| Title | Fifty Fourth Series | | Original Price | £7.99 | | Date Cartoons Start | // | Date Cartoons End | // | | Number of Cartoons | 179 | | Published by | Pedigree Books | ISBN | 1-902836-34-0 |
Introduction by - Dame Thora Hird Someone once said 'Take your
work very seriously and yourself not at all'. They were wise words
and ones I have tried to follow throughout my career in the theatre - they
always come back to me whenever I open a new Giles Annual. Giles took his
work very seriously and the world he created laughed all traces of our
famous British self importance out of the window!
You know, what I love most about a
Giles cartoon is it's richness. There is so much going on! Once you have
laughed at the main punch line - always so witty and cleverly observed -
there are all the other hilarious things in the background. No wonder we
can look at his pictures over and over again without growing tired of
them.
Most important to me though, as a
Northerner who likes to speak as she finds, is the clever way that Giles
pokes fun at our way of life. He shows things how they really are, not how
we are told they are and that is so refreshing, especially as it is always
done with such affection and humour.
Being in the cast of "Last of
the Summer Wine", the longest running sitcom in the history of
television, I know what it is like to be part of a comic institution. Now
having been asked to introduce this latest collection of classic cartoons,
I feel part of another great one and it makes me proud. Thank you, Giles,
for making me laugh for as long as I can remember - and that's a very long
time!
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