Just clean, innocent, goofy fun and once in a while he produced an truly unexpected illusion. I saw him live on stage many years ago and I was in absolute stitches for the entire performance.
tommy was one of a kind , he died live on stage it was on tv , we all laughed thinking it was part of his act ! ..... he died to the sound of people laughing , he would have loved that . thank you tommy ! :)
Tommy Cooper was a national treasure. He was one of those rare comedians who could simply stand on a stage, without saying a word, and have the audience in knots with laughter. We're still using his catch phrase "Jus' like that" and I cannot help but smile just thinking of him.
My favourite story was when he met the queen at a royal variety performance where all the performers were told not to speak to her unless she spoke to them first. After shaking hands and her moving on he called her back - your majesty he said - yes mr cooper - do you like football he asked - not really she replied to which he asked "well can I have your cup final ticket"
Tommy also put his hand into the Duke of Edinburghs pocket and said to him “have a drink on me” later when the Duke checked his pocket he found a teabag 🤣
spoon jar jar spoon is genius! Also he had one of my all time favorite jokes: Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "Does this taste funny to you?"
Tommy used to slip something into the jacket pocket of waiters/taxi drivers/hotel porters etc. and say have a drink on me. 'Thanks Mr Cooper' they'd say. When they looked later, it was a tea bag!
Dave Allen was another comic genius, his sketch with the two funeral hearse's racing back to the graveyard with only one burial plot left, superb 😂🇬🇧🇺🇸
He was a member of the Magic Circle. You had to be a very gifted magician to be invited to join. The gift he had undoing magic tricks and then proving the trick successful is the genius of Tommy Cooper. Glued to the screen I was as a kid.
@Marie Whitbread There's sadly very little footage of him doing magic tricks properly, but his close-up stuff was brilliant to watch. After all these years he's still incredibly funny!
I was lucky enough to see him live. In my opinion, Tommy Cooper was the funniest man who ever lived. He made you laugh before the stage lights came on. Einstein of Comedy without a doubt.
He was such a genius. He died when I was 10 so I mostly have seen repeats of his shows but I love it and I love watching and hearing you enjoy it too. Thank you!
That was Tommy... He was just one of those naturally hilarious people. I remember hearing a story once about him stopping traffic on a busy high street simply while out Christmas shopping. He was minding his own business, but even the sight of him just walking in and out of shops had drivers pulled up on the kerb in fits of laughter.
There's his famous one at Prince Phillip's 60th birthday where he says "I am very honoured to be giving the speech at Prince Phillip's 60th birthday. When I was writing my speech I asked is there anything I should avoid saying, They said no, but don't call him by name or mention his age"
He also did this silent routine on stage. It was truly painfully side splitting. Audiences almost begged him to start speaking to break the hilarious silent energy
I remember being allowed to watch Tommy Cooper as a kid late 70's early 80's as it was harmless goofy fun without anything crude. I also remember the awful moment on stage when he collapsed and we all thought it was part of the act until the curtain was drawn.😢
He was a comedy genius and certainly his delivery of basic humour was skillfully done. The fact that the audience was laughing just as he was about to do something sums up his act.
His whole career was based on him being the worst. He was originally a serious entertainer. One day his act went to pieces. Magic tricks didn't work properly etc. When he saw the reaction of how hilarious the audience found it, he realised he was onto something. And thus the terrible performer was born.
Another great of British comedy, used to love watching this with my grandad. One that’s universally funny just because of how animated he is and his facial expressions.
"Genius" Took the words right out of my mouth. Any magician can do a magic trick right, but it takes something special to integrate comedy by purposefully getting it wrong
I believe he discovered his formula by accident while performing magic tricks for the troops in the war. He messed up a trick and got so many laughs he decided to stick with it.
@@pyrotechnichell3475 correct it went out live on TV too so the whole nation saw him die and yep with tommys record you did think it was part of the act for a short while
The funniest parts were when the trick looked like it had gone wrong, but was just misdirection for something more. e.g. a trick he was dong with Michael Parkinson and a couple of red balls. It looked like it had gone wrong and he revealed he had more than one ball, but right at the end, a dozen or so appeared out of nowhere.
