Anatomy of a Song "Right Said Fred" Quiz

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. First of all, what is the object Fred and his men are trying to move in the song?

Answer: It is never mentioned

Although the object the men are trying to move is never mentioned in the song I always assumed it was a piano. It is a piano in the black and white animated video made at the time; you can see it on YouTube.

Bernard Cribbins has appeared on the stage, in movies, on TV and radio. He has starred in three "Carry On" movies, "Carry On Jack" 1963, "Carry On Spying" 1964 and "Carry On Columbus" 1992.

2. Apart from the singer and Fred, who else was called upon to help with the moving?

Answer: Charlie

"Right said Fred give a shout for Charley, up comes Charlie from the floor below".

Bernard Cribbins, born in Lancashire, in 1928 has had a long running connection with "Dr. Who", from the 1966 movie "Daleks-Invasion Earth 2150 AD" with Peter Cushing as the Doctor, to the 2009 TV Christmas special "The End Of Time" with David Tennant as The Doctor.

3. The first bright idea for moving the load was to take off the what?

Answer: Handles

"We ought to take of all the handles and the fings what held the candles"

Bernard Cribbins was the narrator for the BBC children's TV programme "The Wombles" which ran from 1973 to 1975.

4. After taking the feet and seat off Fred had another bright idea, after another cup of tea of course. What did he want to remove to give them more space?

Answer: The door

"Oh right said Fred have to take the door off, need more space to shift the so and so"

Bernard Cribbins appeared in the "Fawlty Towers" episode "The Hotel Inspectors". He played Mr. Hutchinson, a spoon salesman mistaken for a hotel inspector by Basil Fawlty.

5. What did our inept trio get after taking of the door and hinges?

Answer: Bad twinges

"Had bad twinges taking off the hinges and it got us nowhere and so, we had a cup of tea"

Bernard Cribbins was the most frequent story teller, with over 100 readings, on the BBC children's programme "Jackanory" which ran originally from 1965 to 2006.

6. What was Fred's next brilliant decision to remove after the door and hinges?

Answer: The wall

"Right said Fred have to take the wall down, that there wall is gonna have to go. Took the wall down, even with it all down we was getting nowhere and so we had a cup of tea"

Bernard Cribbins played the railway station porter Perks, in that regular TV hardy perennial "The Railway Children" in 1970, with Jenny Agutter, and directed by Lionel Jeffries.

7. When Fred tried to remove the ceiling how much rubble fell on his dome (head)?

Answer: Half a ton

"Right said Fred climbing up a ladder, with his crowbar gave a mighty blow. Was he in trouble, half a ton of rubble landed on the top of his dome".

Bernard Cribbins starred as Lenny (The dip) Price with Peter Sellers and Lionel Jeffries in the 1960 comedy movie "Two-Way Stretch".

8. After the rubble fell on Fred the other two had another cup of tea but what did they do next?

Answer: Went home

"Right said Fred climbing up a ladder, with his crowbar gave a mighty blow. Was he in trouble, half a ton of rubble landed on the top of his dome. So Charlie and me had another cup of tea and then we went home"

Bernard Cribbins again starred with Peter Sellers and Lionel Jeffries as Nervous O'Toole in the 1963 comedy movie "The Wrong Arm Of The Law". An actor named Michael Caine had a uncredited part in the movie. Whatever happened to him?

9. How many times did our intrepid gang of workers stop for tea?

Answer: Six

The boys stopped for tea six times but sadly it didn't help to get the job done.

Bernard Cribbins starred as Moonface Martin with Elaine Paige in the musical "Anything Goes" in 1989 in the West End of London at The Prince Edward Theatre.

10. What was the trouble with Fred?

Answer: He was too hasty

"You see the trouble with Fred is, he's too hasty. Now you never get nowhere if you're too hasty"

Bernard Cribbins had three UK chart hits, all in 1962. "Hole In The Ground" reached number nine. "Right Said Fred" reached number ten. "Gossip Calypso" reached number 25.

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