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Post by bhk on Mar 31, 2018 3:08:32 GMT -5
Just browsing something on YT and one thing led to another and I came up with this gem.................
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Post by nige on Mar 31, 2018 15:48:24 GMT -5
Well - Golly!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2018 2:16:33 GMT -5
Bloody good that! Missed it the first time around. Now that's what I call entertainment. What year was that from?
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Post by bhk on May 1, 2018 2:23:19 GMT -5
.....What year was that from? Not sure, Roger. It was Des O'Connor doing the hosting...whatever year that was. |
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2018 3:23:53 GMT -5
Bruce, a quick google said it was the Royal Variety Performance in 2009. The ventriloquist apparently was an ex-kids TV show performer who was clearly very clever and talented but then seemed to just disappear into oblivion.
Apparently Des recently went on stage live with Jimmy Tarbuck but at 85 is sadly now in poor health and is a shadow of his former self.
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Post by bhk on May 1, 2018 16:20:07 GMT -5
Bruce, a quick google said it was the Royal Variety Performance in 2009. The ventriloquist apparently was an ex-kids TV show performer who was clearly very clever and talented but then seemed to just disappear into oblivion. Yeah....I did a quick Google myself after posting.  Apparently the bloke wasn't really a "ventriloquist" in the true sense - he sported that stick-on bushy moustache to cover the fact that his lips moved! He retired from the business many years ago, it seems. ....Des recently went on stage live with Jimmy Tarbuck but at 85 is sadly now in poor health and is a shadow of his former self. Gee.....age has a way of sneaking up on us all. I recall watching the Des O'Connor Show here in Oz way back. It was always popular. One thing I miss most from television is the variety show genre. The rubbish that passes for entertainment these days is the TV equivalent of rotting meat, in my opinion. |
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