Too many Karen's in the world now people have to e carefully with what they say or do . I mean can you imagine Benny Hill in 2021 lol the complaints would be through the roof
@@jgmediting7770 just not true. Cricket players are being punished now for things they said over a decade ago when they were 16. You can’t say anything now without consequences, everyone is so sensitive now that they can’t even take jokes. In today’s world Tommy Cooper would probably be cancelled for wearing a fez, it will be seen as offensive to Indians and Pakistanis.
His greatest performance was never seen on tv. He stood up to give an after dinner speech. But people were laughing so much he never started. Eventually he sat down to thunderous applause. The greatest ever achievement by a comedian
Sat in my pj's in front of the fire with my brothers watching this with mam and dad snuggled on the sofa . Happy days Beard happy days . God bless thee and thine pal x : )
I remember going to see Tommy when I was about 20. (So 30+ years ago( He had us all in hysterics 10 minutes before he even came on stage. MIC ON and just hilarious comments from backstage. His death on stage where the audience just didn't know goes to show how much you could never predict what he would do. As a member of The Magic Circle (magicians) all interviews I've seen say its harder to do the trick wrong than right, His act often did the tricks wrong. TOTAL GENIUS
Tommy Cooper the only comedian who could get the audience rolling in the aisle, just by walking on the stage. Badly missed. I could watch his routines over and over again and laughter like it’s the first time I’ve seen them and knowing the punch line. RIP Tommy.
I'm another who was lucky enough to see him live back in the 70's...he's up there among my comedy heroes with Milligan & Sellers....a real comic genius
We used to watch him at home. My mother couldn't understand it - she always wondered why he laughed with his own jokes - But my dad and my brothers almost died laughing when TC was on. His timing, his posture, his delivery.
Tommy Cooper was absolutely brilliant. If you were ever lucky enough to be in the audience of one of his shows, that will always be a stand out memory.
I absolutely LOVED watching Tommy Cooper when he was on telly when I was a kid. He was the first comedian who had me in stitches and crying with laughter. My mum and dad went to see him once before I was born and they said people were giggling in the queue before the show even started. There are some people who are just *funny* and Tommy was one of them!
He was so funny and being part of the magic circle was a very good magician without the slapstick comedy. My old nana laughed just looking at him on TV before he even said anything. I had the pleasure of seeing him in the very early 80s around 81 i think at the Empire theatre in sunderland as a child all I can really remember was the adults just roaring In laughter
I think this was a great choice. His death is something that everyone on the internet has already checked. It’s unfair to the memory of a first class comedy genius. Outside his time, yet within it. This is a fantastic reaction and what he lived for. This reaction alone is all he’d have loved. Thank you.
He was actually a highly skilled comedian and magician but pretended not to be and the delivery was perfect. A friend of mine seen him perform live in Manchester and he walked out on stage facing the wrong way, looked at the black backdrop and shouted, “I thought there would be more people turn up than this” and then walked straight back off the stage.
I saw him live on stage in Bolton back in the early 80's. He was an absolute riot. Started his act out of sight, off stage by mic for about 5 minutes. He had a tiny white garden gate in front of his table, for no apparent reason but would walk through it at random times in connection with his routine. Never laughed so much for so long but couldn't actually remembet what he did. Incredible, just a natural comic. Shame we've lost that innocence.
I'm so glad you find Tommy Cooper so funny. His humour was very much of the moment, you couldn't repeat all of his jokes because only a tall man wearing a fez pretending to be confused all the time could deliver them. However, I'll try this Tommy Cooper joke: two men walk out of a nightclub, one says to the other "call me a cab". The other days "OK, you're a cab".😂😂😂😂😂
Watch his “Glass, Bottle” trick. The guy was 6ft 2 and always had that uncoordinated “Help Me’ look about him. The only man i know who could tell terrible jokes and make them ridiculously funny! A comedy God!! I only have to pick his DVD up to put a smile on my face. The DVD rarely gets as far as the actual player!!
