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Boardman was evacuated with his family to Wrexham during the Second World War, and after the family returned to their Merseyside home mistakenly thinking the area had escaped the German bombs, his elder brother Tommy was killed in a bombing raid. [1] Boardman had been a keen footballer in his youth and was an apprentice at Liverpool F.C.
Stan's World Cup Song", also known as "Aye Aye Ippy The Germans Bombed Our Chippy", [1] is a song by English comedian Stan Boardman. It is set to the tune of "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" and the Dambusters March. [2] It was released to coincide with the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
In 1977 his place was taken by Leslie Crowther and Stan Boardman, before Reid returned in 1978. The ball in tube scoring was copied from the US version but with two colours; red worth one point for a correct answer and yellow worth two points for being the only contestant to choose the right answer (this was reversed in later series).
A fan wiki is a wiki [a] that is created by fans, primarily to document an object of popular culture. Fan wikis cover television shows, film franchises, video games, comic books, sports, and other topics. [1] They are a part of fandoms, which are subcultures dedicated to a common popular culture interest.
The song also made an allusion to comedian Stan Boardman's German jokes with the line, "They bombed our chip shops". Boardman, who also wrote a World Cup song, " Stan's World Cup Song ", stated that he felt Cleese's use of his joke was "very cheeky" and didn't believe that Cleese had a chip shop in his hometown of Weston-Super-Mare .
His funeral was held on 3 March 2012 at St Patrick's Church, Donegall Street, Belfast, where he had married his wife Ruth over 60 years earlier. Mourners included Stan Boardman, Dennis Taylor, Eamonn Holmes, Martin McGuinness, Lenny Henry, Dana, Roy Walker and a large crowd of fans. [15]
In 2005, he took part in the reality TV show Kings Of Comedy alongside Stan Boardman, Janey Godley, Andrew Maxwell, Boothby Graffoe and David Copperfield. [ 7 ] In 2008 and 2009, he made several appearances on the BBC3 sitcom Ideal , as the father of Johnny Vegas 's Moz.
The DVD featured new performances from Brown, along with Stan Boardman, Roy Walker and Mick Miller. [4] Brown performed his comedy on various other entertainment shows, including The Good Old Days, where he made appearances between 1971 and 1980. [5] Brown acted on stage in several productions.