Ken Dodd's with God

[BaggieBlood]

90 and out.

RIP to a comedy legend.

[holmleighchris]

I know millions loved him. I don't remember him ever making me laugh so have tended to avoid anything he was in over the last 45 years or so.
Undoubtedly a British icon.

[Q165]

‘What a lovely day for staying in and varnishing the wife’s legs!’ As a kid I used to like listening to his Sunday lunchtime radio show (and others) even if a lot of it went over my head. Funny, over the last few days I have been listening to the non PC outrageously camp Julian and Sandy sketches from Round The Horne. You would never hear anything like that today. Some great comedy back then in my formative years. RIP Doddy.

[rambaggie]

I remember hearing also that ken Dodds dads dogs dead.

[Joy_Division]

One of the greatest without doubt. Not every joke he made was particularly funny but he hit you so rapidly with jokes that once a really funny one got you laughing you found yourself even finding the average joke funny until you were practically laughing at anything he said. Another icon has left us.

[mickd1961]

By Jove.....I bet he didn’t see that coming!

What a lovely day for sticking a copper rod up
Andre Previn’s trouser leg and saying to him...”how’s that for a lightening conductor”.

RIP to Doddy....the only man on earth who could eat an apple through a tennis rackets strings!

[WOODLANDSWOLF]

‘What a lovely day for staying in and varnishing the wife’s legs!’ As a kid I used to like listening to his Sunday lunchtime radio show (and others) even if a lot of it went over my head. Funny, over the last few days I have been listening to the non PC outrageously camp Julian and Sandy sketches from Round The Horne. You would never hear anything like that today. Some great comedy back then in my formative years. RIP Doddy.

"Round the Horne"! You are right, what a great program. Clever, witty and at times outrageous. What made the "Julien and Sandy" sketches so special was that the humor obviously went over the BBC'S head as well because homo***uality was still a jailable offense when they were made.

When I am at the office I often go to the Radio 4 site on my laptop and listen to a lot of the old classics including "The Navy Lark" and "Hancock's Half Hour" and of course "Round the Horne". Even Harry Worth is there today. I have attached the link if you want to browse through, there is a lot of modern stuff there but there are also some "classics" tucked away.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/categories/comedy

Oh and yes, RIP Ken.

[Q165]

"Round the Horne"! You are right, what a great program. Clever, witty and at times outrageous. What made the "Julien and Sandy" sketches so special was that the humor obviously went over the BBC'S head as well because homo***uality was still a jailable offense when they were made.

When I am at the office I often go to the Radio 4 site on my laptop and listen to a lot of the old classics including "The Navy Lark" and "Hancock's Half Hour" and of course "Round the Horne". Even Harry Worth is there today. I have attached the link if you want to browse through, there is a lot of modern stuff there but there are also some "classics" tucked away.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/categories/comedy

Oh and yes, RIP Ken.

Julian and Sandy! I did not have the faintest idea about camp,being gay let alone what polari was. But I would listen to Round the Horne and see my dad absolutely creased up. So it must be funny. I just liked the sound of their voices.

https://youtu.be/kbqCTiMrbdQd

[albion68]

I know millions loved him. I don't remember him ever making me laugh so have tended to avoid anything he was in over the last 45 years or so.
Undoubtedly a British icon.

its callled having a sence of humour, if you can’t laugh at doddy ,cooper ,Dawson’ etc you ain’t got none, there again you can always laugh, at ere Michael McIntyre and is kind.

[Acido]

its callled having a sence of humour, if you can’t laugh at doddy ,cooper ,Dawson’ etc you ain’t got none, there again you can always laugh, at ere Michael McIntyre and is kind.

Thats only a matter of opinion though isn't it, and its good that we all like and dislike different things.
Im sorry to hear this news about Ken Dodd, but I can't remember ever finding anything he or Tommy Cooper did either, to be amusing.
And yes I do like Michael McIntyre by the way, it might be an age thing.