{"id":1403,"date":"2020-12-14T11:14:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T11:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/?p=1403"},"modified":"2024-01-14T10:25:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T10:25:12","slug":"december-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/?p=1403","title":{"rendered":"December News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This month Robert has articles in three best-selling nostalgia magazines. He\u2019s back in\u00a0<em>Best of British<\/em>, with a festive look at the Christmas comedy special, from\u00a0<em>The Goon Show\u00a0<\/em>to\u00a0<em>Gavin &amp; Stacey<\/em>. In the first of an occasional series of Past Masters of Comedy for\u00a0<em>Infinity<\/em>\u00a0magazine, Robert profiles that pantomime dame extraordinaire Arthur Askey. It\u2019s in issue 31, which also includes our good friend Mick Clews\u2019 salute to Phil Silvers. Finally, in\u00a0<em>Yours Retro<\/em>\u00a0issue 32, Robert reveals the amazing facts of when Elton John met Elvis Presley! All are on sale at newsagents now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And talking of magazines, we are chuffed to have brought back an old favourite.\u00a0<em>Cor!<\/em>\u00a0was Robert\u2019s fanzine from when he was a baby comedy historian! Dormant for twenty-two years, it\u2019s now resurrected as an on-line publication. The all-new issue one includes\u00a0<em>The Goodies<\/em>\u00a0at Christmas, a centenary tribute to Carry On director Gerald Thomas, and a brand new and exclusive interview with Barry Cryer, including his 2020 message for the nation!\u00a0<em>Cor!<\/em>\u00a0is priced at just \u00a32.50, and you can pick up your copy by clicking this\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/cormagazine\/docs\/new_flipbook?fbclid=IwAR1XwMT35IZ9RmndT5O9F-N1QXlTNfZCMMGxCtFsA68EiAQfcvpFadY1e5U\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can buy Robert&#8217;s books and plays on our&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/https\/\/www.facebook.com\/RobertRossComedyHistorian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook Page<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; they make the perfect Christmas stocking filler.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robert and Gemma will be hosting a\u00a0Christmas Comedy chat on Tuesday, 22nd December over on Robert&#8217;s Facebook Page. Have your questions ready for when we go live &amp; lively, from 7pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please make sure you subscribe to Robert&#8217;s monthly newsletter by adding your details to this website for all the latest updates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month Robert has articles in three best-selling nostalgia magazines. He\u2019s back in\u00a0Best of British, with a festive look at the Christmas comedy special, from\u00a0The Goon Show\u00a0to\u00a0Gavin &amp; Stacey. In the first of an occasional series of Past Masters of Comedy for\u00a0Infinity\u00a0magazine, Robert profiles that pantomime dame extraordinaire Arthur Askey. It\u2019s in issue 31, which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/?p=1403\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">December News<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,12,5,13,11,10,6,8,9,14,16,15,4],"class_list":["post-1403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives","tag-arthur-askey","tag-barry-cryer","tag-best-of-british","tag-carry-on","tag-christmas","tag-comedy","tag-cor-magazine","tag-elton-john","tag-elvis","tag-gerald-thomas","tag-robert-ross","tag-the-goodies","tag-yours-retro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1403"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1405,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403\/revisions\/1405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertross.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}