Lee
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Post by Lee on Feb 25, 2005 14:45:35 GMT -5
Does anyone have any 'fond' memories from any of the many Ocean Christmas Parties?
One of the memories I have is when Ocean had the Christmas party at the Millionaires Club in Manchester.
All of the waitresses were wearing bunny outfits, and about half through the night one of them came up to me slapped me and was about to get a bouncer to get me chucked out. I remember Alan Short coming to my rescue (I think),
Apparently, someone had pinched the waitresses bum, and she had decided it was me!
I learnt later that it had been Colin Stokes that had done the deed - allegedly.
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Post by Simon Butler on Feb 25, 2005 15:13:58 GMT -5
I remember at one party asking david Ward what he wanted to drink and he pointed to a particulat bottle of brandy.
The barmaid poured it, passed it over and asked for the then princely sum of fifteen pounds.
Slack-jawed I handed the drink to David who just smiled and said "next time you'll know better than to ask....cheers!"
smug rascal.
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Post by Ringostarr on Feb 25, 2005 15:15:02 GMT -5
LOL Lee, that's hillarious. My favourite memory is after the do at that club near Gmex (I forgot the name) everyone piled back to the Britannia Hotel and proceeded to run riot. I think Mr. Dunn threw up in a plant pot in one of the corridors.
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Post by Mark Jones Junior on Feb 25, 2005 15:46:56 GMT -5
Me being such a light weight when it comes to drink can only remember one thing and that was from the 1988 Xmas party. Can't remember where it was, who else was there but I do remember seeing David Ward kicking his legs 'party-stylee' to 'New York, New York'.
"Dun dun dah dah dah, dun dun dah dah dah etc...."
P.S. I was PROBABLY sick too.
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Post by Paulie on Feb 25, 2005 20:06:25 GMT -5
...what about the office parties - when "middle sized" Debbie and her sister were persuaded to do a striptease.
Shudder.
Debbie's sister kept on harping on all night about the fact she'd just got a signed Proclaimers Album (huh!) - next thing I know she's stood next to me having a wee in the men's urinals - an impressive aiming technique!
Ahhh the mamaries.... I mean, memories...
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Post by Simon Butler on Feb 26, 2005 9:08:02 GMT -5
I have fond memories of a Christmas party where Kane and the rest of the testers stayed upstairs in my room while we went downstairs to drink with the grownups.
The next morning Martin Mcdonald and I went to check out and found ourselves slapped with unfeasibly large bills for drinks from the minibar, movies and various sundries ordered by the testing galoots.
We managed to get a bleary Colin Stokes to tell the receptionist that Ocean would indeed be taking care of everything and then beat a hasty retreat back to the office.
later that day I bumped into the man-who-never-smiles on the stairs and was informed in gruff tones that I was a "cheeky scouse bastard" or words to that effect.
That's what happens when you let the testers loose without their minders.
Jeez... they were like a bunch of drug-crazed marmosets at the best of times.
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Post by Ringostarr on Feb 26, 2005 9:54:03 GMT -5
Sez.. Simon! or should that be Simon says.
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Post by johnnyboy on Feb 26, 2005 14:45:44 GMT -5
Ronnie Fowles trying to drag me and Mark Jones Junior off to a brothel is up there.
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Post by Mark Jones Junior on Feb 26, 2005 14:50:20 GMT -5
OOOOOO Jonny McDougalMcTavish-GoneRoaminInTheGloamin,
you're activating some long dormant brain cells there. I vaguely remember. You know anymore?
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Post by Jonathan Dunn on Feb 26, 2005 16:48:09 GMT -5
I remember that party at the Royale, walked out of the do with a bottle of champagne in each pocket and headed back to the Britania.
Was the strangest things cos I was so wrecked that I couldn't find my room, ended up being sick behind a pillar and then walked round for a good ten minutes only to find the sick and promptly thought that it was someone elses.
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Post by Mark Jones Junior on Feb 26, 2005 17:23:49 GMT -5
Ick Jonathan thats gross!
Anyone here have anything to say about when Bob Monkhouse was rented out for an 'Ocean' do? I wasn't there but I dare say some of you were.
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Post by Paulie on Feb 26, 2005 18:46:44 GMT -5
Bob (RIP) was class... He spent an hour asking questions at the Ocean stand to guage his audience - when he came to do his set it was like he knew everyone - tailoring his gags to the people.
Genius.
- Paulie.
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Post by Mark Jones Junior on Feb 26, 2005 21:45:15 GMT -5
So can you remember any of his gags that were specifically aimed at Ocean staff?
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Post by Gary on Feb 27, 2005 4:12:20 GMT -5
One classic - he was referring to the types of games we published and proclaimed:
'Ocean is a 16-bit company, whereas US Gold is a two-bit company!'
He was a very clever guy, with an amazing (photographic) memory.
I remember meeting him on a flight to the US a few years later and when I mentioned how brilliant he was at our party, he actually asked after a few of the 'names' he had used in his act that night.
He will be sorely missed. Not many like him around these days.
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Post by The Starglider on Feb 27, 2005 4:59:57 GMT -5
I remember seeing him on stage many years ago. It was a kinda improv routine, and he was so fast with the gags!
I've not seen anyone like him since.
Bye Bob... you were the best!
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