That was Joan Rivers when she wanted be a competitor to the other a.h. So she had to laugh like an idiot all the time.. Never found Kenneth amusing, just a bitter man with personal demons
I was fortunate enough to have seen Peter Cook live at the very 1st Secret Policeman's Ball back in 1979 at Her Majesty's Theater in the Haymarket just off Picadilly, towards the end of June. To be honest, I do not believe that I have enough superlatives which will do justice as to why and how good he really was.
Magic in a sense. Must have inspired Monty P. Fun coming from timing. No setup or punchline. Just the moment, improvisation. Capturing a charachter, making fun of it.
Absolutely fabulous raconteur and truly gifted comic performer Kenneth Williams was - you can see very clearly how much Joan Rivers adored him, I’ve never seen her laugh so much when interviewing a guest- today there are lots of celebrities doing road trip shows- A Kenneth Williams and Joan Rivers road trip show would have been sensational ❤
The Australian Women's Weekly, Sydney, NSW, September 19, 1962; TELEVISION: Minstrel troupe for Australia, THE BEST TV SHOW IN THE WORLD, By BARBARA LAWSON, in London--The B.B.C.'s "Black-and-White Minstrel Show", winner of last year's Golden Rose prize at Montreux for the world's best television show, will tour Australia this year. The show will open at Melbourne's Tivoli Theatre on October 5 on the first leg of an Australian and New Zealand tour. Everything, right down to the last blackened face, will be identical to the prize-winning B.B.C. TV show. The show returns again to British screens in October after a record seven months' run before live audiences at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London. Britain, probably more minstrel-mad than even the Americans, has been humming the same lilting chanties of Carolina, Alabama, and Dixie since the first American minstrels arrived in London some 60-odd years ago. "So when George Mitchell and I produced our first Black-and-White Minstrel Show at the Earl's Court Radio Show five years ago, we went off with a bang from the start," said George Inns, the quietly spoken 50-year-old producer of the show. Inns and choirmaster George Mitchell will fly to Australia a few weeks before the opening in Melbourne with a small specially selected cast of about 14 Australian dancers who can also sing will be chosen to make up the 40-strong team for the show. "We called our minstrels Black and White, because we didn't want to blacken up the girls' pretty faces," George Inns explained. "This has never been done in a minstrel show before, where, of course, all faces are painted black. I think it's basically the secret of our success." There's no doubt about it, the moment those girls come prancing on to the stage, their costumes crisp and colorful, their legs slender and long, a murmur of appreciation comes from the males - and the females - in the audience. But it's the black-faced, loose-limbed men with their deep Southern voices who really bring the house down. The quickfire, lightning speed of the show is due to George Inns' magnificent direction and the army of dressers who can get a dancer-singer in and out of her costume in 2 & 1\4 minutes flat. Chief comedienne on the Australian tour is perky, London-born Penny Nicholls, who has been with "The Black-and-White Minstrel Show", since it first appeared as a stage show. She has headed variety bills at the principal theatres, and has appeared as leading lady with Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers and the Goons, Dickie Henderson, Benny Hill, and other well-known artists. On the trip she'll be accompanied by her husband-manager, Derek Harrison, who is also property master of the show. "He looks after all the toppers and umbrellas . . . you know," said Penny, who, incidentally, is a natural blonde. Even the natural fair-heads in the cast of nine blonde and nine brunette dancers and singers have to have their hair bleached white and bobbed short for the show. Penny's "opposite number" in the show is experienced comedian Bob Andrews, who has already left for Australia with his wife, Ingrid, in the Oriana. "There are two things I want most to do in Australia," Bob told me before he sailed. "First, to see a Test match in Australia, instead of hearing it on radio in the cold, small hours of an English winter's morning. "Second, I want to see, or hear a commentary on, the famous Melbourne Cup, and see for myself if all the buses, trams, and taxi-cabs really DO stop while the race is on." Bob and Ingrid can hardly wait to arrive in Australia to see their sons, David (24) and Graham (21), who emigrated to Perth on their 17th birthdays. "David works in the research and Library department of one of Perth's newspapers, and is studying at the university there," said Bob. "And Graham's a representative for a large car manufacturing firm." If Bob and his wife like Australia they plan to settle there with their sons. The rest of the cast are equally as excited about their visit to Australia. Leading lady of the singers is lovely brunette Jackie Griffiths, and her "leading men" are featured vocalists Eric Whitley, Jeff Hudson, and Harry Currie. A juggling act, "The D'Angolys," two "Pirates," and a twosome who call themselves "The Balkans" complete the 14 artists who will travel to Australia.
She also sang the Billie Holliday song 'Strange Fruit' in response to a 13 year old black boy being lynched that week; they had to light the backdrop so she was in silhouette because she cried all the way through it. Biting satire, this was a brilliant show
Ford could sell cars faster than it could make them in the 1970s waited for ever for new mk4 cortinas the bloke probably wasn't joking they were good cars then. ,look at mess ford are in now with the wet belts
Absolutely timeless and hysterically funny stuff. Saw this back when, it's a ripper to be sure. Thank you 😂😂😂 Warm regards from Lottie, Desiree, Gina and dad, of course, here in paradise at Tuckomnbil via Alstonville and East Ballina 800km north of Sydney ex Maroubra MATE ❤👍🤙
In the movie's epic conclusion, back home in Chicago Brannigan walks into Libertyville or Kronon Lincoln-Mercury and asks about buying himself a new Capri.
