![]() "Stu" Francis is a British comedian with a camp style of delivery who achieved celebrity as lead presenter on the children"s television programme Crackerjack. But perhaps the most brilliant of all was I could pummel a peach or I could eat a whole sausage roll. Other variations were: I could popular a balloon, I could rip a tissue, I could jump off a doll"s house, I could wrestle an action man, I could duff a daffodil and I could test drive a Tonka Other catchphrases include: (used on Crackerjack"s final game Take A Chance, where the "penalty" was a gunging to an unfortunate celebrity, or to Francis himself). Francis had numerous catchphrases on Crackerjack, mostly based on his prolific Ooh! I could crush a grape!!. He then switched to comedy and appeared in summer seasons at clubs and in theatres. He also released a single in 1985 called "Ooh! I could crush a grape".Īfter attending Brownlow Fold Junior School and Smithills Base School, both in Bolton, he worked as a bluecoat entertaining guests at holiday camps. He went on to host in 1985 and Border television"s Crush a Grape in 1987, a children"s game show in a similar vein to his era of Crackerjack. ![]()
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