WhenI was very young we had a wind-up gramophone with a few 78 records, the only one I remember was "The Laughing Policeman". still laugh myself when I hear it. Now they should issue "The PC policeperson":facepalm:
Just played in on "Youtube" after all these years (and having to shell out £1 for another lousy set of library headphones).
After all these (nearly 50) years I have misheard it all that time; he says "Fick-el as can be" and I always thought it was "Big L"...:facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:
Mine was "Robin Hood", still remember all the original TV characters. A lot of them on the TV show were Yanks. Friar Tuck had a very strange accent for a medieval type. I think it was filmed in the States.
Whats that line when he mentions "big L?" Never understood the following words.
For the young "Big L" was "Wonderful - Radio -Londonnnn"..blame them for bringing Tony Blackburn into show biz.
Met Arthur Brown in the street in Lewes a few years back. God he looks old. Mind you when he did his "Fire" number in Brighton about 10 years ago at a Max Miller fundraising concert, he looked 40 years younger.
Don Partridge did a spot too, miss the old geezer busking in Broad Street Seaford...
Just got a 1962 hit by Pat Boone "Speedy Gonzales", played on a radio show,
The last line is "Hey Conchita, you can get gren stamps with tequila!" To those under about 50, "Gren (Shield) stamps" were issued by shops as an incentive, youy had to stick them in little books then take them along to...