Jimmy Tarbuck, 83, has cracked gags with Bruce Forsyth, Eric Morecambe and Des O’Connor for 60 years. By Louise Flind
Did you always want to be on the stage? I always wanted to be the centre of attraction. Do you remember John Lennon at primary school? He was a good laugh. I got on well with him, but I was more sport-minded than him. I went to school just to play football and basketball and go to the local swimming baths, where I cracked my tooth and got the gap in my teeth. I saw my sister yesterday, who’d lost a tooth, and I said, ‘Are you trying to look like me?’ Were there any entertainers in your family? Mother was a dancer, and Dad used to like to get up and give a song.What was the Palladium like in the ’60s? Sensational. Crosby, Hope, Sinatra, the Beatles, Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey, Cilla, Frankie Vaughan, they’d all been on that stage and I defy you not to get a touch...
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