Look at what you could have won

I like Jim Bowen as much as the next person so when my friend and confidant, Jennie Law, during a conversation about Jim, sent me a link to a CNN news story I was intrigued:

Apparent 6th severed foot found in British Columbia

What appears to be a separated human foot inside a shoe -- possibly the sixth discovered in Canada's British Columbia in the past 15 months -- has been found on a riverbank, Royal Canadian Mounted Police revealed on Wednesday.
The shoe -- a left New Balance running shoe -- was found about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday on the south arm of the Fraser River by a Richmond, British Columbia, couple, police said.
It was turned over to the British Columbia Coroners Service for examination and DNA testing, authorities said.
Before Tuesday, five feet -- all inside running shoes -- had washed ashore in southern British Columbia since August 2007. One of them, a right New Balance shoe, was found May 22 on Kirkland Island. That foot was determined to belong to a female, authorities said.
Authorities are investigating multiple possibilities on the origin of the feet, including foul play. Royal Canadian Mounted Police have released photos of the shoes, hoping someone can help identify the remains.

Jennie, brilliantly and surprisingly, added at the end of her mail:

“sincerely hope ole' Jim Bowen has not been acting up in Canada”

Frankly, I would be astounded if Jim was behind these acts.

It would certainly take the shine of the Bulls-eye re-runs:
If Central Televisions’ Bulls-Eye was his high point in the entertainment business for Jim, it is a pity but surely for many people when he tortured, killed and severed the feet of those 6 innocents in Canada he reached more than just a personal low. Only caught because he stuffed a bendy Bully in their mouths as macabre calling card – his one mistake in his perfect crime.

History would not judge him like my Gran who would have still thought more of his entire portfolio of work and, on balance, probably have seen the positives outweighing the negatives.