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Post by Stan Butler on Oct 21, 2006 21:42:42 GMT
best story i heard about tommy cooper was him tipping a taxi driver outside a theatre putting the tip in the drivers top pocket and saying "here have a drink on me" when the driver looked there was a tea bag in there.. ;D I've heard that story too. probably on a documentary or something... And knowing Tommy's humour, it's probably true! ;D |
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Post by Stan Butler on Nov 13, 2006 13:07:35 GMT
According to Play.com a few weeks ago, the release date of the Tommy Cooper Hour DVD was set for 16th October this year, just had a look to double check..... Now it's 1/1/07 Taking the p*ss now! This was originally meant to be out in April this year! I've give up on this now... Date changed now to 1/4/07 That's about right.... April fr*ggin fools day!  |
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Post by The Collector on Nov 13, 2006 16:17:06 GMT
Wonder what the hold up is
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Post by Stan Butler on Nov 13, 2006 16:47:38 GMT
Wonder what the hold up is It's just part of a ploy to wind me up!  |
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Post by The Collector on Dec 5, 2006 11:25:27 GMT
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Post by Stan Butler on Dec 5, 2006 12:17:37 GMT
Hey you b*gger! That was my idea (ages ago!) Congratulations on the milestone post.  |
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Post by Stan Butler on Jun 29, 2008 12:24:03 GMT
I'm currently watching Tommy Cooper's 1978 series 'Just Like That'. Although I'm a big fan of Tommy, this one's a poor series.
It's all done on stage as opposed to the usual studio job but it's as though Tommy couldn't really be arsed. It's basically all his old stuff re-used (yet again) but the timing isn't great therefore making it a little bit unfunny.
And considering the episodes are only 25 minutes long, there's not much Tommy. I reckon there's about 10 minuts per episode maximum. The rest is padded with guest stars. One of them, is that bloke who appeared on TISWAS banging his head with beer trays. Who was he? I imagine he died of brain damage!
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Post by The Collector on Oct 19, 2013 9:58:59 GMT
When this thread was 'Live' I wasn't a fan of TC, But Am now!...
As for the above - Tommy's Drinking and Health issues we're hurting his TV career at this point so they made these shows as easy for him as possible, His timing was shot and sadly it shows.
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Post by Stan Butler on Oct 19, 2013 12:51:22 GMT
If you actually take out the poor sketches and music guests from Tommy's shows you'll find probably abut 5 mins of Tommy material in total, which got reworked every series he made. As funny as he was his material was more limited than I used to realise.
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Post by The Collector on Oct 19, 2013 14:57:25 GMT
If you actually take out the poor sketches and music guests from Tommy's shows you'll find probably abut 5 mins of Tommy material in total, which got reworked every series he made. As funny as he was his material was more limited than I used to realise. Sadly It looks like his best TV work no longer exists, The book 'Always Leave them Laughing' Seems to indicate this. |
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