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crystal balls Flag The Garden of Earthly Delights 29 Oct 15 1.13pm Send a Private Message to crystal balls Add crystal balls as a friend

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I was once at Heathrow seeing off a friend and his family who were emigrating. We were standing on a mezzanine floor over-looking the main concourse. There were hundreds of people milling about below, when suddenly the throng parted like the red sea and a very tall man with what must've been size 13 feet walked through the vacated space.

It was Tommy Cooper, and the faces of those who had stood aside on recognising him were a picture. After a few seconds they broke into spontaneous applause.

A few years later the company I worked for had arranged a Christmas outing to see Cooper in cabaret. By then, I regarded him as an old fashioned relic of the past, a Saturday night TV cliche for Mums and Dads, not fit for post-punk sophisticates like myself! However, after a few drinks Tommy appeared, and even my cynical front was blown away by his infectious bumbling act, which was actually pretty sophisticated and very clever.

 


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mezzer Flag Main Stand, Block F, Row 20 seat 1... 29 Oct 15 1.33pm Send a Private Message to mezzer Add mezzer as a friend

I was walking down the street the other day and this bloke came up to me and said "have you seen a policeman about?"

I said "no".

He said "stick 'em up"

 


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jamiemartin721 Flag Reading 29 Oct 15 2.26pm

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Quote Jimenez at 29 Oct 2015 12.59pm

I loved Tommy Cooper, It's Woody Allen I couldn't get.


You have to be a middle-class Jewish New Yorker who frequents their 'shrink' in order to fully appreciate the overated director of many a truly shocking film. Nothing even gets blown up FFS.

I love Woody Allen, but then I also studied a lot of Freudian Psychology...


 


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Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 29 Oct 15 2.31pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

So much of his humour was visual.

I recall going on a holiday flight and he was featured on the televisions. Many people never had head-phones but they were still laughing out aloud !

 

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stevegood Flag 29 Oct 15 3.00pm

Quote jamiemartin721 at 29 Oct 2015 2.26pm

Quote ASCPFC at 29 Oct 2015 1.02pm

Quote Jimenez at 29 Oct 2015 12.59pm

I loved Tommy Cooper, It's Woody Allen I couldn't get.


You have to be a middle-class Jewish New Yorker who frequents their 'shrink' in order to fully appreciate the overated director of many a truly shocking film. Nothing even gets blown up FFS.

I love Woody Allen, but then I also studied a lot of Freudian Psychology...


I'm a mild Tommy Cooper fan, he was my dad's favorite. I'm a big Woody Allen fan - of his earlier work before around 1995 that is. It is of great interest that his work dropped in quality so much after his breakup with Mia Farrow and marrying Farrow's adopted daughter.

 

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johnno42000 Flag 29 Oct 15 3.00pm Send a Private Message to johnno42000 Add johnno42000 as a friend

I walked into a bar the other night, didn't half hurt...it was an iron bar.

 


'Lies to the masses as are like fly's to mollasses...they want more and more and more'

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radsyrendot Flag From Coventry now in Leicester 29 Oct 15 3.01pm Send a Private Message to radsyrendot Add radsyrendot as a friend

Quote Hoof Hearted at 29 Oct 2015 11.51am

I have to confez that I like him.....

A list of his finest repertoire which inspired Tim Vine...

Two Aerials met on a roof - fell in love - got married.
The ceremony was rubbish but the Reception was brilliant.

Man goes to the doc, with a strawberry growing out of his head.
Doc says "I'll give you some cream to put on it."

"Doc, I can't stop singing the green green grass of home."
That sounds like Tom Jones syndrome. "
"Is it common? "
"It's not unusual."

A guy walks into the psychiatrist wearing only clingfilm for shorts.
The shrink says, "Well, I can clearly see you're nuts."

A man takes his Rottweiler to the vet.
"My dog's cross-eyed, is there anything you can do for him? "
"Well," says the vet, "let's have a look at him"
So he picks the dog up and examines his eyes, then checks his teeth.
Finally, he says "I'm going to have to put him down."
"What? Because he's cross-eyed? "
"No, because he's really heavy"

Guy goes into the doctor's.
"Doc, I've got a cricket ball stuck up my backside
"How's that?"
"Don't you start"

"Doctor, I can't pronounce my F's, T's and H's."
"Well you can't say fairer than that then"

Two elephants walk off a cliff...... boom boom!

What's brown and sounds like a bell?
DUNG !!

What do you call a fish with no eyes?
A fsh.

