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 kennybrowns leftfoot  Reigate 29 Oct 15 7.50pm |
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Quote Willo at 29 Oct 2015 7.21pm
I remember seeing Tommy Cooper in Catford in the 70s. They announced his name at the beginning and the spotlight went to the "Wings" - he didn't come on straight away as expected and the audience just broke into laughter !!!! When he came out he was carrying a miniture gate - more howls of laughter ! He put the gate down, opened it and just walked through - more laughter !!!! Genius. Willo my old man said he did the exact same thing when he went to watch him. No one knew what the gate was for and every 20 mins he would say 'excuse me' go and walk through the gate, shut it then carry on. The audience were howling!!
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| Harry Beever Newbury 29 Oct 15 8.28pm |
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Bizarrely went to a pub quiz last night and one of the rounds was to shape a pumpkin out of play dough. Randomly opted for this Tommy Cooper pumpkin. Didn't win. There's a small chance they may not of recognised him.
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Attachment: -TUX-  Alphabettispaghetti 29 Oct 15 9.01pm |
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Quote Harry Beever at 29 Oct 2015 8.28pm
Bizarrely went to a pub quiz last night and one of the rounds was to shape a pumpkin out of play dough. Randomly opted for this Tommy Cooper pumpkin. Didn't win. There's a small chance they may not of recognised him. The face should've been 2x longer than the Fez and the trophy would've been yours Tommy Cooper. I guess he made more laugh than didn't.
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| Catfish Burgess Hill 29 Oct 15 9.36pm |
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Nothing dates like comedy. Tommy Cooper was a funny man but I can see why a young person seeing an old clip would be mystified. My Mum saw Max Miller live and says he was a very funny act but whatever it was he had was very much of its time. I have always been left cold by the Goonshow but there were programmes that I loved in years gone by that I see or listen to now and wonder what I saw in them. I am sad to say that a lot of Monty Python has that effect on me now. One old radio show that I think does stand up to the test of time is Round the Horne. Still wonderful.
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Jimenez  SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 29 Oct 15 10.14pm |
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Bob Monkhouse was also another underrated comedian. Very much a comedians, comedian.
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palace777  belfast 29 Oct 15 10.17pm |
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Quote Borussia at 29 Oct 2015 12.46pm
I've been on this strict whisky diet - lost three days last week... btw, Hale & Pace were NEVER funny.
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| Therealeaglestilidie 29 Oct 15 10.26pm |
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So I went to see the doctor. He said "you have hypercondria" I said " not that as well "
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| matthau South Croydon 30 Oct 15 12.16am |
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Sad to think my old fav only fools wouldn't be appreciated by any off spring I have...as you all say...most comedy ages terribly
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| suicideatselhurst crawley 30 Oct 15 12.47am |
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Quote Jimenez at 29 Oct 2015 12.59pm
I loved Tommy Cooper, It's Woody Allen I couldn't get.
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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| Hoof Hearted 30 Oct 15 10.57am | |
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Quote matthau at 30 Oct 2015 12.16am
presently...I don't think there's anyone quicker than lee mack.
I hope Lee Mack uses some of that gas to poison Russell Howard who is not in the slightest bit funny.
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| richard shaw (og)65 my minds eye 30 Oct 15 5.19pm |
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Quote Hoof Hearted at 30 Oct 2015 10.57am
Quote matthau at 30 Oct 2015 12.16am
presently...I don't think there's anyone quicker than lee mack.
I hope Lee Mack uses some of that gas to poison Russell Howard who is not in the slightest bit funny. I was never a big fan of lee mack but this is brilliant
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| Ray in Houston Houston 30 Oct 15 7.23pm |
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Quote oldcodger at 29 Oct 2015 3.26pm
Who are the best comics nowadays?
Edited by Ray in Houston (30 Oct 2015 7.26pm)
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