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Frank Muir

2008-01-26T15:47:34Z

FredWest: New page: '''Frank Herbert Muir''' (1920-1998) was a British comedy writer and performer. He became involved with Forces Radio while serving in the Royal Air Force during World War II and on...

'''Frank Herbert Muir''' (1920-1998) was a British comedy writer and performer. He became involved with Forces Radio while serving in the [[Royal Air Force]] during [[World War II]] and onm demobilisation became a writer for [[Jimmy Edwards]]]. His writing partnership with [[Denis Norden]], formed shortly afterwards, was to bring both men great renown. Together they scripted [[The Glums]] and [[Whack-O]] for Jimmy Edwards, as well as many other radio comedies; and the pair were mainstays of the radio panel game ''My Word''. Muir (alone) was also a long-standing panel member of the popular television panel game ''Call My Bluff'', and he was much in demand as a voice-ver for televison advertisements. He wrote several books, including childrens' stories, (edited) humorous anthologies, and an acclaimed autobiography, ''A Kentish Lad''.

[[Category:British Comedy]]
[[Category:Entertainment]]

Liverpool

2008-01-26T15:22:57Z

FredWest:

'''Liverpool''' is a minor port city in the North West of [[England]] until it was awarded a [[City Charter]] by King John in 1208. However, it was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that Liverpool developed into a major global city. This prominence was based largely on trade, including [[tobacco]], [[sugar]] and a major involvement in the [[Slave Trade]]. Although the slave trade was abolished in 1806, Liverpool continued to flourish as an industrial trade and financial industries center. Liverpool has the largest number of listed buildings outside of [[London]], more notable Georgian buildings than [[Bath]] and more public sculpture outside the City of [[Westminster]]. The Liverpool waterfront is a [[UNESCO]] world heritage site.

Liverpool is noted for its two cathedrals, one [[Anglican]] and one [[Roman Catholic]]. The former, a traditional design from the early 1900s is built from local sandstone. The Catholic cathedral built in a modern style during the 1970s is affectionately known as Paddy's Wigwam or the Mersey Funnel - a pun on the pioneering Mersey Tunnel constructed under the river between Liverpool and Birkenhead.

Liverpool is the European Capital Of Culture for 2008.

The city currently has a population of approximately 450,000, known as Liverpudlians (and nicknamed 'Scousers' after a local dish), with the wider [[Merseyside]] region having a population of 1.5 million. The city itself is divided up into villages such as Aigburth, West Derby, [[Aintree]] and [[Knotty Ash]]. The popular culture and of Liverpool has been portrayed by the author and dramatist Carla Lane in a number of highly-regarded television dramas including "The Liver Birds" and "Bread". Willy Russell and Alan Bleasdale are also noted playwrights from Liverpool. Bleasdale effectively portrayed the misery and deprivation of 1980s Liverpool in dramas such as ''The Black Stuff'', while Russell, probably the most well-known of current Liverpool writers has enjoyed huge success with offerings such as ''Educating Rita'', ''Blood Brothers'' and ''Shirley Valentine''.

British [[Prime Minister]] [[Harold Wilson]] later Lord Wilson of Rievaulx was [[Member of Parliament]] for the Liverpool constituency of Huyton from 1945 until 1979.

Famous natives of Liverpool:
* [[Arthur Askey]] (comedian and actor)
* Cilla Black (singer, TV presenter)
* Stan Boardman (comedian)
* Cherie Blair (prominent lawyer)
* Tony Booth (actor and father-in-law of [[Tony Blair]])
* Billy Butler (comedian)
* Jamie Carragher (footballer)
* Melanie Chisholm - Mel C (former ''Spice Girl'')
* Edwina Currie (politician and author)
* [[Knotty Ash|Ken Dodd]] (poet, comedian and singer)
* Kenny Everett (disc jockey and comedian)
* Robbie Fowler (footballer)
* Steven Gerrard (footballer)
* Derek Hatton (politician)
* Terry McDermott (footballer)
* George Melly (jazz singer and author)
* Derek Nimmo (comic actor)
* Steven Norris (politician)
* John Peel (disc jockey and radio personality)
* Ted Ray (comedian)
* Anne Robinson (TV presenter and journalist)
* Norman Rossington (comedian and actor)
* [[George Stubbs]] (artist)
* Jimmy Tarbuck (comedian)
* Ricky Tomlinson (trade unionist, actor, comedian and banjo player)
* Siegfried Sassoon (poet)
* John Lennon (Beatle)
* Sir Paul McCartney (Beatle)
* George Harrison (Beatle)
* Ringo Starr (Beatle)

