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Who Do You Do
''Who Do You Do?'' was a British television comedy impressions sketch programme produced by London Weekend Television for ITV from 1972 to 1976. Many notable impressionists/comedians appeared on the show. The format was quickfire, with many items lasting only 30 seconds. It was revived in 1985 as '' Copy Cats.''Lewisohn, Mark (1998). ''Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy''. BBC Books. p. 816. . Writers of the show included Barry Cryer and Dick Vosburgh who was also the script editor. Featured performers *Russ Abbot *Debbie Arnold *Tony Brandon *Faith Brown *Janet Brown *Michael Barrymore *David Copperfield *Barry Cryer * Paddy Dailey *Les Dennis *Dustin Gee *Peter Goodwright * Aiden J. Harvey *Vince Hill * Billy Howard * David Jacobs * Karen Kay *Roger Kitter *Eddie Large *Syd Little * Paul Melba *Johnny More *Arthur Mullard *Lance Percival *The Rockin' Berries *Freddie Starr *Joan Turner Joan Turner (24 November 1922 – 1 March 2009) was a British comedian and singer, born in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faith Brown
Faith Brown (born Eunice Irene Carroll; 28 May 1944) is an English actress, singer, comedian and impressionist. She was a star of the ITV impressions show '' Who Do You Do?'', and was The Voice in the TV show '' Trapped!''. Brown was born in Liverpool and attended St Francis De Sales School, Walton. She was a singer in a vocal group (the Carrolls) with her brothers, and was then for a time a solo singer, before using her talent for mimicry to switch to comedy impressions. Her 1978 LWT special, ''The Faith Brown Awards'', in which she appeared as herself as well as impersonating all of the nominees, was a success in the ratings, attracting an audience of 9.8 million viewers. She has appeared as a guest on ''Celebrity Squares'', ''Give Us A Clue'', ''Blankety Blank'', ''Punchlines, Bullseye'' plus several other TV entertainment shows, and the reality show '' I'm a Celebrity…Get Me out of Here!'' (2006). She won a ''TV Times'' award for 'Funniest Woman on TV' in 1980. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Copperfield (comedian)
David Copperfield (born Stanley Barlow, 1947, Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire) is a British comedian who is best known for his role in the 1980s BBC sketch show '' Three of a Kind'', in which he starred alongside Tracey Ullman and Lenny Henry. Career Copperfield began his professional career performing in various cabaret venues. His first TV appearances were on the ''Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club.'' His big break in TV earned him appearances on ''Wogan'' and ''Cliff and Friends''. ''Three of a Kind'' ran from 1981 to 1983. After that, Copperfield worked on his own shows, ''Coppers & Co'' and ''Copperfield Comedy Company''. He then worked on cruise liners as an entertainer under the name "David Copperfield – Not the Magician" (distinguishing himself from the American illusionist of the same name), including the QE2 on its final voyage to Dubai. In addition to comedy he sings, plays the violin, piano, guitar and mandolin and performs ventriloquism. He is particularl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny More
Johnny More (14 February 1934 – 8 December 2015) was an English comedy impressionist. He is perhaps best remembered as a star of the ITV impressions show '' Who Do You Do?'' and its 1980s successor '' Copy Cats''Lewisohn, Mark (1998). ''Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy''. BBC Books. p. 816. on which he was known for his impressions of Frank Sinatra. More was a member of the Grand Order of Water Rats. More was born in Hulme, Manchester and began his career in entertainment as a singer after winning talent contests. He also made appearances on ''Blankety Blank, Punchlines'' and ''The New Statesman'' (1987) in which he portrayed Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock. His impersonations also included film stars; Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone and he did impressions of Tony Blair and President George H. W. Bush. He died aged 81 in Salford Royal Hospital from Leukaemia Leukemia ( also spelled leukaemia and pronounced ) i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Melba
Paul Melba (born Francis Staunton; 1936 – 11 August 2020) was an English comedian and impressionist, perhaps best known as a star of the ITV impressions show ''Who Do You Do?'' and as one of the first comics to appear on '' The Comedians.''Lewisohn, Mark (1998). ''Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy''. BBC Books. p. 816. He grew up in Huyton, Lancashire (now Merseyside). His father was a comedian under the stage name Sandy Franks. After leaving school, Frank Staunton joined the Royal Marines Reserve, before returning home and deciding on a show business career under the name Paul Melba.Jess Molyneux, "Tributes to 'massive talent' an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syd Little
Syd Little (born Cyril John Mead; 19 December 1942) is an English comedian who was the straight man in the double act Little and Large, with Eddie Large. Life and career Born in Blackpool, Little was raised in Manchester. After leaving Yew Tree Secondary Modern School, Wythenshawe, and working as an interior decorator, Little began his performing career as a singer and guitarist in Manchester pubs before teaming up with Large. Originally titled ''Cyril Mead and Friend'', then ''Mead and McGinnis'', after changing their name to ''Little and Large'' their double act won '' Opportunity Knocks'' in 1971 leading to a successful 20-year television career. The partnership's first television pilot was recorded in 1976, followed by a regular series in 1977. After switching to the BBC, their show was cancelled in 1991. After the cancellation of ''The Little and Large Show'', Little appeared occasionally on shows such as '' Shooting Stars'', until 2005 when he took part in the reality t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Large
