Deadly Earnest

SYDNEY - IAN BANNERMAN

Last revised: May 12, 2008.

IAN BANNERMAN played the the role of Deadly Earnest on TEN-10, as the "Dead-Pan Ghoulie". Ian also released a record "Rave In Peace".

Steve writes:

Ian Bannerman in Sydney wore short hair, with sidies I think, and black horn-rims and looked like an undead 'mod' with a blackly delineated cleft in his chin.

The opening credits for the shows I saw had Deadly and another party careering around the corridors (of TEN10, I assume) carrying a casket between them. I don't know the name of the musical piece that accompanied the opening, though I could hum it in a second, and it used to turn up on ads for stock-car racing and so on for years after. It was probably a piece of orchestral 'stock'.  

On the LP, his support band was called "The Grave Situation". The painted cover art showed Deadly and three other 'performers': Dracula, Frankenstein, and a werewolf. A schoolmate had it and we used to sit around playing it on one of those tiny portable turntables belonging to another mate's sister.

The songs included, "Sunnyside Up Crematorium Blues", "Screaming Mimi's Death-O-Teque" and a song about Jack The Ripper including lyrics like

"His name's Jack, and he hacks and he hacks, (Hacks, and Hacks),
His name's Jack and he hacks in the Backs, (Hacks and Hacks),
Hacks In The Back Streets Of Foggy London Townnn ....."  

Yes I know it's tragic that memory cells in the head of a 42-year-old should still be taken up with this stuff, but being monster-oriented, this LP was COOL, and we played it a LOT.  So I became quite brainwashed....

Further Reading :-

• Wikipedia
  
• BlogNow - Some reminiscences from organist "Peter the Great" and others.
  
• ABC Message Board
  
• I am told that Ian Bannerman is featured in issue #7 of "SCARY MONSTERS".

Sadly actress Maila Nurmi, who played VAMPIRA, one of the original TV horror hosts of the 1950s has passed away, age 86. R.I.P

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