INSIDE ERIC He was the best-loved of all the comedians who bestrode post-war British culture. But what did Eric Morecambe get up to in retirement? William Cook is granted a unique opportunity to examine the contents of his study. There it all is. The joke Posted: Mar 27, 2008 19:30:33
... timeless, classless humour was a throwback to a gentler age. John Eric Bartholomew was born in Morecambe in 1926, the only child ... ticket. Here's a hospital tag, made out in his real name, John Bartholomew, so he wouldn't be pestered by fellow patients ... Ernie (of course), their writer, Eddie Braben, their ...