Originals and Ultimates

2009

Posted by Administrator at 22:20

The other day I was thinking to myself and I happened to realise that with almost everything in life, there is the first of something and the best of something.
But what's it all about ?

So for example, there's the original computer (Konrad Zuse's Z1) and the ultimate computer (the one that controls the Starship Enterprise!). I call this phenomenon the 'Original & Ultimate Experience', although I'm sure you have your own name for it.

I thought that maybe you people out there have some equally good examples and I know for sure, that you would like to share them with everyone. So what are you waiting for?

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Chav

On 14th January 2009 22:08 Administrator says:

Original: Jimmy Savile. (now then now then)

Ultimate: Vicky Pollard.

Wheeler

On 14th January 2009 23:25 Administrator says:

Original: Toyah Wilcox

Ultimate: Lionel Blair

(A wheeler is someone that gets wheeled out on TV shows and that's all they do now.)

Original/Ultimate

On 15th January 2009 11:48 Bergerac says:

Good idea. My suggestions would be 'The original and ultimate finger-clicking, easy arm mover'. The original being Dean Martin and the ultimate being the great Eric Morecambe.

The original 'over-sized glasses wearer' must be Elton John by default. But there's a long list of 'ultimates' - (all in their latter years) Harry Secombe, Dean Martin, Leslie Crowther, him from Beverley Artistes. Who would get your vote?

Here's another one for you though - I know for a fact that the original 'do anything' "celebrity/celebrities" is/are the Hamiltons, but who is/are the ultimate?

Ultimate Computer...

On 17th January 2009 20:54 Granpaw says:

My vote for the ultimate computer goes tae the HAL-9000 oot o' 2001 a Space Odyssey. He wis braw an' didnae sing badly either. That thing oot o' thon Starship Enterprise is so saft it hastae be an Apple.

Original/Ultimate Car

On 18th January 2009 14:57 Wyle E. Coyote says:

The original of the modern day car would have to be Henry Ford's 'Model T' and contenders for the ultimate are the Batmobile and Knight Rider's KIT. Actually, KIT's driver, David Hasselhoff, should qualify as ultimate in the category 'talentless people' but who is the original? Max Bygraves?...

Car / Talentless people

On 19th January 2009 12:48 Administrator says:

What a quality pair of suggestions from Coyote!

Car

Original: Henry Ford's 'Model T'.

Ultimate: Knight Rider's KIT.

Talentless people

Original: Max Bygraves

Ultimate: David Hasselhoff

TV ART HERO

On 19th January 2009 13:53 Bergerac says:

Sad to hear that Tony Hart died yesterday. I'm sure we'll all agree he was the original AND ultimate TV artist.

Too true!

On 19th January 2009 14:48 Administrator says:

Tony Hart
1925 - 2009

The real ultimate computer

On 19th January 2009 15:06 Bergerac says:

Hang on...wasn't the ultimate computer "Mr Babbage" off Family Fortunes. Now there's another Max Bygraves tie-in...

Ultimate car

On 19th January 2009 15:09 Bergerac says:

Ultimate car must be the one that Madness sang about (you know - the one that wasn't "quite a Jag-u-ar"). It may not have been quite a Jag-u-ar, but the air-con was so powerful that Suggs was last seen on TV encased in a giant block of ice and shivering convincingly.

I don't believe it !

On 19th January 2009 20:45 Administrator says:

What rubbish. As if an accomplished artist and songwriter like Suggs would every stoop so low as to appear on a TV advert, posing as the new Captain Birdseye. As if that wasn't hard enough to believe, its suggested he was in a block of ice, of all things. Utter rubbish.

A Suggestion

On 23rd January 2009 12:30 Sir Noel Edmonds says:

Occchhhhhh!

I'd like to put myself forward for the role...only joking...GOTCHA! Occchhhhhh! etc...

Scary People...

On 24th February 2009 00:14 Wyle E. Coyote says:

Wee Willie Winkie Witch-king Original: Wee Willy Winkie

Ultimate: The Witch King of Angmar

Tony Hart

On 8th February 2009 16:08 Granpaw says:

Weel said Bergerac! An' Tony wis also responsible for anither original as weel. That wee laddie Morph wha lived in a pencil box wis the original 'clay character'. The ultimate clay characters are Wallace an' Gromit.