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Paul Adsett
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posted June 14, 2015 01:47 PM

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There was one man on television who would put a smile on my face without uttering a word. His talent was enormous, but like a lot of performers he was plagued by personal demons. If you have an hour to spare take a look at this story of the great Tommy Coooper, the funniest man to ever appear on British television:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YJuUdXVLQ4

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Graham Sinden
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posted June 14, 2015 03:48 PM

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Certainly one of the funniest men ever. Tommy Cooper just had to walk into a room to get laughs. Not many (if any) comedians can do that today.

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Joe Caruso
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posted June 14, 2015 04:03 PM

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Paul, I agree with you - Reminds me a bit of, Morecambe & Wise
Cheers, Shorty - Please do come to our next Wildwood show and pass the word

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Mark Silvester
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posted June 15, 2015 04:26 AM

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For me it was/is - Ken Dodd...Tommy Cooper and Bob Monkhouse of equal order.

Ironically, not one of them received a Knighthood...

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Jonathan Trevithick
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posted June 15, 2015 04:17 PM

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On my travels last year, I saw a statue of the great Tommy Cooper, in his hometown of Caerphilly.

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Andrew Woodcock
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posted June 15, 2015 04:48 PM

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And another great from the world of comedy jonathan! [Big Grin]

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Now I wonder if there is enough Bronze left to make one of Bernard! [Big Grin]

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Jonathan Trevithick
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posted June 15, 2015 08:28 PM

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Haha Andrew! Hope not!

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David Roberts
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posted June 30, 2015 09:29 AM

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Spike Milligan,when good,was pure genious.in fact he inspired python,many of their ideas,he did first.
why wont the BBC do a dvd of the best of his "Q" series,when you look at some of the stuff they have put out,(Terry and June.!!)

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David Skillern
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posted June 30, 2015 09:59 AM

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Jonathan,

I was parked by the statue of Tommy Cooper today - picking my daughter up from school - Anthony Hopkins unveiled the statue of the great comedian about a year and a half ago.

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Tom Photiou
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posted July 01, 2015 05:35 PM

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All these comedy greats were able to make us all laugh without any filth and f words. Today there's hardly a comedian around who seem unable to do any comedy without an F word every other word.
Isn't it ironic that in the 70s even the early 80s we all laughed at the likes of It aint half hot mum, from death do us part and love they neighbour, none of these great comedy's contained any harsh or filthy language but they did indeed make jokes, (yes jokes, something that is not offensive and not to be taken seriously), of our ethnic friends who were always the butt of the joke but were intentionally made to get the upper hand, now,,, cast your mind back to this era of comedy, Bernard Manning at that time was one of the first comedians to tell jokes using the F and C word almost continuously, proper trade boys comedy and you will recall he was always slaughtered for being a foul mouthed trashy low life comedian,((personally i thought he was great, he always made laugh and still does on his DVD's),transport forward to modern days and we now have the the clean language of the 70s as being totally taboo in particular the N word yet its OK for the F & C word to be spoken constantly on terrestrial TV. But no matter what, no one can ever compete with the likes of Tommy Cooper, Monkhouse and Morecambe and wise.
The odd thing about all this is that fact that two ethnic minorities can & do refer to one another as N but if we say it we are in big trouble.
If you go to youtube and watch love thy neighbour,(all be it very dated now) you tell me why anyone could call it offensive? As for Bob Monkhouse, one of the greatest comedians of all time, take a look at his stand up, the stuff TV wasnt allowed to show. [Big Grin]

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Jonathan Trevithick
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posted July 02, 2015 01:10 AM

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Hi David, I'm over at the moment and might visit Tommy again next week! I once sneeked into a lecture Antony Hopkins gave at a college in Cardiff where my sister worked. Even though he had just won the prestigious Oscar for Silence of the Lambs, he spent much of the time goofing around and did his Tommy Cooper impression several times!
There is still good original British comedy out there. Vic.and Bob are funny on a good day, Peter Kay's 'Car Share' was likeable and some episodes of 'Toast of London' are hilarious.
Comedy has changed so much these days. TV is run by accountants afraid to take risks. As John Cleese said, Monty Python as a concept would probably get rejected today.

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David Skillern
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posted July 02, 2015 05:44 AM

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Very true Jonathan,

May I ask if the college in Cardiff was the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama - because if it was - that was where I trained from 1986 - 89.

David

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Jonathan Trevithick
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posted July 04, 2015 03:49 PM

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Yes, it was David. My sister worked as PA to the Music Director there from about 1989.

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David Skillern
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posted July 05, 2015 04:48 AM

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Jonathan,

A small world we live in .

David

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David Skillern
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posted July 05, 2015 04:54 AM

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Jonathan,

A small world we live in .

David

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