JonathanRouth.com
About Jonathan Routh
Sad news, Mr. Routh passed away on June 4th, 2008 - please see the Jonathan Routh 1927-2008 post on the Chisholm Gallery weblog. See Obituaries section below and add yours if you like.
Gallery of Jonathan's work
Here is a small gallery of work showcased and offered as high quality prints by Chisholm Gallery.
- The Queen Victoria Collection by Jonathan Routh
See the rest of the gallery and more images at Jonathan Routh's page on ChisholmGallery.com.
Artist Description at ChisholmGallery.com
Excerpted from the website:
- Jonathan Routh was born November 24, 1927 in England. At Cambridge University he researched Queen Victoria and participated in theatrical projects. He founded the groundbreaking Candid Camera TV program. He has written a series of books with such diverse titles as “The Nuns Go on Holiday ” and the legendary “The Secret Life of Queen Victoria”. He spends most of the year in Jamaica. He has exhibited often at Harmony Hall, and in London, Paris, Rome, Palm Beach, New York and Washington.
Contact
- Jeanne Chisholm of Chisholm Gallery
- Email:
- Phone: +1 845 373 8370
Visiting Address
Chisholm Gallery LLC
- 45 Pugsley Hill Road
- Millbrook, NY 12545
- United States
Jonathan Routh on YouTube
Candid Mike' Part 2 - PETE MURRAY & JONATHAN ROUTH - 1957 45rpm video added by VinylFun
UK Candid Camera Classics - Old Lady Carrying Suitcases video added by erictheking97 on
UK Candid Camera Classics - Megaphone video added by erictheking97 on
UK Candid Camera Classics - Follow My Leader video added by coecludd on Youtube.com
UK Candid Camera Classics - Censored Newspaper video added by coecludd on Youtube.com
UK Candid Camera Classics - Car Without An Engine video added by coecludd on Youtube.com
Here is one of the famous 'Engineless Car' skit on Candid Camera UK.
UK Candid Camera Classics - Man In The Middle video added by coecludd on Youtube.com
UK Candid Camera Classics - The Interpreter video added by coecludd on Youtube.com
UK Candid Camera Classics - Gangle Pin video added by coecludd on Youtube.com
UK Candid Camera Classics - Shopping video added by erictheking97 on Youtube.com
In this classic skit, Jonathan goes grocery shopping but not from the supermarket.
UK Candid Camera Classics - Change of Name video added by erictheking97 on Youtube.com
UK Candid Camera Classics - Compilation of clips video added by coecludd on Youtube.com
Obituaries
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| BBC RADIO FOUR program Last Word (30 min) was aired on Friday 13 Jun 08 which included interviews with some of Jonathan's closest friends. Click here to listen again to that recording. | |||
- On Guardian.co.uk, Obituary Jonathan Routh: Television presenter who brought Candid Camera to Britain
Routh's programme spawned an enduring genre, including Jeremy Beadle's Beadle's About and Game for a Laugh, and Dom Joly's Trigger Happy TV.
guardian.co.uk
- From Independent.co.uk Jonathan Routh: Prankster star of 'Candid Camera' who later became a painter and the author of 'The Good Loo Guide'
The life of Routh, who spent many of his final years in Jamaica, seemed to be devoted to carrying out pranks and witnessing the reactions of those he had hoodwinked.
Independent.co.uk
- Also from the Independent.co.uk RIP Jonathan
- via Telegraph.co.uk Broadcaster responsible for Candid Camera who wrote The Good Loo Guide and painted nuns.
His early excursions into hoaxing included inventing a fictitious 18th-century poet, getting him mentioned in the Times Literary Supplement and in a talk on the BBC Third Programme
Telegraph.co.uk
The softly spoken Routh was an engaging, mischievous, social anarchist with an acute sense of the absurd and an iron nerve.
Timesonline.co.uk
- Via RedOrbit.com Let's Hear It for the so Sad Jokers By Joe Riley
Jonathan Routh has this week had the very real distinction of having the job title 'Joker' attached to his obituary notices.
Joe Riley
- TheStage.co.uk featuring Jonathan Routh
One of Routh’s most famous stunts was organising a ‘silent recital by an unknown Hungarian pianist’ at Wigmore Hall.
Patrick Newley
- From the blog TheOtherI.wordpress.com a testimony to The Importance of the Absurd.
I cannot produce the kind of absurdities Routh spent his life sharing with us all, which may be why I have a deep appreciation for his particular contribution to mankind.
The Other I
He captured the air of the decade with an anti-authoritarian streak as well as a subversion of Britishness.
LastingTribute.co.uk
- The Economist print edition pays tribute to Jonathan Routh
As a painter, he showed a penchant for formal figures suddenly released from all constraints. He painted nuns driving racing cars and flying balloons, the pope windsurfing, Mona Lisa naked or smoking. His favourite subject was the aged Queen Victoria, on an imaginary trip to Jamaica in 1871, doing the hula-hoop or the limbo dance, riding a zebra and driving dodgem cars.
Economist.com
- By the online EURSOC Fun & Laughter For All
A true English eccentric has departed for heaven to have a few gags with God. He may not be the last of the merry pranksters, but he was certainly one of the quintessential.
EURSOC
By LiverpoolDailypost.co.uk Jonathan Routh obituary by by David Charters
HE BELONGED to the long and noble tradition of brilliant Britons who didn’t take life seriously, except, perhaps, in their desire to see those who did take life seriously appear ridiculous.
LiverpoolDailypost.co.uk
By Miles Kington, THE FRENCH CONNECTION
He had selected some of the better stones from the beach, written "A Present From Margate" on each one in felt-tip, and gone from table to table in cafes and tea rooms trying to sell them.
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