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This clip is a tribute to the late Don Estelle (May 22, 1933 - August 2,...
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This clip is a tribute to the late Don Estelle (May 22, 1933 - August 2, 2003), Christopher Mitchell (1947 - 2001), Kenneth McDonald (20 November 1950 -- 5 August 2001) and Michael Bates (December 4, 1920 -- January 11, 1978) - taken from It Ain't Half Hot Mum, an episode entitled "The Great Broadcast" (07/11/1980) [Season 7 Episode 4].
It Ain't Half Hot Mum was a British sitcom about the adventures of a Royal Artillery Concert Party, broadcast between 1974 and 1981, and written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, the creators of Dad's Army. It was set in British India and Burma, towards the end of the Second World War. The series ran for 8 seasons, amounting to 56 episodes for 7 years - between 1974 to 1981.
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Don Estelle (May 22, 1933 - August 2, 2003) playing the part as "Gu...
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Don Estelle (May 22, 1933 - August 2, 2003) playing the part as "Gunner 'Lofty' Harold Sugden" in It Ain't Half Hot Mum, a British sitcom. This clip is a tribute to the late Don Estelle and his lovely voice - taken from an episode entitled "The Great Broadcast" (07/11/1980) [Season 7 Episode 4].
It Ain't Half Hot Mum was a British sitcom about the adventures of a Royal Artillery Concert Party, broadcast between 1974 and 1981, and written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, the creators of Dad's Army. It was set in British India and Burma, towards the end of the Second World War. The series ran for 8 seasons, amounting to 56 episodes for 7 years - between 1974 to 1981.
The character was dubbed with the ironic nickname of "Lofty" on account of Don Estelle's small stature (4 feet, 9 inches). He had a powerful tenor voice and as a spin-off from the series Estelle, and his co-star Windsor Davies, had a number one hit in the UK in 1975 with a semi-comic version of Whispering Grass.
In his privately-published autobiography Sing Lofty: Thoughts Of A Gemini, Estelle was extremely bitter about the state of modern-day entertainment, attacking those who refused to repeat It Ain't Half Hot Mum as "tight-crutched, white-trousered morons".
The song sung featured here was from a poem entitled:
There is a Lady sweet & kind
Thomas Ford's "Music of Sundry Kinds"
Anonymous. 1607
THERE is a Lady sweet & kind,
Was never face so pleased my mind;
I did but see her passing by,
And yet I love her till I die.
Her gesture, motion, & her smiles,
Her wit, her voice my heart beguiles,
Beguiles my heart, I know not why,
And yet I love her till I die.
Cupid is wingèd & doth range,
Her country so my love doth change:
But change she earth, or change she sky,
Yet will I love her till I die.
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Where on earth did you get that fantastic footage of the Pink Mountaintops? Have you got any more? I really really liked it - fantastic dirge. Hope you have more!
J
Maybe I can turn into a no-plane-theory conspiracy maniac.
Thanks.
peace
tara
ps. sent you a friend request.