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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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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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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.
I love Woody Allen, but then I also studied a lot of Freudian Psychology...
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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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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.
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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I walked into a bar the other night, didn't half hurt...it was an iron bar.
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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. Apparently, 1 in 5 people in the world are Chinese. So I was getting into my car, and this bloke says to me Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, I was driving down the motorway with my bird the other day when we Two men were caught stealing a Calendar. A man went to the Psychiatrists and said he thought he was a dog. A man went to the doctors and said he thought he was a biscuit. A man went to the doctors and said he thought he was a pack of cards. A man went to the Butchers. A man went to the Butchers and asked for some bacon. A man in a restaurant asked the waiter to call him a taxi. A man went into a Restaurant. A man went into a restaurant. A man went to a guest house and knocked on the door. I was up in my loft the other day. Why is it that if you go into a library and shout "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" I was in the bookies the other day. I want to die like my Grandad......peacefully in his sleep. I'd like to know where I am going to die........................... Did you hear about the couple that made love in the Plumber position? 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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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. Apparently, 1 in 5 people in the world are Chinese. So I was getting into my car, and this bloke says to me Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, I was driving down the motorway with my bird the other day when we Two men were caught stealing a Calendar. A man went to the Psychiatrists and said he thought he was a dog. A man went to the doctors and said he thought he was a biscuit. A man went to the doctors and said he thought he was a pack of cards. A man went to the Butchers. A man went to the Butchers and asked for some bacon. A man in a restaurant asked the waiter to call him a taxi. A man went into a Restaurant. A man went into a restaurant. A man went to a guest house and knocked on the door. I was up in my loft the other day. Why is it that if you go into a library and shout "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" I was in the bookies the other day. I want to die like my Grandad......peacefully in his sleep. I'd like to know where I am going to die........................... Did you hear about the couple that made love in the Plumber position?
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Most comedy doesn't last well.
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Quote oldcodger at 29 Oct 2015 12.33pm
Comedy often ages really badly. Take Hale and Pace for example.
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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.
I love Woody Allen, but then I also studied a lot of Freudian Psychology... Daughter-in-law joke?
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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.
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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