an early success was a novelty song which went to number one. ..in finland. # it looks like a purple people eater to me.# there was a comedy panel show on itv. good evening, ladies and gentlemen, welcome tojokers wild, a game in which some of the country s top comedians match wits to see who, if anybody, knows all the jokes. and hello cheeky on tv and radio. he wrote for almost every leading comic, from frankie howerd to spike milligan, dick emery to kenny everett, the two ronnies to mike yarwood. when morecambe and wise switched from the bbc to itv, he and john junkin wrote their scripts. we ve been so looking forward to working with you! come this way. it s just the same here - as what they are at the bbc. denis norden always says there s a sitter and a pacer, there s someone typing and someone walking about. and i would sit there scribbling or typing,
the two ronnies to mike yarwood. when morecambe and wise switched from the bbc to itv, he and john junkin wrote their scripts. we ve been so looking forward to working with you! come this way. it s just the same here - as what they are at the bbc. denis norden always says there s a sitter and a pacer, there s someone typing and someone walking about. and i would sit there scribbling or typing, and john would walk around, waggling his glasses. what a lovely audience! where are they? oh, there they are. yes never mind, they ll do. i saw them arriving on the coaches. did you really? yeah, with their blankets over their heads. - # my short term memory s shot to pieces # and i ll tell you something else # my short term memory s shot to pieces.# he was still performing well into his 80s. a man whose trade was quite simply making people laugh. # ha ha ha.# applause
down in london, he wrote gags for the drag artist, danny la rue, as well as performing himself. an early success was a novelty song which went to number one. ..in finland. # it looks like a purple people eater to me.# there was a comedy panel show on itv. good evening, ladies and gentlemen, welcome tojokers wild, a game in which some of the country s top comedians match wits to see who, if anybody, knows all the jokes. and hello cheeky on tv and radio. he wrote for almost every leading comic, from frankie howerd to spike milligan, dick emery to kenny everett, the two ronnies to mike yarwood. when morecambe and wise switched from the bbc to itv, he and john junkin wrote their scripts. we ve been so looking forward to working with you! come this way.