Paper Monitor
12:51 UK time, Thursday, 3 January 2013
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
"NICKED NICKED" - The Sun
Que?
"SAVILE COPS NICK NICK TV'S JIM" -
Ah. It's a reference to Jim Davidson, which may go over the heads of younger readers and others unfamiliar with the 1970s comedian's work.
The Sun, aware that not all its readers will understand its headline, explains that "nick nick" is/was Davidson's catchphrase in the second paragraph of - before even answering the wheres and whys of the arrest. (He denies the allegations and has since been released on bail.)
A passing colleague adds that Davidson used to say "nick nick" during jokes about the police.
A gift, then, to tabloid headline writers of a certain age.
But it doesn't take a professional comedian to know that if a joke needs explaining, it hasn't worked. Even plugging the phrase into Google is of little help, resulting mainly in people asking what it means - not even Davidson's official website or his Wikipedia page mention this catchphrase.
The Daily Mail resists the "nick nick" reference but - as is its habit - gets in a mention of his "£1million Georgian home in the picturesque village of Stockbridge in Hampshire".
Well, they would, wouldn't they?
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