Bud Flanagan was a popular War is conflict, between relatively large groups of people, which involves physical force inflicted by the use of weapons. Other terms for war include below.) War is contrasted with peace, which is usually defined as the absence of war. History of war . The most pervasive of those are the Geneva... Wartime entertainer, born Chaim Reuven Weintrop (Redirected from 14th October) October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years). There are 78 days remaining. Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, the Norman invasion forces of William the Conqueror defeat the English army... 14th October 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). Events January - April January 4 - Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. January 5 - An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays. January 12 - H... 1896 in Whitechapel is a neighbourhood in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is roughly bounded by the Bishopsgate thoroughfare on the west, Hanbury Street on the north, Brady Street/Cavell Street on the east and Commercial Road on the south. Its heart is Whitechapel Road itself, named for a small... Whitechapel, the The term East End is most commonly used to refer to the East End of London, England. Christ Church, Spitalfields Location The term East End was first applied to the districts immediately to the east of, the mediaeval walled City of London. These included Whitechapel and Stepney. By the late... East End, London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. Founded as The city of was... London, Capital London Capitals coordinates 51° 30 N, 0° 10 W Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion Church of England (Established Church): 31,500,000 Roman Catholic: 5,000... England and died (Redirected from 20th October) October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. Events 1700-1899 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction and the War... 20th October 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is... 1968. He is best known as part of a The double act is a predominantly British institution, a term used for describing the comedic tradition of a pair of performers. The two would usually comprise of a straight man or feed and the comic, the purpose of the feed being to set up jokes for the comic. This would... double act with Chesney Allen, Flanagan and Allen. As Music Hall is a form of British theatrical entertainment which reached its peak of popularity between 1850 and 1960. The term can refer to 1) A particular form of variety entertainment involving a mixture of popular song, comedy and speciality acts. 2) The theatre or other venue in which such... music hall comedians, they would often feature a mixture of comedy and music in their act and this led to a succesful recording career as a duo and roles in film and television. Flanagan and Allen were both also members of The Crazy Gang and worked with that team for many years concurrently with their double-act career.

Flanagan and Allen's songs featured the same, usually gentle humour for which the duo were known in their live performances, and during the Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (60,000 ft) into the air. August 9, 1945 World War II was a global conflict that started in 7 July 1937 in Asia and 1 September 1939 in Europe and lasted until 1945, involving the majority of the... Second World War reflected the experiences of ordinary people during wartime. Songs like We're Going To Hang Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line mocked the German defences ( Bunker on the Siegfried line The original Siegfried line was a line of defensive forts and tank defences built by Germany along their border with France in 1916-1917 during World War I. However, in English, , but the Allies renamed it after the First World War line. This article deals... Siegfried Line), while others like Miss You sang of missing one's sweetheart during enforced absences. Other songs such as their most famous Underneath The Arches (which Flanagan co-wrote with Reg Connelly) had universal themes such as friendship, which again, helped people relate to the subject matter. The music was usually melodic, following a binary verse, verse chorus structure, with a small dance band or orchestra providing the backing. The vocals were distinctive because while Flanagan was at least a competent singer and sang the melody lines, Allen used an almost spoken delivery to provide the harmonies.

Flanagan and Allen stopped working together with Chesney Allen's retirement on health grounds in the 1960s but Flanagan continued working until his death. His last recording was Jimmy Perry's Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr Hitler, recorded shortly before he died in 1968, and better known as the theme to the The word Categories: Disambiguation ... British television A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. Sitcoms usually consist of recurring characters in a format in which there are one or more humorous story lines centred around a common environment, such as a family home... sit-com series The cast of was based partly on Jimmy Crofts experiences in the Local Defence Volunteers - later known as the Home Guard - and partly on the work of comedians such as Will Hay ( 1888- 1945), who was successful in a series of gently satiric British comedies of the 1930s, and... Dad's Army, . The song was a pastiche of the sort of songs Flanagan had sung during the war and was very popular with the public.

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See also

Flanagan and Allen

The Crazy Gang

External links

Bud Flanagan's Internet Movie Database entry (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0281012/)