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Old 02-01-2006, 12:14 AM
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Best upper-class twit -

Guy Middleton ("Night Boat to Dublin" and bascially anything he is in)
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David Tree ("Pygmalion" and "Major Barbara").

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I've always liked Allan Cuthbertson who always seemed to play a Brigadier-General, or a Rear-Admiral, or some-such.
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I've always liked Allan Cuthbertson who always seemed to play a Brigadier-General, or a Rear-Admiral, or some-such.
Ah, but he was never really a 'twit' was he ? Generally an authority figure ; one of those 'chaps' (can I still use that word ?) who represented Britishness. Funny that, him being from Mr. Brent's adopted homeland and all....

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What about Jonathan Cecil, who has been successfully playing upper-class twits in films and TV for the past 40 years and he really is an upper-class twit, or at least upper-class, being the son of Lord David Cecil.
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What about Jonathan Cecil, who has been successfully playing upper-class twits in films and TV for the past 40 years and he really is an upper-class twit, or at least upper-class, being the son of Lord David Cecil.
I was just about to comment that JC is mainly a telly twit, but a quick scan of IMDb informed me that he's done more films than I remembered. JC's a classic twit, in the mould of Derek Nimmo, whom he replaced in ALL GAS AND GAITERS IIRC....

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Can anybody remember the name of the ventriloquist who used to appear on TV quite frequently in the seventies who wore a simpering smile on his face, had a dummy with wide eyes and unruly hair which he used to make to jerk about in order to distract attention from his lips and really did say things like "A gottle of geer" and "Mind you don't skit in my face."?
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Can anybody remember the name of the ventriloquist who used to appear on TV quite frequently in the seventies who wore a simpering smile on his face, had a dummy with wide eyes and unruly hair which he used to make to jerk about in order to distract attention from his lips and really did say things like "A gottle of geer" and "Mind you don't skit in my face."?
That wasn't part of Duggie Adams' act, was it ? Long, shaggy, black haired fella....

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Duggie Adams is the geezer, I reckon
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I'm sure Sandy Powell used to do a hilarious vent act "gottle of geer" etc
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What about Jonathan Cecil, who has been successfully playing upper-class twits in films and TV for the past 40 years and he really is an upper-class twit, or at least upper-class, being the son of Lord David Cecil.
Funny you should mention him - I saw a glimpse of him last week (I didn't see the whole film) playing Captain Hastings to Peter Ustinov Hercule Poirot. I haven't seen him in ages and like Hugo I checked him on the IMDB and I am pleased to see he is still working. A good character actor
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I'm sure Sandy Powell used to do a hilarious vent act "gottle of geer" etc
His act (well, his 'vent act' sketch) was a bit different...he was dressed somewhat like a cinema comissionaire, had a very dodgy fake moustache that would come adrift and flap about in the breeze....I misunderstood the act as a kid, thought he was just crap...instead of being a comedy genius satirizing dodgy vent acts...and he must have been nearly ninety when I saw him, too.
Bit of a Bay Window, what??
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That wasn't part of Duggie Adams' act, was it ? Long, shaggy, black haired fella....

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No. It wasn't Sandy Powell either. This fellow was fairly young (I seem to remember the dummy used to call him "son" ) and had a rather vacant stare on his face (probably the concentration of trying not to move his lips) broken only occasionally by the merest suggestion of a twitchy laugh. ( By the way, I'm sure his lapses into "gottle of geer" ventriloquism were quite unintentional as the dummy sounded like it had a speech impediment!!) I can see him now...but not his name.
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No. It wasn't Sandy Powell either. This fellow was fairly young (I seem to remember the dummy used to call him "son" ) and had a rather vacant stare on his face (probably the concentration of trying not to move his lips) broken only occasionally by the merest suggestion of a twitchy laugh. ( By the way, I'm sure his lapses into "gottle of geer" ventriloquism were quite unintentional as the dummy sounded like it had a speech impediment!!) I can see him now...but not his name.
That'll be Arthur Worsley with "Look at me when I'm talking to you son" Charlie Brown. Arthur never would look at him and never spoke during their performances despite the continuous insults. Arthur died in 2001.
We had a lot of very good 'vent' acts back in the 50's to 70's. Most came out of variety and music-hall. Sandy Powell and his wife with a 'threadbare' act that reeked of professionalism, Ray Allen with Lord Charles & Tich and Quackers, Terry Hall with Lenny the Lion, Saveen with Daisy Mae, Neville King with his narky Grandad, "I'm not going back in the box!".
Respect for ventriloquism standards in the UK then took a turn for the worse, IMHO, with the arrival of Roger De Courcey and Keith Harris.
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I saw Roger De Courcey a few years ago in Houghton Le Spring,and I must admit I wasn't particularly bothered seeing him,but I was proved wrong. It was a lot funnier than I imagined and his appearances on television were toned down a LOT from his live shows.
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