Not sure if this has been done here before,
http://www.tastefullyoffensive.com/2014/07/84-year-old-man-surprises-americas-got.html
Ignore it if it has, and I apologise.
Well I thought he was a cunny old funt!
The Rev posted the link yesterday, Bob.
BTW, it is funny.
sibeen said:
The Rev posted the link yesterday, Bob.BTW, it is funny.
sibeen, thanks, I did look back, but couldn’t find anything.
He’s a Welshman:
Born in 1929, Ray Jessel hails from Cardiff, where he received his music degree from the University of Wales. He won a scholarship to study composition for a year in Paris as a graduate student with Arthur Honegger.
He emigrated to Canada, where he began his career as an orchestrator/composer for CBC radio and television. His first work for the musical theatre was for the annual Canadian satirical revue SPRING THAW, where he struck up a collaboration with Marian Grudeff. This led to their writing material for Julius Mond’s UPSTAIRS AT THE DOWNSTAIRS revues in New York and brought them to the notice of Broadway producer Alexander H. Cohen, who hired them to write songs for his Sherlock Holmes musical BAKER STREET (1965). The song “A Married Man,” sung in the show by Dr. Watson, became a hit recording by Richard Burton.
The team subsequently wrote the score for a revival by Cohen of HELLZAPOPPIN, directed by George Abbott, which played at the Montreal Expo ’67. The show did not come to New York, but the title song was recorded by both Jimmy Durante and Louis Armstrong. The Armstrong recording is available on the CD, “What A Wonderful World” (Louis Armstrong, MCA Records 1988).
With the closure of HELLZAPOPPIN, Jessel sought greener pastures in Hollywood, where he has had a successful career in television, writing first musical material then comedy sketches for “The Dean Martin Show,” “The Carol Burnett Show,” many John Denver specials, and a long stint with “The Love Boat.” Among many other episodes he wrote the two-hour movie, LOVE BOAT – THE MUSICAL starring Ethel Merman, Carol Channing, Ann Miller, Van Johnson, Cab Calloway and Della Reese. Jessel was also writer/producer of the long-running series “Head of the Class.”
More: http://agt.wikia.com/wiki/Ray_Jessel
Bubblecar said:
He’s a Welshman:Born in 1929, Ray Jessel hails from Cardiff, where he received his music degree from the University of Wales. He won a scholarship to study composition for a year in Paris as a graduate student with Arthur Honegger.
He emigrated to Canada, where he began his career as an orchestrator/composer for CBC radio and television. His first work for the musical theatre was for the annual Canadian satirical revue SPRING THAW, where he struck up a collaboration with Marian Grudeff. This led to their writing material for Julius Mond’s UPSTAIRS AT THE DOWNSTAIRS revues in New York and brought them to the notice of Broadway producer Alexander H. Cohen, who hired them to write songs for his Sherlock Holmes musical BAKER STREET (1965). The song “A Married Man,” sung in the show by Dr. Watson, became a hit recording by Richard Burton.
The team subsequently wrote the score for a revival by Cohen of HELLZAPOPPIN, directed by George Abbott, which played at the Montreal Expo ’67. The show did not come to New York, but the title song was recorded by both Jimmy Durante and Louis Armstrong. The Armstrong recording is available on the CD, “What A Wonderful World” (Louis Armstrong, MCA Records 1988).
With the closure of HELLZAPOPPIN, Jessel sought greener pastures in Hollywood, where he has had a successful career in television, writing first musical material then comedy sketches for “The Dean Martin Show,” “The Carol Burnett Show,” many John Denver specials, and a long stint with “The Love Boat.” Among many other episodes he wrote the two-hour movie, LOVE BOAT – THE MUSICAL starring Ethel Merman, Carol Channing, Ann Miller, Van Johnson, Cab Calloway and Della Reese. Jessel was also writer/producer of the long-running series “Head of the Class.”
More: http://agt.wikia.com/wiki/Ray_Jessel
Thanks Bubbles.
bob(from black rock) said:
Not sure if this has been done here before,
http://www.tastefullyoffensive.com/2014/07/84-year-old-man-surprises-americas-got.html
Ignore it if it has, and I apologise.
Yes, but I had a watch again anyway.
I like the way he converted the condescending smirk of the guy on the left into a genuine laugh.
Thanks Bob. Funny as.
It’s hard to believe the psychotic reactions from the some of the gay/transgenders.
Apart from the terribly sad fact that some folk are completely unable to laugh at themselves they’ve obviously never heard Lola by the Kinks.
Teleost said:
if some folk are completely unable to laugh at themselves, maybe they have never heard Lola by the Kinks.
fixed
roughbarked said:
Teleost said:
if some folk are completely unable to laugh at themselves, maybe they have never heard Lola by the Kinks.
fixed
Being basically lazy by nature, I find it easier to laugh at my faults than try to rectify them.