A Knighthood for Richard Whiteley

"Come round mine, Thomas, and you can watch live."

"from Canada"

"Chop! You've not signed a real petition until you've signed one that was made at Cambridge University, so do that first, okay?"

"Does anyone remember this exchange? This------) Contestant: "Can I have a P please Richard?" Richard: "Well, for a start this is not Blockbusters. You can request a consonant which may or may not turn out to be a P." Contestant: "Sorry - B, A, P? I've got"

"I wonder if they have Countdown in Heaven or Hell (whichever one he went to)? I don't know which one he went to; in fact I was surprised not to find such a list of dead celebrities on the Wikipedia. A bit of an oversight if you ask me."

"Mi amas Bobby Davro-a kadavro."

"The stories of Richard going postal are quite fun to read. But none top the time when someone buzzed in before the conundrum had started with the answer "drumconun". Neither contestant, or indeed anyone in the audience, survived the day. It was horrific. "

"Some guys set off all the alarms at the water company. The best I could do was throw a pot plant through a restaurant window. I didn't have much Emunds potential then, and I have half as much now."

"He is a lovely man and a great entertainer and inspiration to us all."

"May a great mans legacy live on by Knighthood."

"Richard is like a pawn that made it to the other side of the board. You *could* make him a Knight but that would be a waste. I suggest we have a second Queen. And unlike the current one he'd be there on merit and would soon become the "main" Queen."

"Surely it was only a matter of time before I came here and killed you all."

"We won many gold medals with our skill in the sporting competitions made available to us, but these pale into insignificance compared to what Richard Whiteley himself achieved. We can't think of any specific examples at present - apparently he presented a"

"The man deserves recognition for his services to public broadcasting mistakes"

"I'm all for it as long as I gets my drugs at the end of the day."

"An honorable human being to the last Richard did more for this country than any of those so called 'politicians'. I was devasted by his death and will never get over it. My own death pales into insignificance next to this tragedy."

"His wit hath sustained many an unemployed wastrel. May it shine forth forever more"

"What about my own Knighthood?"

"Please give Richard this much-deserved knighthood, and lay his troubled spirit to rest."

"That one's easy, Michael. They gathered no moss. Most bands in the 70s had a moss collection."

"As I recall so do I remember. Richard! Richard! Three times, Richard! OK, I'll do it fourth time: Richard! Let the flag unfurl, because Whiteley missed out in so many ways. He never got to live in Whitley Bay, where he could have mused on the similarities"