TIGHTCHOKE Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 He apparently died peacefully on Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 Diddy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krugerandsmith Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 1 minute ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: He apparently died peacefully on Sunday. His shows were definitely value for money R.I. P Ken . 1 minute ago, bruno22rf said: Diddy? No Doddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 Personally couldn't stand him as a comedian, but he gave his everything to entertain those who enjoyed his humour. Always sold out at Kilworth House Theatre near us every year. He enjoyed every minute to the end, an Icon in the entertainment world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 A shame but it comes to us all, hope he gets buried with his tickling stick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 He was a great entertainer live,very funny and his show went on and not like some who do an hour and that's your lot. Saw on the news that he died in the house he was born in, not many could say that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medic1281 Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 29 minutes ago, figgy said: He was a great entertainer live,very funny and his show went on and not like some who do an hour and that's your lot. Saw on the news that he died in the house he was born in, not many could say that. I believe it was the same address as he was born, but I think he bought the whole street! I would imagine it’s very different now from when he was born. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 Another one gone sadly; all the great entertainers of my parents generation dwindling away. I liked Doddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 25 minutes ago, Scully said: Another one gone sadly; all the great entertainers of my parents generation dwindling away. I liked Doddy. Me too! Never saw him live, but I imagine he was a riot in that environment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 I never really got his humour, but he was a British icon. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krugerandsmith Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Walker570 said: Personally couldn't stand him as a comedian, but he gave his everything to entertain those who enjoyed his humour. Always sold out at Kilworth House Theatre near us every year. He enjoyed every minute to the end, an Icon in the entertainment world. He had an acquired sense of humour but gave value for money. How anyone can fire out jokes one after the other for five hours was amazing. Remember him back in the sixties at Our Ladies Church hall Birkenhead he sang some great songs and at the time he was going out with a nurse from Clatterbridge Hospital Bebington on the wirral. Sadly she died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 Proof once again that hard work and being good at what you do works. A great talent. Lovely that he enjoyed doing what he did so much. He genuinely did spread a lot of 'happiness'. Such a shame he was hounded (though ultimately cleared) by the Inland Revenue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 Funny when he said in medieval times tax was one groat he said he thought it still was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 Totally unique, that generation of 'end of the pier' comedians were real troupers but sadly are now part of history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krugerandsmith Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 6 minutes ago, figgy said: Funny when he said in medieval times tax was one groat he said he thought it still was. One of his jokes: Did you hear about the Topless lady ventriloquist .... nobody saw her lips move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 47 minutes ago, krugerandsmith said: One of his jokes: Did you hear about the Topless lady ventriloquist .... nobody saw her lips move. He introduced himself as comedian, singer, hopefully playboy ... and failed accountant ? someone said he had £300,000 in his loft in cash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 1 hour ago, panoma1 said: Me too! Never saw him live, but I imagine he was a riot in that environment? The first time I heard his humour was on the radio when I was aged about 8 years old, and my wife and I saw him live at Bournemouth for my 65th birthday treat. An amazing longevity of performance, and he kept going that night well past midnight, chortling to the audience that they had missed their buses and trains. My wife had sensibly booked an hotel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 Never found him funny - not my taste, but he was a genuine icon. A show business survivor without being stuck up his own backside. Some friends had just had a refund for his cancelled tour. Still a top flight act at 90 - few can say that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besty57 Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 R.I.P, Doddy, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krugerandsmith Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 5 hours ago, amateur said: The first time I heard his humour was on the radio when I was aged about 8 years old, and my wife and I saw him live at Bournemouth for my 65th birthday treat. An amazing longevity of performance, and he kept going that night well past midnight, chortling to the audience that they had missed their buses and trains. My wife had sensibly booked an hotel I know what you mean the show my wife and I went to see started at 7pm and ended after midnight. We should have been given flight socks to prevent DVT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 such a shame another one gone.R.I.P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saddler Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 R.I.P. I was only wondering about him last week, how he was keeping & what age he must be now. There's a VERY good BBC TV documentary if you can find it, which follows him around for a few days. Never got all his humour, but grew up on the Diddy Men & liked almost all of his stuff in later life. Always remember a mate from the pistol club days (mid-1980's) telling me that on a trip to Blackpool he was dragged to a Ken Dodd show by the wife & kids...under much protest as he never liked the bloke. Seeing him live, he said how he never had a heart attack he'll never know, as he was struggling to breath as he was laughing so much...and Doddy kept going with barely a pause for breath himself for over 5 hours. Regret I never got to see one of his live shows. Another icon long gone... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saddler Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 (edited) 8 hours ago, JohnfromUK said: He genuinely did spread a lot of 'happiness'. The BIG joke about the song he was famous for, is that the title was a play on words..."Happiness" was, er, not the song's theme. Try listening to it but replace the word "happiness" with the phrase "a penis" = THAT was the joke, not some sentimental twaddle...! He was getting away with singing about someone hung like a carthorse, and getting airplay on TV/radio at a time when morals/censorship were a lot more restricted; The Goons & a few others of the era were also at it with hidden messages that the censor would miss... Edited March 12, 2018 by saddler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB1 Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 (edited) 22 minutes ago, saddler said: The BIG joke about the song he was famous for, is that the title was a play on words..."Happiness" was, er, not the song's theme. Try listening to it but replace the word "happiness" with the phrase "a penis" = THAT was the joke, not some sentimental twaddle...! He was getting away with singing about someone hung like a carthorse, and getting airplay on TV/radio at a time when morals/censorship were a lot more restricted; The Goons & a few others of the era were also at it with hidden messages that the censor would miss... Happiness, happiness, the greatest gift that I possesI thank the Lord I've been blessed With more than my share of happiness To me this old world is a wonderful placeAnd I'm just about the luckiest human in the whole human raceI've got no silver and I've got no gold Just a whole lot of happiness in my soul Happiness, happiness, the greatest gift that I possesI thank the Lord I've been blessed With more than my share of happiness Happiness to me is an ocean tide Or a sunset fading on a mountain sideOr maybe a big old heaven full of stars up aboveWhen I'm in the arms of the one I love Happiness is a field of grain Lifting its face to the falling rainI can see it in the sunshine, I breathe it in the rain Happiness everywhere Happiness, happiness, the greatest gift that I possesI thank the Lord I've been blessed With more than my share of happiness A wise old man told me one time That happiness is nothing but a frame of mindI hope when you go to measuring my successThat you don't count my money count my happiness Happiness, happiness, the greatest gift that I possesI thank the Lord I've been blessed With more than my share of happiness Happiness, happiness, the greatest gift that I possesI thank the Lord I've been blessed With more than my share of happiness Phallic???? Not saying your wrong, but he did cover it well if it was…… (I have heard that he said one time it was about his own member) Edited March 12, 2018 by KB1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 24 minutes ago, saddler said: The BIG joke about the song he was famous for, is that the title was a play on words..."Happiness" was, er, not the song's theme. Try listening to it but replace the word "happiness" with the phrase "a penis" = THAT was the joke, not some sentimental twaddle...! He was getting away with singing about someone hung like a carthorse, and getting airplay on TV/radio at a time when morals/censorship were a lot more restricted; The Goons & a few others of the era were also at it with hidden messages that the censor would miss... I have heard that before; whether it is true or not, I have no idea, but Ken Dodd did make a LOT of people at his shows happy and laugh, as has been reflected in the comments about those who have seen his live shows in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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