BOB MONKHOUSE TRIBUTE - 20 YEARS ON...

TV and Light Entertainment are genres that remain universally celebrated throughout the UK simply because for the past seventy years, they’ve formed the bedrock of modern popular culture. TV stars have a very unique relationship with the public, being constant, enduring faces in their living rooms without ever knowing them. Bob Monkhouse was a star for over fifty years and his career charted the very rise of the medium, making him one of Britain’s first ever household names and in turn creating the footprint for the television comedian hereafter. A constant face on British television since its very inception, he collaborated with just about every comedy star of the twentieth century from Bob Hope, Morecambe and Wise and Tommy Cooper to Jack Dee, Frank Skinner and Alan Davies. Yet his self deprecation and generosity for other performers forever made him both a student and master of comedy which surrounded his life and career.
In such a prolific career, Monkhouse’s flair for entertainment encouraged him to cross boundaries into other roles which was totally unprecedented for the conservative TV landscape of the 1950’s. A writer, comedian, presenter, actor, artist and producer are all known descriptions of this entertainment polymath who went from amateur cartoonist to becoming one of the most important figures in the evolution of British television. The 27th December 2003 shall forever be a dark day for comedy as the master of one million jokes lost a long and high profile battle with cancer. Twenty years after his untimely death, Monkhouse’s legacy is still felt throughout the annals of British comedy and remains universally recognised as a true pioneer of modern Light Entertainment.
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