Sir Ken Dodd

[Bazile]

Sir Ken Dodd
A very funny comedian who did not have to rely on swearing and sexual comments unlike the current crop of 'comedians' to get a laugh

RIP Sir Ken

[Jahulaye]

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-43367267

[Jahulaye]

I hope I’ve got the right guy Bazile, he’s the only ken dod Who died recently on google.

[Old_Geezer]

How tattyfilarious.
I'm sure there is already a thread here somewhere.

[Old_Geezer]

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Question1597346.html

[Guilbert53]

>>>and no sexual comments

While I was a great fan of Ken Dodd and indeed he did not swear.

However he did make sexual comments (innuendos).

They showed a clip this morning where he said the ladies in the audience about your "husbands and boyfriends" and then pointed to one lady and said "and in your case both of them".

Also they showed an old "Good Old Days" a few months ago and he was on it.

He came out with a very long pole (his "tickling stick") and pushed it towards some of the ladies in the audience and made a few sexual comments.

OK not as rude as some modern comedians, but not true to say he never made sexual comments.

[Bazile]

I meant no explicit sexual comments

[andy-hughes]

For those of a certain age who will know what the product is - Sir ken referred to accidentally viewing a 'Scandinavian film' in which he said that the participants looked as though they had covered themselves in Trex!

Those of us old enough will know why that's funny!

[Arrods]

Seen dear Sir Ken's show at least 6 times now. The gags hardly differed from one show to the next - and yet I still laughed at every punch line.

"As King Harold was there with an arrow in his eye, his troops were shouting 'Keep blinking H, it will work its way out". And "Have you tried blowing your nose?" Priceless.

[Bazile]

He wasn't a bad singer either , was he

[Bazile]

Arrods

Like watching only fools and horses
You know what's coming but it still makes me laugh

[Arrods]

I see what you mean Bazile. The truly comic moments bear repeating time and time again.

[Jackdaw33]

I suppose we all have different tastes. I thought that Doddy was the greatest. I cannot abide Harry Hill yet others think he's the bee's knees.

[ichkeria]

Can't stand Harry Hill either.
Doddy was wonderful. Watching the Audience With last night, I was reminded of what Roy Hudd said if him: he'd hit you with quickfire gags, relentlessly. I realised that I actually didn't get half the jokes: I was still trying to puzzle one out and realise he was about 3 gags ahead of me. But it didn't matter.
And he sang a song at the request of Dora Bryan, which he managed to sound touching while at the same time joking all the way through.
The best line might have been Frank Bruno's tho:
"How tall are you lying down Frank" gagged Doddy
"It depends what I'm looking up at" came the reply.

[Bazile]

That was a quick reply - coming from Bruno

What's he doing nowadays , i wonder ?