Talk:Arthur Askey

Was Arthur's catchphrase "I thank you" or "I thank you all / y'all"?
Arthur's catchphrases were first added to this article a few months after its creation in 2004. The phrase in question was written as 'I thank you', and stayed that way until 2010, when an anonymous editor changed it to 'I thank y'all'. Attempts to revert to 'I thank you' have been resisted, without explanation.

I would suggest that 'I thank you' is correct for several reasons:


 * Y'all is not commonly used in British English
 * The name of Arthur Askey's 1941 film is 'I Thank You', and was clearly so called after his catchphrase
 * There is no 'l' sound detectable in recordings of Askey delivering this catchphrase. It sounds more like a 'w'.

By way of illustration, I've uploaded an audio extract of Arthur saying 'I thank you' in the early minutes of the film 'I Thank You'.



I thank you! :-)

Trevorparsons (talk) 03:59, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Foreign Office and Finland
Is that really the best reference to be found for his impact on the Home Front?! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.133.11.5 (talk) 13:42, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

Sitcoms = recordings?
Why is a non-sequitur sentence about his appearance in sitcoms included in the section about his recordings? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.149.71.9 (talk) 09:09, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

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In furtherance of Richard Ingram'S perceptive and persuasive observation that Askey and the Queen Mother had never been seen in the same room together, it is well known, and there is photographic evidence to support it, that the lady tied her own flies, and while there is no longer any visual evidence, clearly Askey also fastened his own flies. Although this evidence msy be categorised as merely 'circumstantial', in a Court of British Law, it could be argued that it is still evidence. Hmmmm.92.176.83.212 (talk) 11:07, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

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Which war?
He served in the armed forces in World War II
 * Are you sure you don't mean WW1? I can remember a shot of him in WW1 uniform, but I don't know whether he was sent abroad. BY WW2 he was already famous in showbusiness, and would have been used for entertaining troops and civilians. Valetude (talk) 01:12, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

Parodied
By the Fast Show as ‘Arthur Atkinson’, several times. Clever mix of faux catchphrases (‘Where’s me washboard?’, ‘How queer!’) and incomprehensible Cockney references (‘Oh! I’ve seen *you* up the Old Kent Road in a second-hand suit!’). Worth a mention? 2A00:23C5:E097:5D00:652B:A9DE:34C7:45C6 (talk) 08:07, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

Sabrina
Promoted the blonde bombshell on his show, starting in 1955 when she was 19. 2A00:23C5:E097:5D00:652B:A9DE:34C7:45C6 (talk) 08:09, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

Ghost train photo
I'm positive that the other male actor is actually Richard Murdoch. in the scene, Peter hill-murray only appears when he stands in front of Murdoch, and his coat has epaulettes, which Murdoch's does not! 2.222.236.87 (talk) 14:13, 21 April 2024 (UTC)


 * @2.222.236.87 But it could be a production "still" which does not correspond to the actual final print. 2.222.236.87 (talk) 14:15, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I added this photo, and labelled it using the (Spanish) information from the Wikimedia Commons image, not having watched the film. However, you're quite right, it is Richard Murdoch. The Commons image source links to a viewable version of the film, and around the 11 minute mark it is quite clearly Murdoch. I have corrected the WP article, sorry about that. I've also fixed the Commons image and 3 misidentifications in Spanish WP. Masato.harada (talk) 16:10, 21 April 2024 (UTC)