Eric Morecambe
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John Eric Bartholomew
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Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
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May 14 1926 – May 28 1984 age 58
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Ernie Wise
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Ernest Wiseman
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Bramley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
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Nov 27 1925 – Mar 21 1999 age 73
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This LP on the Philips label
is was released in 1971 and features songs made famous by another great
comedy duo Flanagan and Allen.
"The theatrical/TV impresario Bernard Delfont gave Morecambe and Wise their own ITV show after the pair appeared frequently on the small-screen in 1960, notching up 12 spots on Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium. Now the same network pitched them into a show of their own, teaming the comedians with another double-act, the writers Sid Green and Dick Hills. Sid and Dick, as they soon became known to the nation, also ventured out from behind-the-scenes to feature in front of the cameras with the comics.
The first ATV series - broadcast live each week from the Wood Green Empire in north London - was so successful that a second run was commissioned and given a Saturday primetime slot; from here on, after seven years of irregular TV appearances, Morecambe and Wise were firmly established as stars of the medium and Britain's best comedy double-act. Catchphrases soon developed, with Eric as the wag and Ernie the butt of all jokes: Morecambe would grab Wise by the throat and remark 'Get out of that!'; Morecambe would claim that Wise possessed 'short fat hairy legs'; the two comics, with their scriptwriters, sang a catchy comedy song that attained national fame, 'Boom Oo Yatta Ta Ta'; and every program ended with the first line - but never more - of the age-old dirty joke 'There were these two old men sitting in deckchairs...'.
As a result of these marvelous ITV shows, Morecambe and Wise branched out into the cinema with three starring feature films, The Intelligence Men, That Riviera Touch and The Magnificent Two, released in 1964, 1966 and 1967 respectively." Source: Boot Sale Sounds
"The theatrical/TV impresario Bernard Delfont gave Morecambe and Wise their own ITV show after the pair appeared frequently on the small-screen in 1960, notching up 12 spots on Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium. Now the same network pitched them into a show of their own, teaming the comedians with another double-act, the writers Sid Green and Dick Hills. Sid and Dick, as they soon became known to the nation, also ventured out from behind-the-scenes to feature in front of the cameras with the comics.
The first ATV series - broadcast live each week from the Wood Green Empire in north London - was so successful that a second run was commissioned and given a Saturday primetime slot; from here on, after seven years of irregular TV appearances, Morecambe and Wise were firmly established as stars of the medium and Britain's best comedy double-act. Catchphrases soon developed, with Eric as the wag and Ernie the butt of all jokes: Morecambe would grab Wise by the throat and remark 'Get out of that!'; Morecambe would claim that Wise possessed 'short fat hairy legs'; the two comics, with their scriptwriters, sang a catchy comedy song that attained national fame, 'Boom Oo Yatta Ta Ta'; and every program ended with the first line - but never more - of the age-old dirty joke 'There were these two old men sitting in deckchairs...'.
As a result of these marvelous ITV shows, Morecambe and Wise branched out into the cinema with three starring feature films, The Intelligence Men, That Riviera Touch and The Magnificent Two, released in 1964, 1966 and 1967 respectively." Source: Boot Sale Sounds
| 01 Underneath The Arches 02 Run Rabbit Run 03 Umbrella Man 04 Are You Havin' Any Fun 05 Strollin' 06 A Shanty In Old Shanty Town 07 Down And Out Blues 08 Nice People 09 Hometown 10 Dreaming 11 Can't We Meet Again 12 Where The Arches Used To Be |  |  |
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Philips 6382095
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Novelty
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