Ken Dodd Dead

Damn! RIP Doddy.

Worlds scruffiest syrup that's for sure RIP and the syrup..

Very sad news to wake up to

RIP Ken Dodd
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https://youtu.be/zhqlmdrk5Ns

A true & great Brit.  RIP dear boy

Saw him so many times - you could forget about catching the last bus home when you went to see Doddy RIP a comedy great

RIP but I struggled always to find him at all funny. He had this mad zany image. I never really found myself laughing at him and this would be going back to the 1970s. I had him as fairly tight, a bit similar to Lester as both had run ins with the taxman. Or were a lot like that back then? They were just found out.

Was no bill hicks that's for sure!!

At the insistence of my good lady we went to see him in Worthing. Can't say I roared with laughter, it was probably one hour of fun packed into four but glad I did seem him the once as love him or loathe him, he was a British icon. He had a good innings but RIP nevertheless, just to add he was never vulgar and didn't offend anyone.

He always made me smile, RIP.

Married his long term partner (40yrs) on Friday apparently, must have been given the SP by doctors. RIP.

RIP

a comic genius

How is his Dad's dog ?

RIP

He gave me one of his tickling sticks as compensation for making fun of my jersey, I had
made the mistake of getting front row tickets,anybody in the front row was fair game.

r.i.p ken

Loved him on Cash in The Attic.

A humble man who led a normal quiet life in Knotty Ash. Born and died in the same house a hundred yards from the Parish church where he worshipped all of his life. Saw him live many times including a radio program 'Workers' playtime at the English Electric factory in Liverpool in 1963. Never told jokes, just astute observations on life which is what today's comedians do. A great way to watch him at his best is in past episodes of the 'Good old Days'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSQTZ0soj7M

Comes on 26mins

A music hall legend  RIP

Awful news. Thought the Great Man would go on forever. He was on TV a few weeks ago, speaking from his hospital bed, passing on a message to someone I've since forgotten. 

Rest In Peace Kenneth Arthur Dodd : "Singer,  Photographic Playboy and Failed Accountant.”

Ken remembered by the Irish Indy

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https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/how-tickled-we-were-sir-ken-dodds-best-jokes-36694672.html

He wasn't even funny but made a fortune out of clowning for the easily pleased.
Well done Ken, you cracked it.

The first Audience with Ken Dodd on ITV was one of the funniest progs I have ever seen. The 2nd one was not very good. I went to see him in Eastbourne several years ago. The show started at 7.00pm and finished at 12.15 am. The audience must have known what was coming because the theatre was full until the halfway break. Half left at the intermission and there was only about a third left at the end of the performance. The first half was very good, but the 2nd half consisted mainly of interaction with the audience which I found boring. Interestingly the long term partner he married was a solo musician who was a supporting act on the show. I saw him in a wheel chair leaving hospital on the tv reports this morning and was shocked by his appearance. He was obviously allowed to go home to die. Absolutely unique and unlikely ever to be equalled.RIP.

"I told the Inland Revenue I didn't owe them a penny because I lived near the seaside."

"In the 1800s, one of the MPs in London decided to introduce tax. In those days it was 2p in the pound. I thought it still was."

Sir Ken and Bob Monkhouse were a class apart. Showed the current crop of crapmedians for what they are!

Indeed Young Slicer.

In some respects they were fortunate to be operating in a happier time before every joke told on TV first had to go before some Politburo of Approval,  to ensure that it might not offend someone, somewhere on Planet Earth.

Exactly Alun. I remember Bob Monkhouse's 1st appearance on Have I Got News For You. Outclassed them all.

Let's all hope that Sir Ken has taken a tip from leading tax-avoider Tony 'Socialism For All' Benn, and put his affairs in order so that he avoids Inheritance Tax.

If he left all of it to his new wife, he will pay ZERO inheritance tax!

One tweet this morning was very apt (must have sat on it waiting for the day)

RIP Sir Ken Dodd. One of the all time greats. The funeral will be held on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and most of Saturday

In the pub just now:

Ken Dodd died

Didi

I am glad I had the opportunity to take my children to see the incomparable Mr Dodd a few years ago.
Now as young adults they remember the five hour show as a unique and wonderful evening.

RIP Doddy , simply the best.

A truly magnificent comic

  RIP

That was extremely sad to read that Doddy has passed away. He brought pleasure to millions and was part of the furniture in British comedy for decades.

"Some accountants are comedians, but a comedian can never be an accountant".

The wise words of the late George Carman QC, in defence of Dodd at the trial.

Re-united with his dads dog !

A genuine funny man. Good singer as well.
RIP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjKmATGAre0

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At the insistence of my good lady we went to see him in Worthing. Can't say I roared with laughter, it was probably one hour of fun packed into four Sad but glad I did seem him the once as love him or loathe him, he was a British icon. He had a good innings but RIP nevertheless, just to add he was never vulgar and didn't offend anyone.



What a beautiful day, missus! What a beautiful day for shoving a cucumber through your neighbour's letterbox and shouting, 'Look out! The Martians are coming!'

Dodd did deal in vulgar jokes, but only the best kind - the ones which rely on the listener being the one with the vulgar imagination.

RIP

Thatcherite tax dodger,lovely man..

I'm watching his "An Audience With" from 15 years ago on ITV. Quite superb. I suggest you record it in ITV plus one at  23.45.

A comedy genius.

Quite a few RIP audience members in just 15 years.

Henry Cooper, Jeremy Beadle, Dora Bryan and many more.

Thatcherite tax dodger,lovely man..

I wonder whether Ken's estate will be arranged in a similar way to that of the Socialist Tax Dodger (and doubtless 'lovely man') Tony Benn ?

He did surreal humour before Monty Python, though I'd be happy to see them make a funeral pyre out of tickling sticks and burn the diddy men on it.

Great move marrying his partner a few days before to stuff the IR on inheritance tax.

"Politicians and babies' nappies should be changed often and for the same reason."

Used to like it when he says 'What a beautiful day for......' and come out with some extremely funny stuff.

After his dad and then his dog......the inevitable Im afraid