Dave Allen, sitting in a chair with a glass in his hand, was funnier than anyone else I can think of with all the props and back up in the world.
I remember the last time I saw him he did a homily on drink, and how it inverts your normal view of the world :-
Drunk greeting a friend,-'HOW ARE YOU, you old Bastard!'
Drunk about to start a fight,- 'Now LOOK HERE, Pal!'
Dead right!
He will be missed, we are loosing a lot of good men this year!

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