So I went to the dentist.
He said "Say Aaah."
I said "Why?"
He said "My dog's died.'"

"So I got home, and the phone was ringing.
I picked it up and said 'Who's speaking please?'
And a voice said 'You are.'"

"So I rang up my local swimming baths.
I said 'Is that the local swimming baths?'
He said 'It depends where you're calling from.'"

"So I rang up a local building firm,
I said 'I want a skip outside my house.'
' He said 'I'm not stopping you.'

Apparently, 1 in 5 people in the world are Chinese.
And there are 5 people in my family, so it must be
one of them. It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother
Colin. Or my younger brother Ho-Cha-Chu.
But I think it's Colin.

So I was in my car, and I was driving along, and
my boss rang up, and he said
'You've been promoted.' And I swerved. And then
he rang up a second time and said "You've been promoted again.'
And I swerved again.
He rang up a third time and said 'You're managing director.'
And I went into a tree.
And a policeman came up and said 'What happened to you?'
And I said 'I careered off the road.

Now, most dentist's chairs go up and down, don't they?
The one I was in went back and forwards. I thought 'This is unusual'.
And the dentist said to me 'Mr Cooper, get out of the filing cabinet.'

So I was getting into my car, and this bloke says to me
"Can you give me a lift?" I said "Sure, you look great, the world's
your oyster, go for it.'

Two fat blokes in a pub, one says to the other "your round."
The other one says "so are you, you fat b******!"

Two cannibals eating a clown. One says to the other
"Does this taste funny to you?"

Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid,
the other was eating fireworks.
They charged one and let the other one off.

"You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today.
They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.'
So that was nice."

A man walked into the doctors, The doctor said " I haven't seen you in a long time "
The man replied "I know I've been ill"

A man walked into the doctors, he said "I've hurt my arm in several places"
The doctor said "well don't go there any more"

I had a ploughman's lunch the other day.
He wasn't very happy.

My dog was barking at everyone the other day.
Still, what can you expect from a cross-breed.

I was driving down the motorway with my bird the other day when we
both got a bit frisky and decided to do something about it.
So we decided we'd take the next exit, but it was a turn-off.

I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn't find any.

I bought some HP sauce the other day.
It's costing me 6p a month for the next 2 years.

Two men were caught stealing a Calendar.
They got 6 months each.

A man went to the Psychiatrists and said he thought he was a dog.
The doctor asked him to jump on the couch.
He said.."sorry, but I'm not allowed on the furniture".

A man went to the doctors and said he thought he was a biscuit.
The doctor asked him what kind of biscuit.
The man said it was a thin flaky biscuit suitable for cheese.
The doctor said....YOU MUST BE CRACKERS !!

A man went to the doctors and said he thought he was a pack of cards.
The doctor told to wait in reception and would deal with him later.

A man went to the Butchers.
He said to the Butcher, "have you got a sheeps head ?".
The Butcher said...."no, its the way I part my hair"

A man went to the Butchers and asked for some bacon.
"Lean Back ? " said the Butcher.
The man arched his back and said again..."have you got any bacon ?"

A man in a restaurant asked the waiter to call him a taxi.
"Okay, Sir....you are a taxi".

A man went into a Restaurant.
The Maitre D said "can I take your coat sir?"
"No....get your own", came the reply.

A man went into a restaurant.
"waiter, have you got frog's legs ?", he asked
"Certainly Sir"
"Well hop over here, and get this fly out of my soup"

A man went to a guest house and knocked on the door.
The landlady looked out of the bedroom window and asked what he wanted.
"I want to stay here", he said
"Okay....stay there then", she said.

I was up in my loft the other day.
I found a Rembrandt and a Stradivarius.
Unfortunately, Stradivarius wasn't a very good painter and
Rembrandt was no good at making violins!

Why is it that if you go into a library and shout "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
everybody looks at you?
If you do the same thing on a boat or plane, everybody joins in!

I was in the bookies the other day.
This bloke said "do you want the winner of the 3.30?"
I said "No thanks, I've got nowhere to keep it!"

I want to die like my Grandad......peacefully in his sleep.
Not like the passengers on his bus, screaming and yelling!

I'd like to know where I am going to die...........................
If I knew I would never ever go there!

Did you hear about the couple that made love in the Plumber position?
They stayed in all morning, but nobody came.

