Wednesday, March 10, 2021

George Formby vs the Sweeny!

  Ok heres a question for you.  What have the Sweeney  tv series (flying squad) got in common with George Formby?  More than you might think.

 You see in 1940 Formby made a film called spare a copper, playing a policeman called... wait for it... George Carter.  This George wants to join the flying squad.  Fast forward to 1975 and we have a George Carter in the Sweeney tv series, played by Dennis Waterman by the way.  How courious is that connection?

 Sweeney Tood = Flying squad in Cockney rhyming slang.

 Look up my similar odd connection with the man from uncle in march 21 2015 post


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