Roy Jay

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Roy Jay (born Jørgensen; 1948 – December 2007), was a British–Norwegian comedian. He performed with musical accompaniment and wearing a prison uniform decorated with broad arrows, speaking in an American accent and telling jokes interspersed with his "spook!" and "slither hither" catchphrases. Jay made high-profile television appearances in the 1980s, including in The Little and Large Show, The Bob Monkhouse Show, The Laughter Show, and The Main Attraction. According to one account, Jay was born as Roy Jørgensen in Oslo, the son of a Norwegian father and a Scottish/Irish mother. He left Norway with his family at age four to live in South Wales. When he was eight, he spent a year in Cork, Ireland, studying Irish and the violin, after which time he returned to his parents in Wales. The family soon moved again, to Atherton, Greater Manchester, England, where he attended Hesketh Fletcher High School. Aged 15, Roy joined the Royal Norwegian Navy. Returning to civilian life, he performed as a singer in a band that performed in small Northern clubs and dance halls. Following this, Jay became Assistant Entertainments Manager at Pontins holiday camp in Southport, where he began performing stand-up comedy.