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  Stanley Unwin (comedian) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stanley Unwin (June 7, 1911- January 12, 2002), born in Pretoria, South Africa, sometimes billed as Professor Stanley Unwin, was more than just a British comedian and comic writer.
Unwin's early career and training introduced him to wireless and radio communication, and this, coupled with work in the BBC's War Reporting Unit from c.
Stanley Unwin died in 2002 in Daventry, England, UK.
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 Stanley Unwin (comedian) - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Stanley Unwin (1911-2002), sometimes billed as Professor Stanley Unwin, was more than just a British comedian and comic writer.
In 1961 Unwin collaborated with artist Roy Dewar on The Miscillian Manuscript, a kind of Unwinese travelogue with cartoons and collages by Dewar.
In 1966 Unwin and Dewar produced Rock-a-bye Babel and Two Fairly Tales, a selection of spoof nursery rhymes and fairy tales in which Unwinese surrealism almost reaches Joycean levels.
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 Stanley Unwin: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Stanley Unwin
Stanley Unwin was an editor at the British publishing company George Allen and Unwin at the time J.
Stanley Unwin was more than just a British comedian and comic writer, he was an inventor of his own language, Unwinese[?], referred to in the film Carry On Regardless as "goobledegook".
Unwin was lees active in later decades, but still made occasional appearances.
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 Encyclopedia: Stanley Unwin (comedian)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A comedian (also comedienne, female) is a person who attempts to make people laugh through a variety of methods, normally through joke telling, or a stream of funny banter.
Unwin's advice for those who have overeaten at Christmas dinner: Christmas (literally, the Mass of Christ) is a holiday in the Christian calendar, usually observed on December 25, which celebrates the birth of Jesus.
Stanley Unwin (publisher) Sir Stanley Unwin (1885-1968) was a British publisher, founder of the George Allen and Unwin house in 1914.
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 Stanley Unwin (comedian)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Stanley Unwin (1911 - 2002), sometimes billed as Professor Stanley Unwin, was more than just a British comedian and comic writer.
In 1966 Unwin and Dewar produced Rock-a-bye Babel and Two Fairly Tales, a selection of spoof nursery rhyme s and fairy tale s in which Unwinese surrealism almost reaches Joycean levels.
Unwin's advice for those who have overeaten at Christmas dinner: "If you've done an overstuffy in the tumloader, finisht the job with a ladleho of brandy butter, then pukeit all the way to the toileybox." more illustrative examples to follow; until then, deep thoughcus on your philositrode and dangly.
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 Sir Stanley Unwin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
STANLEY UNWIN, who has died aged 90, was a comedian and writer who made his name talking nonsense; unlike most who constructed such careers, however, "Professor" Unwin's utterances were constructed intentionally, and destructed to their illogical conclusion.
Stanley is a true veteran of Radios Golden Age, when the nation tuned in to the wireless to listen to The Goons, Round the Horne and Steptoe and Son.
Stanley Unwin was born in South Africa in 1911.
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 Guardian | Stanley Unwin
To say that Stanley Unwin, who has died aged 90, was a comedian gives no idea of his unique brand of plausible malapropisms, grammatical distortions and straightfaced nonsense.
Unwin was born in South Africa, the son of a feckless father he scarcely knew and a mother who, on her return to England, dispatched him to boarding schools and children's homes.
Unwin gently tapped him on the shoulder: "What is the curriulode where the childers schools here?" he asked.
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 [Deathwatch] Stanley Unwin, Comedian, 90   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Professor Unwin, as he was affectionately known, found fame by twisting words into a nonsense language, which he called Unwinese, on radio and later TV in the 1940s and 1950s.
Unwin was also said to have influenced comedians such as Spike Milligan, Peter Cook, Freddie Starr and the Monty Python crew.
Unwin would double as the puppet in motion sequences and would be seen driving a car and walking with a briefcase.
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 Stanley Unwin (publisher) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Sir Stanley Unwin (1885-1968) was a British publisher, founder of the George Allen and Unwin house in 1914.
Tolkien submitted The Hobbit for publication, and Unwin paid his ten-year-old son Rayner Unwin a few pence to write a report on the manuscript.
Once the book became a success Unwin asked Tolkien for a sequel, which eventually became The Lord of the Rings.
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 Stanley Unwin (comedian)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Unwinese was a mangled of English in which only a few words intelligible enough to give the listener a idea of its meaning.
In 1961 Unwin collaborated with artist Roy Dewar The Miscillian Manuscript a kind of Unwinese travelogue with and collages by Dewar.
In 1969 his voice and likeness were used Gerry Anderson 's puppet series The Secret Service in he (or rather his puppet double) played Unwin.
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 Stanley Unwin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stanley Unwin (comedian) for the comedic writer and performer, inventor of Unwinese (also known as goobledegook).
Stanley Unwin (publisher) for the founder of George Allen and Unwin.
This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
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 Stanley Unwin (comedian) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Stanley Unwin (7th June 1911- 12th January 2002), sometimes billed as Professor Stanley Unwin, was more than just a British (A professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts) comedian and comic writer.
(The decade from 1980 to 1989) 1980s Unwin appeared in a tyre advert on television, using the slogan 'Outstandifold in the wetty grippers'.
