Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4466 in Books
• Published on: 2009-10-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

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.

Customer Reviews

Nice follow up!
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.

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. If you like these comedians, or like British comedy.....or both, then you'll enjoy owning this book. Got a nice expensive feel to it...quality!

great memories of a great legend
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!!!!