Talk:Tony Hancock
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Changes made 12/5/2005. Hancock died on 24th June and not 26th as previously written.
I changed "a RAF regiment" -> "the RAF Regiment". In any case you can't say "a RAF", it would be "an". However, more serious is the fact that there aren't a load of them so you can't say he just joined one of them - there is only one, a fighting force called "The RAF Regiment", and that is what is appears he joined. 82.35.17.203 18:18, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)
The section about The Punch and Judy Man doesn't really sound unbiased, not least "The film's humour is bitter-sweet and nicely understated and perfectly tailored to British audiences. American audiences might not understand it."... even given the context (H's failure to break into the US) it needs revising.
Bold textHancock Bio Movie?
I saw a movie about Tony Hancock back in 1990-91. I can't remember what it was called and can't find any info on it, if anyone knows anything about this please inform.
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- There were a couple, mainly made for TV. Paul Merton the UK Tv comedian models himself on TH and has tried to do a couple of the scripts as well. I listened to TH on the radio in the 50's when i was 10 years old, he was my first hero..... Lincolnshire Poacher 17:30, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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- The Merton shows were made in about 1996. You're probably thinking of a BBC Screen One film from 1991/92 called "Hancock" with Alfred Molina. JW 5 July 2005 00:46 (UTC)
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[edit] Pruning needed
It is doubtful if there still are people who find patterns not intended in the wallpaper – Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen and numerous makeover clones have put a stop to that. In the not too distant past some clever publishers made quite a little industry of the "hidden picture" phenomenon – would they have been able to do that if there were still had bunches of grapes wallpapers rather than magnolia walls with a dado rail to stare at? Is staring into space a lost art? The frustrating experience of someone not seeing what we think we are seeing and the final "wait till you want me to see something" perfectly encapsulates the wearisome nature of such a futile enterprise.
This may be an interesting philophical musing but it will make absolutely no sense at all to anyone who has not heard the relevant episode. With this discussion of the Sunday Afternoon at Home episode -- just one among dozens episodes he made -- we have strayed a long way from the subject (Hancock's Peak Years), and it's a long way from being encyclopaedic. With respect to its author, it should be deleted and the rest of the aricle heavily pruned for relevance and comprehensibility. Flapdragon 12:24, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Yes, I agree. It's very well written and interesting but a bit too exhaustive, and goes off at a tangent more than once. I made a slight alteration to remove a POV, but it does need some editing. JW 5 July 2005 00:46 (UTC)
[edit] Roger Hancock
Agent to Hancock scriptwriter Terry Nation . I read recently that he was Tony's brother. I had not heard this before 2005 so find it hard to believe that nobody would have mentioned it. Is it correct? DavidFarmbrough 09:15, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, quite true, see the Wilmut book, and I think confirmable via web sources also. Philip Cross 14:15, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] POV
This section is so much POV I don't know where to begin. Even though it is possibly right and an accurate assesment of The Punch & Judy Man's failure, it is equally possible that the film failed because it wasn't that good. To change this section to a neutral POV is difficult. Nevertheless I am having a go at this today. Any further revisions in the same vein (i.e. removing POV but keeping something of the comment) will be gratefully received!
"Hancock always dreamed of being a major international star, but tradition holds that he failed to realise how uniquely British his style of humour was; too uniquely British, that is, to have universal appeal. This was demonstrated by his second starring vehicle, The Punch and Judy Man (1962), in which he plays a struggling seaside entertainer who dreams of a better life; Sylvia Syms plays his nagging social climber of a wife, and John Le Mesurier plays a sand sculptor. The film's humour is bittersweet and understated and was perfectly tailored to a particular British audience of the time. The vast American entertainment industry, whose moguls were used to a more brash style of humour, dismissed it as slow-moving and dull. His BBC shows were, however, frequently broadcast in Australia and Canada." DavidFarmbrough 10:17, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] East Cheam
If East Cheam is next to Carshalton, what happened to Sutton ?
-- Beardo 06:23, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
- Have changed it.
- Incidentally it's debateable as to how far East Cheam "exists" in the present day. There was a village of East Cheam centuries ago, but in the late 16th century it was aquired by the owners of West Cheam and the two slowly merged into the larger parish of Cheam. Nowadays it would probably be West Sutton and St Dunstan’s Hill area. There are present day organisations and estate agents who use the term "East Cheam" but I'm not sure how many of these aren't just capitalising on the Hancock connection. "Welcome to Hancock's world" from the Sutton/Epsom Guardian Timrollpickering 00:32, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Suicide
I think the article never mentions, but should, the method of suicide. Every other notable person who has committed suicide (as far as i have seen), mentions at least in passing the method. --Storkk 00:04, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
