Wow. He must have been good. His book Mr Lonely, about a stand-up comedian, goes for $66 USD (used) on amazon.com! But that's probably only 1 or 2 pounds to you, with the current exchange rate ...!
And btw it was a burden. The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show in Britain in the 70s would attract viewing figures that suggested that well over half the nation were watching.
The pressure to succeed was enormous and probably killed him in the end.
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The great Eric Morecambe answered the phone to one of his teenage daughter's boyfriends once.
EM: Hello?
TDB: Hello, can I speak to July?
EM: Oh! I'm affraid not. We're not on the phone.
TDB: Errmmm.... Ok then. Thanks.
EM: Goodbye
TDB: Bye.
It must have been a burden to always be addressed as The great Eric Morecambe. :-)
Wow. He must have been good. His book Mr Lonely, about a stand-up comedian, goes for $66 USD (used) on amazon.com! But that's probably only 1 or 2 pounds to you, with the current exchange rate ...!
He was good. He was as good as Stan Laurel. THAT good.
And btw it was a burden. The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show in Britain in the 70s would attract viewing figures that suggested that well over half the nation were watching.
The pressure to succeed was enormous and probably killed him in the end.
I only know of M&W because the Beatles appeared on their show. Their participation had to help ratings.
Wow, what and awkward pair of sentences. I must need more coffee. I hope y'all can parse which 'their' is who.
:)
Anybody who was anybody in the 70s appeared on the M&W show. Andre Previn is probably the most famous example.
Can you imagine Michael Tippet or one of them turning up on the Simpsons?
Michael who?
Exactly.
It's alright to hang up on telemarketers though.
No it isn't. You should just say "hang on... I've got something on the stove..." put the phone down on the desk and then go out for the evening.
put the phone down on the desk and then go out for the evening
If that's a mobile, the overtime 'air minutes' will hurt you bad.