Unwin's advice for those who have overeaten at (A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland) Christmas dinner:
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 Definition of comedian
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Stanley Unwin''', was more than just a British [[comedian]] and comic writer.
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 Variety.com - Stanley Unwin
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Comedian Stanley Unwin, famous for inventing his own gobbledygook language, died Saturday Jan 12 in Daventry, Northamptonshire, England.
South Africa-born "Professor Unwin," as he was affectionately known, found fame in the 1940s and '50s on BBC radio with "Unwinese," a nonsense language he invented while telling bedtime stories to his children.
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 BBC News | TV AND RADIO | Comedian laid to rest
Comedian Jim Davidson was among friends paying their last respects.
Professor Unwin, as he was affectionately known, found fame creating a nonsense language, which he called Unwinese, on radio and later TV in the 1940s and 1950s.
Unwin's favourite hymn, Through All The Changing Scenes of Life, was sung at the funeral service, which was attended by some 300 mourners.
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 TV Century 21 - the Gerry Anderson home page - Snappy Gallery - Secret Service: A Case for the Bishop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Normally, the puppet Unwin was used in close up shots like this and the real live Stanley Unwin was photographed in long shots.
Stanley Unwin was a popular South African born English comedian during the 1960s who used a strange nonsense-speak called 'Unwineese' in his act.
Father Unwin transports the shrunk-down Matthew to and from spy missions in a modified suitcase.
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 The World of Stanley Unwin
As an engineer, Stanley was obviously involved with a whole load of radio material, whether it was things he recorded for the BBC itself or stuff he actually appeared in as a performer.
Stanley appeared in the first dozen or so programmes, but you'd be hard pushed to find any readily available recordings.
Stanley readily admitted they 'got on like a house on fire', saying BB was a 'great feed'.
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 Stanley Unwin (cómico)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Stanley Unwin (1911-2002), mandado la cuenta a veces como profesor británico,era más que apenas un cómico Stanley Unwin y escritor cómico.
En 1962 Unwin y el dewar produjeron la casa y Garbidge, un spoof el hogar de y los compartimientos de la forma de vida.
Unwin era menos activo en décadas más últimas, pero los aspectos ocasionales todavía hechos.
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 The World of Stanley Unwin
As the new millennium ticked over, Stanley was still at work doing the odd radio job, the odd charity gig, the odd personal appearance and the (very) odd CD, and you'd be hard pushed to find a more contented person.
And when Stanley retired as President of Daventry Choral Society, they presented him with a special piece of pottery emblazoned with the words 'Bye, Bye, Blackbird'.
At the belting age of 90, Stanley still had a number of projects either on the go or on the back burner, but he was becoming more than a little troubled by his health.
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The language invented by comedian Stanley Unwin may also be considered gobbledygook, although it is more generally referred to as Unwinese.
An amusing aside is that when Lew Grade (Baron Grade), the show business impressario, heard Unwin's character speaking Unwinese in an episode of Gerry Anderson's puppet series The Secret Service, he cancelled the show on the grounds that "people won't understand it".
Stanley Unwin's advice for those who have overeaten at Christmas was
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 The Scotsman (Edinburgh, Scotland) : Stanley Unwin. @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Start / T / The Scotsman (Edinburgh, Scotland) / January 15, 2002 / Stanley Unwin.
WITH his zany, tongue-twisting humour, Stanley Unwin endeared himself to audiences on both radio and television.
Unwin was dubbed "The Professor" and his easy and relaxed personality made him popular beyond the small screen.
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 BBC News | TV AND RADIO | Comedian Stanley Unwin dies
Comedian Stanley Unwin, who won fans with his own zany language, has died aged 90.
His last appearance on TV was in 1998 as the voice of Mr Wangle on BBC animated show Rex the Runt.
Stanley Unwin: Master of nonsense (14 Jan 02
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 Stanley Unwin Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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 Language Log: Unwinese
In response to Friday's post about Grammelot, Donal Lynch sent in a pointer to the British comedian Stanley Unwin.
In any case, doubletalk is often combined with bits of dialect or special spoken registers, perhaps because it's easier to persuade someone they're not quite getting it if the accent and other features index a form of speech that might have unexpected features.
Some more Unwin links: The World of Stanley Unwin; a BBC obit; some Stanley Unwin Transcripts; memorial at Bikwil.
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 News: Stanley Unwin dies
'Professor' Stanley Unwin, famous for creating his own nonsense language, has died at the age of 90.
Unwin found fame in the Forties for his twisted lingo, but his career spanned decades.
One of the South Africa-born comedian's biggest fans was Tommy Cooper, who once described him as "bleeding barmy".
www.chortle.co.uk /news/jan02/unwin.html   (144 words)

  
 The Secret Service (series)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
BISHOP is the brainchild of Father Stanley Unwin, a village priest who came up with a marvelous machine he has dubbed the "minimizer" that allows him to shrink anything or anyone to pint-size.
The usual recipient of the shrinking ray being his gardener (!) Matthew, who is then carried to whatever location needs to be infiltrated in a briefcase equipped with a tailor-made Barcolounger.
Then there's the fact that while Anderson employs the use of an actual Model-T Ford for Father Unwin's car when Unwin's human stand-in is doing the driving, in a couple of episodes Father Unwin (the puppet) drives to the rescue in his puppet scale sized Model-T Ford, much to the consternation of his fellow motorists!
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