Welsh comedian who was very popular (in
Wales at least) in the 1970s.
He would turn up to most of the Welsh
rugby union games of the time carrying an enormous
daffodil or
leek and get the crowd singing along to patriotic songs such as
Land Of My Fathers or
Sospan Fach.
This was around the time that
Wales used to win most of their games.
He seemed to vanish some time in the mid 80s around the same time that the rugby team's form took a nosedive.
The best album of his stuff to get is probably
Live At Treorchy, which was recorded at the Treorchy Rugby Club in the
Rhonda valley in 1973. This album contains some of his most famous routines and songs such as
Hymns And Arias and
The Outside Half Factory.
We All Had Doctors' Papers and
The Incredible Plan are still available too.
I remember all this as my dad was Welsh and so I was force-fed it from a very young age. I bought the above album again recently and was surprised by how funny some of it still was.