TONY HART R.I.P.

[SteveT]

The talented Tony Hart who had the best arts programme by a streak, died aged 83.

He never had to show "one he made earlier", he would knock it up in front of you in a couple of shakes.

He made the Blue Peter brigade look like ham fisted clowns.

'Morph' was made famous on 'Take Hart' an Ardman production who have since graduated to Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep etc.

I bet they won't find anyone to replace him in a hurry.

rip Tony Hart.

[Tony.London Suburbs]

"he would knock it up in front of you in a couple of shakes. "

A rare talent indeed(!)

Great Personality.

Tony Hart R.I.P.

[????]

But he never returned your pictures from the Gallery and his brother used to sell them on the Bayswater Road...

[PeckhamRose]

Haahahahahahahhahahaahahaha ???? !!

I loved Tony Hart, he made art fun when my teachers made it a chore.

Are there any icons in the making today, be for the kids of today, eh? eh?

[????]

"Mr Maker" rocks my kids' boat

[TillieTrotter]

Aaah, end of an era:'(

[Jah Lush]

Dum di dum di dum di dum di dum di dum dum dum. I loved the that programme as a kid and the theme tune too, which is I so hummable. RIP indeed. Lovely man.

Edited because I was a bit pissed when I wrote the orginal.

[philip walker]

A sad loss, many happy memories of running home after school to watch Take Hart, gave my parents some peace which I think they would have thanked Tony for.

Rest in Peace.

[RosieH]

I had my drawing of an owl displayed in The Gallery. I loved that man. And Morph. And Morph's bad white wrong 'un friend - was his name Chad? A valuable lesson in wrong 'uns that I failed to learn at an age when it cwould have stood me in good stead for the years to come.

R.I.P. Toe Knee Heart (in memory of a particular episode where he encouraged us to develop a coat of arms based on our own names - his syllables offered rich territory - as did all his programmes). I hope his family is very proud.

[giggirl]

He had such a quiet and gentle way about him too. Lots of presenters from that era were loud in every sense of the word. TH was the quiet man - and we loved him.

[Keef]

was his name Chad?

I think it was Chaz, but could be wrong, he was the funnier of the 2 though!

It was a great programme, and he came across as a jolly nice fella.

[Ted Max]

Sad news, right enough. Here's someone at B3ta's take on it.

http://www2.b3ta.com/host/creative/65864/1232288785/mourningmorph.jpg

[Polly D]

Agonised over whether to send him a collage of a dragon that I was very proud of - it never went up on the gallery and was never returned, as warned. Bro and I used to guess the ages of those lucky enough to be displayed in the gallery. Sigh, happy memories.

[Jeremy]

I used to love Chaz and Morph!

[*Bob*]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Dum di dum di dum di dum di dum di dum dum dum. I

> loved the that programme as a kid and the theme

> tune too, which is I so hummable.

Coincidentally I'm 'covering' this track in various styles for some dubious commercials this week.

Not sure how the 'Rock' and 'RnB' versions are going to pan out though, hmmm...

[giggirl]

Nice tribute here

http://www.b3ta.com/challenge/tonyhart/

[SteveT]

Thankyou for that giggirl.