Tommy Cooper - Best Bits

[@config2000]

Tommy was a lovable buffoon. His act was sort of dad jokes but with magic. A real treasure.

[@777petew]

Thanks. You don't look for reason. You just laugh. Audiences would laugh as soon as he walked on, and he'd never done anything yet.

[@alfiekelly5914]

My friend was musical director for a show that Tommy done. 20 minutes in, not a word spoken and the audience could hardly breathe. Even the orchestra couldn't play for laughing. London Palladium I think. Visually great comic and sadly missed.

[@robcannon9165]

Hi Guys greetings from the uk and Tommy Cooper was a naturally funny man!!! He was a national treasure in the uk 🇬🇧 and was a much loved comedian. Tommy Cooper was actually a good magician but always fooled around performing his magic act and that was his trademark along with his crazy jokes and his catch phrase " Just Like That" Tommy died Live English TV and when he collapsed the audience were laughing and thought it was part of his act!!! Please lets have some more Tommy Cooper on your Channel.

[@ChelseaDaz]

He was a national treasure to us

[@kevanwillis4571]

And the vet said 'I'm sorry I'm going to have to put your dog down.' ' Is he that sick?' 'No, he's heavy' (Paraphrased.'😅

[@aidiess]

Tommy was an institution in his own right ! A much loved entertainer - and he WAS a member of the Magic Circle !! I was watching his live show the night he collapsed and died on stage ! sadly missed and loved by all. He could get a round of laughter by just standing there ! RIP Tommy !

[@TheOrlandoTrustfull]

Just to get this out of the way, because I'm sure hundreds of people want to tell you. He actually died while performing on stage, and the audience thought it was part of the act and were laughing while he laid on the ground 😩

[@stephenhughes4943]

He was primarily a magician....But for comedic effect. His failure provided the comedy. He was actually very a very talented magician and sadly missed.

[@flea1972]

I actually saw that on TV and everybody did indeed thought it was part of his act. Some ghoul has put it on KZbin too. R. I. P. Tommy Cooper.

[@allanparkins8142]

Was watching it as well,no one quite sure what was happening and a shock to find out that he had died, a unique talent

[@russellbradley454]

I Was a young teenager watching the show at the time with parents and was shocked at the news later that Night that he had passed away.

[@JackNap1er14]

when the rest of the crew realised that it wasn't part of the act the curtains were drawn but his feet still stuck out from under the curtain while they were trying to bring him back to life, very sad, RIP Tommy Cooper

[@alexcore697]

I remember when he died live on TV He was great man,He was seaside comedy before they had jet planes,All our grandparents loved him,,He was a soldier in WW2 in Africa Kept the British Army spirits up,,,Tommy Cooper is an Oldskool comedian,,God Bless him

[@martinarcher1503]

Tommy was one of the funniest people who ever lived. He could walk on stage and do nothing and have the audience in tears laughing

[@ansugib]

My mum was a professional dancer and did a summer season with Tommy Cooper. She said he was such a lovely man. She also worked with Eric & Ernie (Morecambe and Wise) before they went on tv.

[@trevorjones5625]

Look for Tommy's Spoon jar jar spoon clip. Absolute classic. He was a very iconic 70's comedian and as others have said, a national treasure. My second favourite comedian after Dave Allen.

[@CAD6363]

Tommy didnt even have to say anything and the audience was in hysterics

[@Chalkerfan]

Tommy Cooper was friends with another great comedian, Eric Sykes. If you can get it past the blockers, check out The Plank, a silent film Eric Sykes directed back in the 1960s which starred the cream of British comedy talent. Hilarious stuff. Tommy was in it and tried to act his part but Sykes, a comedy genius, told him to just be himself. Please watch it B&L, even if you don't do a reaction to it.

