BS: Britain's greatest comedian not dead!

Subject: BS: Britain's greatest comedian not dead!
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 23 Jun 07 - 08:06 PM

I had to endure that ghastly professional Yorkshireman, Parky, for over half an hour tonight (and Jonathan "Mr Big Ego" Miller didn't help) in order to catch about ten minutes of Doddy, surely the greatest living comedian. Had Tommy Cooper still been with us I might have been umming and ahh-ing about that, but in my view, as things stand, Ken Dodd has no peers. Forget the grim, unfunny and negative rubbish that emanated from the fat ugly one whose passing we've all recently not really mourned. Here's a chap of the ten-a-minute guffaws, the king of the one-liner and, above all, a warm-hearted human being who could get a giggle out of the most curmudgeonly miseryguts you could think of. Hats off to Doddy. Is he ever going to be Sir Ken, or do the Inland Revenue have a say in that? ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Britain's greatest comedian not dead!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 23 Jun 07 - 08:31 PM

Anyone else remember Sunday tea times with the Jam Butty mines and Dicky Mint?

Doddy has had his moments though, if you tried to repeat his early material now, it wouldn't all stand up to scrutiny, but I have to agree, on the whole, he was a damned funny man.

How tickled he'd be to see this thread!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Britain's greatest comedian not dead!
From: TRUBRIT
Date: 23 Jun 07 - 09:31 PM

I loved him -- him and his tickling stick.........- Look Missus, it's only me -- Doddy...!!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Britain's greatest comedian not dead!
From: Bert
Date: 23 Jun 07 - 10:18 PM

He can sing too.

"How ticked I Ham

Do you tickle di Ham Missus?"

Subject: RE: BS: Britain's greatest comedian not dead!
From: GUEST,punkfolkrocker
Date: 23 Jun 07 - 10:32 PM

when i was about 10

i was taken into hospital for a couple of weeks..

and my mum gave me the Letroset 'Charge of the Light Brigade' pack

and DodDies Jam buttie mine annual..


didn't matter at night if i was scared by scarey old mens hallucinations,

and death rattles..


when i came out from underv anesthetics..

i had Doddies funny book to cheer me up and make me laugh..

Subject: RE: BS: Britain's greatest comedian not dead!
From: GUEST,punkfolkrockr
Date: 23 Jun 07 - 10:33 PM

forgot to say..

"Doddies DidDy men Annual."

Subject: RE: BS: Britain's greatest comedian not dead!
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 24 Jun 07 - 03:59 AM

In his live show the first thing he would tell the audience was, ' cancel your taxis '

I hate his politics, but he made me laugh a lot.

Hard to choose between Doddy and Tommy Cooper as Britains greatest.

eric

Subject: RE: BS: Britain's greatest comedian not dead!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 24 Jun 07 - 07:22 AM

I think Tommy was for the much more mature audience. Although children did get a kick out of seeing everything go wrong, they didn't get most of the wordplay - 'a man walked into a bar... ouch. It was an iron bar' would have gone over the heads of many (and still does) but Doddy covered the whole age range.

I saw a video of one of his live adult shows which included Dicky Mint (or was it Mick the Marmeliser?) and that had content in it that was definately not for children who would have recognised Mick or Dicky straight away.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Britain's greatest comedian not dead!
From: Linda Kelly
Date: 24 Jun 07 - 08:29 AM

Love him, don't know why, just do

Subject: RE: BS: Britain's greatest comedian not dead!
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 24 Jun 07 - 08:34 AM

As his hit record said:

"Happiness, happiness, the greatest gift that I posses
I thank the Lord I've been blessed
With more than my share of happiness"

Of course, as a mondegreen the words would go right over some peoples heads. This song is not recommended for cockney singers!

CHEERS
Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: Britain's greatest comedian not dead!
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 24 Jun 07 - 08:39 AM

I hope you don't mean

A penis, a penis
The greatest gift that I possess.
etc.

Nigel.
Cos that would be rude wouldn't it ¦¬]

G.

Subject: RE: BS: Britain's greatest comedian not dead!
From: goatfell
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 05:42 AM

Go to the Bernard Manning thread as see the ones that mourned his passing, anyway less of that I don't want to be invovled with that rubbish, I just don't like everybody that generalize everything.

Any back to Ken 'I don't pay tax' Dodd, I like him as well he's funny and like BM he could sing as well.

The number one hit when I was born was Tears, that just shows you that God has a sense of humour.

Subject: RE: BS: Britain's greatest comedian not dead!
From: goatfell
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 05:43 AM

Only Kidding about his name

Subject: RE: BS: Britain's greatest comedian not dead!
From: fat B****rd
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 05:45 AM

"You can tell a joke and they'll laugh at it in Liverpool but not in Manchester"
"Why, Ken ?"
"Well, they can't hear you in Manchester"

"What a lovely day for sticking a cucumber through a letter box and shouting 'The aliens have landed!'"

Subject: RE: BS: Britain's greatest comedian not dead!
From: goatfell
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 05:48 AM

I like his humour, he a very hard working funnyman, unlike some that I know.

Subject: RE: BS: Britain's greatest comedian not dead!
From: GUEST,PMB
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 05:52 AM

If Music be the food of Love- play us a tune on your jam butty.

Subject: RE: BS: Britain's greatest comedian not dead!
From: Trevor
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 05:55 AM

Ha ha, good one Arran - "I don't like everybody that generalises everything".

Who needs Ken Dodd!

Subject: RE: BS: Britain's greatest comedian not dead!
From: goatfell
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 06:02 AM

I get the joke, I didn't mean that hahahaha

Subject: RE: BS: Britain's greatest comedian not dead!
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 07:07 AM

I remember him saying that he had a wonderful view of Mt Bunion through the foothills. :-)