became Blind Date, could have been the thing that made him more of a household name but was not to be. 

RIP. 

jonnyburgo

Only 66, wow RIP

57Deluxe

...according to Daily Mail this is albeit a 'slum'...


"Duncan Norvelle's run-down terraced home in the Romford area of London where he lived towards the
end of his life"

Philly_Q

^^  Are all the windows blocked off with different colours of board or card?  That's a bit odd.

Offset

How very peculiar.  I've honestly never heard of him.

RIP nevertheless.

Philly_Q

Offset said:

How very peculiar.  I've honestly never heard of him.

No disrespect to him intended, but if you can find one video of him going "Chase me" that's basically his entire career.

EricTheWeary

Offset said:

How very peculiar.  I've honestly never heard of him.

RIP nevertheless.

He did a lot of TV in the late 80s but his camp/faux gay act was a bit dated even then. He did a lot of touring and pantomimes and that kind of thing, I don't know if his act changed over time. Despite counting Lee Anderson MP as a fan Duncan seems to have been a nice and likeable man, leaving behind his wife and three children. 

Philly_Q

Lee Anderson probably thinks Al Murray's pub landlord is a real person.

RocknRollDave

EricTheWeary said:

Offset said:

How very peculiar.  I've honestly never heard of him.

RIP nevertheless.

He did a lot of TV in the late 80s but his camp/faux gay act was a bit dated even then. He did a lot of touring and pantomimes and that kind of thing, I don't know if his act changed over time. Despite counting Lee Anderson MP as a fan Duncan seems to have been a nice and likeable man, leaving behind his wife and three children. 

Yes, he was one of those variety-show type comedians whose dated style was swept away when ‘Alternative Comedy’ made its welcome arrival.

jonnyburgo

RocknRollDave said:

EricTheWeary said:

Offset said:

How very peculiar.  I've honestly never heard of him.

RIP nevertheless.

He did a lot of TV in the late 80s but his camp/faux gay act was a bit dated even then. He did a lot of touring and pantomimes and that kind of thing, I don't know if his act changed over time. Despite counting Lee Anderson MP as a fan Duncan seems to have been a nice and likeable man, leaving behind his wife and three children. 

Yes, he was one of those variety-show type comedians whose dated style was swept away when ‘Alternative Comedy’ made its welcome arrival.

Yeah without being unfair, he was shite, his act basically being ooh aren't poofs funny! I was more surprised that he's only 14 yrs older than me to be honest. 

merlin

His type of comedy was a bit Jim Davidson really. Mocking, creating and maintaining stereotypes. 

MartinBush

I like Norvelle, To me his humour was very gentle, daft and funny.

This is one of my favourite performances - Duncan Norvelle 321

Offset

MartinBush said:

I like Norvelle, To me his humour was very gentle, daft and funny.

This is one of my favourite performances - Duncan Norvelle 321

Oh dear.  I lasted just over a minute.  That was dire 

Philly_Q

Offset said:

MartinBush said:

I like Norvelle, To me his humour was very gentle, daft and funny.

This is one of my favourite performances - Duncan Norvelle 321

Oh dear.  I lasted just over a minute.  That was dire 

I watched that the other day.  What really struck me is that it's very hard to hear what he's saying, it all seems so awkward.

MartinBush

Possibly the effects of amplified music on the ears over many years...