Author: Eric Morecambe
Publisher: Orion
ISBN: 9780297859260
Category : Comedians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A reissue of the 1977 original, a scrapbook compendium packed with laughs and jokes, games, snaps and comic strips, stories and spoofs, and even a centerfold--not necessarily in that order. Lots of sunshine, and plenty for a rainy day too. Everything, in fact, that you would expect from Britain's best loved comic duo. They've still got it, you know.
Morecambe and Wise
Author: Gary Morecambe
Publisher: Robson Books Limited
ISBN: 9781861054623
Category : Comedians
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
This book tells the story of Morecambe and Wise, how they charmed the nation with a genius for wit.
Publisher: Robson Books Limited
ISBN: 9781861054623
Category : Comedians
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
This book tells the story of Morecambe and Wise, how they charmed the nation with a genius for wit.
Eddie Braben’s Morecambe and Wise Book
Author: Eddie Braben
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448142024
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
With a brand new introduction by Eddie Braben and including never-before-seen material Morecambe and Wise charmed a nation for decades and at their height commanded TV audiences that could only be matched by the moon landings and the 1966 World Cup final. Often called the third member of Morecambe and Wise, the late Eddie Braben was the quiet genius behind their best-loved jokes. Here, collected together for the first time, is a celebration of the finest repartee Braben ever penned for them - the banter between Eric and Little Ern, lines from those horrendous plays what Ernie wrote, and the unforgettable celebrity encounters with such names as Glenda Jackson, Andre Previn and, of course, Des O'Connor. The perfect Christmas stocking-filler for Eric and Ernie fans young and old. Ernie: Can you remember the first words you spoke in the theatre? Eric: I'll never forget them. How could I? 'This way, please! Programmes!...' After a couple of months came my big break. That great Shakespearian actor and dance band leader, Sir Lawrence Olivier came to the theatre. Ernie: What happened? Eric: He came up to me. My heart stopped. He said, ' Young man, have you read any of Shakespeare's plays?' Ernie: What did you say? Eric: I said, 'Only two of them.' He said, 'Which ones?' I said, 'Romeo and Juliet.' So he put me in his next play. Ernie: What was it about? Eric: It was about thirty minutes too long.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448142024
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
With a brand new introduction by Eddie Braben and including never-before-seen material Morecambe and Wise charmed a nation for decades and at their height commanded TV audiences that could only be matched by the moon landings and the 1966 World Cup final. Often called the third member of Morecambe and Wise, the late Eddie Braben was the quiet genius behind their best-loved jokes. Here, collected together for the first time, is a celebration of the finest repartee Braben ever penned for them - the banter between Eric and Little Ern, lines from those horrendous plays what Ernie wrote, and the unforgettable celebrity encounters with such names as Glenda Jackson, Andre Previn and, of course, Des O'Connor. The perfect Christmas stocking-filler for Eric and Ernie fans young and old. Ernie: Can you remember the first words you spoke in the theatre? Eric: I'll never forget them. How could I? 'This way, please! Programmes!...' After a couple of months came my big break. That great Shakespearian actor and dance band leader, Sir Lawrence Olivier came to the theatre. Ernie: What happened? Eric: He came up to me. My heart stopped. He said, ' Young man, have you read any of Shakespeare's plays?' Ernie: What did you say? Eric: I said, 'Only two of them.' He said, 'Which ones?' I said, 'Romeo and Juliet.' So he put me in his next play. Ernie: What was it about? Eric: It was about thirty minutes too long.
Sunshine and Laughter
Author: Louis Barfe
Publisher: Apollo
ISBN: 9781838933388
Category : Comedians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The unique story of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise - British television's most iconic double act. 'A warm and sympathetic portrait of two pals who conquered the world simply by radiating hilarious friendship' Sunday Times 'Barfe lifts the lid on the lives of TV's most iconic double act... and gets to the heart of what made them so loved by a nation' Sunday Post 'Set to be the definitive account of the television age's funniest pair' New European 'Colour about the characters of [Morecambe and Wise] is mixed with Barfe's usual forensic research' Chortle The Morecambe and Wise Show was the crème de la crème of TV light entertainment from the late 1960s until the early 1980s. The hardy perennial comedy duo at its heart had even greater longevity, spanning five decades and becoming a national institution whose shows drew audiences in excess of twenty million. They also loved each other like brothers, and the audience repaid that love; they were the nation's best friends. In Sunshine and Laughter, Louis Barfe tells the touching story of Morecambe and Wise, and explores how it is that thirty-seven years after their last television show, the tall handsome one with glasses and the one with the short, fat, hairy legs continue to work their unique brand of comedy magic.
