Yeah, Well Herman ...
    Yeah, well ... Herman is the occupant of our "Yeah, Well Hot Seat" this week, so turn on the fire and here we go.
      The toothed wonder is currently making his second motion picture in his first starring role. Herman confidently predicts: "I think I can become a better actor than Elvis." Yeah, well never mind the acting bit, do you think you can make as much money as the old El does?

Huge Success Here     Herman, of course, is a huge success here in America but in his native England he has not had the same kind of luck. He says: "We would really love to be as big a success here (Britain) as we have been in the States." Yeah, well listen, Herman, Londoners reveal that they would like you much better if you, a Manchester man, would drop the phony Cockney accent which you use in such ditties as "Mrs. Brown" and "Henry The VIII."
     Herman is very much interested in money, though he says he's not in the entertainment business solely for the money, rather, "It's just personal satisfaction." Yeah, well I guess you've sure acquired a lot of that personal satisfaction here in the good old U.S., haven't you, Herman?
      Once again on the subject of money: "I admit I was a fool at first with money and so on. I bought a car and smashed it and spent money on all sorts of mad things." Yeah, well if you spent a lot of money on mad things, how come you didn't spend any on me?

More Careful with Money
      Herman's whole outlook on money has undergone a big change: "Now I'm much more careful with money. I take a great deal of interest in percentages, investments, the bank rate and so on." Yeah, well in that case I think I'll put you to work on my bank rate. I just can't figure out why my bank account is so low and my bank rate is so high!
 

A Lolly? Yeah, Well ...

      Besides filming "There's No Place Like Space" for MGM Herman says: "I'll also be taking dancing lessons." Yeah, well listen, Herman, if you ever need a dancing partner, I'm available!
     Herman has a philosophy of life, you know, just like Plato and Aristotle and all those. Only Herman's philosophy is much simpler: "After all, life's just a big giggle." Yeah, well I don't know how much of a giggle it is but it's sure one big laugh.
Spend Time At Home, Boy
      Many of Herman's fellow Britishers don't think that Herman spends enough time in England and that he spends entirely too much time in America.
      Herman answers: "I don't think we spend too much time there." Yeah, well personally I don't think you spend enough time here - and I know you don't spend nearly enough time with me! Matter of fact, you don't spend any time with me. Why is that, Herman?

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