==Culture==
* [[Merseybeat]]
* [[The Beatles]]
* [[Tate Liverpool]]
* [[Echo and the Bunnymen]]
* The [[Liverpool Poets]]

==Sports==
* [[Everton FC]] Soccer
* [[Liverpool FC]] Soccer
* [[Liverpool St Helens]] RUFC
* [[St Helens RLFC]]
* [[Tranmere Rovers]] Soccer

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Arthur Askey

2008-01-26T15:20:51Z

FredWest:

'''Arthur Bowden Askey''' (1900-1982) - 'Big-Hearted Arthur' - was a British entertainer and comedian who was a popular star of radio comedy during the mid twentieth century. Born in Liverpool, he joined the army in [[World War I]] and gained entertainment experience in army concert parties; after the war (and a stint working in local government) he ecame a music hall entertainer. In 1938 he got his big break with the radio comedy programme ''Band Waggon'' with Richard Murdoch: the conceit of the show was that Askey and 'Stinker' Murdoch lived in a flat on the roof of the BBC's Broadcasting House. He appeared in several films, and following the war also became a much-respected television performer, though never achieving the heights of success that he had achieved in radio. His catchphrases were "Hello Playmates" and "Aye thang yew" ('I thank you'); and he is also remembered for his rendition of ''The Bee Song'':

''Oh what a glorious thing to be,''

''A healthy grown up busy busy bee,''

''Whiling away''

''The passing hours''

''Pinching all the pollen''

''From the cauliflow'rs.''

== Sources ==
http://ingeb.org/songs/owhatagl.html

[[Category:British Comedy]]
[[Category:Entertainment]]

Mel Gibson

2008-01-26T15:16:48Z

FredWest:

[[Image:Mel Gibson taken July-28-2006.jpg|right|thumb|Mel Gibson's mug shot, July 28, 2006.]]
'''Mel Gibson''' is an [[United States|American]]-born actor who grew up in [[Australia]] and became a celebrity starring in the ''Mad Max'' and ''Lethal Weapon'' series of films. Married to the same woman (whom he calls "a saint") for over 20 years, Gibson has a house full of sons (6) with one daughter. Outspoken and passionate in his beliefs, Gibson is never at a loss for words.

As a director, Gibson received a Best Director Oscar for ''Braveheart''. He reached out to a different type of audience with his 2004 depiction of the death and resurrection of [[Jesus Christ]], ''[[The Passion of the Christ]]'' and turned out making the most successful [[Christian]] film in history grossing over USD600 million world-wide.<ref>[http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=passionofthechrist.htm Box Office Mojo]</ref>

Gibson is a [[sedevacantist]], a traditionalist Catholic who rejects the validity and authority of the [[Second Vatican Council]] and holds the chair of [[Peter (apostle)|Peter]] to be vacant. Conversely, in an interview in ''Screen International'' in 2004, he referred to Pope John Paul II as "the occupier of the Chair of Peter". In an interview in [[Time magazine|''Time'']] magazine, January 27, 2003, he blamed Vatican II for declining Church membership and the pedophile priest crisis which erupted in 2002.

