Bobby Ball has pegged out.

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Originally Posted by mickd1961

I didn’t find Tommy Cooper funny, it was the same joke repeated over and over and a stupid catchphrase.

Dave Allen was sublime.

Reginald D Hunter is clever.

Paul Merton funny in an abstract way like Spike Milligan.

There’s a Scottish lad called Kevin Maguire ( I think ) who’s excellent.

Bob Monkhouse was a genius.

I loved Bernard Manning.........very un “PC” and offensive to many by today’s standards but right up my street.

If I had to name one though, for sheer magnetic presence, energy and completely manic it’d have to be Robin Williams.

Loved his take on golf......Des will appreciate this😆


https://youtu.be/pcnFbCCgTo4

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😂😂😂😂😂😂
Robin Williams - f**kin brilliant!!! ⭐️

Brilliant Mick haven't seen that before.
But talking of Scotsmen Billy Connolly has been my favourite comedian for almost fifty years.

Saw Dave Allen at The Alex in Brum. Started to tell a ghost story and dropped his voice to not much more than a whisper. Me and the rest of the audience stopped breathing so as not to miss a word. When he let out a scream we jumped as one. Probably took 20 mins to tell. Brilliant absolutely brilliant.

Saw Tommy Cooper live 8 years between shows. Disappointing that his act didn't seem to have changed at all.

Used to regularly go to Comedy Club nights in Brighton but got fed up of the style or lack of it from today's comedians who were tele regulars on Mock The Week or Apollo etc. Wanted to leave before Reginald D Hunter, Sean Walsh, Ed Gamble, Lou Sanders, Henning Wehn and a few others finished. Notable exception for me was Gary Delaney who actually told jokes. Although he was the star he came on first then passed over to deaf comedian John Smith who was excellent before Delaney came back for a second slot.

As comedy double acts go nobody could compare to Morecombe and Wise. Genius is the only word I can use to describe them. I understand that some aren't as enthusiastic but to me there was, and still isn't, anyone to match them.

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As comedy double acts go nobody could compare to Morecombe and Wise. Genius is the only word I can use to describe them. I understand that some aren't as enthusiastic but to me there was, and still isn't, anyone to match them.

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M & W were very good. I'd put Laurel & Hardy above them but it is all subjective. That reminds me, another dreadful double act to add to the list who made a good living for years whilst being crap. Abbott & Costello.

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M & W were very good. I'd put Laurel & Hardy above them but it is all subjective. That reminds me, another dreadful double act to add to the list who made a good living for years whilst being crap. Abbott & Costello.

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Abbott and Costello were poor, but not as bad as Little and Large and the legendary Mike and Bernie Winters.

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Abbott and Costello were poor, but not as bad as Little and Large and the legendary Mike and Bernie Winters.

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The Winters were seriously unfunny.

So was Norman Vaughan.

Phil Silvers was fantastic in Bilko😆

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M & W were very good. I'd put Laurel & Hardy above them but it is all subjective. That reminds me, another dreadful double act to add to the list who made a good living for years whilst being crap. Abbott & Costello.

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Saw M&W at the Alex as well.

I was never a fan of M&W, i thought that type of humour belonged to my parents generation, but they didn't like them either.lol
But M&W were on a totally different level to most mentioned on this thread, they just weren't my genre of comedy.

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I was never a fan of M&W, i thought that type of humour belonged to my parents generation, but they didn't like them either.lol
But M&W were on a totally different level to most mentioned on this thread, they just weren't my genre of comedy.

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Loved Steptoe and Son and Love Thy Neighbour - can you imagine them now with the snowflakes!