Ian Richards and I have 456 mutual friends on Facebook, we know a lot of the same people but that must just be down to the decades of experience and seasons between us. Of course he’s 10 years ahead of me after his work as a DJ, After dinner and sportsman's speaker and comedian and tells us today of the night he hosted a night with Tommy Cooper, we talk about ventriloquists Roger De Courcey, Neville King and Jimmy Tamley, Bob Monkhouse, Rick Wakeman and Bobby Charlton. He also talks fondly of the immaculate Frankie Vaughan and the free fry ups on a dual carriageway because he was mistaken for a famous face.

We talk a lot about Comedy and showbusiness especially in these difficult times but one thing I did get from today was comfort and laughs talking with a mate, its one thing that has got me through these times hearing familiar voices so welcome to Eyes and Teeth the wonderful Ian Richards.