[@LilMonkeyFella87]

Got it up on my page "Tommy Cooper & Eric Sykes - The Plank - FULL MOVIE 1967"

[@JayT-xi3uo]

Tommy cooper was actually a genuine magician, world class rated, he was so good, he would make you think he messed up the trick when he actually didn’t

[@flea1972]

😂😂🤣🤣 Tommy Cooper = Legend. 'Just Like That'. Actor Anthony Hopkins is a huge Tommy fan and does a good impression of him. ✌️🤟🤘

[@ashleybarnett3390]

dear tommy cooper...an absolute legend in the UK for people of a certain age.........hes still funny as well,very nice comedy from a better time(1970s)

[@ElunedLaine]

Tommy was actually a very accomplished magician but he always 'failed' with his tricks. He was much loved. He was a Horse Guard in Egypt during WW2 and borrowed the fez from a passing waiter, and kept it. You might enjoy this YT vid - 'Tommy Cooper - Sponge Ball Routine'. Very funny man, sadly missed

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

Tommy Cooper started as a stage magician, and one bad night when a lot of his tricks went wrong and he had to ad lib, he noticed that the audience were in histerics. So he altered his act so it focussed on the bad jokes and on failed magic tricks. He could make people laugh just with a look. He became a much loved comedian, and his trademark fez and catchphrase "just like that!" are still associated with him today, many years after he left us. I'm convinced that a lot of Tim Vine's comedy was inspired by Tommy.

[@BrixtonTone]

Brad and Lucy lookout for Tommy Coopers "Duck Trick" 🤣

[@charlesfrancis6894]

I remember him fall on live tv and staff pulled him behind the curtain where he was treated but died of a heart attack. He was very funny and somewhat unique.

[@Colinx1553]

Born in Wales and a member of the ajic Inner Circle , a top line Magician, Sadly missed a true legend in th UK

[@MartinaNugent-yt8ig]

Tommy cooper was the best.It was sad that he died on live tv. R.I.P tommy❤

[@allanallen1835]

i was a kid when i was watching that,i remember thinking its just him doing silly stunts and thought he was messing about,obviously the audience were thinking the same until the moment he was dragged through the curtains,his legs dissapering as they pulled him through. wasnt nice witnessing it.

[@MartinaNugent-yt8ig]

​@@allanallen1835yeah so sad😢😢😢😢

[@paulhorgan6152]

Tommy we miss you legend. It's not his tv performances but his live performances. He is in he's element legend live

[@LilMonkeyFella87]

I have about 20 Tommy Cooper videos up, I HIGHLY recommend you see "Tommy Cooper - Spoon, Jar, Jar, Spoon & Glass bottle, Bottle glass - 1974" He does funny sketches too, like "Tommy Cooper - Cooking with duck - 1973"

[@JaniceCole1950]

They don’t make them like him anymore. So hilarious 😂😂😂

[@neilhalley8897]

He was actually one if the best magicians around. Very funny man and very talented. 😂

[@briz1965]

As I watched the man in his prime, he did little on telly at the time. But, his routine was as known as Les Dawson another legend. They only had to come on stage to thunderous applause because the audience and nation knew what was coming.

[@barriehull7076]

Wikipedia: Thomas Frederick Cooper (19 March 1921 - 15 April 1984) was a Welsh[1][2] prop comedian and magician. As an entertainer, his appearance was large and lumbering at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m),[3] and he habitually wore a red fez when performing. He served in the British Army for seven years, before developing his conjuring skills and becoming a member of The Magic Circle.

[@andrewredfern8811]

He was a magician, but once it went wrong and he noticed the laughing and so instead of embarrassed/ruined as a magician, he took it far. He had a heart attack/died while performing on atage, but the audience thought it was part of the act and so were laughing

[@JWNOSNHOJ]

Tommy Cooper was one of those natural comedians who could get laughs just by walking out on stage and was very popular in the UK. He appealed to all with his silly jokes and tricks that went wrong and was I believe totally original in his act. He unfortunately collapsed and died on stage during a TV performance in 1984. He remains a comedy legend.

[@bblair2627]

he was a Huge star when I was a lad and he died on stage, sadly

[@aaronpage3841]

Probably the funniest man to have ever walked the planet. He could make anything funny with just his manner. Please do more as there are some far better clips on YT.

