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"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" is a song by Paul and Linda McCartney from the album Ram. Released in the United States as a single on 2 August 1971, [2] it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on 4 September 1971, [3] [4] making it the first of a string of post-Beatles, Paul McCartney-penned singles to top the US pop chart during the 1970s and 1980s.
"I Love to Laugh", also called "We Love to Laugh", is a song from Walt Disney's 1964 film Mary Poppins which was composed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. [1] The song is sung in the film by "Uncle Albert" (), and "Bert" (Dick Van Dyke) as they levitate uncontrollably toward the ceiling, eventually joined by Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews) herself. [1]
Albert Gladstone Trotter, better known as Uncle Albert (19 November c. 1910s – 2001), [1] is a fictional character in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses, portrayed by Buster Merryfield. He was introduced during the fourth series as a replacement for the character of Grandad (the character's brother) due to the sudden death of Lennard Pearce ...
A conman, Arnie sells Del Boy, Boycie, Mike, Trigger, Uncle Albert and Rodney a batch of 24 carat gold chains for £12,500, only to later double cross them by faking a heart attack in a restaurant and makes off with both the chains and the money in an ambulance driven by his sons. The group eventually track him down while he is performing the ...
Eric introduces Raquel, who starts singing "Crying". The audience are captivated, until Tony takes to the stage and sings along. Only then does it emerge why Tony only sings certain songs; he has a rhotacism, causing him to pronounce his Rs as Ws, making "Crying" sound like "Cwying". Del hastily escapes after the song is over, while Rodney ...
The episode opens with Del Boy and Rodney explaining their latest holiday to a barrister. While at a Monaco resort, Rodney feels guilty about not taking Uncle Albert with them, but Del reminds him that he is happily co-habiting with Elsie Partridge in Weston-super-Mare.
After Pearce's death in 1984, a new character was introduced—Uncle Albert, the boys' great-uncle, played by Buster Merryfield—to replace Grandad. From 1988, the show featured regular characters in Del Boy's and Rodney's love interests: Raquel ( Tessa Peake-Jones ) and Cassandra ( Gwyneth Strong ), respectively.
Uncle Albert is going to the over-sixties club on the estate and is chatting up a lady called Dora, who is Marlene's mother. One night, he returns to the flat bruised and shaken, telling Del and Rodney he has been mugged. Despite being home, something is not right; Uncle Albert then disappears.