He was brilliant. There were times when he would do nothing, and the audience would be in stitches. In fact one time he was announced and didn't come on stage, and we laughed. He could make you laugh by not even being there. Unfortunately that's why no one took it seriously when he died on live TV in front of an audience, because it was something he would have done as an act. RIP TC
He even died to laughter. I can still remember laughing then suddenly realised something was wrong & it wasn’t part of the routine. But at least he went the way he wanted.
Absolute legend, this is the kind of comedy that I grew up with in the 70's, I don't think it can be recreated sadly as the performers of Tommy Cooper's calibre are just not there anymore. Have a look at The Plank with Tommy Cooper and Eric Sykes in it, absolutely hilarious but with very little dialogue but plenty of visual laughs 😅🤣
I loved his short jokes:- "I was reading this book today, The History of Glue." "Couldn't put it down." "I went out to buy a pair of camouflage trousers." "Couldn't find any!" This Cowboy walked into a German car dealer and says "Audi!" He was a comedic genius. Sadly missed.
Tommy Cooper came from a golden age of British comedy. In the 60's, 70s and early 80s we had plenty of classic sitcoms, plenty of classic comedy sketch shows and great comedy double acts regularly on TV. Sadly, a bygone age now.
@@somthingbrutal well in that case I will remember precious little from the 2000s onwards to be frank. Aside from Still Game and non-pc element of Life on Mars.
"So I stood outside a guest house late one night it was pouring down with rain a light come on in a bedroom and a woman came to the window and I shouted up I want to stay here and she shouted back well stay there then and she shut the window - Tommy Cooper
He had a death most top entertainers want, to die on stage with their audience in laughter. Sadly missed in the UK and a legend to all that seen his work. RIP Tommy Cooper.
even his passing was a moment of fun, i remember well watching the royal variety show live when he was mid act and suffered a massive coronary while the audience laughed and applauded, i have no doubt that is the way he wanted to end, leaving us laughing as he went. quality performer 😉
It wasn't a Royal Variety Show. It was a show called 'Live From Her Majesty's', the name derived from the theatre from which it was broadcast. A sad moment.
@@s4ss1n No apology needed. Yes, it was quite a while ago now and those type of variety shows were more common/popular back then. I never usually watched them but when I saw he was appearing switched on to see him little knowing it would be his last performance.
He was in a cab once and when he was getting out, he reaches in his pocket pulling something out, he made sure to rustle it so it sounded like a note (money) he slipped it into the drivers shirt pocket and said "have a drink on me" when the driver took it out it was a tea bag 🤣🤣🤣
He was an amazing magician too, I actually remember as a child watch him die on stage, was a very sad moment of my life, watch the goons too EB, they were super funny
That was brill watching your reaction to the fabulous Tommy Cooper... he's alway been a firm favourite in our family right back to my grandad.. and your right about simple clean comedy.. thanks for your great reaction videos. especially a lot of the British comedy stuff.. kind regards Dave 👍
He was just plain funny. He'd walk on stage & people would start laughing. He'd grin & look around & say "what" with an uncertain grin on his face, pretending not to know, but both he & his audience knew, even though neither knew why. His whole persona was just off-centre & he'd always surprise you. One of a kind; as you say, a kind they don't make any more.
Tommy Cooper: I took my dog to the vet's. The vet picked him up and said, "Sorry, I'll have to put him down. "Is it that bad?" "No, he's just really heavy."
Sadly ironic that he kept touching his chest to feign shock. Poor guy died of a heart attack on stage. Comedy used to be family viewing. Morecambe and Wise were a similar duo. Today's comedy acts need an 18 rating. Have you reacted to Rod Hull and Emu yet? Especially the one where they were being interviewed by Parkinson. That's absolutely hilarious.
I remember as a kid seeing him collapse on stage to the sound of laughter, the audience thought it was part of the act and the show was broadcast live so everyone watching at home saw it too. :( R.I.P Tommy.
