Bad Machinery by John Allison for September 29, 2022

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    What ever  over 1 year ago

    Jack, you need to take this more seriously. Barbara might be able to really help you with those eyebrows!

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    John Campbell  over 1 year ago

    With observation skills like that, you have to wonder why they couldn’t find a mystery on their own.

    When this page was first posted, John Allison included a blow-up of that article panel:

    Beloved star of Mr Gravy And Simon discovered by neighb—

    TELEVISION’S MR GRAVY FOUND GIBBERING BY ROADSIDE

    by ERIN WINTERS, Staff Writer

    Children’s television presenter Donald Wilkins, known to millions as Don Gravy, was found in a ditch near his home on Sunday morning.

    Wilkins, a familiar face on television since the later 1980s, was last seen leaving the Old Bell pub on Horse Hill around 11pm on Saturday.

    “He was in good spirits,” said landlord Tom Jackson. “Don was well known to the regulars and was always up for a laugh. He was happy to whip out Simon if someone asked, and if he didn’t have the doll, he’d just wave his bare hands around.”

    Wilkins, 55, had not been a regular presence on-screen since the cancellation of ‘Gravy Time’ in 2009. The breakdown of his marriage soon followed.

    Hospital representatives described his condition as “wholly mystifying, and probably untreatable.” Police are asking for witnesses who might be able to fill in the missing—

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    Aladar30 Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Jack is such a sweetie. Being worried for Simon show he’s just a young teenager. So adorable.

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    GaryCooper  over 1 year ago

    I admit to having been found gibbering a few times. It wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.

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    6turtle9  over 1 year ago

    It seems as though the Tackleford media is as clueless as ours.

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    RonBerg13 Premium Member over 1 year ago

    I assume that Simon is the Panda bear?

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