YMMV / George Formby

• Fair for Its Day: The "Mr Wu" songs have some dodgy lyrics by modern standards, for example this bit from "Mr Wu's An Air Raid Warden Now":
  He goes round every night,
  To make the black-out sure.
  So if you've got a chink in your window,
  You'll have another one at your door.
  • At the time, though, nobody else would have made songs that portrayed a Chinese immigrant in a sympathetic light (in the song mentioned above and in a later one which has him become an RAF pilot, he's actually quite the hero). This is especially noteworthy given that the original "Mr Wu" was a Yellow Peril villain from a 1913 play who was taken up as a recurring character in music hall; Formby used the name for the recognition, but not much else.
• LGBT Fanbase: According to a 1999 biography, Bell-Bottom George ^note the title refers to the bell-bottomed (ie. flared) trousers that were traditionally part of the Royal Navy's uniform was a hit with his "surprisingly large, closeted gay following".
• Retroactive Recognition: It happens a few times in the films.
  • Alastair Sim (of Scrooge fame) had a supporting role in Keep Your Seats, Please!.
  • One of the saboteurs in Spare a Copper was played by Bernard Lee — who would go on to be M in the Bond films.
  • In Bell-Bottom George, the role of "BBC Radio Man" was played by Charles Hawtrey.

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