The characters Francie and Josie played by Scottish comedians Rikki Fulton and Jack Milroy were indispensable viewing on Scottish television in the early 1960's. As a couple of Glasgow wide boys, their patter was wonderful and entered the Scottish lexicon. The ritual chat up line "Yiz daancin'?" "Yiz aaskin'?" "Ah'm aaskin'." "Ah'm daancin'." still resonates to this day.
Francie & Josie first appeared in public in 1958 as a sketch in the Five Past Eight Show at the Alhambra Theatre in Glasgow. They were a riotous success. Originally brought to life by Stanley Baxter, it was the partnership of Rikki Fulton and Jack Milroy which brought Francie & Josie fame and fortune. Enough to buy a few fish suppers, anyway. Theatre appearances and their own TV show in the 1960s continued their success and they were even asked to open a supermarket in Dennistoun. It all added to the Francie & Josie legend and their career as Glasgow's most gallus teddy boys was to last for an incredible thirty-eight years. Due to popular demand there were to be even more 'farewell' performances than the Rolling Stones managed. Year after year they returned to the stage so that each joke and every well-known sketch could be savoured one last time.
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