Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball, comedy double act, were surprised by Eamonn Andrews outside London’s Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
The duo met in the early 1960s while working as welders in .. show full overview
Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball, comedy double act, were surprised by Eamonn Andrews outside London’s Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
The duo met in the early 1960s while working as welders in Oldham, Lancashire. They started out as singers working in the pubs and clubs of Greater Manchester, but switched to comedy after being told comics earned an extra £3 a night.
Their first television appearance was in 1974 on the variety show, The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club. A later performance on Bruce Forsyth's Big Night, led to ITV offering them their own television series, The Cannon and Ball Show, in July 1979.
Eamonn disguised himself as Santa Claus and enlisted the help of Norman Vaughan, Windsor Davies and Melvyn Hayes in order to surprise Peter in London’s Leicester Square.
Peter - who was .. show full overview
Eamonn disguised himself as Santa Claus and enlisted the help of Norman Vaughan, Windsor Davies and Melvyn Hayes in order to surprise Peter in London’s Leicester Square.
Peter - who was about to appear in pantomime with the aforementioned - was greeted by, among others, actor Leonard Rossiter.
Rod Hull, comedian and entertainer, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at Thames Television's Euston Road Studios.
After national service with the RAF, Rod qualified as an electrician. .. show full overview
Rod Hull, comedian and entertainer, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at Thames Television's Euston Road Studios.
After national service with the RAF, Rod qualified as an electrician. He found work as a lighting technician with TCN Channel 9 television in Sydney, after moving to Australia in 1961. He then began regularly appearing in front of the camera, notably on the children's afternoon programmes.
Rod first used Emu - a mute, highly aggressive arm-length puppet modelled on the Australian flightless emu bird - in a children’s breakfast programme, The Super Flying Fun Show. The puppet subsequently became a regular part of his comedy routines.
He returned to the UK in 1971 and his first UK television appearance came on the ITV show Saturday Variety, but it was his later appearance in the 1972 Royal Variety Performance that provided his springboard to national recognition.