In July 2006, Gibson was arrested for drunk driving. In response to the arrest, a drunk Gibson made offensive anti-[[Semite|Semitic]] remarks that were then widely publicized.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=2259135</ref><ref>Gibson's anti-Semetic Tirade http://www.tmz.com/2006/07/28/gibsons-anti-semitic-tirade-alleged-cover-up/</ref> Gibson publicly apologized for his behavior, then publicly apologized a second time. He asked all people, especially the [[Jew]]ish community, to help him in overcoming his [[alcohol]]ic tendencies.

Although Gibson is rather quiet about his [[charity|charitable]] work, he and his family are known to be quite prolific in helping various causes that need assistance. This is especially true after the windfall of money he made from ''The Passion of the Christ''.<ref>http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/13/1097607264626.html?from=storyrhs</ref>

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[[Category:Directors]]
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Arthur Askey

2008-01-26T15:15:43Z

FredWest:

'''Arthur Bowden Askey''' (1900-1982) - 'Big-Hearted Arthur' - was a British entertainer and comedian who was a popular star of radio comedy during the mid twentieth century. Born in Liverpool, he joined the army in [[World War I]] and gained entertainment experience in army concert parties; after the war (and a stint working in local government) he ecame a music hall entertainer. In 1938 he got his big break with the radio comedy programme ''Band Waggon'' with Richard Murdoch: the conceit of the show was that Askey and 'Stinker' Murdoch lived in a flat on the roof of the BBC's Broadcasting House. He appeared in several films, and following the war also became a much-respected television performer, though never achieving the heights of success that he had achieved in radio. His catchphrases were "Hello Playmates" and "Aye thang yew" ('I thank you'); and he is also remembered for his rendition of ''The Bee Song'':

''Oh what a glorious thing to be,''

''A healthy grown up busy busy bee,''

''Whiling away''

''The passing hours''

''Pinching all the pollen''

''From the cauliflow'rs.''

[[Category:British Comedy]]
[[Category:Entertainment]]

Arthur Askey

2008-01-26T15:15:26Z

FredWest: New page: '''Arthur Bowden Askey''' (1900-1982) - 'Big-Hearted Arthur' - was a British entertainer and comedian who was a popular star of radio comedy during the mid twentieth century. Born in Liver...

'''Arthur Bowden Askey''' (1900-1982) - 'Big-Hearted Arthur' - was a British entertainer and comedian who was a popular star of radio comedy during the mid twentieth century. Born in Liverpool, he joined the army in [[World War I]] and gained entertainment experience in army concert parties; after the war (and a stint working in local government) he ecame a music hall entertainer. In 1938 he got his big break with the radio comedy programme ''Band Waggon'' with Richard Murdoch: the conceit of the show was that Askey and 'Stinker' Murdoch lived in a flat on the roof of the BBC's Broadcasting House. He appeared in several films, and following the war also became a much-respected television performer, though never achieving the heights of success that he had achieved in radio. His catchphrases were "Hello Playmates" and "Aye thang yew" ('I thank you'); and he is also remembered for his rendition of ''The Bee Song'':

''Oh what a glorious thing to be,''
''A healthy grown up busy busy bee,''
''Whiling away''
''The passing hours''
''Pinching all the pollen''
''From the cauliflow'rs.''

[[Category:British Comedy]]
[[Category:Entertainment]]

Morecambe and Wise

2008-01-26T15:06:29Z

FredWest:

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[[Image:MandW.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Morecambe and Wise as Holmes & Watson]]

Morecambe and Wise <ref> Official website at
http://www.morecambeandwise.co.uk/ </ref> are one of the best known of all British Comedic Double acts of the 20th Century. During the 1970s and the 1980s their shows achieved viewing figures that were the envy of other broadcasters and their Specials were eagerly anticipated as the Queen’s Speech on Christmas Day. <ref><http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/m/morecambeandwise_7774470.shtml </ref> Although they were frequently portrayed on screen sharing a double bed, this was purely for comedic effect and carried no implications of [[homosexuality]].

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[[Category:British Comedy]]