Eric Morecambe Pebble Mill

[@wideernie]

Watching this in 2024, it seems like a completely different world. The intelligence, the humour and the professionalism stand out a mile.

[@AndreaElizabeth100]

Eric Morecambe seems so kind like the sort of person who would be a good friend.

[@stevebarlow1969]

He just brings a massive smile to your face, dear Eric M

[@rondon9897]

People like you are a marvel for putting these lovely gems on. Bless you.

[@richardjones5514]

Used to end up in detention as I had to walk past Pebble Mill back to school after lunch you never knew what would be going on cannot believe I ended up with a weeks detention when I said I was late after being held up by a Harrier Jump Jet....

[@chrisredditch]

What a lovely fella Eric Morecambe seems to be.

[@willt39]

great upload one of my childhood heroes

[@AndreaElizabeth100]

What year did this come out? Eric Morecambe sounds such a nice man very kind. Really sad he died so young. A true professional. A true comedy genius.

[@Voxac100b]

1981

[@AndreaElizabeth100]

@@Voxac100b Thank you.

[@matthewdrake9699]

Typical gent from obvious humble beginnings, given nothing, worked hard and climbed the ladder slowly. Not surprised he comes across as very rounded and level headed

[@AndreaElizabeth100]

Eric Morecambe was very hard working. I can't help thinking maybe if he had slowed down a bit he would he have lived longer. These days people can get a heart transplant but not sure in those days in the early 1980s.

[@Voxac100b]

7:26 the Shaw Taylor joke was brilliant

[@johnking5174]

4:35 - The other show he mentions here was "Saturday Night at the Mill" which was a Saturday late night version of the lunchtime Pebble Mill, however more geared towards comedy/entertainment late night show than Pebble Mill could be at 1pm.

[@ysgol3]

Lovely interview, I know from experience that you don't joke when you're having a heart attack!

[@That_Random_Bloke]

A great upload, thanks

[@andydixon2980]

6:04 A comment to regret.

[@iainstewart7104]

Anyone know the exact broadcast date

[@iainstewart7104]

I'm guessing this is like 1983 or maybe 1984

[@ysgol3]

Hi, I think it's a bit earlier than that - Mr Lonely was published in March 1981 so I reckon it's probably from around then. By 1983/4 he'd started to look a lot older hadn't he?

[@iandennis1]

The book was published in 1981

[@danwoodhouse9290]

4:36 textbook stuff

[@markharrison2544]

Well done for supporting Thatcher in 1979 and 1983.

[@jono12121201]

Fucking really..?.... Maggy Thatcher the milk snatcher

[@johnking5174]

Now Mark, you are viewing that from a 2020 year view point. I put it to you this way. It is 1978, the country is in the midst of strikes after strikes, power cuts, rubbish in street not collected. On top of that, you are a successful TV performer who has worked your ass off since before World War 2 and now you are wealthy, but the government wants to snatch 83% of that wealth off you every year. Now can you understand why he liked Thatcher? Also, Thatcher won a majority not from the rank in file Tories, but from Labour voters who had enough of Labour in 1979.

[@naly202]

@@johnking5174 the very high income tax was the reason why Noel Coward moved to Jamaica, as well.

[@thehangmancometh1813]

@@naly202 I thought that for the permissive bumming he could have...

[@matthewh.9544]

Why are you bringing politics into this, it's fun and along comes you going into political debates. Noone cares