Absolute one of a kind genius of comedy from a bygone age. Like so many comedians he had a dark side - bad temper and a drink problem - he had a house near here and would often be seen in the corner of his local pub on his own and drunk to the point of being asked to leave
Rest in peace Tommy. During his final show, he suffered a heart attack on stage, and due to the nature of his comedy, the audience thought it was part of the act, and the stage crew thought he was adlibbing so didn't come to his assistance until it was too late. Heart of gold, gentle giant, a true gentleman, and one of the best entertainers of his time.
Just clean, innocent, goofy fun and once in a while he produced an truly unexpected illusion. I saw him live on stage many years ago and I was in absolute stitches for the entire performance.
tommy was one of a kind , he died live on stage it was on tv , we all laughed thinking it was part of his act ! ..... he died to the sound of people laughing , he would have loved that . thank you tommy ! :)
"Just like that. Not like this.Like that"
Loved Tommy. I think everyone in the U.K did.
Tommy Cooper was a national treasure. He was one of those rare comedians who could simply stand on a stage, without saying a word, and have the audience in knots with laughter. We're still using his catch phrase "Jus' like that" and I cannot help but smile just thinking of him.
Tommy Cooper was a brilliant entertainer, you need to watch more of him.
My favourite story was when he met the queen at a royal variety performance where all the performers were told not to speak to her unless she spoke to them first. After shaking hands and her moving on he called her back - your majesty he said - yes mr cooper - do you like football he asked - not really she replied to which he asked "well can I have your cup final ticket"
Tommy also put his hand into the Duke of Edinburghs pocket and said to him “have a drink on me” later when the Duke checked his pocket he found a teabag 🤣
@@suemcdonagh7650 lmfao that can't be reality 🤣
@@suemcdonagh7650 He used to do that to Taxi drivers
@@yutehube4468oh yes it is
He is mischievous and silly, perfect.
Iv'e seen this a thousand times and i'm sat here crying with laughter yet again.
spoon jar jar spoon is genius!
Also he had one of my all time favorite jokes:
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "Does this taste funny to you?"
Tommy used to slip something into the jacket pocket of waiters/taxi drivers/hotel porters etc. and say have a drink on me. 'Thanks Mr Cooper' they'd say. When they looked later, it was a tea bag!
What a guy 😄😄😄
Hahaha
He used to slip other things into women behind his wifes back
@@skawashers you sound jealous
@@ID-pw8zb Not at all. I liked his magic and comedy. But what i have read he was a pretty violent drunk.
Dave Allen was another comic genius, his sketch with the two funeral hearse's racing back to the graveyard with only one burial plot left, superb 😂🇬🇧🇺🇸
Also Dave Allens ghost stories are brilliant as well
He was a member of the Magic Circle. You had to be a very gifted magician to be invited to join. The gift he had undoing magic tricks and then proving the trick successful is the genius of Tommy Cooper. Glued to the screen I was as a kid.
@Marie Whitbread There's sadly very little footage of him doing magic tricks properly, but his close-up stuff was brilliant to watch. After all these years he's still incredibly funny!
Me too
Tommy was the living embodiment of "funny bones".
I was lucky enough to see him live. In my opinion, Tommy Cooper was the funniest man who ever lived. He made you laugh before the stage lights came on. Einstein of Comedy without a doubt.
He was such a genius. He died when I was 10 so I mostly have seen repeats of his shows but I love it and I love watching and hearing you enjoy it too. Thank you!
Tommy Cooper was the only one who makes youlaugh before he starts his routine😂😂😂
I saw him stand up to give a speech at a celebrity dinner; he just stood, looked around for a few minutes and had the whole place in fits of laughter.
That was Tommy... He was just one of those naturally hilarious people. I remember hearing a story once about him stopping traffic on a busy high street simply while out Christmas shopping. He was minding his own business, but even the sight of him just walking in and out of shops had drivers pulled up on the kerb in fits of laughter.
There's his famous one at Prince Phillip's 60th birthday where he says "I am very honoured to be giving the speech at Prince Phillip's 60th birthday. When I was writing my speech I asked is there anything I should avoid saying, They said no, but don't call him by name or mention his age"
Tommy Cooper? Don't recognise the name but the fez is familiar
He also did this silent routine on stage. It was truly painfully side splitting. Audiences almost begged him to start speaking to break the hilarious silent energy
@@gerardodoherty9178 Badum -tish!
