WHICH AWARDS? WHAT YEAR? WHO WON AND WHAT IS THE CUSHING CONNECTION?

ABOVE: BACK A FEW DAYS AGO, I set this little teaser, as one of our daily posts at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE to see of anyone would solve the questions on the photograph above . . . 😏😊

"A RARE press photograph of Peter Cushing looking dapper and smart for one of his rare appearances, at a televised Awards Evening... BUT ... without me giving anything away, WHO do you think WON this award? Which Awards Ceremony was this? What year was this... and WHO won??? I have a photograph of the successful too and will give you the answer later... have fun!"- Our Facebook Post August 12th 2020

IT WAS GREETED with quite a few suggestions and answers. Some were close, good guesses but the majority incorrect. I thought for a hour or so, I MAY have foxed our good friends. And then, a BIG hint for many, when hinted suggestion was posted . . 'I'm pretty certain, the winners weren't there to pay Cushing! The answer will 'bring sunshine' to many, even if one of them had 'short fat hairy legs!' THEN, I knew the game was up! 😆 Well done, Anthony Stuctbury!

ABOVE: ONE OF THE MANY appearances Peter Cushing made on the MORECAMBE and WISE show.This one is from 1969with . .  Peter Cushing as King Arthur, Ernie Wise as Merlin, Eric Morecambe as Sherlock Holmes and Ann Hamilton as Guinevere in the play what Ernie wrote - Knights Of The Round Table. This appearance was Cushing's first show, and set the 'framework' for all his other appearances with Eric and Ernie, where he was chasing the PAY for this first show! 😁😅

 

 

PLEASE COME JOIN US at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE! With posts every day, rare images and photographs, features ad prize competitions.. all celebrating the LIFE and CAREER of Peter Cushing OBE! 

FIFTY YEARS SINCE MORECAMBE AND WISE FIRST HIT UK TV SCREENS AND CUSHING WAS THERE TOO!

TODAY MARKS 50 YEARS since comedians Morecambe and Wise first hit our tv screens in the UK. During that time the built a following and reputation that has never been equalled in the UK, their classic shows are regularly repeated, and no Christmas ever goes by without one of their much loved shows being broadcast and watched by millions! Peter Cushing of course, was a regular guest, with the long running gag, of his not being paid for his first show appearance, running for over twenty years .... until he did get his lolly, in 1980! Do YOU have a favourite Cushing Eric and Ernie show? PLEASE come JOIN US at the FACEBOOK PETER CUSHING APPRECIATION SOCIETY UK FAN PAGE: CLICK HERE!

ABOVE: PETER CUSHING ATLAST GETS HIS MONEY IN 1980!

YOU CAN SEE AND ENJOY  many of Peter Cushing's GUEST appearances on the classic MORECAMBE AND WISE SHOW in our dedicated PLAYLIST at the YOUTUBE PCAS CHANNEL JUST CLICK HERE! 

THE LONG RUNNING JOKE ASIDE, Peter was o f course paid for his FIRST appearance on the Morecambe and wise Show back in 1969 . . 

THIS IS YOUR LIFE: GUESTING FOR ERNIE'S LIFE AND THE QUEST FOR THAT CHEQUE!

THIS WEEKEND HERE IN THE UK, it's a Bank Holiday. Which means, traditionally means, The Sound of Music with Julie Andrews will be screened on tv for the 100th time, relatives will visit, over stay and eat you out of house and home, it WILL rain for the entirety of the holiday break, and boredom will reign too! SO, here's a little treat, to be enjoyed and savored, not only here by us Brits, but across the globe, or were ever people need a giggle. 

YOU CAN WATCH MANY OF PETER CUSHING'S APPEARANCES ON THE MORECAMBE AND WISE SHOW, IN OUR SPECIAL PLAYLIST AT OUR PCAS YOU TUBE CHANNEL : HERE!

FOR THE FIRST TIME we present Peter Cushing's appearance as a guest on the This Is Your Life UK show, featuring one half of that great British comedy duo, Morecambe and Wise. Sadly, Eric Morecambe had passed by this point in 1993, but Ernie bravely worked on for several years. Peter Cushing appeared many times as a guest on their show. The first was in 1969, he appeared in a comedy play 'written' by Ernie, where Peter played king Arthur. Throughout the BBC era of the show, he would regularly join Wise and his comic partner, Eric Morecambe. On stage; he would constantly seek payment for his first 1969 appearance, wearily asking "Have you got my five pounds yet?"

FULL FILM: Peter Cushing in 'A Chump At Oxford' with Laurel and Hardy 

THIS RUNNING JOKE continued when the duo left the BBC and moved to Thames Television in 1978. Cushing appeared in their first special for Thames Television on 18 October, still asking to be paid, with the hosts repeatedly trying to get rid of him; at the end of the show, Morecambe placed some money in a wallet wired up to a bomb, in an attempt to blow Cushing up in exaggerated comedic style. In the duo's 1980 Christmas special, Cushing pretended to be the Prime Minister while Morecambe and Wise caroled outside 10 Downing Street; he made the comedians give him money and finally came out to declare "Paid, at last!"

