Was anyone on here surprised by Eamonn Andrews ?

Most on here too young to remember Mr Andrews, Danny Blanchflower
surprised Eamonn by telling him where to stick his Red Book.

Ahhh shucks! Was expecting a Yewtree breaking news exclusive.

wouldnt yewtree have to dig up eamonn andrews.........and if hes not dead i am very sorry

I LIKED HIM ON CRACKAJACK

A decent amateur boxer, a singer, reached 18 in the charts back in the 50's & presenter of Crackerjack among lots of other stuff, met someone years back that had been a guest on a this is your life show but cannot remember who the star was.

he was on that american show where you had to guess  someones job and  the celeb while being blindfolded

WHATS MY LINE ^^^^^^

'You, thought he was dead, but tonight he has flown 1 million miles from heaven to be here...Come in Eammon Andrews'

what was the name of the host??........he was good

T TO THOSE OF YOU WHO DONT KNOW DANNY BLANCHEFLOWER WAS THE CAPTAIN OF THE DOUBLE WINNING FACUP AND LEAUGE SIDE OF THE 60S TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR AND CAPTAIN OF NORTHERN IRELAND

THEY USED TO HAVE FIREMEN AND AMBULANCE DRIVERS ON AS THE STAR GUEST AAS WELL AS CELEBRITIES

Gilbert GARDING

HARDING NOT GARDING

I TURNED IT OFF WHEN IT WAS A AMBULANCE DRIVER OR FIREMAN AND NOT A BIG STAR

Turned off the hose ?

Crackerjack had a quiz called 'Double or Drop' in which
you got goodies for every right answer and a cabbage for a
wrong one, the snag was you had to hold them,
3 cabbages and you were out, you were also out
and lost your prizes if you dropped them. Too cruel for
todays children.
I always wanted a crackerjack pencil.

NO TURNED OFF THIS IS YOUR LIFE

This takes me back,he lived in the road I was born and brought up in. I used to deliver his morning paper for years. I seem to remember he was quite generous with my Christmas box (no innuendo intended).

I was surprised by Eamonn. Surprised that he was on tv. He had zilch talent.

Far from it. He was a very competent presenter imo.

I was on Crackerjack about 1959.

THEY USED TO HAVE FIREMEN AND AMBULANCE DRIVERS ON AS THE STAR GUEST AAS WELL AS CELEBRITIES

I remember a Sea King helicopter winchman being on once. He got a standing ovation at the end from the audience, and rightly so.

YES THERE WERE SOME GREAT STORIES ,BUT I TURNED IT OFF ,I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN THEM NOW ,BUT NOT WHEN I WAS YOUNGER

A KENNY MAN WAS YOU A CONTESTANT ON EAMONNE ANDREWS CRACKAJACK OR JUST IN THE AUDIENCE ,IF YOU WAS A CONTESTANT

I BET YOU DIDNT WIN

this is your ?

ITS SAD I KNOW BUT IN THEM DAYS I WAS MORE INTERESTED IN WHO GOT THE CABBAGES ON CRACKERJACK ,THAN SEA HELICOPTER PILOTS

I actually competed do wah, i got 3 cabbages i think, so was eliminated.

I actually competed do wah, i got 3 cabbages i think, so was eliminated.

Did it put you off cabages?

No, but it put me off cabbages.

preferred Playbox to Crackerjack.

Bet you would love to see a recording of it Kenny.

I loved crackerjack and always wanted to be on it.
What was Playbox Kenny, I can't remember that? Googled it and it says it was a show from the 80s for 2-5 year olds.

KENNY YOURE NOW ONE OF MY HEROES ,I THOUGHT ID DONE SOME EXCITING THINGS IN MY LIFE BUT GETTING E CABBAGES ON CRACKERJACK WITH EAMONNE ANDREWS BEATS BY FAR ANYTHING THAT IVE DONE YOUR MY HERO

3 NOT E ^^

Yes I would love to see a recording pumpy, but we made enquiries a long while ago and most of them have been wiped.

That's what I thought

Thanks Do Wah. akabula. Palaybox was on every other Friday, also presented by Eamon. It was more of a thoughtful game show rather than slapstick, and I always looked forward to it.

He hosted a chat show on ITV, The Eamonn Andrews Show.[3] He was famous for coming up with off-the-cuff linkings that did not work – such as: "Speaking of cheese sandwiches, have you come far?"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eamonn_Andrews

Throughout the 1950s, he commentated on the major British heavyweight fights on the BBC Light Programme, with inter-round summaries by J. Barrington Dalby!

Yes I remember it well. Decent commentator.

Was annoyed when they postponed Journey Into Space one night for the boxing.

Thought you would enjoy a bit of boxing considering you did a bit in your younger days Kenny.

I remember a This is Your Life programme in the late 1950s when they used to have old soldiers, nurses, etc.
In one programme, the guest was an old war hero from the war with Japan.  He'd been ambushed in the jungle and a Japanese soldier had attacked him with a sword and cut his arm off.  His platoon came back to fight off the Japoon but the old soldier said that the f**ker just disappeared into the jungle, never to be seen again.
"Well" Eamon said "you've not seen him for 15 years, but tonight, having flown halfway round the world to be with you on your big night is ..."
How they all laughed.

Very funny story mememe;made me laugh too

Did he give the soldier his arm back?