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A Girl to Watch Music By - Ray Columbus and Max Cryer

A Girl to Watch Music By - Ray Columbus and Max Cryer
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A Girl to Watch Music By - Ray Columbus and Max Cryer
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Although it was made to showcase female singers, late 60s TV series A Girl to Watch Music By is possibly best remembered for the moment host Ray Columbus became a puppet. In this episode Columbus played ventriloquist's dummy, sitting on Max Cryer's knee. Wrote Cryer later in his book Town Cryer: "it looked very funny and we knew it and set to work on the choreography immediately". The song is called 'Where Would You Be Without Me'. The ventriloquist idea was the brainchild of broadcaster and ...

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1969
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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/girl-to-watch-music-by-ray-columbus-max-cryer-1969
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max cryer / ray colombus / ray columbus / puppet / ventriloquist / where would you be / where would you be without me / comedy / duet / sixties / 60s / 1969 / puppets

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