mick2me 3,033 Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 What can you tell us about him Where did he start? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 What can you tell us about himWhere did he start? Isn't that Frankie Vaughn??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 he does look like him, but no Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caz 25 Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 He's french I know that! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 It's not is it? or is it me being silly.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Is that a picture os Satcha Distill? French Caz, Not as far As I know. Though he might be for the way he sings? His family tree could be? He had a distant relation called Leopold? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 mick2me Posted on Jan 13 2006, 05:55 PM Â Is that a picture os Satcha Distill? You won mick your go..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 No, were still looking for Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 mick2me Posted on Jan 13 2006, 05:55 PM  French Caz, Not as far As I know. Though he might be for the way he sings? His family tree could be? He had a distant relation called Leopold? !rulez! So he is a singer and he might sound French when he does. !rulez! He has a tree which could be French. !rulez! What the Leopald of Belgium fame ? Where did he start...is that an anagram of his name? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 flyswat Am i playing on me own here..or is it me being paranoid hungry His distant relation wouldn't be Leopold Alcock...that's not rude?....is it? loser Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Leopold was last seen holding a doornob! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 mick2me Posted on Jan 13 2006, 10:02 PM  Leopold was last seen holding a doornob! !rulez! Well i never, to look at him you would never had guessed.......... !rulez! Anyway i'm going now, down to me local The Charlton arms.. !jumping! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Heres a picture of the subject in later life Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 And This Pretty Typical of His Work (mp3) And his lyrics... Leopold Alcocks, my distant relation, Came to my flat for a brief visitation. He's been here since February, damn and blast him My nerves and my furniture may not outlast him. Leopold Alcocks is accident prone. He's lost my bath plug, he's ruptured my telephone. My antirrhinums, my motor bike, my sofa There isn't anything he can't trip over. As he roams through my rooms, all my pussycats scatter. My statuettes tremble, then plummet, then shatter. My table lamps tumble with grim regularity. My cut glass has crumbled and so has my charity. Leopold Alcocks, an uncanny creature He can't take tea without some misadventure: He looks up from his tea cup with a smirk on his features And a slice of my porcelain between his dentures. He's upset my goldfish, he's jinxed my wisteria My budgie's gone broody, my tortoise has hysteria. He cleans my tea pots, my saucepans, with Brasso And leaves chocolate fingerprints on my Picasso. Leopold Alcocks never known to fail Working his way through my frail Chippendale. One blow from his thighs (which are fearsomely strong) Would easily fracture the wing of a swan. I brought home my bird for some turkish moussaka Up looms old Leopold I know when I'm knackered. He spills the vino, the great eager beaver, Drenching her jump suit and my joie de vivre. Leopold Alcocks stirring my spleen You are the grit in my life's vaseline. A pox on you Alcocks! You've been here since Feb'ry Go home and leave me alone with my debris. So Leopold Alcocks, my distant relation, Has gone away home after his visitation. I glimpsed him waving bye bye this last minute Waving his hand with my door knob still in it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 The late Jake Thackeray.... Didn't he start with the diabolical Esther Rantzen, on one of her early shows? Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Dead Right, and he did, but who hosted the Rantzen show before she did? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 David Frost? Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 No! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Yes...of course....'The Braden Beat' Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 He was very good was Bernard, Then Rantzen came on the show as a presenter, As I remember? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 !raise! That god rob273 got it. The stress of stopping myself from giving the answer was over powering, i'v never been under so much strain, i nearly turned to drink........................... !rotfl! What do you recommend Caz White or Red..... !rotfl! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Actual Shedfixman 4 Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 Yep. Jakeyboy. Picked him up in me cab just after he'd got pissed and talked himsen out of a gig at Yates's in '90 Shed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 Yep. Jakeyboy. Picked him up in me cab just after he'd got pissed and talked himsen out of a gig at Yates's in '90Shed Indeed you were honoured B) "So Leopold Alcocks, my distant relation, Has gone away home after his visitation. I glimpsed him waving bye bye this last minute Waving his hand with my door knob still in it." That's real poetry that Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pemberton 15 Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Looks a bit like Roy Hudd to me - But I guess I'm, wrong - again! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Yes It is Jake Thackray. I saw him live at the Dancing Slipper one Saturday evening in 1971. Saturday was Jazz night at the Slipper, Many famous acts played there. George Melly for one. www.photomills.co.uk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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