I remember being allowed to watch Tommy Cooper as a kid late 70's early 80's as it was harmless goofy fun without anything crude. I also remember the awful moment on stage when he collapsed and we all thought it was part of the act until the curtain was drawn.😢
He was a comedy genius and certainly his delivery of basic humour was skillfully done. The fact that the audience was laughing just as he was about to do something sums up his act.
In my opinion Tommy was the king of telling a bad joke. He made everyone laugh. I love the one where he changes disguises whilst telling a story
worst jokes ever but his delivery made him a comedy genius.
No worst the very best
Its all about the delivery
they are meant to be, they are anti jokes
His whole career was based on him being the worst. He was originally a serious entertainer.
One day his act went to pieces. Magic tricks didn't work properly etc. When he saw the reaction of how hilarious the audience found it, he realised he was onto something.
And thus the terrible performer was born.
@@METALFREAK03 Tell me something i dont know. I am his biggest fan.
Another great of British comedy, used to love watching this with my grandad. One that’s universally funny just because of how animated he is and his facial expressions.
He can make you laugh just by looking at him.😅
Daft as a brush.😅
I had to laugh as soon as he came on, absolutely brilliant!
Hard to believe that he was actually in the Guards as a mounted soldier.
His ''spoon jar-jar spoon'' routine had me and my children in stitches , he was such a star.
He was a brilliant comic and magician.
Tommy cooper was in the magic circle and used to make his tricks go wrong on purpose for comedy. He was an absolute genius
"Genius"
Took the words right out of my mouth.
Any magician can do a magic trick right, but it takes something special to integrate comedy by purposefully getting it wrong
The first tommy cooper sketch I remember seeing was the one where he is teaching self defence. Loved it
I believe he discovered his formula by accident while performing magic tricks for the troops in the war. He messed up a trick and got so many laughs he decided to stick with it.
@@pyrotechnichell3475 correct it went out live on TV too so the whole nation saw him die and yep with tommys record you did think it was part of the act for a short while
The funniest parts were when the trick looked like it had gone wrong, but was just misdirection for something more.
e.g. a trick he was dong with Michael Parkinson and a couple of red balls. It looked like it had gone wrong and he revealed he had more than one ball, but right at the end, a dozen or so appeared out of nowhere.
The world is too serious now, there was a beautiful innocence in the past.
Too many Karen's in the world now people have to e carefully with what they say or do . I mean can you imagine Benny Hill in 2021 lol the complaints would be through the roof
@@bobbyboy4496 people are freer to say or do things now than any time in history.
@@jgmediting7770 just not true. Cricket players are being punished now for things they said over a decade ago when they were 16. You can’t say anything now without consequences, everyone is so sensitive now that they can’t even take jokes. In today’s world Tommy Cooper would probably be cancelled for wearing a fez, it will be seen as offensive to Indians and Pakistanis.
@@jgmediting7770 no their not.
@@kipp1231 they really are. People seem to have forgotten the past.
Tommy was a legend, grew up watching him with all the family, when family entertainment meant that the whole family sat and watched together
His greatest performance was never seen on tv. He stood up to give an after dinner speech. But people were laughing so much he never started. Eventually he sat down to thunderous applause. The greatest ever achievement by a comedian
Sat in my pj's in front of the fire with my brothers watching this with mam and dad snuggled on the sofa .
Happy days Beard happy days . God bless thee and thine pal x : )
One of the all time greats
I remember going to see Tommy when I was about 20. (So 30+ years ago( He had us all in hysterics 10 minutes before he even came on stage. MIC ON and just hilarious comments from backstage. His death on stage where the audience just didn't know goes to show how much you could never predict what he would do. As a member of The Magic Circle (magicians) all interviews I've seen say its harder to do the trick wrong than right, His act often did the tricks wrong. TOTAL GENIUS
Tommy Cooper the only comedian who could get the audience rolling in the aisle, just by walking on the stage. Badly missed. I could watch his routines over and over again and laughter like it’s the first time I’ve seen them and knowing the punch line. RIP Tommy.
