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Stiff upper lips: Armstrong (left) and Miller as street- slang RAF officers


they literally can’t face sharing their feelings with each other. Armstrong has an alternative explanation. “It’s so they can both see the match.”


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he duo do admit to sharing a bed, however. “We’ve been trying to work out how to do it for years and finally managed it for the new


series,” smirks Armstrong. “We play two self-made Alan Sugar-types, Phil and Ken, who run a carpet ware- house and a bed shop next to each other on the ring road. They spout a lot of made-up jargon and in the end they just turn the lights out and get into one of the beds. It’s a nice nod to Morecambe and Wise, who we both love.” We ponder why there have been


numerous all-male double acts over the years—several of whom have been willing to get into bed with each other—but few husband-and-wife twosomes. In the US, George Burns and Gracie Allen were a rare excep- tion. In Britain, there’s…The Krankies. Armstrong points out that impres- sionists Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona were an item for a while, but their professional partnership lasted longer than the personal one. “A good act thrives on tension,”


suggests Miller, “so you mustn’t release it by having sex!”


Read more in the October issue of Reader’s Digest


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