David Gedge / The Wedding Present must surely have been influenced by George’s’ musical style. i wasn’t born until 4 years after he left but as far as entertainers go from what’s been revealed in the 60 years since his passing, George was a pretty genuine bloke & in spite of being a tightwad stayed true to his roots.
I understand this is his last filmed performance - charming man - I believe he loved his wife Beryl and she loved him - she has received something of a bad press - but without her, we may never have heard of George and she did look out for him and they appeared to be happy; What more can you ask?
Many thoughts for George Formby, his is my favorite British accent of all time 🇬🇧❤ Also feel sad that he apologizes for not doing well in school, because he had a learning disability so it clearly wasn't his fault. Very cruel of his father to send him away as a child just to make money off him...But karma caught up, and gave little George the break he worked so hard for eventually. I'm an American fan and saw some of his movies as a very small child on TV from a local Chicago station. I feel very lucky to have seen them too. No Limit was my favorite one, with the racing motorcycles! I now own over 30 of his music CDs. God bless George, coughing and out of breath, giving us the best show he could in the last months of his life, always brightly smiling. 💖😂😭🌌👼🕉️
My work friend (probably of British ancestry himself) always made fun of British dentition! Here's the thing: Orthodontics are an American affectation. I, personally let my teeth grow in the British Tradition, as George did.
I'm proud to say my ancestry includes the North of England. London poshes tend to denigrate them. But George is an icon. I'm an American with a bunch of forebears, including black and First Nations and Nordic. But my North British is as dear as any!
currently writing an essay about George and British music halls. I'd heard of George before and vaguely knew one of his songs but didn't really know anything more about him and was surprised at how popular he was in his day. Really great doc, learned loads about a really incredible guy. His life and career are so interesting.
@@author7027 Like Max Miller he told jokes which could be taken two ways, a "clean" way and a "dirty" way -also in the songs the last word would be changed ("I've heard the rumours...Girls go out with their (brief pause)..Glasses") obviously the audience would be thinking of a word that rhymes with "rumours"(Bloomers). Innocent now but very offensive to the BBC in the 30s and 40s. George and Max were both famous for their double entendres.
@@alangiles2763 i think that Benny Hill was also destroyed for his bold shows in the end though it was innocent compared to the next generations of shows
I always thought that Pat Howson was always made out to be a villain, Georges family thought that as soon as he remarried they would have to share his money with his wife, after the fiasco with his will the family only got what Pat had offered them when he died, Pat died in 1971 with most of George money still left which went to charity...
my dad was there, ferrying soldiers of off the beach, because he owned a small boat, yep he was a civilian, helping to make weapons, so, he had to push to be allowed to go, he said it helped make up for his 19 year old brother, killed in the first one