[@cliffordwaterton3543]

For me, one of the funniest guys that ever lived. He was a member of the 'magic circle' but his act consisted of tricks that went 'wrong' but then eventually came out right. Or they were just plain stupid (see spoon/jar for example). I was one of the millions who saw him die on tv while on stage live at the London Palladium and yes, for a while we thought it was part of the act when he lay there apparently 'snoring' on the floor. that was until the curtain came down and there was an unscheduled ad break. I'm pretty sure he would have been perfectly happy to go that way, but maybe not so soon - he was only 63.

[@theautisticnebula]

He was a naturally funny guy. All he had to do was walk out to an audience and they would be laughing, he was that good. His schtick was the magic was he was a very gifted magician who tried to make it look like he was bad at it at times. 40 years gone and still funny

[@stevedotwood]

Always in the mood for Tommy Cooper

[@stevehartley7504]

Ken Dodd, Tommy Cooper, Tommy was actually a really good magician but he was a great comic turn

[@stephensmith7499]

Tommy Vooper was a legend really good magician really

[@bobburroughs6241]

My father and I were always in stitches - mum didn't get him at all!

[@shine01120]

Try to find his Spoon Jar Jar Spoon video on here. Love that one. It's just so stupid

[@Steve-ys1ig]

I used to love Tommy Cooper - he could make people laugh without actually doing anything.

[@FrancesThompson-e3m]

He was actually a great stage magician!

[@johngardiner6800]

Tommy was nothing like Tim Vine, he was a first rate magician who liked to mess up some tricks in with doing them right. The comedy came as a result of getting a few tricks wrong when he first started in the Northern clubs as he was so nervous, he realised that this was a good way to become popular and so built his act accordingly which made he such a well loved man.

[@trevorjones5625]

Also look for his Glass bottle bottle glass clip as well. So many to watch.

[@Dingo-x]

He was a national treasure. He died when on stage during a live show on tv, we all thought it was part of the act until we unfortunately learnt that he really did die there and then.

[@adrianmcgrath1984]

Tommy died on stage, to an audience that laughed and applauded. Not even the theatre crew realized that he was actually having a heart attack. He got his start in "variety" theatre - the successor to music hall - and once spotted was given work on tv, he had various shows over a period of 40yrs. His onstage persona was a bit child/fool like and his jokes were never controversial, there is a very real schism that appeared late'70s early '80s when alternative comedy arrived with its manifesto of what was no longer acceptable, while Tommy's comedy became "old school" he was never "cancelled" as many were. In 2005, a poll amongst British comedians and comedy insiders proclaimed Tommy as the 6th greatest comedian ever. If you unaware of him, I imagine there are bits he does that are difficult to see the merit in, but he was so loved and well known that people loved just seeing him on a stage.

[@peetee303]

Tommy Cooper, one word Legend.

[@richardhargrave6082]

More Tommy please!

[@nigelturner3251]

Tommy Cooper was a legend in the UK. Check out some more.

[@dazlumsdon]

One of my earliest memories was seeing Tommy Cooper pass away on stage. .RIP

[@Oldstager]

Sadly Tom died on stage but was a very funny magician who was so good at it he was able to mess the trick up and on occasions surprise you by getting right. I knew and worked with a chap who was in the Guards with Tommy. His opinion did not match mine. He thought Tommy was lazy in the guards and seemed to get preference. The guy I worked with was the laziest so and so I ever met, I love Tommy and thanks for the chance to see your response to him.

[@jameshumphreys9715]

There are documentaries on him. He died on stage during a TV show live from her majesty's therate.

[@Brian-om2hh]

Tommy Cooper was a bit of a British National Treasure. No smut, no filth, just good honest laughs..... His "thing" was to make his tricks appear as if they had gone badly wrong, although he was a fully fledged member of the Magic Circle......

[@stephenhodgson3506]

Tommy Cooper started out as just a magician but during a performance a trick went wrong and he improvised with comedy to cover his mistake and he got a huge reception and his career went in a different direction.

