Michael Delamar

Apparently shortly after WW2, Norman was giving evening performances of the sketch for a week at a theatre in Belgium, while another double act of the period were rehearsing there during the day in preparation for their turn the next week. On the first night, Norman's partner on that occasion fell off the ladder and broke his ankle. One of the members of the otehr double act offered to step in for the rest of the week but the theatre manager vetoed it because he didn't want said perfo...