You forgot about his dream ......He was eating a giant marshmallow woke up and his pillow had gone ... Just like that

 

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Only 10 a year!! Flag 29 Oct 15 3.10pm Send a Private Message to Only 10 a year!! Add Only 10 a year!! as a friend

Quote Hoof Hearted at 29 Oct 2015 11.51am

I have to confez that I like him.....

A list of his finest repertoire which inspired Tim Vine...

Two Aerials met on a roof - fell in love - got married.
The ceremony was rubbish but the Reception was brilliant.

Man goes to the doc, with a strawberry growing out of his head.
Doc says "I'll give you some cream to put on it."

"Doc, I can't stop singing the green green grass of home."
That sounds like Tom Jones syndrome. "
"Is it common? "
"It's not unusual."

A guy walks into the psychiatrist wearing only clingfilm for shorts.
The shrink says, "Well, I can clearly see you're nuts."

A man takes his Rottweiler to the vet.
"My dog's cross-eyed, is there anything you can do for him? "
"Well," says the vet, "let's have a look at him"
So he picks the dog up and examines his eyes, then checks his teeth.
Finally, he says "I'm going to have to put him down."
"What? Because he's cross-eyed? "
"No, because he's really heavy"

Guy goes into the doctor's.
"Doc, I've got a cricket ball stuck up my backside
"How's that?"
"Don't you start"

"Doctor, I can't pronounce my F's, T's and H's."
"Well you can't say fairer than that then"

Two elephants walk off a cliff...... boom boom!

What's brown and sounds like a bell?
DUNG !!

What do you call a fish with no eyes?
A fsh.

So I went to the dentist.
He said "Say Aaah."
I said "Why?"
He said "My dog's died.'"

"So I got home, and the phone was ringing.
I picked it up and said 'Who's speaking please?'
And a voice said 'You are.'"

"So I rang up my local swimming baths.
I said 'Is that the local swimming baths?'
He said 'It depends where you're calling from.'"

"So I rang up a local building firm,
I said 'I want a skip outside my house.'
' He said 'I'm not stopping you.'

Apparently, 1 in 5 people in the world are Chinese.
And there are 5 people in my family, so it must be
one of them. It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother
Colin. Or my younger brother Ho-Cha-Chu.
But I think it's Colin.

So I was in my car, and I was driving along, and
my boss rang up, and he said
'You've been promoted.' And I swerved. And then
he rang up a second time and said "You've been promoted again.'
And I swerved again.
He rang up a third time and said 'You're managing director.'
And I went into a tree.
And a policeman came up and said 'What happened to you?'
And I said 'I careered off the road.

Now, most dentist's chairs go up and down, don't they?
The one I was in went back and forwards. I thought 'This is unusual'.
And the dentist said to me 'Mr Cooper, get out of the filing cabinet.'

So I was getting into my car, and this bloke says to me
"Can you give me a lift?" I said "Sure, you look great, the world's
your oyster, go for it.'

Two fat blokes in a pub, one says to the other "your round."
The other one says "so are you, you fat b******!"

Two cannibals eating a clown. One says to the other
"Does this taste funny to you?"

Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid,
the other was eating fireworks.
They charged one and let the other one off.

"You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today.
They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.'
So that was nice."

A man walked into the doctors, The doctor said " I haven't seen you in a long time "
The man replied "I know I've been ill"

A man walked into the doctors, he said "I've hurt my arm in several places"
The doctor said "well don't go there any more"

I had a ploughman's lunch the other day.
He wasn't very happy.

My dog was barking at everyone the other day.
Still, what can you expect from a cross-breed.

I was driving down the motorway with my bird the other day when we
both got a bit frisky and decided to do something about it.
So we decided we'd take the next exit, but it was a turn-off.

I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn't find any.

I bought some HP sauce the other day.
It's costing me 6p a month for the next 2 years.

Two men were caught stealing a Calendar.
They got 6 months each.

A man went to the Psychiatrists and said he thought he was a dog.
The doctor asked him to jump on the couch.
He said.."sorry, but I'm not allowed on the furniture".

A man went to the doctors and said he thought he was a biscuit.
The doctor asked him what kind of biscuit.
The man said it was a thin flaky biscuit suitable for cheese.
The doctor said....YOU MUST BE CRACKERS !!

A man went to the doctors and said he thought he was a pack of cards.
The doctor told to wait in reception and would deal with him later.

A man went to the Butchers.
He said to the Butcher, "have you got a sheeps head ?".
The Butcher said...."no, its the way I part my hair"

A man went to the Butchers and asked for some bacon.
"Lean Back ? " said the Butcher.
The man arched his back and said again..."have you got any bacon ?"

