Managed to destroy his 15 year marriage.
Managed to destroy the marriage of one of his staff.
Managed to destroy his career.
Managed to destroy his family name, and submit his children to even more ridicule than they had already suffered due to his performance as a Minister.
Didn't manage the Covid situation.
Hello Old British Comedy fans,
Could someone guide me to an episode of Hancock's Half Hour wherein Hancock says his catchphrase, "I'll give you a punch up the bracket", or any time he uses the phrase "up the bracket"?
Working on a project. Appreciate your help. Thanks!
Mainly for the Brits here, he committed suicide in 1968, off the top of your head how do you recall his actual cause of death?
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Hancock's Half Hour - "The Poetry Society"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb4NiTCyEH8&t
I have been doing some Internet research for an unrelated project, and have been listening to quite a bit of Hancock's Half Hour, a British radio-turned TV show, often credited as one of the first situational comedies.
From Wikipedia: Comedian Tony Hancock starred in the show, playing an exaggerated and much poorer version of his own character and lifestyle, Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, a down-at-heel comedian living at the dilapidated 23 Railway Cuttings in East Cheam.
The series was influential in the development of the situation comedy, with its move away from radio variety towards a focus on character development.
The episodes are a half-hour and feature comedian partners Tony Hancock and Sid James, two blue-collar folks, with Hancock often attempting to fit in with high-society.
The episodes play out nearly identically to Frasier - as in, there is excellent writing all around, and a story is efficiently and satisfactorily fleshed out within the span of 30 minutes. And they are actually funny.
Frasier seems like a character-reverse or American adaptation of Tony Hancock.
While Hancock is British and speaks with a cockney accent, Frasier has a Transatlantic (AKA British-tinted, almost pseudo high-society) accent.
Most relevant, is whereas Hancock was lower class trying to fit in with high-society, Frasier is ironically so "high-society" that he and Niles cannot keep up with themselves, and often end up making a fool of themselves, which brings them back down to Earth, and essentially makes them more relatable to common folk like us.
Any way, thought this was fascinating, as a huge Frasier fan and as a fan of British entertainment.
Cheers!
I can't believe this classic is so hard to find....hope you can help.
Thanks
Davinci
Not the Apple Watch she was expecting apparently.
