Saveen

Saveen (born Albert Edward Langford; 27 May 1914, Southwark, London, England – 14 April 1994, Worcester Park, Surrey, England) was a British ventriloquist who was the first to have a national radio series ("Midday with Daisy May") on the BBC Light Programme after the Second World War.[1]

Among his many puppet characters were the tiny schoolgirl dummy Daisy May, a cockney boy dummy "Andy the Spiv" and two dogs (one dummy and one real). He also made frequent appearances on television in the 1950s and 1960s. His character "Daisy May" is identified as the origin of Royal Navy slang "Daisy" for a sailor named May.[2]

Saveen had 13 puppet characters aside from Daisy May, including "Andy the Spiv", "Sonny", and a dog who used to say "Drop Dead!" in a very droll posh voice whenever Saveen spoke to him.

References

Street, Seán (21 April 2015). Historical Dictionary of British Radio. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442249233 – via Google Books.
Naval Slang/Surnames Marsh - Oakley, Royal Navy website accessed 11 January 2007

External links

Whirligig TV: 1950s British Television Nostalgia - includes sound/video clips
"Daisy May assisted by Saveen". Whirligig: 1950s British Television Nostalgia. Retrieved 5 December 2012.

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[1] Street, Seán (21 April 2015). Historical Dictionary of British Radio. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442249233 – via Google Books.

[2] Naval Slang/Surnames Marsh - Oakley, Royal Navy website accessed 11 January 2007