Posted by AlanG on 04/02/06 17:03

On Sun, 2 Apr 2006 15:49:49 +0100, "Jeremiah Harbottle"
<nikemc@nildram.REMOVE.THIS.co.uk> wrote:

>> Bowery Boys were crap american comedy group doing the same sort of
>> comedy as Will Hay
>> http://home.earthlink.net/~bcwalk/bowery/
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>They look more slapstick that Will Hay. Hay's films were very British and
>rarely featured US style slapstick.

They used the same sort of silly story line. Can't call it a plot.
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>> Wisdom only does pathetic. Saying that, there is a lot of wasted
>> talent there.
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>Oh yes. Some of the films were pretty poor.

All of them.
Which is a pity because the man himself was quite talented.
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>>>You can't beat Will May, Moore Marriott and Graham Moffat.
>> Never heard of them
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>Marriot was the bloke with the beard (Always called Jeremiah Harbottle:-))
>and Graham Moffatt was the fat lad who was too smart for his own good.
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>Most of Will Hay's best films feature the trio of Hay, Marriott and Moffat.
>Hay eventually dumped them to avoid becoming an "act" with them. (When he
>moved to Ealing).

I could never remember any of the cast except Charles Hawtrey who went
on to greater fame.


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