A man in a restaurant asked the waiter to call him a taxi.
"Okay, Sir....you are a taxi".

A man went into a Restaurant.
The Maitre D said "can I take your coat sir?"
"No....get your own", came the reply.

A man went into a restaurant.
"waiter, have you got frog's legs ?", he asked
"Certainly Sir"
"Well hop over here, and get this fly out of my soup"

A man went to a guest house and knocked on the door.
The landlady looked out of the bedroom window and asked what he wanted.
"I want to stay here", he said
"Okay....stay there then", she said.

I was up in my loft the other day.
I found a Rembrandt and a Stradivarius.
Unfortunately, Stradivarius wasn't a very good painter and
Rembrandt was no good at making violins!

Why is it that if you go into a library and shout "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
everybody looks at you?
If you do the same thing on a boat or plane, everybody joins in!

I was in the bookies the other day.
This bloke said "do you want the winner of the 3.30?"
I said "No thanks, I've got nowhere to keep it!"

I want to die like my Grandad......peacefully in his sleep.
Not like the passengers on his bus, screaming and yelling!

I'd like to know where I am going to die...........................
If I knew I would never ever go there!

Did you hear about the couple that made love in the Plumber position?
They stayed in all morning, but nobody came.
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A lot of those are Tim Vine not Coopers


 

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Yellow Card - User has been warned of conduct on the messageboards Hrolf The Ganger Flag 29 Oct 15 3.11pm Send a Private Message to Hrolf The Ganger Add Hrolf The Ganger as a friend

Most comedy doesn't last well.
Even the greats did rubbish stuff. Funny is subjective but in general peoples taste change over time.
Tommy Cooper was just a funny man. His material varied depending on who wrote it no doubt. Watched in retrospect a lot of old stuff seems corny and childish and TV comedy has become a lot less gentle over the years. In the 70's what you could say and do on TV were a lot different. Oddly we seem to be more sensitive about some things and less about others. The nauseating sight of so called celebrities displaying faux outrage on shows like "It was alright in the 70's/80's" demonstrates that nicely.

 

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richard shaw (og)65 Flag my minds eye 29 Oct 15 3.12pm Send a Private Message to richard shaw (og)65 Add richard shaw (og)65 as a friend

Quote oldcodger at 29 Oct 2015 12.33pm

Comedy often ages really badly. Take Hale and Pace for example.


the only comedy double act with 2 straight men

 


interviewer " iggy , do you think you influenced anybody?"
iggy pop " I think I wiped out the 60`S "

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Quote jamiemartin721 at 29 Oct 2015 2.26pm

Quote ASCPFC at 29 Oct 2015 1.02pm

Quote Jimenez at 29 Oct 2015 12.59pm

I loved Tommy Cooper, It's Woody Allen I couldn't get.


You have to be a middle-class Jewish New Yorker who frequents their 'shrink' in order to fully appreciate the overated director of many a truly shocking film. Nothing even gets blown up FFS.

I love Woody Allen, but then I also studied a lot of Freudian Psychology...


Daughter-in-law joke?

 


Red and Blue Army!

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oldcodger Flag 29 Oct 15 3.26pm Send a Private Message to oldcodger Add oldcodger as a friend

Quote ASCPFC at 29 Oct 2015 12.57pm

Quote jamiemartin721 at 29 Oct 2015 12.51pm

Quote oldcodger at 29 Oct 2015 12.33pm

Comedy often ages really badly. Take Hale and Pace for example.

I know right, I used to work when it was on, so I had to record it and watch it the following day, by which point it was no longer funny...

I love Tommy Cooper. There is just something about his whole 'anarchic' performance of 's**t magic and haphazard quick fire jokes', that is just pure magic. Him and Bob Monkhouse, were probably among the best of the old timer UK stand up solo comedy acts (Bernard Manning would be my third choice - Much maligned but very talented).

I think as well he was one of those few comedians who could make a show look like it wasn't rehearsed at all and entirely improvised (and thus more personal - apparently he once did 52 shows in one week which is impressive in anyone's book).

For someone who was actually a respected and talented magician, I don't think I've ever really seen him do a 'proper' magic trick, only his farce of magic tricks.


He did proper magic plenty of times: he made the audience disappear.


You two are funnier than Hale and Pace!

I agree about Bernard Manning. 'It was a different age' as they say but his comic timing was unrivalled.

Who are the best comics nowadays?


 

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