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  • The Oldie

    TELEVISION ROGER LEWIS

    Aug 25, 2021 3 minutes

    The elephant in the room with Morecambe and Wise is homosexuality, or rather the fear of being mistaken for a homosexual: ‘Hey, gerroff! I’ll smash your face in!’ is a frequent threat.

    The embracing and fighting, the lapel-grabbing and face-slapping, and the rapprochements: it was Eddie Braben who’d noticed how intertwined the comedians were, with a friction that seemed more like a marriage. They share a flat, they share a bed, and they were

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