Mike Yarwood

[jimmyscoular]

One of the disadvantages of living in the United States is that British celebrities are often unknown here, and so the death of Mike Yarwood last September totally got by me. I only just noticed.

He was an enormous part of my adolescence, with his impressions of Harold Wilson and Ted Heath and Dennis Healey and so very many more. When I think back on those happy days I rank him with Eric and Ernie. He made me laugh.

RIP Mr. Yarwood.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: Mike Yarwood

One of the disadvantages of living in the United States is that British celebrities are often unknown here, and so the death of Mike Yarwood last September totally got by me. I only just noticed.

He was an enormous part of my adolescence, with his impressions of Harold Wilson and Ted Heath and Dennis Healey and so very many more. When I think back on those happy days I rank him with Eric and Ernie. He made me laugh.

RIP Mr. Yarwood.

He was a funny guy

Booze got hold of him

[Moodybluebird]

Re: Mike Yarwood

I think he was lucky in that there were not that many impressionists around when he made his name. Certainly, he was not in the same league as Rory Bremner or Alistair McGowan when it came to the accuracy and variety of his impressions.

[Wash DC Blue]

Re: Mike Yarwood

One of the disadvantages of living in the United States is that British celebrities are often unknown here, and so the death of Mike Yarwood last September totally got by me. I only just noticed.

He was an enormous part of my adolescence, with his impressions of Harold Wilson and Ted Heath and Dennis Healey and so very many more. When I think back on those happy days I rank him with Eric and Ernie. He made me laugh.

RIP Mr. Yarwood.

I didn’t know that he’d passed away either.

Forgive me if I’ve asked you this before…where abouts in the US are you?

[jimmyscoular]

Re: Mike Yarwood

I didn’t know that he’d passed away either.

Forgive me if I’ve asked you this before…where abouts in the US are you?

Omaha.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: Mike Yarwood

Omaha.

Christ it must be cold there in the winter

[Wash DC Blue]

Re: Mike Yarwood

Omaha.

Nebraska!
Do you in enjoy it?
I’ve never been and the Great Plains kind of terrify me seeing how bleak things are even here in VA during the winter.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: Mike Yarwood

Council bluffs

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Re: Mike Yarwood

I think Yarwood, like many impressionists, suffered when the subjects of his best political impressions fell from power.

[jimmyscoular]

Re: Mike Yarwood

Christ it must be cold there in the winter

Warm house, warm car, warm office, warm shopping malls, warm bars, warm movie theaters. Excellent snow clearance. This is the USA, not the USSR, so it's just fine. Air conditioning everywhere in the summer, at least until Greta gets her way. No, it's all good.

[jimmyscoular]

Re: Mike Yarwood

Nebraska!
Do you in enjoy it?
I’ve never been and the Great Plains kind of terrify me seeing how bleak things are even here in VA during the winter.

Omaha's great. Wife's hometown. They've built a fine city here. Outstate in the boonies, maybe not so much.

[jimmyscoular]

Re: Mike Yarwood

Yeah, well. You've got Newport.

[jimmyscoular]

Re: Mike Yarwood

I think Yarwood, like many impressionists, suffered when the subjects of his best political impressions fell from power.

This is always the issue with impressionists. Their window of opportunity is small. They have to rake it in while they can. I'm not sure Yarwood did. He ended up in that charity home for retired entertainers, with Charlie Drake.

[NYCBlue]

Re: Mike Yarwood

Council bluffs

is in Iowa.

[Wash DC Blue]

Re: Mike Yarwood

Yeah, well. You've got Newport.

Newport is Ace.
Be nice and I’ll order some of your famous Omaha Steaks :)