"THE PLANK" . . . . R.I.P ERIC SYKES . . . . ANYBODY GROWING UP IN WHAT WAS ONCE 'THE BRITISH EMPIRE' WOULD HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF THIS WONDERFUL MAN . . . . LIKE HIS OTHER POST WAR COMEDIC PEERS, HE LEAVES BEHIND A LEGACY OF BELLY LAUGHS, ABSURD SKETCHES, ENDEARING SERIES AND AN INNOCENCE LONG SINCE LOST.

"The Plank" is arguably Eric Sykes' most enduring and excellent work, still as wacky and hilarious as it was nearly fifty years ago, forty five minutes of slapstick genius with class, pure, simple and virtually without dialogue. If you haven't ever seen it then you should take the opportunity to check it out and take a moment to contemplate the lovely bloke behind it . . . . if there's a heaven, his long time comic cohort, Ms Hattie Jacques, will undoubtedly have the kettle on ready for his arrival . . . . Eric Sykes, you made our world a brighter and happier place, long may we laugh.



***** Many thanks to "MrRobertHampstead" for putting it up on PooTube for all of us to enjoy.