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Post by paul carney on Sept 7, 2016 6:46:09 GMT
Hi William. I guess that is true ,the same goes for Arthur Haynes,Harry Worth and to an extent Dick Emery. The BBC did a very good programme on Dick Emery a few years ago probably because much of his work still exists in the archives and I know that the Arthur Haynes show is now available on DVD . But as you say I think very few people under 60 would have a clue who he was and how popular he was at one time.His show was prime time viewing in the day.Alas very little of Dickie Henderson's TV appearances seem to survive ,or at least be easily accessible.
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Post by Peter Stirling on Sept 7, 2016 6:46:27 GMT
William did Ulster TV air Francie and Josie?
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Post by williammcgregor on Sept 7, 2016 8:11:57 GMT
William did Ulster TV air Francie and Josie? Hi Peter, Yes, Ulster TV did screen Francie & Josie. Please see Ken Griffins' postings on page 3 of this thread. |
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Post by Dale Rumbold on Sept 7, 2016 8:41:43 GMT
My abiding memory of Dickie Henderson (apart from being yet another performer my mum couldn't stand because he was "a little man with a big head"), was his ability to fall over backwards, straight-legged, all the way down to the floor without putting his hands out to break his fall : I found that very impressive! I'd have been around 10 when I saw him do that (am now 57).
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Post by Richard Marple on Sept 7, 2016 12:42:01 GMT
Hi William. I guess that is true ,the same goes for Arthur Haynes,Harry Worth and to an extent Dick Emery. The BBC did a very good programme on Dick Emery a few years ago probably because much of his work still exists in the archives and I know that the Arthur Haynes show is now available on DVD . But as you say I think very few people under 60 would have a clue who he was and how popular he was at one time.His show was prime time viewing in the day.Alas very little of Dickie Henderson's TV appearances seem to survive ,or at least be easily accessible. I was going to mention Arthur Haynes but you beat me to it. My Dad was a fan of his in the 1960s, & was very shocked when he died suddenly. At least Dick Emery has "Oh, you are awful!" & other memorable few characters. Some people still call that trick with a mirror making you look like you are doing the splits in mid air a Harry Worth, even when they don't know who he is! |
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Post by paul carney on Sept 7, 2016 14:40:34 GMT
Hi Richard. I had forgotten that Arthur Haynes died suddenly of a heart attack aged only 52 in 1966...he always looked older than that. I have watched material from his shows on You Tube and frankly they don't seem that funny to me,but he was certainly a big star in the day. Harry Worth always played the bumbling well meaning idiot and I remember my dad roaring with laughter at him...I was less impressed having by then discovered the likes of Do Not Adjust Your Set and At Last the 1948 Show (much more grown up!). But dear old Harry will always be remembered for the shop window trick..... youtu.be/f189hOfyYSY |
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Post by williammcgregor on Sept 7, 2016 16:43:25 GMT
Did any of you guys (or girls) ever hear of Francie and Josie until I started this thread? If so how had you heard of them?
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Post by paul carney on Sept 7, 2016 17:32:54 GMT
Hi William. No never heard of the programme until you brought it up ,though Rikki Fulton was a familiar face to me from many other programmes. The main Scottish programme I remember from this era was The Tales of Para Handy ,which was very funny.
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Post by tombeveridge on Sept 8, 2016 2:19:21 GMT
Did any of you guys (or girls) ever hear of Francie and Josie until I started this thread? If so how had you heard of them? Grew up with them (and the One O'Clock Gang--Larry Marshall, Charlie Sim, Dorothy Paul). We were very much a "BBC" and East of Scotland household, but there was always space for Francie and Josie's Glaswegian humour. We used to imitate Josie's (Rikki's) stiff-legged walk at school and attempt to mimic the lines like "hullo rerr, china!" much to the dismay of the teachers. |
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Post by williammcgregor on Sept 8, 2016 7:24:20 GMT
Thanks for the memories Tom. I too come from the East of Scotland (The Craigentinny district in Edinburgh,in fact) like you I always found time for Glaswegian humour. Their stiff-legged walk was very funny, a bit like a strutting Peacock in my opinion. I think the principal aim of the walk was to attract the ("burds")? (sic) I also used to love when Francie used to say (sure Josie, sure Josie) I can just see most of the forum scratching their heads saying what is he talking about?  |
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Post by Peter Stirling on Sept 8, 2016 7:32:58 GMT
William did Ulster TV air Francie and Josie? Hi Peter, Yes, Ulster TV did screen Francie & Josie. Please see Ken Griffins' postings on page 3 of this thread. Hi William I read the page and it's interesting that Anglia did a few screenings. Anglia TV at the time had no network landlines to anywhere else, except perhaps Rediffusion and ATV London?. So the films or tapes would have had to be physically delivered to Anglia - Anglia also had a good reputation for keeping it's archive. |
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Post by williammcgregor on Sept 8, 2016 7:42:54 GMT
This is good news Peter! possibly Anglia (or Ulster TV) still have footage of Francie & Josie gathering dust in their archive? do you have the address for getting in touch with Anglia?
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Post by paul carney on Sept 8, 2016 8:21:40 GMT
Given that so many contributors to this forum have such happy memories of Francie and Josie it does seem like the ultimate in cultural vandalism for ALL of the tapes to have been wiped.....
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Post by tombeveridge on Sept 8, 2016 10:34:02 GMT
Given that so many contributors to this forum have such happy memories of Francie and Josie it does seem like the ultimate in cultural vandalism for ALL of the tapes to have been wiped..... Paul, In this case, it has to be a verdict of "Not Guilty." STV's entire archive was destroyed by fire, not wiping. If on tape, the programs might have been wiped but, until we know otherwise, I think we should assume it was accidental. |
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Post by paul carney on Sept 8, 2016 11:06:04 GMT
Hi Tom I had looked back on previous pages of this topic and some contributors appear to be sceptical about the loss due to fire? But I accept that no-one is entirely sure what happened. I know nothing about this programme and whether it was originally broadcast on tape. Usually in this era tapes were wiped and film telerecordings were made if the programmes were popular .So if film copies were made it seems remarkable that not one has surfaced over the years?
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