That topic is confirmed in one of the film's funniest sequences, in which the women make comic mincemeat of one Mr . Evans, a would-be Lothario and London " wide boy " who doesn't quite realize how quick-witted Hannah and Annie can be.
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The song tells the story of a Caribbean wide boy that Jackson has known for many years, whom she describes as the tropical version of Del Boy, a character from the British sitcom " Only Fools and Horses " played by David Jason.
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In Richard Thompson's song " I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight ", on the album of the same name by Richard and Linda Thompson ( 1974 ), the lyrics include the line " The wide boys are all spoiling for a fight ".
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An early use of the term was in the 1933 film " Friday the Thirteenth ", where the character played by Max Miller, a loud, quick-witted, Cockney market trader, is heard to say " I'm the widest boy ever put on a pair of shoes !"
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The single version of Heart of Lothian actually begins with the last two sections of Bitter Suite : part d, Misplaced Rendezvous ( minus the vocals that appear on the album ) and part e, Windswept Thumb, before segueing into part a of Heart of Lothian, Wide Boy, but ends without including part b, Curtain Call.
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His early professional career was as a stand-up comic in the persona of a stereotypical wartime " spiv ", and he became known as " The Prince of the Wide Boys " dressed in a trilby hat, a white jacket and padded shoulders with a pencil-thin moustache set off with a flamboyant kipper tie four feet wide.
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Alongside the album tracks released as singles, the duo also released two singles ( both of which failed to chart ) that featured tracks not included on the LP-" Wide Boy " b / w " I Pity Inanimate Objects " ( March 1980 ) and the instrumental single " Submarine " b / w " Marciano " ( Sept . 1980 ).
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He first gained fame for his role in the La Bamba " fame )-which gained him much critical acclaim-but he gained his reputation on screen as a dramatic & comic actor as cockney wide boy George Andreotti in the hit television drama series " The Knock " with over 30 episodes and top ratings in seasons I, II, III, IV ( 1994 2000 ) for Granada LWT international.
