Editing Bernard Cribbins (section)

===Early career===
Cribbins made his first [[West End theatre]] appearance in 1956 at the [[Arts Theatre]], playing the two Dromios in ''[[A Comedy of Errors]]'', and co-starred in the first West End productions of ''[[Not Now Darling]]'', ''There Goes the Bride'' and ''[[Run for Your Wife (play)|Run for Your Wife]]''. In 1960, he starred alongside [[Anna Quayle]] and [[Lionel Blair]] in the revue ''And Another Thing'', written by [[Ted Dicks]] and [[Myles Rudge]].<ref name="Dennis">{{Cite news |last=Dennis |first=Jon |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/may/02/old-music-bernard-cribbins-right-said-fred |title=Old Music: Bernard Cribbins – 'Right Said Fred' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=2 May 2012 |access-date=14 December 2016 |archive-date=23 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223141649/https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/may/02/old-music-bernard-cribbins-right-said-fred |url-status=live }}</ref> The show brought Cribbins to the attention of [[Parlophone]] head [[George Martin]], who signed Cribbins to the label to record a single of a [[satire|satirical]] song from the show titled "Folk Song".<ref name="rudgeobit">{{cite web |last1=Laing |first1=Dave |title=Myles Rudge |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/nov/05/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |website=The Guardian |date=5 November 2007 |access-date=28 July 2022 |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728082853/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/nov/05/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |url-status=live }}</ref> Subsequently, Rudge and Dicks were asked to provide new material for Cribbins; their compositions "[[The Hole in the Ground]]", about an annoyed workman who eventually buries a harasser, and "[[Right Said Fred (song)|Right Said Fred]]", about three workmen who struggle to move an unspecified heavy and awkward object into or out of a building (later also the [[Right Said Fred|name of a pop novelty band]] who named themselves after the song<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sweatlodgeradio.com/what-does-the-saying-right-said-fred-mean/ |title=What does the saying Right Said Fred mean? |access-date=28 July 2022 |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728220420/https://www.sweatlodgeradio.com/what-does-the-saying-right-said-fred-mean/ |url-status=live }}</ref>), were top ten hits on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in 1962.<ref name="GavBark"/><ref name="Dennis"/> The third and final Cribbins single of the year "[[Gossip Calypso]]", written by [[Trevor Peacock]], was another top 30 hit.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>