Danny Baker

[waynetta]

I try not to be serious about anything, but I've just heard on the news that he has cancer. I'm quite emotional about this. He is so full of life and vitality. What a fukkin blow. :'(

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Yeah I just heard that too. This is what the beeb have put out:

If you listen to Danny Baker on Saturday mornings, you'll know he's said on air that he has a health issue at the moment and will be presenting some weeks but not others.

Well today Danny wanted to give some more information to you via his Facebook page. We've pasted the full message from him below.

I know this will come as quite a shock. But as you can see from his message, he's in good spirits. So some Saturdays over the next few months he will be raring to go and will be on his 5 live show as normal and other weeks we'll be giving Danny a rest.

I am sure you will all join me in wishing him all the best for the months ahead.

Danny's message on Facebook reads:

Hello cats and kittens,

Apologies for the cloak and d. over recent weeks. However as it appears this is going to continue for the forseeable I really ought to offer up some sort of breadcrumbs trail as to what's going on. (As you know I am queasy about introducing vulgar real life onto the vaudeville stage so let's keep this crisp.)

After a pretty mouldy diagnosis about a month back I finally begin chemotherapy on Monday with further radiotherapy from January. Yes radiotherapy; can you beat it? This being so, the old treehouse baggy pants will be donned but sparingly. Once the quacks have soundly thrashed this thing I shall return like a rare gas and as if out of a trap. In the meantime I am watching Tommy Steele box sets (and has there ever been a more lying title to a film than TS's "It's All Happening"?) and urge you all to keep yakking up a storm and laugh extra loud at the incumbents.

Thank you for all the best wishes and concern from those who suspected as much about my "condition" and by all means keep ringing up Baylen and Amy to demand more and more Atomic Rooster and Spooky Tooth records.

So. Manly handshake. Walk right on. In the words of King George, "What what and there it is..."

DB

[SeanMacGabhann]

I just heard as well. Gutting news

[Bellenden Belle]

Gutting indeed... I still miss his breakfast show on Radio London years later.

Wishing him a full and speedy recovery.

[ratty]

Did he not used to live on the Grove in Camberwell! Get well soon!!

[PeckhamRose]

Bellenden Belle yes me too! Good ol' GLR.

I am sad to hear this. He's fab.

[woofmarkthedog]

He's still alive & with good spirit, treatment & a measure of fate/luck I'm sure he'll stay that way

( god the thought of him not being there as it were is not one I like to contemplate )

W**F

[TillieTrotter]

Come on you Lion!

['bout now]

I'm well and truly shellshocked. Millwall supporter or not, he's my broadcasting hero.

C'mon Danny, with BROWN sauce in yer sarnie, you'll make it.

[bon3yard]

Have listened to him for years on Radio London, but oddly this trend has fallen off recently so I had no idea! I wondered why Alan Davies was in for him on 5live this Saturday(I was only glad it wasnt the unfortunately ubiquitous Richard Bacon doing the stand-in). Best wishes out to The Candyman.

[Cassius]

It's bad news but hopefully if caught soon enough and with the best treatment available he should be OK. Fingers crossed though.................

[bonniebird]

I too am gutted :'( Love the Candyman, we'll be waiting in the treehouse for you upon your return :)-D Wishing you a very speedy recovery, ain't the same without ya ;-)

[Wilhelm]

Heartening to see there's some Treehousers amongst the forum.

[bonniebird]

Wilhelm Wrote:

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> Heartening to see there's some Treehousers amongst

> the forum.

Isn't it just (tu) See you there, if I'm late, save me a seat ;-)

[HonaloochieB]

I've no doubt that the Candyman will lick this impudent intruder and be back to the rudest of rude health like a great shoe with its lights on.

Remember look up not down.

Now everyone join together as one voice and repeat thrice daily -

"English as tuppence, changing yet changeless as canal water, nestling in green nowhere, armoured and effete, bold flag-bearer, lotus-fed Miss Havishambling opsimath and eremite, feudal still, reactionary Rawlinson End".

[bonniebird]

HonaloochieB Wrote:

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> I've no doubt that the Candyman will lick this

> impudent intruder and be back to the rudest of

> rude health like a great shoe with its lights on.

>

> Remember look up not down.

>

> Now everyone join together as one voice and repeat

> thrice daily -

>

> "English as tuppence, changing yet changeless as

> canal water, nestling in green nowhere, armoured

> and effete, bold flag-bearer, lotus-fed Miss

> Havishambling opsimath and eremite, feudal still,

> reactionary Rawlinson End".

Fabulous(tu) Bought a lump to me throat Honaloochie B

[waynetta]

Yes me too.

I've always wondered where that is taken from?

[bon3yard]

...from Here apparently.