Edward Hugh McGinnis (25 June 1941 – 2 April 2020), better known by the stage name Eddie Large, was a British comedian. He was best known as one half of the double act Little and Large, with Syd Little (the stage name of Cyril Mead). Early life Large was born Edward Hugh McGinnis in Glasgow in 1941. His father Teddy served as a Petty Officer in the Royal Navy during World War II and after he returned from the war the family moved to a tenement in Oatlands. When he was nine years old, the family moved again to Manchester, where he attended Claremont Road Primary SchoolWythenshawe Famous locals Little and Large Retrieved 11 February 2016 and a . He pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Kitter
Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ("spear", "lance") (Hrōþigēraz). The name was introduced into England by the Normans. In Normandy, the Frankish name had been reinforced by the Old Norse cognate '. The name introduced into England replaced the Old English cognate '. ''Roger'' became a very common given name during the Middle Ages. A variant form of the given name ''Roger'' that is closer to the name's origin is ''Rodger''. Slang and other uses Roger is also a short version of the term "Jolly Roger", which refers to a black flag with a white skull and crossbones, formerly used by sea pirates since as early as 1723. From up to , Roger was slang for the word "penis". In ''Under Milk Wood'', Dylan Thomas writes "jolly, rodgered" suggesting both the sexual double entend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Kay (TV Personality)
Karen Kay (born Adrianne Judith Pringle;''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.''; at ancestry.com 18 July 1947) is a British former jazz singer, cabaret singer, comedian and impressionist. She is the mother of English jazz-funk singer-songwriter Jay Kay. Life and career Kay was born Adrianne Judith Pringle in Blackburn, England, the daughter of Ethel (Hesmondhalgh) and James S. Pringle. Her mother died when she was young, and after living briefly with her cousin's family, she was adopted by the Cheetham family of Preston, Lancashire. Karen's adoptive father Victor (Vic) Cheetham was a fighter pilot in World War II; he served in Burma with No. 113 Squadron RAF flying Hurri-bombers, supporting infantry action around Dimapur and Palel in 1944. Kay made her professional debut in the Black and White Minstrel Show, Blackpool, when she was 16, adopting the stage name Karen Kay at around that time. On 30 December 1969, while living in Blackburn, Lancashir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Jacobs (broadcaster)
David Lewis Jacobs, CBE (19 May 1926 – 2 September 2013) was a British broadcaster perhaps best known as presenter of the BBC Television 1960s peak-time show ''Juke Box Jury'', and as chairman of the long-running BBC Radio 4 topical forum ''Any Questions?'' Earlier radio work included small acting parts: over the years he played himself or presenter characters in film, television and radio productions. Jacobs finally stepped down as a BBC Radio 2 presenter shortly before his death in August 2013, his career having spanned more than 65 years. Early life and career Jacobs was born to a Jewish family, the youngest of three sonsObituary: David Jacobs telegraph.co.uk, 3 September 2013 of Jeanette and David Jacobs senior,Dennis Barke [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Howard
Billy Howard is a British comedy impressionist, who appeared on the ITV series ''Who Do You Do?'', in the early 1970s, alongside other impressionists such as Faith Brown. Howard was born in Edgware, London, England. He commenced his musical career as a jazz trumpeter and guitarist, playing in jazz combos in the early 1960s. In 1976, his single, "King Of The Cops", a comic version of the hit " King of the Road", reached No. 6 in the UK Singles Chart; it featured his impressions of TV cops including ''Kojak'', ''Columbo'', Steve McGarrett in ''Hawaii Five-O'', '' McCloud'', '' Ironside'' and ''Cannon A cannon is a large- caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant. Gunpowder ("black powder") was the primary propellant before the invention of smokeless powder ...''. Several months later, a follow-up, "The Disco Cops", was also released, but did not chart, and another comic record by Howard, "Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vince Hill
Vincent Hill (born 16 April 1934) is an English traditional pop music singer and songwriter who is best known for his recording of the Rodgers and Hammerstein show tune "Edelweiss" (1967), which reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart (staying on the chart for 17 weeks). Along with a successful recording career in the 1960s, Hill hosted several hit TV shows during the seventies and eighties, including ''They Sold a Million'' (BBC), ''Musical Time Machine'' (BBC) and his own chat show ''Gas Street'' (ITV). Outside of his work in show business, Hill is a Patron of The Macular Society, a UK charity for anyone affected by central vision loss. Hill revealed in 2019 that he is losing his eye sight to Age-Related Macular Disease (AMD). Early life Hill first sang professionally in a public house called The Prospect in Margate, Kent, when he was seventeen years old. However, the decision to become a full-time musician came after he had worked as baker, truck driver and coal miner. His f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aiden J
Aiden was an American horror punk band from Seattle, Washington that formed in the spring of 2003. They achieved underground success during the mid to late 2000s with their classic lineup, featuring vocalist William Francis, guitarists Angel Ibarra and Jake Wambold, bassist Nick Wiggins, and drummer Jake Davison. History Early years and ''Our Gangs Dark Oath'' (2003–2004) The band formed in 2003 and is named after the character Aidan Keller of the 2002 film '' The Ring ("Dude, that kid's just spooky,"'' Francis said of the character whose name is actually spelled Aidan). Their first full-length album ''Our Gangs Dark Oath'', was released on Dead Teenager Records in 2004. It was recorded while Jake Davison and Angel Ibarra were still in high school and released shortly after they had left. ''Nightmare Anatomy'' (2005–2006) Later in 2005, the band was signed to Victory Records. Their second album and debut for Victory Records titled ''Nightmare Anatomy'', was released Octobe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |