Tommy Cooper nearly killed Michael Parkinson...

with kindness?

nearly ran him over?

He facked up the guillotiine trick.

had no idea who tommy cooper was - just googled and that is strange

Nearly did charlie. he didn't put the catch on and a technician had to dive across the stage or something when he realised.

The muhammad ali interview would've paled into significance when compared to parky actually getting his head cut off on stage by a guest.

Lies, DamnLies, and Statistics 16 Jan 12:27
had no idea who tommy cooper was - just googled and that is strange


How old are you, 18 ?

tommy cooper used to perform illegal abortiions and parkie's tramp of a mother had a problem needing a quick**

i think LDL is australian big c. could be wrong.

I thought everyone knew tommy cooper. I don't remember him alive, but he is often regarded as one of the funniest comedians ever. though i'm not a fan.

Rob

I'm a fan and small performer of magic tricks, and a big fan of Tommys, I knew that years ago.

australian charlie

That explains a lot :)

First i'd heard of it charlie. shocking though aye. He was a bit of a tragic alcoholic at the end, like so many comedians -Hancock, Cook, Graham Chapman etc.

Lived in Sussex Rob, spent most of his time drunk by all accounts

I think paul daniels made a similar mistake once and it was only his mate in the audience who tipped him the wink at the last minute, otherwise there would have been at least a serious injury and possibly worse

just went to look up Cooper on youtube. Did you know his death live on stage is shown on there (unless it is a p.ss take), If it is for real it is a bit morbid.

i love youtube but there is a lot of stuff on there that shouldn't be.

[i]Death on a live television show
On 15 April 1984, Cooper collapsed from a heart attack in front of millions of television viewers, midway through his act on the London Weekend Television variety show Live From Her Majesty's, transmitted live from Her Majesty's Theatre

I remember seeing Cooper die on TV as a kid. It's the first time I've ever seen anyone die "live" on TV and hopefully the last.

Lies, DamnLies, and Statistics 16 Jan 12:27
had no idea who tommy cooper was
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A comedian who never failed to make me laugh every time I saw him ..a real "funny" man , many would say "the best" or at the minimum.. in the Top 3 best .. :-)

My favourite of all time.

You either get it or you don't I guess. Actually a talented magician when he wanted to be, but his tricks going wrong or making what should be a subtle slight of hand look obvious, as well as his daft jokes and one-liners make him the greatest.

i put him down as someone who was no doubt very funny at the time but who hasn't passed the test of time. I put morecambe and wise in the same category.

the audience thought it was part of the act when he collapsed

Dont we useally follow the words Tommy Cooper with a list of his best gags?

my favs include

A police Officer stopped me in my car the other night, i wound down my window and he asked me to blow into his bag, i asked why, i haven't been drinking, he said i know but my *****are too hot.


I took my rottweiler to the vets, told him he has got bad wind, he picked him up and examined him from all sides, he then said he would have to put him down, I said what! for bad wind? he said no hes too heavy.

I know an old girl who was in the audience that night. She said they were all crying with laughter.

How did Tommy Cooper die?

Just like that!

pmsl @ the priest

1. Two blondes walk into a building..........you'd think at least one of them would have seen it.

2. Phone answering machine message - "...If you want to buy marijuana, press the hash key..."

3. A guy walks into the psychiatrist wearing only Clingfilm for shorts. The shrink says, "Well, I can clearly see you're nuts."

4. I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn't find any.

5. I went to the butchers the other day and I bet him 50 quid that he couldn't reach the meat off the top shelf. He said, "No, the steaks are too high."

6. My friend drowned in a bowl of muesli. A strong currant pulled him in.

7. A man came round in hospital after a serious accident. He shouted, "Doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!" The doctor replied, "I know you can't, I've cut your arms off".

8. I went to a seafood disco last week...and pulled a muscle.

9. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly. They lit a fire in the craft, it sank, proving once and for all that you can't have your kayak and heat it.

10. Our ice cream man was found lying on the floor of his van covered with hundreds and thousands. Police say that he topped himself.

11. Man goes to the doctor, with a strawberry growing out of his head. Doc says "I'll give you some cream to put on it."

12. 'Doc I can't stop singing The Green, Green Grass of Home' "That sounds like Tom Jones syndrome." 'Is it common?' "It's not unusual."

13. A man takes his Rotteweiller to the vet. "My dog is cross-eyed, is there anything you can do for him?"
"Well," said the vet, "let's have a look at him"
So he picks the dog up and examines his eyes, then he checks his teeth.
Finally, he says, "I'm going to have to put him down."
"What? Because he's cross-eyed?"
"No, because he's really heavy"

14. Guy goes into the doctor's. "Doc, I've got a cricket ball stuck up my backside."
"How's that?"
"Don't you start."

15. Two elephants walk off a cliff...boom, boom!

16. What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh.

17. So I was getting into my car, and this bloke says to me "Can you give me a lift?"
I said "Sure, you look great, the world's your oyster, go for it.'

18. Apparently, 1 in 5 people in the world are Chinese. 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 its Colin.

19. Two fat blokes in a pub, one says to the other "Your round." The other one says "So are you, you fat bast**d!"

20. Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, and the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let the other one off.

21. "You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen. It said, 'Parking Fine..' So that was nice."

22. A man walked into the doctors, he said, "I've hurt my arm in several places"
The doctor said, "Well don't go there anymore"

23. Ireland 's worst air disaster occurred early this morning when a small two-seater Cessna plane crashed into a cemetery. Irish search and rescue workers have recovered 1826 bodies so far and expect that number to climb as digging continues into the night

I went to the doctor and he asked me to lie on his table. I said are you going to examine me and he said no, I need to sweep the floor.

Cor, my teeth are itchy.

I remember watching it on TV when he died, but when he went down
thought it was part of his act, curtains closed, and only seemed odd
when they went straight to a commercial break. Later that night it was on the news
and they were interviewing Tarby at the stage door.

Just watched it on YouTube, and even the audience were laughing thinking it was part of his act,
and after that they closed the curtain around him and went straight to the adverts.

Some of his jokes on paper don't seem all that funny, but its the old cliche,
its the way he told 'em.
One of the few people who could walk on stage, say nothing, look about a bit and people would start laughing. :D

I wanted a new pair of trousers, so I went to the library.

There's a turn-up for the books.



He was a genius imo.

MARVELLOUS STUFF PARKY!!

TC, A man goes to a seaside B&B after the pubs turn out and bangs on the door, ...Landlady opens the top window..."what do you want"......I want to stay here......"Well stay there "says the landlady, and slams the window shut. much better when TC tells it.