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#16 Post by HowardQ » Wed Oct 06, 2010 12:28 pm

I could argue with that statement.

But too much of a gentleman to disagree with a lady!


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#17 Post by mangocrazy » Wed Oct 06, 2010 5:53 pm

I found his humour a bit wearing after a while, and nearly ran into him on the Isle of Man about 20 years ago when he pulled out of a side road into the path of my bike. I was just about to give him some of my best words when I realised it was Norman Wisdom. He had the good grace to look very sheepish (and not a little gaga if truth be told).
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#18 Post by Samray » Wed Oct 06, 2010 8:54 pm

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In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.
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#19 Post by D-Rider » Wed Oct 06, 2010 11:20 pm

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Panto season?


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#20 Post by Nooj » Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:16 pm

Wouldn't say it's an age or fashion thing, I still like Laural and Hardey and the Three Stooges (but get bored by Buster Keaton). I don't really like Lee Evens either, though I did think he was very good in The Producers stage show.
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#21 Post by furygan man » Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:31 am

Top post!

I went to see him as a kid at Margate Lido in the 70's, he was such a funny bloke

I heartly recomend his autobiography, what that guy went through in his early days isn't know by a lot of people, but a really funny/sad read

Yes his films weren't always end to end comedy as he wasn't an out and out comedian it was entertainment, it's all subjective and he was different, a musician, singer, broadway actor and top boxer in the army. Different kettle of fish to the others, if you'd have seen him live you would have experienced a different act to the films.

When Laurel and Hardy came over to the UK they made a specific request to see his act

...for the record i'm 43

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