Roy Hudd recites the monologue made famous by Stanley Holloway accompanied by Andrew Vinter on the piano, from a special televised edition of "Friday Night is Music Night."
I'm SO glad this popped up on my suggestions. The News Huddlines on Radio 2 was always a favourite programme of mine years ago. Roy Hudd was wonderful. And it's not long ago we spoke of Stanley Holloway's "The Lion and Albert" rendition and much hilarity ensued. My Grandson Albert is still a little alarmed by the ditty. He's only 4 years old though (2023).
We would never miss the 'News Hudlines' back in the days of 'wireless'.........(no kids that not something a phone has...) We used to tune in on our 'radiogram'....who remembers those? He is a credit to the late Stanley Holloway! Eeeeee I am vexed they are both now gone.............
! Gosh,it seems so often used in the UK that I've never thought about it! But it didn't come up easily in Google. Right's right said when something has happened that should not have happened,,, or isn't fair will be from "Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it." William Penn www.brainyquote.com/quotes/william_penn_169609#:~:text=William%20Penn%20Quotes&text=Right%20is%20right%2C%20even%20if%20everyone%20is%20against%20it%2C%20and,if%20everyone%20is%20for%20it. (i don't know if that is genuine or the earliest use, but it is what Google came up with) young feller is young man www.dictionary.com/browse/feller#:~:text=Feller%20is%20a%20very%20informal,for%20a%20man%20or%20boy.
You're quite right, the original is "pushed". But the folk process by which these monologues are learned does lead to small variations. And when I learned this sixty years ago I confess to using "poked".
Actually Mr Hudd - the amazingly talented and all-round nice guy - knew many, many gems like this. However he obviously wanted to make sure his performance went off without a hitch - bearing in mind his age. I think you'll find that even people like Sinatra et al used an autocue at most performances when singing songs they'd known for years. Shame on you John Sharples - are you perfect?