I'm another who was lucky enough to see him live back in the 70's...he's up there among my comedy heroes with Milligan & Sellers....a real comic genius
He was just a funny guy,a comedy genius!!😆
Too many bottles always cracks me up
Tommy had some great one-liners such as, "I went out to buy some camouflage trousers today, but I couldn't find any."
Jar spoon
Spoon jar
I love watching old videos of Tommy Cooper. Such a warm and funny human being.
We used to watch him at home. My mother couldn't understand it - she always wondered why he laughed with his own jokes - But my dad and my brothers almost died laughing when TC was on. His timing, his posture, his delivery.
Tommy Cooper was absolutely brilliant. If you were ever lucky enough to be in the audience of one of his shows, that will always be a stand out memory.
Tommy Cooper was actually a very good magician, he loved making tricks go wrong which sometimes even harder than doing them right. Comedy genius
I absolutely LOVED watching Tommy Cooper when he was on telly when I was a kid. He was the first comedian who had me in stitches and crying with laughter. My mum and dad went to see him once before I was born and they said people were giggling in the queue before the show even started.
There are some people who are just *funny* and Tommy was one of them!
He was so funny and being part of the magic circle was a very good magician without the slapstick comedy. My old nana laughed just looking at him on TV before he even said anything. I had the pleasure of seeing him in the very early 80s around 81 i think at the Empire theatre in sunderland as a child all I can really remember was the adults just roaring In laughter
His 'glass, bottle, bottle, glass' routine is perfection.
💚🐇🐴💚
I think this was a great choice. His death is something that everyone on the internet has already checked. It’s unfair to the memory of a first class comedy genius. Outside his time, yet within it. This is a fantastic reaction and what he lived for. This reaction alone is all he’d have loved. Thank you.
Listen to this….
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Apparently thats how he wanted to go,on stage doing his act
I've not sought it out, and have no intention of doing so. Tommy Cooper kept me laughing for over half of my life. That's enough for me.
He was actually a highly skilled comedian and magician but pretended not to be and the delivery was perfect. A friend of mine seen him perform live in Manchester and he walked out on stage facing the wrong way, looked at the black backdrop and shouted, “I thought there would be more people turn up than this” and then walked straight back off the stage.
I saw him live on stage in Bolton back in the early 80's. He was an absolute riot. Started his act out of sight, off stage by mic for about 5 minutes. He had a tiny white garden gate in front of his table, for no apparent reason but would walk through it at random times in connection with his routine. Never laughed so much for so long but couldn't actually remembet what he did. Incredible, just a natural comic. Shame we've lost that innocence.
@@bigglesace1626 haha what a character!
I'm so glad you find Tommy Cooper so funny. His humour was very much of the moment, you couldn't repeat all of his jokes because only a tall man wearing a fez pretending to be confused all the time could deliver them. However, I'll try this Tommy Cooper joke: two men walk out of a nightclub, one says to the other "call me a cab". The other days "OK, you're a cab".😂😂😂😂😂
So glad you enjoyed Tommy. He is so loved over here it's hard to put into words.
Watch his “Glass, Bottle” trick. The guy was 6ft 2 and always had that uncoordinated “Help Me’ look about him. The only man i know who could tell terrible jokes and make them ridiculously funny! A comedy God!! I only have to pick his DVD up to put a smile on my face. The DVD rarely gets as far as the actual player!!
Absolute comedy genius, Loved Tommy Cooper growing up. And still to this day he makes me cry laughing. R.I.P Tommy Cooper.
He was brilliant. There were times when he would do nothing, and the audience would be in stitches. In fact one time he was announced and didn't come on stage, and we laughed. He could make you laugh by not even being there.
Unfortunately that's why no one took it seriously when he died on live TV in front of an audience, because it was something he would have done as an act. RIP TC
Tommy Cooper was a genius, he could have the crowd laughing with a simple look
When I was a lot younger I only liked around half of his stuff, I now find almost all of it hilarious :)
He even died to laughter. I can still remember laughing then suddenly realised something was wrong & it wasn’t part of the routine. But at least he went the way he wanted.
