Morecambe and Wise
4: The big flop
They may have broken viewing records with their 70s Christmas shows, but Morecambe and Wise were a huge flop when they first appeared on telly.Broadcast in 1954, their original TV series Running Wild was a clumsy and haphazard affair that was roundly slammed by all the critics. One newspaper pundit even wrote: "Definition of the week: TV set, the box they buried Morecambe and Wise in". Eric, who was always more sensitive to criticism than Ernie, carried a clipping of that review in his wallet for the rest of his life.
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