bye bye zg
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Donald McLean (born October 2, 1945 in New Rochelle, New York) is an American singer-songwriter. He is most famous for his 1971 songs "American Pie" and "Vincent".
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Don Maclean (born 11 March 1944 in Birmingham) is an English comedian who hosted the BBC television series Crackerjack with Michael Aspel, Peter Glaze, and Jan Hunt in the 1970s. As a child he had attended Clifton Road School, in Balsall Heath.Comment
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an easy mistake to make.Comment
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is general as exciting as this?Comment
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Maclean usually performed a live routine or routines with Glaze in front of a studio audience of children and a filmed insert with Glaze, in the style of a silent comedy film. Live routines would almost always work in the 'joke' where an exasperated Glaze would exclaim 'Maclean!' to which Maclean would answer 'Yes I am, I had a bath this morning!'.Comment
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Early in his career, Maclean was a comedy compere of the BBC Television Series The Black and White Minstrel Show. He also appeared in Crossroads and Carry On Columbus. From 1990 to 2006 he presented "Good Morning Sunday", a religious programme on BBC Radio 2, but he has now been replaced on that show by Aled Jones. He also hosted the panel games The Clever Dick-Athlon (1988-90), First Letter First (1993) and Are You Sitting Comfortably (1993-6), all for Radio 2.
fancy being replaced by aled jones. oh dear.Comment
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He is currently on tour in the play 'There's No Place Like A Home' and will be appearing at the Hippodrome theatre in Birmingham this Christmas playing Widow Twanky in Aladdin.Comment
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can it get much worse?Comment
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a brief extract, if i may:
Thursday is the Feast of St John Bosco, Founder of the Salesian Order. Apparently, as a young man, he was an acrobat, Juggler & Ventriloquist but his true vocation lay in his great understanding of boys. He opened orphanages for homeless boys in Turin & also schools, he sought to make learning attractive & fun. Teachers of today could learn a lot from him.
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