- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins (15 Oct 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007287321
- ISBN-13: 978-0007287321
- Product Dimensions: 24.7 x 19.6 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 173,400 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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To mark the 25th anniversary of Eric Morecambe’s death, You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone is the first book to cover Eric’s whole life and untimely death, including unseen family photographs and new insights by Eric’s son Gary Morecambe.
Published in the 25th anniversary year of Eric Morecambe’s death, You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone is a celebration of Eric Morecambe’s life in words and previously unseen personal family photographs.
Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise are to this day still regarded as Britain’s most successful and best loved comedy duo, and their television shows from the 1970’s and 80’s are undoubtedly their finest work.
For the first time, Eric Morecambe’s whole life, from his earliest days in his home-town of Morecambe right up to his death in Gloucestershire in 1984 are appraised by his son Gary. Included are photographs not seen by the family until recently – poignantly one of Eric at a friend’s wedding the day before he would collapse and die on stage. As the final and definitive book on Eric Morecambe,You’ll Miss Me features interviews with those who knew and loved Eric, including his wife Joan, Ronnie Corbett, Hamish McColl who wrote and starred in The Play What I Wrote and a foreword by Judi Dench.
’You’ll miss me when I’m gone’ was Eric’s oft repeated plaintive remark when he’d been annoying the Morecambe family with his gags.The irony is that, 25 years after his death, the viewing nation still misses Eric Morecambe.
About the Author
Gary Morecambe is the author of Eric Morecambe: Life's Not Hollywood, It's Cricklewood and Funny Man: Eric Morecambe, Memories of Eric.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I loved this book. It took me back to a time when the world seemed a safer, happier place! No real biography here - just facts and lots of colour mostly supplied by A list contributors like Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Parky, Lee Mack, Hamish McColl (the Play Wot I Wrote!) and lots of others. What I liked best was that two-thirds of the book was handed over to Eric himself - slightly weird in a posthumous sort of way, but great to read the man's own opinions on a multitude of subjects. Also like the Paul Merton bits where Merton reflects on the influences the silent comedians will undoubtedly have had on Eric and Ernie's own work. Perhaps the most interesting side to the book, bearing in mind Eric and Ernie have both been written about extensively, is that Eric's son meets up and interviews surviving school chums and fellow dance-class performers. Brilliant stuff. Really recommend this one. Good quality photos too, many I've never before seen and I'm a big fan in case you hadn't guessed it!!!!
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Just been reading life's not hollwood it's cricklwood - moved on to this. Prefer this one by Eric's son - better quality writing and superior photos and extras. a real class book worthy of a class comedian. I learned about eric when living with my parents in Canada. Gotten into them big time now back in the uk. Love their previn and breakfast routines of youtube. Awesome! Yeh =- this book is a good one...flows with interesting facts and is never about the author but about the subject, and the author stays rigidly with that premise. Gonna start reading the whole M&W range out there now...Whoah! Plenty enough to read. This book shiny to hold and warm to read.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Such a nice book on our Eric! I've been reading in the press all week about Ernie's letter to Eric, and it's such a lovely letter and I'm glad it's in this book. But there is so much more in this book too. There is lots by Eric himself, and I like all the Kenneth Branagh bits, and Paul Merton. They have a lot of knowledge about how Eric and Ernie worked as a double act. The early stuff is good too, all about Eric at school as remembered by his surviving chums. There's a bit where Thora Hird was selling fags at a shop and used to shout out to Eric on his way to dance class - that creates such a visual picture to me of a time long-ago and not likely to be repeated in this TV and screen dominated world. Highly recommend this book to any fans of entertainiment history - and fans of Eric and Ernie too, of course!
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The mistake I made was to think that this book was a biography - it's not, it's a tribute. The book is an eclectic mix of biographical material and anecdotes from people who knew... Read more
Published 23 days ago by JS Whitmore
You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone
Good book, good delivery. However the date of despatch it says the date is June 2010 and January 2010.
Published on 8 Feb 2010 by Mr. A. Chaplin
Morecambe
One of the only things about Eric Morecambe my daughter hasn't got. Looking forward to giving it as a present
Published on 9 Dec 2009 by Glord
Whay hay!!!!!
Liked it. Nice pics,interesting words, great interviews. All I expected. Will add to the collection of M and W material I've got. Read more
Published on 23 Nov 2009 by PJO
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