I still have a copy of this documentary,its a wonderful thing to have.I often show it to friends who cant believe it.These people ALL had a good time ,no one was hurt or upset--just a bunch of PC liberals who would have it all stopped--and for what--its great stuff
If I owned that Pub and Jarrow & Co were pulling me in £20k a week, I would make sure they were well looked after, I would have paid their council rent arrears for them and Helped them. Fast forward 5-10 years after this aired and Simon Cowell was doing the same thing just to a wider audience. Wheeling out people with problems, for audiences to laugh at. It amazes Me that Gino who is ill helps Clive out, cooking and washing for him. Where were the social services ?
Horrifically sad, embarrassing and damning period of so called 'entertainment' in the area at the time. I'm ashamed to say I went to see the show in Hebburn not knowing what to expect and genuinely felt sorry for the acts. Later I was at a function at another venue in South Tyneside and Jarrow Elvis was one of the acts. He was heckled and abused all night by sections of the audience. Some started throwing beer mats at him which was bad enough but then it ended up with beer trays flying through the air and eventually he had to leave the stage after a few struck him in the head and face.
Fuck all wrong with the Jarra El show. Had some blindin neets in the Vic Park watching them. Saw Jarra El last week, he's still kickin aboot....the man's a living legend.
Anyone know if they are still around? Junior Elvis, Paul Mullen and his sister Liz were my best friends growing up but when I moved to a different country we lost touch and when I got back they had moved. I still think about them all these years later
This sounds like a number of bands I was in. LOL Poor sick bastard....he really should be in care...on the other hand, it sure sounds like he's having fun.
So they played there for years responsible for bar takings of between £15-20,000 a week so that's a Million a year and they got paid in beer tokens and meals shocking! "In my eyes they are professional entertainers." but hey the backing band would have bene paid a decent wage so why not the rest of them?!