Norman Stanley Fletcher Essays

  • Comparison of Sitcoms

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    film so no one had there sides split open with laughter. It had comedy arising from a consistent situation. Porridge was a Sitcom first showed on the BBC in 1974 and based in "Her Majesty Slade Prison" with the main and unforgettable "Norman Stanley Fletcher" and his young cell mate "Godber". It was a huge success because it had its own language of insults like "Nurk" because it was on at prime time so it could not swear, giving it a prison feel. Only Fools and Horses some of the sets are

  • Coleman Hawkins

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    most interesting jazz musician I’ve ever seen in my life. He just looked so authoritative . . . I said, ‘Well, that’s what I want to do when I grow up.’”(DeVeaux, 35) Cannonball Adderley said these words when he first saw Coleman Hawkins with the Fletcher Henderson band at the City Auditorium in Tampa, Florida. Just as Hawkins influenced one of the greatest alto players in history, he has influenced many people to become phenomenal saxophone players. Lester Young and Sonny Rollins both give tribute