Publisher: Apollo
ISBN: 9781838933388
Category : Comedians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The unique story of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise - British television's most iconic double act. 'A warm and sympathetic portrait of two pals who conquered the world simply by radiating hilarious friendship' Sunday Times 'Barfe lifts the lid on the lives of TV's most iconic double act... and gets to the heart of what made them so loved by a nation' Sunday Post 'Set to be the definitive account of the television age's funniest pair' New European 'Colour about the characters of [Morecambe and Wise] is mixed with Barfe's usual forensic research' Chortle The Morecambe and Wise Show was the crème de la crème of TV light entertainment from the late 1960s until the early 1980s. The hardy perennial comedy duo at its heart had even greater longevity, spanning five decades and becoming a national institution whose shows drew audiences in excess of twenty million. They also loved each other like brothers, and the audience repaid that love; they were the nation's best friends. In Sunshine and Laughter, Louis Barfe tells the touching story of Morecambe and Wise, and explores how it is that thirty-seven years after their last television show, the tall handsome one with glasses and the one with the short, fat, hairy legs continue to work their unique brand of comedy magic.
Morecambe and Wise
Author: Eric Morecambe
Publisher: Ebury Press
ISBN: 9780091894559
Category : English wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Morecambe and Wise, comedy legends in Britain, charmed a nation for decades. Here, collected together for the first time is a celebration of their finest repartee—the banter between Eric and Little Ern, lines from those horrendous plays that Ernie wrote, the wonderful sketches and jokes penned by the likes of Eddie Braben and Fred Metcalfe, and the unforgettable celebrity encounters with such names as Glenda Jackson, Andre Previn and, of course, Des O'Connor.
Publisher: Ebury Press
ISBN: 9780091894559
Category : English wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Morecambe and Wise, comedy legends in Britain, charmed a nation for decades. Here, collected together for the first time is a celebration of their finest repartee—the banter between Eric and Little Ern, lines from those horrendous plays that Ernie wrote, the wonderful sketches and jokes penned by the likes of Eddie Braben and Fred Metcalfe, and the unforgettable celebrity encounters with such names as Glenda Jackson, Andre Previn and, of course, Des O'Connor.
Morecambe and Wise
Author: Graham McCann
Publisher: Fourth Estate
ISBN: 9781857029116
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Graham McCann has created an intricate portrait of Eric Morcambe and Ernie Wise, possibly the most famous Bristish comedy double-act of all time. This book charts the progress of the duo from a conventional working class music hall act to a mass-audience television team to a national institution. Morecambe and Wise were a double act continually changing the dynamics of their relationship to reflect their influences and their times. Their shows were like nostalgic reflections on a century of popular entertainment, an entertainment that was inclusive to a wide audience and paid homage to the past. McCann's study is also an investigation in the background of mass audience entertainment from which Morecambe and Wise rose. This is the definitive biography of one of the most-loved double acts ever, as well as a history of their times.
Publisher: Fourth Estate
ISBN: 9781857029116
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Graham McCann has created an intricate portrait of Eric Morcambe and Ernie Wise, possibly the most famous Bristish comedy double-act of all time. This book charts the progress of the duo from a conventional working class music hall act to a mass-audience television team to a national institution. Morecambe and Wise were a double act continually changing the dynamics of their relationship to reflect their influences and their times. Their shows were like nostalgic reflections on a century of popular entertainment, an entertainment that was inclusive to a wide audience and paid homage to the past. McCann's study is also an investigation in the background of mass audience entertainment from which Morecambe and Wise rose. This is the definitive biography of one of the most-loved double acts ever, as well as a history of their times.
Morecambe and Wise Treasures
Author: Gary Morecambe
Publisher: Carlton Books
ISBN: 9781780973982
Category : Comedians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For more than 40 years, Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise epitomized the best of British comedy. Beginning their iconic partnership in 1941, they graced stages all over the UK, and moved from radio to TV screen, where they became a staple for family audiences with their famous star-studded Christmas shows, garnering viewing figures as high as 23 million. Many of their routines and sketches are now ingrained on the British memory--from dance routines with the likes of Angela Rippon and Shirley Bassey, to ironic moments in the "plays what Ernie wrote" that featured the likes of Vanessa Redgrave, Penelope Keith, and Peter Cushing, and celebrated encounters with great performers from all corners of the arts, such as Andre Previn. The term "comic genius" can be overused, but never when describing these two. Morecambe & Wise left a legacy that has influenced successive generations from Ben Elton to Miranda Hart, and this delightful book brings their story to life through the inclusion of 20 facsimile documents, many of which have never been seen before.
