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wonder_will · Posted: Fri 09 Mar 2007 12:40 pm Post subject: All Time Greatest Stand Up Comic

Hi Chaps

I recently went to see the new Ricky Gervais stand up show ("Fame") in Brighton which in my opinion was sub par to his previous shows Animals and Politics. Today I've ordered tickets for Frank Skinner in Eastbourne in October which I'm really looking forward to.

The question I pose is - who do you think is the greatest stand up comedian of all time? If you can't narrow it down to one then I can accept a top 3!

My personal choice would be Tommy Cooper.

Let the debate begin...

Will

Favourite Tommy Cooper joke - A man goes to the doctor and says, "Doctor, I've got a problem; I can't pronounce my F's, my T's or my H's". The doctor replies "well you can't say fairer than that".

fluff75 · Posted: Fri 09 Mar 2007 20:23 pm Post subject:

I would nominate Ken Dodd for that honour.
Ron.

davecov · Posted: Sat 10 Mar 2007 20:58 pm Post subject:

My favourite is Tommy Cooper too -

"A woman tells her doctor, 'I've got a bad back.' The doctor says, 'It's old age.' The woman says, 'I want a second opinion.' The doctor says: 'Okay - you're ugly as well.' "

I liked Ken Dodd and even Leslie Crowther had his moments! I quite like Jack Dee and Lee Evans. Not sure about the rest.

Dave
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Bramleyman · Posted: Sat 05 May 2007 18:27 pm Post subject:

1. Tommy Cooper
2. Les Dawson.
3. Norman Wisdom

For me thank you.
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cositscheaper · Town Clerk Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 15

I like Bill Bailey. He's really funny. Laughing

oldrocker · Posted: Tue 19 Feb 2008 00:20 am Post subject:

Only ever one . . . .

And, there'll never be another . .

The one and only . . .Max Miller ! Razz

Fundy · Verger Joined: 10 May 2007 Posts: 55

Got to be Tommy Cooper! And that Old Lady joke above made me laugh out loud. Great stuff

Fundy

hodders · Town Clerk Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 43 Location: Oxford

Tommy Cooper:
"Someone complimented me on my parking today. When I got back to my car there was a note on it saying "PARKING FINE". So that was nice."
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Fundy · Verger Joined: 10 May 2007 Posts: 55

Funny quotes..............

Apparently, 1 in 5 people in the world are Chinese. And there are 5 people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother Colin. Or my younger brother Ho-Cha-Chu. But I think it's Colin.
(Tommy Cooper)

"I went to a restaurant that serves "breakfast at any time". So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance."
(Steve Wright)

"I get better looking everyday. I just haven't gotten very far yet"
(annonymous)

"If I was your wife, I would have put poison in your drink." "Lady, if you were my wife, I would have drunk it"
(Winston Churchill)

"He hasn't changed at all in the last 40 years...... he's always looked old"
(annonymous)

"I've had a wonderful evening - but this wasn't it"
(Groucho Marx)

"I find television very educating. When someone turns the TV on I go into the other room and read a book"
(Groucho Marx)

I handed in a script last year and the studio didn't change one word. The word they didn't change was on page 87.
(Steve Martin)

"If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?"
(President Abraham Lincoln!)

"All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific"
(Jane Wagner)

"I installed a skylight in my apartment...The people who live above me are furious."
(Steve Wright)