This British writer, actor, and director became renowned for his comedic talent, spanning over fifty years. His style is characterized by taking a single comic idea to its absolute extremes. He frequently collaborated with other leading comedians and writers of his era. Emerging from radio beginnings to television stardom, his work is celebrated for its originality and embrace of the absurd.
Eric Sykes’s comedy has always sported an essential core of warm humanity. This, along with his genuine creative genius, continues to prove an unforgettably winning combination. In his much anticipated autobiography, Eric Sykes reveals his extraordinary life working alongside a generation of legendary comedians and entertainers, despite being dogged by deafness and eventually virtual blindness.
Eric Sykes is one of Britain's creative comedy geniuses combining personal warmth, superbly observed written and performed comedy and a deeply intimate understanding of what a viewing audience wants. Here he has assembled a comedy hall of fame for those who have inspired, entertained and, most of all, amused him. Including tributes to comedy greats Tommy Cooper, Les Dawson, Ken Dodd, Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and many, many more, this is a beautiful and personal testimony to the wonderful characters who have stimulated Eric's life-long love affair with laughter.
HUMOUR-GRAPPLEWICK IS A SMALL NORTHERN TOWN SPLOTCHED ACROSS THE MOORS.THERE EVERYBODY KNOWS WHATS GOING ON-AND THE MAYOR IS ALSO CHIEF OF THE FIRE BRIGADE,WHICH DOUBLES UP AS THE TOWN'S BRASS BAND.INTO THIS TIMELESS SCENE COMES TERENCE,A CROOK JUST OUT OF JAIL AND DESPERATELY SEACHING FOR HIS OLD ACCOMPLICE,HELLIWELL-A DIFFICULT QUEST AS HALF THE POPULATION GOES BY THE NAME HELLIWELL.SUCKED INTO THE DRAMA OF LOCAL POLITICS,TERENCE SOON WEAVES HIS OWN DEVIOUS WEB OF INTRIGUE,WITH HILARIOUS EXPLOSIVE RESULTS.