[@john9508]

Tommy was brilliant and he really was a very good magician

[@paulsmith7791]

The guy was a legend of British comedy 👌

[@phil4893]

He was actually a very good magician and a member of the Magic Circle. He was apparently just as goofy in his private life. He was notoriously unreliable and missed out on a lot of work as a result. Eric Sykes tells a story where he was trying to sell his script for The Plank to some movie executives, and Tommy was a co-writer. They arranged to meet these chaps in a pub in central London. Tommy was late. Eventually he turned up an hour later wearing a pair of pyjamas. He walked up to the group and announced, “I do apologise… I woke up late.”

[@richardjames3022]

R.I.P tommy

[@j0hnf_uk]

'I remember having to say goodbye to my girlfriend when we were at the beach. As she left, she gave me a little wave. I've still got it at home in a bucket.'

[@andywrong3247]

He was hilarious some people would crack up just looking @ him,i don't think i appreciated him when i was younger but he was talented &very popular i thought he was a bad magician but in fact he was excellent it was jus an act,my favourite trick he did was making one bottle of wine into about 50bottles thats the day i realised i was watching a genius @ work you'd have to find the clip i don't know any links or what title it ŵill be under..

[@deepskymike767]

Tim Vine took a lot of inspiration from Tommy Cooper.

[@PUNKinDRUBLIC72]

Absolute genius,back when the BBC was credible!

[@geoffbeattie3160]

Just watch a short comedy called the plank. Full of UK comedy legends from 50s to 70s.

[@russellbradley454]

A great tribute to the early silent movies

[@nobatnight6407]

If you guys watch anymore Tommy Cooper, could you watch 'Cooper At Sea'? He does a ventriloquist act on a ship. It's Tommy at his best.

[@DavidLPeel]

"I was cleaning out the attic the other day with the wife. Dirty, smelly, full of cobwebs but she's good with the kids."

[@whatsnottohike]

Tommy copper. Les dawson. peter cooke. Best uk comedians of all time.

[@nothernmonkey8612]

May I suggest reacting to PHONE SHOP it's a genius comedy in my opinion better than most sitcoms today

[@stephaniebarker9244]

He was very big in the 60s and 70s. Might be dated now but after a few wines it will get you giggly.

[@m-arky66]

spoon jar jar spoon!

[@dtritton]

Who’s the guy right at the beginning of the video

[@bradlucy]

I'll see if I can find it

[@flea1972]

It's 'Men In Coats'

[@dtritton]

Thank you

[@adrianmcgrath1984]

In North America , once you get past Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy, the Marx brothers and Abbot and Costello, there are very few comics - if any - who played the fool, or the victim? They were all wisecracking successes. The UK has a long chain and tradition of characters that you can sympathize with. To put Tommy Cooper into perspective, he was doing his act at the same time as Doug Henning, and when Tommy died on stage, in the US David Copperfield had already "vanished" the Statue of Liberty. This seems odd, because Americans love Mr Bean as much as anyone? This love of the vulnerable or more genuine personality is a definite UK tradition. It is also seen in game shows, where US hosts are invariably slick and smarmy, while in the UK, someone who appears to struggling or not that thrilled about being there are usually adored. Two great examples would be Larry Grayson, who came up though the clubs and was "discovered" very late in life, he was absolutely revered and was extremely talented, but always complaining about his health, and more besides. Another adored act was Lily Savage, who at one point in her career hosted the UK version of Blankety Blank. There are compilations of her outtakes on KZbin, she was a hard northern woman with a colourful past, her outtakes might be some of her funniest stuff on TV, since she reverts more to her stage character than her family viewing one. As the host of Blankety Blank, she plays partly inept, partly couldn't be bothered, to great effect

[@theludixblaster]

Love Tommy. Very funny bloke sad he died the way he did. Rip

[@SuperClarky666]

in the mood for? i’m always in to tommy cooper goat as far as im concerned.

[@kenarnavut2877]

Lucy is proper funny and lovely,I love her.x

[@245bennyboy]

As already mentioned Tim Vine has based his entire act on the genius Tommy Cooper but that's no disrespect to Tim Vine as long as we acknowledge the fact.

[@watgaz518]

B n L, thank you very glad😂🤣👏👍

[@stephendisraeli1143]

There are plenty of other "best bits" to be tracked down. At the very least, you need to find the four eggs on four glasses trick, the multiplying bottles trick, and the Rembrandt and Stradivarius joke.

