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U.S. filmgoers may recall him in supporting roles as sinister KGB

officer MAJOR PRIBLUDA in GORKY PARK and Dr. GEDDES in

LOCAL HERO, but to Scottish audiences, RIKKI FULTON was a gen-

uine comedy and acting legend.  Not only in his own right, but also along-

side another giant of TV and theatre, JACK MILROY, in their alter-

egos of FRANCIE & JOSIE, the work-shy Glasgow layabouts.

Back in the merry month of May, 1982, I had the very good fortune

and great privilege of meeting Rikki Fulton in JOHN MENZIES (when

said establishment was situated near the bottom of Glasgow's Buchanan

Street, across from FRASER'S), and, for all those interested in learning

how your humble host managed to rub shoulders with the great man

himself, I shall now recount exactly what transpired.

I'd just stepped out of the lift on the ground floor, having been up

at the record & book departments on the first, when I espied a familiar

figure leaning over the counter at the stationery section.  "Rikki Fulton!"

I gasped (more to myself than anyone else) in the sheer disbelief of seeing

a leading member of showbiz royalty mingling with mere mortals.  (I was

only 23 at the time, so can surely be forgiven my youthful exuberance.)

Rikki Fulton, whom I'd seen in The FRANCIE & JOSIE Show on TV

back in the 1960s, right in front of me - in the actual, living, breathing,

pulsing flesh.  I'd thought such figures used servants or emissaries

for menial tasks like shopping, but apparently not. 

He appeared to be writing something and, thinking he was signing an

autograph, I approached (having managed to calm down a bit) and meek-
ly enquired if I too could have his autograph.  "As long as it's not on one of
these!" he said without missing a beat, smiling and indicating the cheque to
which he was applying his signature.  Clearly my cue to laugh at his witty

and apropos remark, but I was still too stunned at seeing him in person

to respond with appropriate appreciation for his quick-thinking, ad-

libbed one-liner, so merely stood there like a fart in a trance.

I obtained a scrap of paper from the girl serving him and, smiling in
the friendliest manner, he asked my name.  "Gordon" I managed to stam-
mer.  I'd regained my composure somewhat by the time he handed me the

paper inscribed "For Gordon, Rikki Fulton", so I thanked him sincerely

and added "Sorry to have bothered you."  "Absolutely no bother at all" was
his warm and genuine response before making his way towards the exit.  No
minders, no entourage - just an everyday, ordinary guy doing his shopping.
Of course, the fact is, there was nothing everyday or ordinary about
him - the man was a showbiz titan and comedy genius.

I still have that piece of paper, tucked safely into the sleeve of my
FRANCIE & JOSIE LP record by GOLDEN GUINEA.  (Which is
still available on CD on the ELM Records label - CDELM4123.)  And
whenever I recall that moment, a warm glow comes over me at the very
thought of it.  Rikki Fulton was the epitome of the perfect gentleman;  kind
and gracious to a stumbling, bumbling, pain in the @rse fan and treating me
as 'though I were doing him a favour.  I'll tell you, a lot of so-called celeb-
rities in whichever field of endeavour you care to mention could learn a
thing or two about how to behave to the public from the legend that
was - that is - Rikki Fulton.
  

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