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Morecambe & Wise: The Search for the Coelacanth de Graham McCann

Morecambe & Wise: The Search for the Coelacanth

Autor Graham McCann
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 apr 1999
The dual biography of the great British comedy double-act and the rise and fall of mass audience television by the respected biographer of Cary Grant .
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ISBN-13: 9781857029116
ISBN-10: 1857029119
Pagini: 440
Dimensiuni: 127 x 193 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: Fourth Estate,

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'A gorgeous plum pudding of a biography.' Daily Telegraph 'Graham McCann's expert biography shows how a good writer can make fascinating the lives of two people who, effectively did nothing but work and die. Intensely moving.' David Hare, Guardian 'McCann's book is destined to become required reading for a new generation of nervous non-committal reading for a new generation of nervous non-committal light-entertainment executives, as well as an enlightening behind-the-scenes document for the curious fan.' Stewart Lee, Sunday Times 'So funny that the reader laughs out loud.' Sunday Independent 'McCann's impeccably detailed biography is both a celebration and a lament.' The Times

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Men and women, young and old, lowbrows and highbrows - everybody used to watch The Morecambe & Wise Show. When the masses settled down to watch Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, the masses were, for once, massively entertained.

Who cannot recall the sight of a high-kicking Angela Rippon, or of an agitated Andre Previn (Mr Preview according to Eric Morecambe) or of Glenda Jackson as Cleopatra wrestling with the words of Ernie Wise's immortal scripts ('All men are fools, and what makes them so is having beauty like what I have got!'). Eric and Ernie always treated their special guests like members of the audience and the members of the audience like special guests.

This is not just a biography of Britain's best-loved double-act, it is also the biography of one of British television's best-loved shows. Morecambe and Wise worked together for more than forty years, honing skills drawn from the music-hall, Variety, radio, movies and television and then combining them to produce an award-winning show that became the jewel in the crown of BBC's light entertainment output.

Graham McCann's meticulous biography includes previously unpublished material from the BBC archives, as well as innumerable insights gleaned from interviews with many of the people who knew and worked with Morecambe and Wise. Amusing, judicious and impeccably researched, this much-needed book extends and enhances our understanding of, and admiration for, two great entertainers who ended up as national treasures.