How close we came to losing a classic double act, standup discovers suspect package and Frankie Boyle's latest scrapThis week's comedy newsMorecambe and … no one? A "what if?" story from comedy history this week, as a discovery from the BBC archives revealed that TV chiefs doubted the potential of double act Morecambe and Wise. In a letter dated June 5, 1959, TV producer John Ammonds argued that Eric and Ernie are …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AM on December 4, 2012