The lone man in the theatre, conjured up this image
Of a man, who made us laugh, and was loved by all.
He told the story of Eric and his partner Ern,
On this stage, where the great man died.
He made us laugh, he made us cry,
As he told the story of Morecombe,
Nee Bartholomew and Wise, nee Wiseman,
Who still make me laugh, with their timeless humour.
“I’m playing all the RIGHT notes,
But NOT necessarily in the RIGHT order”
Lines that will be remembered through history
As they were recalled once again
The memory of Andre Preview, jumping up and down,
And not laughing at this bespectacled clown.
The orchestra finding it difficult to play,
As the tears of laughter ran down their faces.
The breakfast being prepared to that
Tune that conjures up such risqué images.
And has the actor, of Hammer Horror films,
Received his pay cheque yet?
So many memories of a funny man
And yet, the man that many did not see.
“If we made you laugh – that’s good;
If we made you care – that’s better”
The man whose view on life was
“Positive Thinking”
And always left the stage bringing sunshine
Into our lives.
The curtain closes on the lone man on the stage
And on Eric at the place he left this world.
The actor and writer came back to answer questions
About the funny man.
Then from the audience came another;
Eric’s daughter, so strong of character
Listening to her father’s life,
In the place, where he had died.
And from this woman came the lines
That brought me many more tears.
Her son asking her the question, that I will never forget
“Does this mean that there will be no more magic?”
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Author:
Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (
Offline) - Published: September 3rd, 2018 02:08
- Comment from author about the poem: It is the fiftieth anniversary of the first broadcast of The Morecombe and Wise show. Morecombe and Wise were a comedy duo on UK TV whose humour is timeless. My wife and I went to see a show called 'Morecombe', it was a one man show about Morecombe and Wise but the sad thing was that it was performed on the stage where Eric Morecombe had a heart attack and died. His daughter was in the audience and spoke about it afterwards. The YouTube sketch is the most famous of their sketches, Andre Previn is wonderful in this, to have a great laugh play t through to the end - it will Bring You Sunshine. This is one of my few published poems from about four years ago.
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Comments6
Sadly the video seems to be blocked on copyright grounds but the poem makes up for it. My own preference is for their Kitchen sketch but they are all great - what a pair.
Thank you Michael, I too like the kitchen sketch. It is strange about the copyright, I can get it on my laptop but not on my wifes computer, not even via YouTube where I got it on mine.
A fine write Gold, but aww, Beeb are being spoilsports - can't see the 'magic' clip!
Changed the clip to the Stripper sketch - don't swoon.
I have changed the YouTube to another M and W favourite as copyright is stopping the Andre Previn one from viewing
Oh I laughed Andy! So glad you shared .... now I can go and find more of him............thank you!
They were great comedians, there comedy is timeless.
The sketch with Shirley Bassey's shoe was one of my favourites. Great tribute to this funny man and his straight man partner.
Thank you da, they were terrific and there comedy is timeless.
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