ON FEBRUARY 3rd 1972 and "Live" on television, all glitter and glamour, is the once-a-year event, held in the Albert Hall, when the film and television industry presents awards covering the whole range of the industry . . .. and Peter Cushing is there to present his pals, Morecambe and Wise with their Best Light Entertainment Performance Award, along with their writer, Eddie Braben . . . and no, they didn't bring him his money!

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STEPHEN WEEKS AWAKENING AVALON COMPETITION: WIN A SIGNED PROOF, SIGNED BOOKS... AND DINNER WITH STEPHEN WEEKS!

AWAKENING AVALON: Encounters with an ancient force – stronger even than the fanatical dreams of science… 

"The forces of evil have never died; maybe there have been periods when they’ve slept – but never for long. The twentieth century was a time of particular evil, but when a time-lock automatically opened in a mysterious vault under Wewelsburg Castle in Germany in 1995, the prospect of a new evil being unleashed on the world became more than merely a dark fear. 

By 2004, when the main action of Awakening Avalon takes place, this fear had become a reality as the tentacles of evil were twitching at the possibilities provided by the rapid developments of science. But, just as there are forces of evil, so there are – on watch, waiting, the forces of good. Once invoked, they must do battle…

AWAKENING AVALON is an extraordinary journey as the action flies from the days immediately after the Second World War through to the hi-tech citadel of modern San Francisco, finally coming to rest in the peaceful precincts of Mercia Cathedral and in the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey in England – where the contest between good and evil must finally be played out.

For those who like the Arthurian legends, then several characters will be well known to them – but never as seen like this!

THE COMPETITION:

Awakening Avalon didn't start out it's life as a novel. It was to have been film. And reading the novel, one can easily see what an amazing film it would have been. Unfortunately, the whole deal fell into a nightmare of development and studio politics and more. You can read all about this in our exclusive interview with Stephen Weeks next weekend and his forthcoming book, 'Stairs Of Sand'. But, what is the Peter Cushing connection in this competition, you maybe thinking...?

Stephen Weeks 'It was ready to go into production. All cast. It would have been Peter Cushing's and Christopher Lee's last film together...' 

AND THERE LIES THE CONNECTION! 

THIS WAS THE CAST:

YOUR TASK:

Who DO YOU think Would Have Played Who?: Here's your chance to play Casting Director! There are some excellent characters in Stephen Weeks' book, Awakening Avalon. It would have a real treat to have seen them on the big screen. And another teaming of Cushing and Lee together! Who Do You Think Would have Played Which Characters? If you don't own a copy of Stephen Weeks' Awakening Avalon, it's available, very reasonable priced on AMAZON  and is also on KINDLE.

This competition is NOW OPEN and doesn't close until SUNDAY AUGUST 3rd 2014. So, plenty of time to enter and get your copy, if you don't already have one!

VERY IMPORTANT: PLEASE SEND YOUR ENTRY BY EMAIL TO THESE TWO ADDRESSES: THEBLACKBOXCLUB@GMAIL.COM AND c@stles.org  Please also mark your competition email entry with the word: COMPETITION.

THE PRIZES:

For the FIRST PRIZE WINNER, we have an outstanding prize. Stephen's next book is entitled 'Stairs Of Sand' and tells the story begining in his early career right up to the present day, in the warts and all world of the film industry. Stephen has very generously donated a SIGNED PROOF COPY of 'STAIRS OF SAND' and at an agreed time to both parties, will take the winner along with their partner/spouse to dinner! Which I think you will agree is a pretty amazing prize?

For SIX RUNNERS UP: We also have SIX SIGNED copies of 'STAIRS OF SAND', Stephen's forthcoming book.

'Good luck everyone! I hope you enjoy the book and have fun with the competition. I look foward to meeting the winner over dinner! : Stephen Weeks

If you have any questions or queries regarding the competition, please email me at the usual email address, marking it Stephen Weeks Competition : 

theblackboxclub@gmail.com 

PCASUK COMPETITION WITH DIRECTOR AND AUTHOR STEPHEN WEEKS THIS WEEKEND

Your PCASUK Competition THIS WEEKEND and a great one it's going to be! Please join us and stay tuned for more details.

Stephen Weeks now lives in Prague, the Czech Republic. In 2003 his epic novel, DANIELA, set mainly during 1944-45 in Prague at the end of the Nazi occupation was published in the USA. In 2007 the first of his Prague detective novels, HRABENKA V NESNZICH, was published in Prague. It will appear in the UK as THE COUNTESS OF PRAGUE. He continues with his conservation activities in restoring castles and other historic buildings. Movies? – he now feels ready for a comeback: ‘I was too young when I started out – what did I know then? Now, at least, I am wise!’

LINKS: Stephen Weeks AWAKING AVALON Book 

Stephen Weeks Amazon Page 

 

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