Publisher: Carlton Books
ISBN: 9781780973982
Category : Comedians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For more than 40 years, Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise epitomized the best of British comedy. Beginning their iconic partnership in 1941, they graced stages all over the UK, and moved from radio to TV screen, where they became a staple for family audiences with their famous star-studded Christmas shows, garnering viewing figures as high as 23 million. Many of their routines and sketches are now ingrained on the British memory--from dance routines with the likes of Angela Rippon and Shirley Bassey, to ironic moments in the "plays what Ernie wrote" that featured the likes of Vanessa Redgrave, Penelope Keith, and Peter Cushing, and celebrated encounters with great performers from all corners of the arts, such as Andre Previn. The term "comic genius" can be overused, but never when describing these two. Morecambe & Wise left a legacy that has influenced successive generations from Ben Elton to Miranda Hart, and this delightful book brings their story to life through the inclusion of 20 facsimile documents, many of which have never been seen before.
Overpaid, Oversexed and Over There
Author: David Hepworth
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473573408
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The Beatles landing in New York in February 1964 was the opening shot in a cultural revolution nobody predicted. Suddenly the youth of the richest, most powerful nation on earth was trying to emulate the music, manners and the modes of a rainy island that had recently fallen on hard times. The resulting fusion of American can-do and British fuck-you didn’t just lead to rock and roll’s most resonant music. It ushered in a golden era when a generation of kids born in ration card Britain, who had grown up with their nose pressed against the window of America’s plenty, were invited to wallow in their big neighbour’s largesse. It deals with a time when everything that was being done - from the Beatles playing Shea Stadium to the Rolling Stones at Altamont, from the Who performing their rock opera at the Metropolitan Opera House to David Bowie touching down in the USA for the first time with a couple of gowns in his luggage - was being done for the very first time. Rock and roll would never be quite so exciting again.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473573408
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The Beatles landing in New York in February 1964 was the opening shot in a cultural revolution nobody predicted. Suddenly the youth of the richest, most powerful nation on earth was trying to emulate the music, manners and the modes of a rainy island that had recently fallen on hard times. The resulting fusion of American can-do and British fuck-you didn’t just lead to rock and roll’s most resonant music. It ushered in a golden era when a generation of kids born in ration card Britain, who had grown up with their nose pressed against the window of America’s plenty, were invited to wallow in their big neighbour’s largesse. It deals with a time when everything that was being done - from the Beatles playing Shea Stadium to the Rolling Stones at Altamont, from the Who performing their rock opera at the Metropolitan Opera House to David Bowie touching down in the USA for the first time with a couple of gowns in his luggage - was being done for the very first time. Rock and roll would never be quite so exciting again.
Eric Morecambe Lost and Found
Author: Gary Morecambe
Publisher: Robson Press
ISBN: 9781849543361
Category : Comedians
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Lost and Found could very easily have been called the unpublished Eric Morecambe, collating as it does the very best of this British comedy great but also a plethora of neverbefore- seen material. Pulled together from a variety of dusty archives and private homes across the UK, this material includes notebooks, sketches, skits, musings, interviews and rare photographs of the comic genius that no one ever knew existed. The book also features memories and anecdotes from those who were close to and worked with the great Eric over the years. Twenty-eight years after his death, the nation still mourns and misses the 'one with the glasses'. In Lost and Found Eric's son, Gary Morecambe, gives the British public the opportunity to view a host of these hidden interview transcriptions and photos firsthand, and a rare insight into the man behind the legend.
Publisher: Robson Press
ISBN: 9781849543361
Category : Comedians
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Lost and Found could very easily have been called the unpublished Eric Morecambe, collating as it does the very best of this British comedy great but also a plethora of neverbefore- seen material. Pulled together from a variety of dusty archives and private homes across the UK, this material includes notebooks, sketches, skits, musings, interviews and rare photographs of the comic genius that no one ever knew existed. The book also features memories and anecdotes from those who were close to and worked with the great Eric over the years. Twenty-eight years after his death, the nation still mourns and misses the 'one with the glasses'. In Lost and Found Eric's son, Gary Morecambe, gives the British public the opportunity to view a host of these hidden interview transcriptions and photos firsthand, and a rare insight into the man behind the legend.
The Best of Morecambe & Wise
Author: Eddie Braben
Publisher: Virgin Books Limited
ISBN: 9781852278359
Category : English wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
This is a selection of some of the most humorous Morecambe & Wise scripts which feature people such as Vanessa Redgrave, John Mills, Cliff Richard, and the famous Antony and Cleopatra sketch with Glenda Jackson. Eddie Braben has also included an introduction to each sketch.
Publisher: Virgin Books Limited
ISBN: 9781852278359
Category : English wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
This is a selection of some of the most humorous Morecambe & Wise scripts which feature people such as Vanessa Redgrave, John Mills, Cliff Richard, and the famous Antony and Cleopatra sketch with Glenda Jackson. Eddie Braben has also included an introduction to each sketch.
Little Ern: The Authorised Biography of Ernie Wise
Author: Robert Sellers
Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson Limited
ISBN: 9780283072116
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An entertaining, funny and poignant biography of this much-loved star.
Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson Limited
ISBN: 9780283072116
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An entertaining, funny and poignant biography of this much-loved star.