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ROCKING WITH LAUGHTER
With Stan Boardman, Phil Cool hosting the night and music by The Ex Men featuring ex members of various bands from the 1960's and 70's.
Tonights show is a bit like the old variety shows of the late 60's and 70's. Basically a band goes on first to warm up the crowd followed by the comedian etc then finishing off with the band.
Tonights show will be compared by TV Celebrity Phil Cool, The fist half will feature Peter Barton, Graham Pollock anfd Geoff Hammond performing a short set performing some of the songs they have performed over the years in bands they have been in. This will be followed by Phil Cool performing a handful of funny songs.The main event of the evening will be One of the all time greats of British Comedy Mr Stan Boardman. The evening will finish off with a last set by The Ex Men.
STAN BOARDMAN
tan Boardman is best associated with his success on the hit ITV show The Comedians. In more recent years he's dissappeared off our screens after causing outrage on the Des O' Connor Show. However he's still going strong, playing to sell out crowds in a variety of venues.
Stan Boardman was born in Liverpool on 7th December 1937. When he was a young child, during World War 2, Stan and his family were evacuated to Wrexham. On returning to their Merseyside home, thinking they had escaped the worst of the bombing, tragedy struck when Stan;'s older brother Tommy was killed in a bombing raid. Moving onto 1967 Stan married Vivienne Brennan, they are still married and have two children Paul and Andrea who are twins and three grandchildren.
His first brush with stand up came whilst he and his family were on holiday at a Butlin's holiday camp. They persuaded him to enter the weekly talent competition; just for fun. Reluctantly agreeing, Stan got up, entertaining a full house with a barrage of jokes. He won first prize. Little did he know that that talent contest was one heat, in a much larger national competition. Stan, gained in confidence with every appearance, progressing through each stage to secure a place in the Grand Final at the London Palladium. It was here that his distinctive style of comedy and his original material helped him walk off with the £1,000 first prize, a summer season engagement and the title 'Star Act Of The Year'.
Next step Television and an appearance on Opportunity Knocks topping the poll with the studio audience. He was invited back to appear on the program's Gala Show and for the Opportunity Knocks Variety Awards Shows. Stan was now a television must have and so it was no surprise when he was asked to take over as host of Southern Television's popular children's series Runaround. Stan followed Leslie Crowther and fellow comedian Mike Reid. Stan featured in the later series of The Comedians alongside Roy Walker and Mick Miller. Just as Charlie Williams and Ken Goodwin had become two of the stand out names from the first series Stan Boardman became one of the stand out names in the later series. After making his debut he was invited back for a second series. Since the success of The Comedians Stan has appeared made many television appearances, the most notable of which was Des O' Connor Tonight when his "Fockers" jike saw him disappear from our TV screens for a while. He's played to packed theatres and other venues all round the world since that first appearance on The Comedians and in 2011 returned to Blackpool with other surviving members of The Comedians for a 40th Anniversary Show hosted by the man who started it all Johnnie Hamp.
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PHIL COOL
Phil Cool (born Philip Martin; April 1948) is a Semi retired English comedian, impressionist and musician. He starred in his own television series and performed as a touring comedian since the 1980's. Born in Chorley, Lancashire, Cool discovered that he had a skill for pulling faces when he was a 12-year-old at school Once he left school he worked briefly in a warehouse and as an electrician before turning professional as a comedian and impressionist.. Dubbed 'the world's only stand-up chameleon', impressionist extraordinaire Phil Cool was first seen by viewers of the BBC's Pebble Mill at One in the mid-eighties, an appearance which led to three phenomenally successful series for the BBC and international fame. We caught up with him on the brink of a new UK tour and DVD releases.
Phil had several of his own TV shows including
Cool It (1985) - Cool It Too (1986) - Cool 'n' Hot (1989) -Cool Head (1991) - How To Cheat at Fishing (1995) - Classic Cool (1997)
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THE EX MEN
The Ex Men are Time served musicians who have performed all over the world in various bands with members of Wings, The Moody Blues, The Animals, The Hollies, The Kinks and Many More.
The band will be playing two sets of
NON STOP HITS FROM THE 60'S AND 70'S.
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This night will be a very interesting night.
WE MIGHT EVEN BE DOING
CHICKEN IN A BASKET
SCAMPI AND CHIPS
SPUD PIE, MUSHY PEAS & GRAVY
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