[eddie1960]

Ken Russel (man of many insane but generally good films) Passed away yhte otehr day. The BBC doesn't want to show his funeral. Fianlly this is a funeral i wouldn't mind attending. outlandish as all his life

The Daily Mash - Ken Russell funeral banned by the BBFC

Starting with a three-day Roman orgy around his open casket, in which he will be dressed as the god Bacchus, Russell then asked for his coffin to be paraded through the streets in a *****-shaped carriage towed by eight midgets dressed as Hitler.

Funeral censor Roy Hobbs said: "Apart from anything else I'm not sure the family are going to find a vicar who is willing to have their church decked out like an inquisition torture chamber.

"So the fact that Barry Humphries has agreed to star as a transvestite altar boy is neither here nor there."

Hopes are high that Russell will get the controversial burial he created and Mark Kermode has already asked the BBC to commission a six-part series on the funeral.

BTW the **** is a P*nis shaped Coffin, shades of Litzomania

[RioRico]

Russell's family say he died peacefully at home, shouting instructions to his doctor through a megaphone.

A spokesman said: "The funeral is already way over budget and we may need to look to foreign investors if we want to include the 250-foot exploding crucifix."

Pure honey.

[eddie1960]

Isn't it though, the man was a true original

[RioRico]

Isn't it though, the man was a true original

Not to spoil the fun, but altho Mr Russell *did* die, this article is from the UK equivalent of The Onion. But I can almost believe the megaphone bit.

[Lloydy]

You could never accuse him of being boring.