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Old 26-04-2008, 09:30 PM
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Does anyone agree that Harry Worth is now largely forgotten. This is agreat pity as his patricurar brand of comedy was very endearing. I was only a child when his Heres Harry sitcom was on BBC, but I was old enough to appreciate it.

Wasn't so fussy on his sketch series for ITV, "Thirty Minutes Worth." or his subsequent sit coms for the network.

The great comedy writers David Renwick and Andrew Marshall once wrote a radio sitcom for him.

No chance of a Harry revival, I dont think the BEEB have many of those old shows in the archive.

Also have fond memories of his ads for television rental shops in the seventies Civic I beleive was the shop in question.

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Old 26-04-2008, 09:59 PM
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Harry who?

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Not forgotten, but I never thought he was all that funny when he was around

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Old 26-04-2008, 10:02 PM
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I just remember being impressed by his arms/legs routine in the shop window. The early days of special effects
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I remember him. The way the old comedy guys are being talked about now, he's probably lucky to be forgotten.

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Old 27-04-2008, 03:46 AM
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He was alright Harry, nice gentle comedy, something different!

When i was a kid we all used to do his arms & legs routine in the shop

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Old 27-04-2008, 06:22 AM
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He was bizarrely miscast as William Boot in an adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Scoop.
Thats the joke that killed the Music Hall !
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Old 27-04-2008, 06:42 AM
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He'll always have one little footnote in broadcasting history - Here's Harry was first normal programme on the BBC after the news of JFK's assassination came through.
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Old 27-04-2008, 07:32 AM
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The Curse of Oh Happy Band - Two writers destroy a comic's reputation in one TV series.
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Old 27-04-2008, 08:33 AM
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I liked Harry Worth ... not laugh out loud funny, but always able to provide one with a gentle smile.
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He was absent from films and turned down the chance to appear in Those Magnificent Men.....
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I loved Harry Worth and Arthur Haynes , and we never hear of them now, mabye wouldnt find them so funny now , things change and yet I still laugh at Abott and Costell, the child in me I suppose.
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I read somewhere that Helen Worth (Gail Splatt in Corrie),is the daughter of him.
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I read somewhere that Helen Worth (Gail Splatt in Corrie),is the daughter of him.
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Not so sure about that one. According to IMDb she was born Cathryn Helen Wigglesworth.
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The Curse of Oh Happy Band - Two writers destroy a comic's reputation in one TV series.
If anyone remembered, maybe they did............... but we've all forgot..........

Except for this guy:
The Harry Worth Website

Love always seems to have a price.............

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Old 27-04-2008, 07:55 PM
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If anyone remembered, maybe they did............... but we've all forgot..........

Except for this guy:
The Harry Worth Website

Love always seems to have a price.............
According to the website 25,600 have logged onto his site, so seems like some people are still fans
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