All-round entertainer whose readiness to take a joke against himself was key to his successOne day in 1964, over a cup of coffee, Des O'Connor told the comedian Eric Morecambe that he hoped to be an international star. "Well, I'd like to have an affair with Brigitte Bardot," replied Morecambe, " but we can't have everything we want, can we?" Morecambe, though right about his chances with Bardot, was wrong about O'Con…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AM on November 15, 2020