Talk:Hughie Green

message: Could anyone cast any light in the catchphrase "And I really wanna see those fingers!!" Another Yarwoodism, another Beam Me Up, or another show host? Martinevans123 19:43, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Fingers

message: There is a reputable source, sadly now gone from this earth, that quotes Hughie as being involved in piloting the "white plane" between England and Germany on a daily basis during the second world war (Changing uniforms half way over the English Channel)
There is a strong emphasis on Hughie being part of Air Intelligence during the war as well.
Any comments?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.152.135.106 (talk) 01:12, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Second World War Activities

message: Anyone have the full story of Greene's involvement in the Janie Jones scandal? And the role played by his 'minder' Kenny Lynch?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.141.82.214 (talk) 22:32, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Janie Jones

message: The Sky's the Limit was neither short lived or a failure. It ran for 116 editions between January 1971 and July 1974 and had good ratings in its day.  It was only 'short lived' in comparison to Hughie's other two shows which both ran for many years. And Hughie didn't 'return' to Opp Knocks as it was still on TV as normal during STLs entire run. I also don't recall Jess Yates being involved in the production of Opportunity Knocks. (Goldmanuk (talk) 13:04, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Sky's the Limit 

message: This article states that the catchphrase "I mean that most sincerely" was invented by Green.  The article about Mike Yarwood (who impersonated Green in his own TV show) states that the catchprase was not invented by him.  These two statements can't both be true.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.12.99.94 (talk) 11:44, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Article now states: "Green told  Phillip Schofield in a TV interview in 1992 that he came up with the catchphrase himself." Martinevans123 (talk) 19:41, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discrepancy between articles 

message: In Hugh H. Green what did the H stand for? (Currently there are no sources for any of his birth details). Martinevans123 (talk) 19:46, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Middle name? 

message: Not sure is this is WP:RS, but this seems to be saying that he was "driving across America" at the time?:
"The Flying Saucer Review of Spring 1955 had an article which mentions a 'Flying Saucer crash in New Mexico' in June 1947. This account, written seven or eight years after the event, was remembered by the 'baffled stage and radio star Hughie Green', who heard about it on the radio as he drove across America at that time.
The names Roswell or Corona do not appear in the article.
Shortly before he died, Hughie Green was asked about the incident; he misremembered it as 1957, and said that the crash was located at somewhere called Tucumcari; it is certain that he misremembered the date, and possible that he mistook the location too." . Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:04, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rosswell incident 

message: Once, I cannot remember when or on which radio station; it might even have been a TV station, a 'caller in', a woman,  was speaking to H. Green and she was told by him to 'drop dead' I lost all respect for him at that stage. I wonder if others here could identify the date, source etc.? Technut (talk) 08:42, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drop dead! 

message: Whilst flying the Berlin Corridor Hughie Greene was signaled by a Soviet fighter to land. He ignored the illegal order and flew on. The fighter opened fire close to the aircraft but Greene carried on regardless (some reports at the time said that he evaded by diving and flying closer to the ground). The Soviet pilot gave up and flew off.
One report of the incident can be found in the Glasgow Herald of Wednesday, 3rd April 1963 and can be viewed at: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19630403&id=oWxAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kaMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5205,421400 Acorn897 (talk) 02:26, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Berlin Corridor Incident 

message: Although unable to cite a source, I think Green should be given credit for paying off in full all his creditors following bankruptcy.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Segilla (talk • contribs) 13:52, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Give Green credit. 

message: It's clear that Green was British, and that he always lived in the UK apart from 5 years in Montreal, Canada in his 20s. His cheesy American-style vocal delivery appears to be fake, somehow styled out as "Canadian" even though it is not a Canadian accent at all. This is a very odd thing to do, to adopt a fake accented form of English, and seems worthy of inclusion in the article. Theheartof (talk) 08:25, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: According to the article he worked in Hollywood for some time (evidently in the late 1930s) before he went to Canada. British performers in the US often seem to end up with an American accent of sorts, sometimes described as "mid-Atlantic". I agree he did not sound very Canadian. Who says he did? Alarics (talk) 12:48, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

text: I have to agree he sounded 100% fake. "And I mean that most sincerely, folks, I really, really do..." Martinevans123 (talk) 12:54, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Accent