[@LilMonkeyFella87]

Have them all on my page. The Rembrandt/Stradivarius bit is part of the spoon jar video I have which also has the bottle trick

[@stephendisraeli1143]

@@LilMonkeyFella87 In that case, Brad and Lucy, I'm recommending that video.

[@LilMonkeyFella87]

@@stephendisraeli1143 "Tommy Cooper - Spoon, Jar, Jar, Spoon & Glass bottle, Bottle glass - 1974" is the video

[@JulieLevinge]

Tommy Cooper was really a good magician but his trade mark was messing up every single trick! Died from heart attack on stage yonks ago, remember him as a kid😄

[@PCLpropertymanagement]

You need to watch his film the plank Genius comedy with no speach

[@2old4gamez]

Spoon, jar. Jar, spoon.

[@jimisi7424]

I backed a horse at 20 to 1.......it came in at half past four...

[@duckarse11]

[@jay71512]

From all accounts he was a ery good magician but he was very nervous in the spotlight which led to him drinking heavily before shows which led to him messing half the tricks up lol. He was however a very well likd entertainer, ational treaure was tommy!

[@misolgit69]

more cowbell

[@joffey1212]

I went to the dr i said sometimes i feel like a wigwam and others a teepee he said im feeling twotents

[@kenny832]

Rubbish magic, rubbish jokes but a hilarious man

[@chrisnorman1902]

He almost killed a talk-show host on live TV due to his alcoholism 😬

[@crouchingtiger9108]

Tommy Cooper - Prince Philip 60th birthday remastered. Dean martin clip is also quite funny but not the best quality.

[@kenny832]

Please watch The Plank

[@jamesohara4295]

When women don't get a joke its because they think the joke is about them; they especially don't get it when it is about them :)

[@stephensmith7499]

Watch Billy Pearce hilarious 😂😂

[@GutsGrizzle]

He use to do jokes and purposely get them wrong THEN he would surprise you that he actually can do magic.. Interlaced with silly jokes..

[@FrowningIke]

0:59 Yep! He's clearly a F#ck Knuckle! Not to be confused with a Moose Knuckle!

[@MrJimithee]

If anybody present knows of any reason why this couple should not be married... "Yes... He's a ret***" Just kidding, love you guys! xx

[@bingohall1333]

He died about fifteen years or more before anybody heard of Tim Vine. This guy was wanted in the US for more comedy work on the big audience shows of America just like another one I may or mention Des o' Connor who like Tommy Cooper did America in the seventies and the American audiences wanting both of them to stay our Des was the only British comedian to get two full series on American TV in the late 70s or early 80s and I will say in again if it was for Des the American guests show presenters well the biggest names and now billionaires are probably the first to be picked out of a comedy club on to British tv spending a few weeks here and going home to be America house hold names in comedy Love mom

[@RayD_19]

What happened to this page? You guys use to react to a lot of great content but now we've gone back in time to a lot of simple minded nonsense like this? Love both of you and your awesome personalities but it feels like we'll never get back to quality content.

[@TheOrlandoTrustfull]

You can always go somewhere else, like outside.

[@Benyboy2727]

Oh look it’s the comedy police 🤫

[@RayD_19]

@TheOrlandoTrustfull trust me, I have. Its the same reason a lot of people have left this page... i didn't say anything mean, just simply stating that it bums me out. Why are you so sensitive to the point that you get insulted for other people? That's weird... maybe you're the one that needs to go outside if you're defending youtubers lol

[@RayD_19]

@Benyboy2727 not at all... I'm sorry you get triggered easily and couldn't just keep scrolling though. Why are you so soft/sensitive? How did I hurt your feelings Benny? Is your whole family as soft and weak minded as you are?

[@wildwine6400]

People left because they got hacked by a crypto spammer and thankfully they regained their account

[@tonygroves5516]

Anyone else notice this chap sounds like the geologist on Big Bang Theory?

[@paulhorgan6152]

Flucking you tube Adverts ARSHOLES