People used to start laughing even before he opened his mouth 😂😂
Tommy just had to walk onto the stage and people started to laugh! He was a VERY FUNNY man!
Absolute legend, this is the kind of comedy that I grew up with in the 70's, I don't think it can be recreated sadly as the performers of Tommy Cooper's calibre are just not there anymore. Have a look at The Plank with Tommy Cooper and Eric Sykes in it, absolutely hilarious but with very little dialogue but plenty of visual laughs 😅🤣
We need more people like Tommy Cooper in this world especially now!!
I loved his short jokes:-
"I was reading this book today, The History of Glue." "Couldn't put it down."
"I went out to buy a pair of camouflage trousers." "Couldn't find any!"
This Cowboy walked into a German car dealer and says "Audi!"
He was a comedic genius. Sadly missed.
I remember seeing the duck on the Reoair Shop a lady took it in to be repaired.Tommy was just a silly clown loved by all.
Tommy Cooper came from a golden age of British comedy. In the 60's, 70s and early 80s we had plenty of classic sitcoms, plenty of classic comedy sketch shows and great comedy double acts regularly on TV. Sadly, a bygone age now.
well we only remember the good ones
@@somthingbrutal well in that case I will remember precious little from the 2000s onwards to be frank. Aside from Still Game and non-pc element of Life on Mars.
@@somthingbrutal To be fair, the guy's user name is "On the Buses Databases". He clearly remembers the bad ones, too...
Tommy is the man.
Esoteric humour and a big glove to catch you.
I asked my gym instructor if he could teach me to do the splits. He asked, how flexible are you? I said I can’t make Tuesdays - Tommy Cooper
"So I stood outside a guest house late one night it was pouring down with rain a light come on in a bedroom and a woman came to the window and I shouted up I want to stay here and she shouted back well stay there then and she shut the window - Tommy Cooper
He had a death most top entertainers want, to die on stage with their audience in laughter.
Sadly missed in the UK and a legend to all that seen his work. RIP Tommy Cooper.
even his passing was a moment of fun, i remember well watching the royal variety show live when he was mid act and suffered a massive coronary while the audience laughed and applauded, i have no doubt that is the way he wanted to end, leaving us laughing as he went. quality performer 😉
I remember it too, we thought it was part of the act!
@@jackieprice5655 I remember it to, I was only a young 'un. Watching it with my mum, when watching the RVS was a must watch.
It wasn't a Royal Variety Show. It was a show called 'Live From Her Majesty's', the name derived from the theatre from which it was broadcast. A sad moment.
@@Llydrwydd my apologies, they were similar styled shows and it was a bit back now 😉
@@s4ss1n No apology needed. Yes, it was quite a while ago now and those type of variety shows were more common/popular back then. I never usually watched them but when I saw he was appearing switched on to see him little knowing it would be his last performance.
The wonderful comedy of Tommy Cooper - you have to be supremly clever to look that silly! Loved him x
He was in a cab once and when he was getting out, he reaches in his pocket pulling something out, he made sure to rustle it so it sounded like a note (money) he slipped it into the drivers shirt pocket and said "have a drink on me" when the driver took it out it was a tea bag 🤣🤣🤣
So silly. So hilarious. Brings back so many memories. God Bless him. Love this.
He was one of them who could walk on stage and people would fall about laughing. He also drank a bottle of scotch a day
Tommy’s presence on stage was immeasurably powerful. Unequalled.
Watch his spoon jar spoon jar routine and the bottle glass routine hilarious
Yes to both of these! The bottle trick is my fav Tommy Cooper routine ever.
Egg bag bag egg
Came here to say the same and you'd beaten me to it :)
White bag with blue spots, blue bag with white spots
My dad LOVED Tommy Cooper ☺️ I rarely heard him laugh at all but when Tommy came on the tv……🤣😄 thanks for reminding me 🤗🥰
I hereby announce you an honory Brit, especially as you get Tommies humour! He was a master craftsman at his trade, god bless you Tommy.
