Mr. Flotsam and Mr. Jetsam were an Anglo-

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

Australian musical comedy duo of the 1920s and 1930s. Mr. Flotsam's real name was Bentley Collingwood Hilliam (1890–1968) and Mr. Jetsam's real name was Malcolm McEachern

Malcolm McEachern

Walter Malcom Neil McEachern was a noted Australian bass singer who enjoyed a successful career in the United Kingdom, both as a concert soloist and as one half of the comic musical duo Flotsam and Jetsam....

 (1883–1945). Hilliam wrote most of their songs, played the piano and sang in a light, high tenor voice. By contrast, McEachern had one of the deepest bass voices on record. Their material consisted of comic songs with rapid-fire delivery and songs with mild social commentary, as well as sentimental songs.
Hilliam married Mona C Barrett-Lennard December 1926 in Lambeth

Lambeth

Lambeth is a district of south London, England, and part of the London Borough of Lambeth. It is situated southeast of Charing Cross.-Toponymy:...

, London.

They are sometimes considered a precursor of Flanders and Swann

Flanders and Swann

The British duo Flanders and Swann were the actor and singer Michael Flanders and the composer, pianist and linguist Donald Swann , who collaborated in writing and performing comic songs....

.

Songs in their repertoire

• "Simon the Bootlegger"
• "The Alsatian and the Pekinese"
• "The Changing of the Guard"
• "Is he an Aussie"
• "I Want to be a Military Man"
• "King Canute"
• "Little Betty Bouncer"
• "What's the Matter With Rachmaninoff?"

Their only film appearance is in the prelude of the 1936 Tod Slaughter melodrama The Crimes of Stephen Hawke

The Crimes of Stephen Hawke

The Crimes of Stephen Hawke is a British period film melodrama directed by George King and starring Tod Slaughter as the nefarious Stephen Hawke - who masquerades as the 'Spine-Breaker'. It also features Marjorie Taylor, D. J. Williams and Eric Portman.This is the third of Tod Slaughter's film...

.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1845102/

External links

• Recording session outline with photos of the two
• National Library of Australia digital recording listing for "The Changing of the Guard"