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I had already recorded one radio programme with Morecambe and Wise, and although they were again in town, arrangements had been made for me to interview their co-stars, The Beverley Sisters.

The girls were in a happy mood, the interview taking over half and hour to record, and I was just packing up my equipment when there was a knock on their dressing room door.

It was one of the Management team for Morecambe and Wise, and he looked straight at me and said "Hi Ken the boys heard you were in the Theatre, they enjoyed your interview with them so much last year could you pop round to their room and do another one?"

Well, a nice surprise, and of course an offer that I just simply had to accept.

Despite this praise, I knew it would not be easy. They could of course be serious at times, but almost immediately the jolly banter started, and seemed to revolve around my short stubbly beard.

ERIC. This is the second time we have done a show with you, young man, I remember we did say that you looked like a slashed cinema seat in those days, but I see you have grown the fluff even further, now you look more like an upturned loo brush. The last time I saw anything like that on a face the whole herd had to be destroyed.

I did try to steer the conversation back to normality, and as I had just interviewed the Beverleys, I wondered how the boys selected the support acts for their Theatre shows.

ERIC. This is no problem, people just write in and ask if they can work with us, and we say alright if you do it for nothing!

ERNIE. It really is a simple process; we try to have a balanced bill. We do like to have a ventriloquist or a speciality act that amuses people in the first half, without giving direct competition to ourselves. A comic would be a non-starter because instead of complimenting us they would become opposition, which would be rather foolish.

At that time Eric was a Vice President of Luton Town Football Club, so I asked him how his team were doing.

ERIC. I am a happy man today, we have only beaten Wolves, and now have the chance of going up. After a string of really bad results we are now getting it together.

ERNIE. How does that happen when a team starts so badly and then begins to play well again, that is now 8 wins in a row?

ERIC. I had a word with them, I said you had 8 loses in a row, now go out and have 8 wins in a row, it is that simple. It is all about confidence, it is like you and I Ern, if we went out for 6 weeks and never got a laugh, our sub conscious minds would probably

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