Is also Peter the Performer.
On stage,
As Mr Bumble
Commanding. threatening presence.
Oliver: Please sir, I want some more.
Peter (Mr Bumble): WHAT? MORE?
Tone escalates – deep rumble to screech
Transforms into song
While cruelly twisting the ear of young Oliver.
Relishing song & ear-twist.
Brilliant.
Extra:
This performance was a couple of years after the 1968 film of Lionel Bart’s Oliver! but Peter was great in the role that Harry Secombe played in the film. And this opening sequence is one where Pete performance really shone.
365 Short Memories 
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