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,
# he s the happiest man in town.# barry cryer seemed a happy fellow too, and a lucky one. i spent my time mainly with people i liked and admired, laughing about something. he d started young, playing shakespeare s falstaff at school in leeds. 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,
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.