Harry Secombe citations

Harry Donald Secombe, né le 8 septembre 1921, mort le 11 avril 2001, a été un artiste animateur gallois doué pour la comédie et disposant d'une belle voix de ténor. Il est surtout connu pour son interprétation de Neddie Seagoon, personnage central de la série comique The Goon Show radiodiffusée par la BBC de 1951 à 1960. Il a aussi participé à des comédies musicales et est devenu, dans la dernière partie de sa vie, un présentateur de télévision à succès pour des émissions consacrées au chant religieux, en particulier à l'interprétation des cantiques de la liturgie anglicane. Wikipedia  

✵ 8. septembre 1921 – 11. avril 2001
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Harry Secombe: Citations en anglais

“We are with you sir!”

to General Montgomery in North Africa during WWII. Montgomery was standing on the back of a truck making one of his rousing speeches to the troops before they went into battle against the Axis forces. At some point his gaze fell on Harry Secombe who was standing at the front. Harry was a Bombardier in the Artillery, covered in boils, had his glasses broken in several places and put back together with sticky tape, and wore an ill fitting uniform for his rotund shape. Montgomery's speech ground to an awkward silence as he examined his soldier who was beaming up at him. With a huge grin and a salute, Harry filled the void with a cry of "We are with you sir!", to which the troops cheered and Montgomery replied "um, good", before continuing