Eyes And Teeth

Welcome to the final edition in Season 12. In this episode I know you’re going to enjoy as I take you back to the height of Cannon & Ball’s success as a double act that lasted decades right up until the very sad passing of Bobby Ball in 2020. Tommy Cannon, a national treasure and one who admits he owes his career to Bobby in those early years as he talks to Eyes & Teeth about a Weld of Lau...

Nigel Hogg is a familiar face at Cromer Pier in Norfolk. He's part of the furniture and I have been working in that venue with Nigel since 2006. He has a great sense of humour, but he just doesn’t show it. I loved learning more about Nigel and his first introduction to Sir Ken Dodd in those early years and he spent decades working for the King of Diddy Men. Nigel tells me of his RVP with Dodd...

In this episode of Eyes & Teeth the big big talent of you can clearly hear my genuine reminiscent joy catching up with Rachel who stood side by side with me doing the YMCA at 10am on the roadside entrance to Barry Island resort one of the last realistic replica’s of Hi-De-Hi. I don’t think there is a park open today that possessed and provided that true link to the heyday of holiday parks back...

Welcome to another Eyes and Teeth Pat Nearney is a wonderful Norfolk comedian who I met in Norfolk funny enough. Almost every time I worked up there, he would be on the bill or in the audience and he is full of brilliant stories and anecdotes, so todays chat is a delight as we talk about Cromer Pier, Norfolk comedians and accents, Billy Connolly, Ventriloquist Brian Chamberlain, Max Miller, The Mo...

Catherine Marks:  Lady Ratling Magic Catherine and I have been pals since our summer season at Whitecliff Bay holiday park in 1994 on the IOW. We laughed, boy did we laugh, we clicked right away with a similar sense of humour. After that season I went off to The London Palladium and Cath went to Lapland but we have stayed in touch every year since then.  Cath was always constantly looking for new...

Paul Holman is one of the UK’s Top Successful Pantomime Producers. Today we talk about his early days and his favourite performers such as Sandy Powell, Jack Tripp, Barbara Windsor and Roy Hudd. There are people we both knew such as the talented Steve & Lisa Bruus of Renleah Experience, Robert Marlowe, Phil Butler AND Paul Eastwood and inspirational people such as Dick Condon from Norfolk. We...

Welcome to Eyes & Teeth and The Big Big Talent of Paul Zenon. Award winning Comedy Magician, Writer, presenter, Ted Talk master, actor, director, producer, author, founder of a charity the list goes on and I try and talk about a lot of these things that Paul has turned into magic over the years he has been in the business. From Tricky Business to Edinburgh Festival, receiving a Ken Dodd award...

Welcome to eyes and teeth, The big big talent of talking to performers who have worked hard to get where they are. In this episode I talk to a Covent Garden legend, pantomime star, tv face, writer director, poet, juggler, visual comedy performer Ben Langley.  Today we talk about his Lockdown projects which include Poems on the run and his Front Door Showstopper, Bill Oddie, Geoffrey Eggins, Robin...

Welcome to Eyes & Teeth and another conversation about showbusiness, its people and behind the scenes in theatre and the arts. Another lockdown chat back in 2021 with a professional this time in the world of dance Jan Lynton popped up in my life upon my move into Eastbourne Sussex back in the early Millennium. In this episode we talk about Eastbourne, Choreography, Arthur Worsley, Charlie Ches...

Welcome to E&T Season William Robert Allenby Bass-baritone celebrated 40 years on stage in 2020, since his debut as Kurt in 'the Sound of Music' with the Northern Theatre Company , at the Hull New Theatre, in 1980. His career has taken him around the world in a variety of musical styles from Puccini through to Andrew Lloyd Webber and Rogers and Hammerstein. William was recently award...

Welcome back to Eyes & Teeth Charlie Green  As a singer Charlie has grown up around variety all his life since the age of 3 on cruise ships and then he was discovered on a TV Variety show as a little crooner, Simon Cowell become an instant fan, and then Charlie was rediscovered by none other than one of the Worlds most famous Child Entertainers Jimmy Osmond. You can’t get more variety than an...

Welcome to Eyes & Teeth Season 12 - The Big Big Talent Show  I wanted to start this season with something that has stood out for me in the theatre and on television, something different and today I am excited to talk to the perfect guest to take us behind the scenes of one of the funniest and hugely popular & successful stage creations in recent years.  The Play That Goes Wrong is an Inter...

