Roy Jay

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| name = Roy Jay

| name = Roy Jay

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| image = File:Roy_Jay_1982.jpg

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| birth_name = Roy Jørgensen

| birth_name = Roy Jørgensen

| birth_date = 1948<ref name=”Comedy Chronicles”>{{cite web |last1=McCann |first1=Graham |title=You’ll all be doing it tomorrow: The strange ways of Roy Jay |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/features/comedy_chronicles/roy-jay/ |website=Comedy.co.uk |date=22 September 2024 |publisher=British Comedy Guide |access-date=19 May 2025}}</ref> or 1949<ref name=”Ross, Robert”>{{cite book |last=Ross |first=Robert |date=30 September 2021 |title=Forgotten Heroes of Comedy – An Encyclopedia of the Comedy Underdog |url= |location= |publisher=Unbound |page=201 |isbn=9781783529193 |access-date= }}</ref>

| birth_date = 1948<ref name=”Comedy Chronicles”>{{cite web |last1=McCann |first1=Graham |title=You’ll all be doing it tomorrow: The strange ways of Roy Jay |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/features/comedy_chronicles/roy-jay/ |website=Comedy.co.uk |date=22 September 2024 |publisher=British Comedy Guide |access-date=19 May 2025}}</ref> or 1949<ref name=”Ross, Robert”>{{cite book |last=Ross |first=Robert |date=30 September 2021 |title=Forgotten Heroes of Comedy – An Encyclopedia of the Comedy Underdog |url= |location= |publisher=Unbound |page=201 |isbn=9781783529193 |access-date= }}</ref>

| birth_place = [[Oslo]], Norway<ref name=”Comic Talent”>{{cite journal |title=The Comic Talent of Roy Jay |journal=The Stage |date=18 January 1979 |page=33 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001180/19790118/190/0033 |access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref> or [[Uffculme]], United Kingdom<ref name=”Ross, Robert” />

| birth_place = [[Oslo]], Norway<ref name=”Comic Talent”>{{cite journal |title=The Comic Talent of Roy Jay |journal=The Stage |date=18 January 1979 |page=33 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001180/19790118/190/0033 |access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref> or [[Uffculme]], United Kingdom<ref name=”Ross, Robert” />

| death_date = December 2007 or late 2008 (aged 59)

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| death_place = [[Alicante]], Spain

| death_place = [[Alicante]], Spain

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| occupation = Comedian, singer

| occupation = Comedian, singer

| years_active = 1972–2007 or late 1970s–2008<ref name=”Ross, Robert” />

| years_active = 1972–2007 or late 1970s–2008<ref name=”Ross, Robert” />

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”’Roy Jay”’ (1948–2007), born as ”’Roy Jørgensen”’, was a [[British people|British]]–[[Norwegians|Norwegian]] stand-up comedian.<ref name=”Ross, Robert” /><ref name=”Spook Spook Slither Hither Man”>{{cite journal |title=The Spook Spook Slither Hither Man |journal=The Stage |date=11 August 1983 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001180/19830811/115/0038 |access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref><ref name=”The Three Degrees”>{{cite journal |title=I.M.A.|journal=The Stage |date=17 May 1984 |page=36 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002334/19840302/126/0018 |access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref><ref name=”Stage 2″>{{cite journal |title=Roy Jay |journal=The Stage |date=29 November 1984 |page=4 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001180/19841129/028/0004 |access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref> He performed with musical accompaniment and wearing a [[prison uniform|convict’s uniform]] decorated with [[broad arrow]]s, 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 (TV series)|The Main Attraction]]”.<ref name=”Radio Times”>{{cite book |last=Lewisohn |first=Mark |date=1998 |title=Radio Times guide to TV comedy|url=https://archive.org/details/radiotimesguidet0000lewi/ |location= |publisher=London: BBC Worldwide |page=414 |isbn=9780563369776 |access-date= }}</ref>

”’Roy Jay”’ ( ”’Jørgensen”’, was a [[British people|British]]–[[Norwegians|Norwegian]] comedian.<ref name=”Ross, Robert” /><ref name=”Spook Spook Slither Hither Man”>{{cite journal |title=The Spook Spook Slither Hither Man |journal=The Stage |date=11 August 1983 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001180/19830811/115/0038 |access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref><ref name=”The Three Degrees”>{{cite journal |title=I.M.A.|journal=The Stage |date=17 May 1984 |page=36 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002334/19840302/126/0018 |access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref><ref name=”Stage 2″>{{cite journal |title=Roy Jay |journal=The Stage |date=29 November 1984 |page=4 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001180/19841129/028/0004 |access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref> He performed with musical accompaniment and wearing a [[prison uniform|convict’s uniform]] decorated with [[broad arrow]]s, 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 (TV series)|The Main Attraction]]”.<ref name=”Radio Times”>{{cite book |last=Lewisohn |first=Mark |date=1998 |title=Radio Times guide to TV comedy|url=https://archive.org/details/radiotimesguidet0000lewi/ |location= |publisher=London: BBC Worldwide |page=414 |isbn=9780563369776 |access-date= }}</ref>

==Early life==

==Early life==