THOSE PLAYFUL CHAPS AT THE SUN NEWSPAPER have hardly finished cajoling their readers into voting for David “Dave” Cameron or Nick Clegg than they are setting them up to be knocked off their perches as soon as Sun journalists feel like a coconut shy is needed. In comparing Cameron and Clegg with the great comic pairing of Morecambe and Wise, the newspaper is certainly pointing out the pattern of the next five years: a barrel of laughs.
A RANDOM SELECTION OF COMEDIANS was asked last week who they would like to win the election. Despite all of them having natural left-leaning tendencies, their will was unanimous: they all wanted David Cameron to win simply because of the comic possibilities of having George Osborne and Theresa May in the public eye so often.
YET DECIDING THAT CAMERON AND CLEGG are top billing is perhaps not fair to the comic giants of the past. At the moment I happen to have been reading “Morecambe and Wise Untold”, by William Cook (the book is pictured above), and I can guarantee that no fair comparison is possible. Morecambe and Wise were professionals, dedicated to their work, determined to bring pleasure to others and committed to helping each other look good. They both came from spit and sawdust backgrounds, understood the common people, and had a partnership that lasted for 44 years. And they were funny on purpose. Let’s see Dave and Nick top that.
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