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Tommy Cooper death
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Since it happened live, does anyone have the tv recording? Is it available anywhere? Who has seen it?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I witnessed it on TV; "live" as it were, and just remember it being...very curious. He sort-of collapsed backwards extremely slowly. The commercial break was coming up anyway, so we (my parents and I) thought it was his act's "sign off", and I distinctly remember us all looking at each other in a very puzzled fasion. They didn't mention on the programme at the time that he'd died , but of course it was all over the news later. And I was pretty sad 'cos I love(d) Tommy Cooper. He was the first "celebrity" I ever saw in concert (Skegness '73!). It was a weird feeling knowing someone had expired before your eyes.
I went to see him record a TV show many years ago.
He came out for the warm up and did a few jokes and tricks.
One I remember was when he got out a pack of cards and asked lady in the audience to take one, look at it, then put it back.
He showed her one card and said is this it. No she replied.
He tried a few more cards, which were all wrong.
He then just threw the whole pack at her and said "well you find it then"
Brought the place down.
He came out for the warm up and did a few jokes and tricks.
One I remember was when he got out a pack of cards and asked lady in the audience to take one, look at it, then put it back.
He showed her one card and said is this it. No she replied.
He tried a few more cards, which were all wrong.
He then just threw the whole pack at her and said "well you find it then"
Brought the place down.