To use your own words, perfect silliness from a comic genius😂
You must check out Tommy’s “Glass Bottle / Bottle Glass” routine. One of the best things you’ll ever see, never gets old
He could make you laugh without even being on stage. Man was an absolute genius
My dad used to love Tommy Cooper. Apparently it's more difficult to do the magic tricks the wrong way than the right way. 👍
Saw him live once. My sides ached for hours. Comic genius.
He was an amazing magician too, I actually remember as a child watch him die on stage, was a very sad moment of my life, watch the goons too EB, they were super funny
That was brill watching your reaction to the fabulous Tommy Cooper... he's alway been a firm favourite in our family right back to my grandad.. and your right about simple clean comedy.. thanks for your great reaction videos. especially a lot of the British comedy stuff.. kind regards Dave 👍
Absolute legend. The fez was his trademark.
He was just plain funny. He'd walk on stage & people would start laughing. He'd grin & look around & say "what" with an uncertain grin on his face, pretending not to know, but both he & his audience knew, even though neither knew why. His whole persona was just off-centre & he'd always surprise you. One of a kind; as you say, a kind they don't make any more.
One of my all time favourites. No-one matches him!
Everytime I think of Tommy (even though he was years before my time) I think "SPOON JAR JAR SPOON!" and it makes me smile every time!
Tommy Cooper: I took my dog to the vet's. The vet picked him up and said, "Sorry, I'll have to put him down.
"Is it that bad?"
"No, he's just really heavy."
His glass bottle trick is hilarious, has me in tears.
Humor now seems to have to be nasty instead of just fun. We need to get the fun back.
Even today there are different types of humour, and only a fraction of them are nasty.
@@thedukeofnuts Maybe but so much of it seems much more aggressive.
Watch some Tim Vine.
Cooper could make a room of people be in hysterics by just standing still doing nothing. Complete genius.
My dad loved Tommy, and if he did, we did!! Kx
Absolute Genius Tommy was. My favourite joke of all time is his one about the 1 in 5 people in the world being Chinese. Comedy gold
He's classic, love ya eb ❤️👌👌👌🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
I love Tommy - he was just so silly - it was all about his delivery.
You need to watch "The Plank" 1967 version with Tommy Cooper & Eric Sykes. Available on youtube ,funniest thing ever !
Now that is genius! Hugely influenced by the comedy giants of the silent movies.
My favourite comedy film when I was a kid. I'll have to look it up again for a trip down memory lane...
I remember watching TV as a kid the night Tommy died. I guess you could say I have been a fan my whole life. The older I get the funnier he gets!!
Sadly ironic that he kept touching his chest to feign shock. Poor guy died of a heart attack on stage. Comedy used to be family viewing. Morecambe and Wise were a similar duo. Today's comedy acts need an 18 rating. Have you reacted to Rod Hull and Emu yet? Especially the one where they were being interviewed by Parkinson. That's absolutely hilarious.
I remember as a kid seeing him collapse on stage to the sound of laughter, the audience thought it was part of the act and the show was broadcast live so everyone watching at home saw it too. :( R.I.P Tommy.
Absolute one of a kind genius of comedy from a bygone age. Like so many comedians he had a dark side - bad temper and a drink problem - he had a house near here and would often be seen in the corner of his local pub on his own and drunk to the point of being asked to leave
in reality he were a very talented magician
Once every so often he would pull off a trick perfectly and it would get the biggest laugh of the night
You have to be very good to do it very badly and be funny. Same with les Dawson on the piano.
When he went into the box and came out like a rocket I died laughing he always made me laugh just a very funny man
Rest in peace Tommy. During his final show, he suffered a heart attack on stage, and due to the nature of his comedy, the audience thought it was part of the act, and the stage crew thought he was adlibbing so didn't come to his assistance until it was too late. Heart of gold, gentle giant, a true gentleman, and one of the best entertainers of his time.
I remember as a kid seeing that on TV.
Tommy Cooper there will never be another like him,a true comic genius