Bob Carolgees is Someone who lit up my family living room everytime he appeared on TV. Whether it was as  a guest on a variety show or Surprise surprise with Cilla I would laugh along with my whole family. Today Bob and I talk about his journey starting out as a DJ then verging into puppetry and TV Land landing a part in Tiswaz and Surprise surprise and touring with Big TV Stars in Summer Shows an...

Nick Thomas MBE, puppeteer, Producer, Entrepreneur, went from dolly waggling to earning an Olivier Award in the West End of London and he and ventriloquist Keith Harris have a fascinating connection which kick started both their careers and turned them both into the phenomenon’s they both turned out to be. Nick from Qdos Pantomimes and Entertainment has a phonebook of whos who, and those Who’s kno...

I always enjoy catching up with friends on the circuit and Phil and I see each other at least once every two years and its always a laugh. Phil started out in entertainment at an early age, he joined a band originally fronted by Brian Conley in the 1980’s and Phil stayed with that band for 6 years before going solo and enjoying summer seasons, pantomimes and the cruise industry and countless Cabar...

Herbie adams is a brilliant entertainer. We met back in the 1990’s in Devon, I was 22 and just turned pro 25 years ago so we have known each other on and off over a quarter of a century. We may see each other once every 5 years but when we do we have a nice catch up, its natural and todays is only different in the fact that I recorded it. Herbie is unique, he’s fresh and funny and has that powerfu...

Charlie Cairoli Junior has grown up with the best experience of Circus Legendary. His father Charlie Cairoli Snr is an iconic and important stature in the world of circus, a landmark himself where Blackpool is concerned. As you enter Blackpool Tower you will be greeted by a statue of Charlie followed by a plethora of memorabilia and information which will take you back through the history of The T...

Welcome to Eyes & Teeth Julia Burnett The Music Hall is a great place to be whether you’re reminiscing through a song, a ditty, a joke or routine and you can’t experience that if the music hall has died out and faded away along with the stars that brightened the stages back then and that’s why people like todays guest is important to keep the memories and performers acts alive by paying tribut...

Welcome to Eyes & Teeth Dean Taylor. Dean has pretty much cornered the Corporate and entertainment market playing TV characters from Film & Television and the celebrity world that pretty much lighten the mood at any party, wedding or Christmas work events.  From being chucked out of my own wedding party by my father in law to going viral to millions on social media dancing as Kevin & P...

Phil Melbourne Phil is a fantastic stand up comedian, voiceover artist and a very original writer. His style is laid back and relaxed but with punchlines that would flaw Tyson.  Phil started out as a lifeguard then a bluecoat in the holiday chain Pontins… it was inevitable that he would find the funny. I’ve seen him on stage and been in his company socially and he is a natural. The last time I saw...

Welcome to this Very Special BONUS edition of Eyes & Teeth where I swap a podcast episode with a mutual Comedy & Variety interviewer and this one is very exciting for me as today you can hear an interview with The Legendary Ventriloquist Willie Tyler. Willie’s early career saw him Hosting Motown shows across America and when I say that I mean MOTOWN!!! Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, The Jack...

Welcome to Eyes & Teeth Charmaine Davies. A hard working stand up, actress, radio presenter, all round performer who literally turned tears in to laughter. Charmaine today talks about starting out in comedy and starting out in Surrey where she grew up an only child. She talks fondly of one of her inspirations that is Joan Rivers, gigging with Jo Brand and Drew Cameron and she talks about her l...

Welcome to Eyes & Teeth Legends of Laughter. Hypnotists over the years have enjoyed summer seasons, corporate shows, TV shows, stints across Europe at the hottest destinations where there are clubs, cabaret, cruise ships and stag & hen parties as well as depiction in TV comedy sketches such as Little Britain and has been caught up in controversy over the hypnotist and volunteer in a few ca...

Welcome to Eyes & teeth – Legends of Laughter - Maurice Grumbleweed The Grumbleweeds TV show on a Saturday night meant it was family laughter times they are moments I cherish and remember laughing with my siblings and parents. I was around 9 or 10 when they were big in the light entertainment world and on constantly.  Summer seasons and pantomimes, and that famous Grumbleweed song we always su...

Welcome to Eyes & Teeth a Legend of Laughter someone who had me and my family in stitches in Elf The Musical Tour Xmas 2021. Tam Ryan is a fantastic entertainer. We talk about his start in the business inspired by his parents showbusiness life. We were nearly deprived of his talent and lost him to journalism but the media’s loss was Show businesses gain and he is making his mark on contracts h...