The late, great Tommy Cooper

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Came across one of TC's nutty jokes:-

A blind man went into a shop and picked up his guide dog by the hind legs and swung it about.

The alarmed shop keeper said "Can I help you, sir"

Blind man replies "No thanks, I am just having a look around".
 
:lol: Tommy Cooper is brilliant :)
 
TC was very funny, not as funny as Chic Murray though ;)

A couple of Chic's jokes.....

I rang the bell of this small bed-and breakfast place, whereupon a lady appeared at an outside window. "What do you want?", she asked. "I want to stay here", I replied. "Well, stay there then", she said and closed the window.

Visiting London, Chic was asked by a stranger, "Do you know the Battersea dog's home?". He replied, "I didn't even know it was away."

:lol:
 
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Never heard of Chic Murray but he sounds just like TC. And then there was Les Dawson too. Can't remember any of his stuff off the top of my head though.
 
This is Chic

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A lot of modern day comedians, especially Billy Connolly cite the "Tall Droll" as a major influence. Connolly often recalls Murray's classic joke....

So there I was lying in the gutter. A man stopped and asked '"What's the matter? Did you fall over?" So I said "No. I've a bar of toffee in my back pocket and I was just trying to break it."

and a lot of one liners that are attributed to the likes of Tommy Cooper and even Tim Vine (:bang:) were originally Murray's jokes.
 
Tommy Cooper was a genius IMO.

Just like the Monty Python team. To be that stupid, you have to be seriously clever.
 
Tommy Cooper: one of those comics who could make you laff by just coming onto the stage. Genius.
 
theMusicMan said:
Tommy Cooper: one of those comics who could make you laff by just coming onto the stage. Genius.
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Yes, I found that. Each little thing he did, if taken in isolation, looked stupid but the whole package was hilarious.

I recall a sketch he did:-

He went to a friends house and knocked on the door.
Friend's wife answered.
TC said "Is John, in?"
Wife - have you not heard, John died today.

L o n g ... p a u s e .............

TC - did he say anything about a tin of paint?
 
TC stayed in a Nottingham hotel where I was working a few years ago.

After dinner one night, he gave his waiter an envelope which felt like it had a few notes in it and said, "Have a drink on me". When the waiter opened the envelope it had a tea bag inside!
 
Rob Brydon did a radio programme about him last month - unfortunately no longer available on Auntie's iPlayer.

Tommy Cooper commissioned his own tricks and was highly respected by magicians. He acknowledged the country had plenty of good magicians - he wanted to be the most memorable.

This stemmed back to failure in an early performance, due to stage fright. His trademark headgear was thanks to forgetting his hat for a performance while he was in the army in Egypt, and grabbing a fez from a waiter, and keeping it when it raised a laugh.

Making something out of the thinnest of material; less is more; his final exit. A lesson to us all.

I'll get my coat.
 
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Rob Brydon did a radio programme about him last month - unfortunately no longer available on Auntie's iPlayer.

Tommy Cooper commissioned his own tricks and was highly respected by magicians. He acknowledged the country had plenty of good magicians - he wanted to be the most memorable.

This stemmed back to failure in an early performance, due to stage fright. His trademark headgear was thanks to forgetting his hat for a performance while he was in the army in Egypt, and grabbing a fez from a waiter, and keeping it when it raised a laugh.

Making something out of the thinnest of material; less is more; his final exit. A lesson to us all.

I'll get my coat.
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Think he was a member of the magic circle, but always chose to make fun of tricks rather than execute them conventionally.
Saw him one night rave about the quality of his magic wand then snapped it in two saying look at the quality of that wood.
 
heard one on the radio yesterday morning, don't it was a TC though

"I've not spoken to my mother in law for 18 months........ well, I don't like to interupt her"

:)
 
Another TC one:-
Police arrested 2 kids yesterday. One was drinking battery acid and the other was eating fireworks.
They chargeds one and let the other off.
 
Flash In The Pan said:
TC was very funny, not as funny as Chic Murray though ;)

A couple of Chic's jokes.....

I rang the bell of this small bed-and breakfast place, whereupon a lady appeared at an outside window. "What do you want?", she asked. "I want to stay here", I replied. "Well, stay there then", she said and closed the window.

Visiting London, Chic was asked by a stranger, "Do you know the Battersea dog's home?". He replied, "I didn't even know it was away."

:lol:
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Another of Chic's was:-
I was walking along and came across an injured man lying in the gutter. He said "Call me an ambulance", so I said "OK, you are an ambulance".
 
AndrewA123 said:
heard one on the radio yesterday morning, don't it was a TC though

"I've not spoken to my mother in law for 18 months........ well, I don't like to interupt her"

:)
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That's a Chic Murray joke ;)

Those south of the border might be more familiar with Chic as the headmaster from Gregory's Girl...


Maybe not though :lol:
 
Chic had some classic one liners.
"What use is happiness? It can't buy you money."
I also grew up hearing Hector Nicol and Alex "Happy" Howden gags. A tad on the blue side, but prepared me for Chubby Brown in later years.

Tommy Cooper never fails to crack me up.
 
I was walking along the road. I knew I was walking because one foot was following the other. A car drew up beside me and stopped. The driver opened the door and asked me if he could give me a lift. I replied that I didn't need a lift as I lived in a bungalow.
Chic Murray
 
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