Tommy Cooper - The Man in the Pub

[@Pistol0291]

No one could possibly live up to the legend that is Tommy Cooper

[@stewartsnape2936]

Best British comedian ever, i saw Tommy back early sixties when i was about 9, and my dad got his autograph after the show

[@OctoberCrow1701]

Perhaps one of the few comedians that can make you laugh without saying a word. A true genius.

[@crazysoupforever]

True. Spike Milligan was another one.

[@jamesgale2147]

dear old Tommy Cooper he could cheer up a monsoon

[@Jack-pu4rf]

I could laugh just by looking at this lovable fool, it's not his joke's it was him that we all loved and miss, rest in peace Tommy Cooper,

[@hugohackenbush3524]

The real genius of Tommy here is his absolute command of not only the audience but of the dynamics of the gag itself. I loved watching him perform. Blessed to have seen him so many times. You just know he's up in Heaven cracking them all up. When my youngest heard the news about Tommy's death, we were all in the kitchen and he said, "God must of needed cheering up." I still get a bit teary when I think of that.

[@shotokansmudgemosmith2346]

Nice one 100%. Also have to say, good handle old son. Still watch the Marx brothers films. Special people.

[@SunofYork]

Heaven ? Now that is funny !

[@hugohackenbush3524]

@@SunofYork Doilum.

[@SunofYork]

@@hugohackenbush3524 I think you mean "Doylum"..Many literate Irish immigrants were called Doyle, and it refers to them.....Ask your boss why he doesn't ban childhood cancer? Perhaps jesus is a 2,000 year dead old doylum who is as much use as a chocolate fireguard ?

[@hugohackenbush3524]

@@shotokansmudgemosmith2346 As the good doctor says to Margaret Dumont at the end of ADATR, “Marry me and I'll never look at another horse!”

[@mauriziosant1658]

The sun always shines when T.C. appears.☀️

[@tigerpaint1964]

This man was incredible....

[@rossi180]

King at his craft

[@buddyfan1959]

the best comedian to date in my opinion! legendaryy! RIP Tommyy!

[@garywilliams3419]

I had the privilege and pleasure to see him live on stage when I was just a kid. I can remember just crying with laughter when he just walked on stage before he even said anything. THAT is a comedian, and he was a true master of his art. Decades later, and I still miss him. Utter genius. Nice one Tommy 😀

[@crazysoupforever]

Tommy Cooper could make any joke funny. He was a complete one-off, a genius. He would get a laugh by just walking on stage.

[@garythompson9452]

Made your day better, just by seeing him.

[@mrghiax]

The joke was terrible but the delivery was outstanding. Tommy builds up the punch line with a hilarious yet totally irrelevant mid section. Genius.

[@emilywhitfield2780]

@Jack Warner That's my favorite one!

[@mikerainham]

I don’t think the joke is terrible that’s the problem, but I do have a terrible joke for you…. What do you get if you cross a volcano with a duck?! QUACKatoa

[@weirdplanet1082]

Tommy was so funny he used to make people laugh even before he ever opened his mouth!

[@Rick-wm7rn]

@@weirdplanet1082Some people laugh at anything.

[@weirdplanet1082]

@@Rick-wm7rn & some people don't.

[@THETUX61]

Tommy Cooper at his best,what a comedian!!!!!!!!!!

[@neilbolger2679]

A brilliant comedian who I admired and miss . Tommy had a great naturel way of making people smile and laugh. Always miss him and a few others too. Rest well and create laughter where ever you are now

[@SunofYork]

He is 6 feet under...

[@colinpumpernickel2605]

70's comedy was the best. Great standup and great sitcoms. The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin was genius and Tommy Cooper was one of a kind. He just had funny bones.

[@Johnfwake]

Most original and funny comedian ever to come out of Wales. Long live Tommy.

[@robevans5507]

the only good thing to ever come out of wales they think they invented singing just because they love to sing choir

[@ruskytron5598]

I have some bad news

[@robertsmith9810]

Certainly funnier then that welsh comedian Drakdord the only thing funny about his his ill fitting charlie Drake suit

[@AthelstanEngland]

@@ruskytron5598 lol I think Tommy himself would have laughed at that!!

[@DisorderedArray]

Tommy showing what comedic timing really is :D

[@AndrewLale]

What a subtle, agile mind. He understood that people were laughing about whether the bloke would come back or not, even though it had nothing to do with the joke. So he gently pushed that until he'd used all the comic potential in it. Today's comedians wouldn't have spotted that in a thousand years.

[@vordman]

It reminded me of John Cleese as Dennis Moore speculating to the people in the coach he was holding up if he could hit a distant tree with one of his pistols, I'd say about 7 times in 10...it depends on how much practice I'd got in during the week...maybe 8.

[@AthelstanEngland]

You may be right but he was absolutely meticulous with his preparation so I suspect that was all planned... he knew his audience would find the first 'ad lib' funny in advance. Either way the guy was a genius, unique and blessed with perfect comic timing.

[@namesake-mx9nl]

One of many wonderful entertainers we were lucky to have years ago .

[@patrickkelly2318]

Bless you Tommy

[@pbstratocaster]

Comedians in general nowadays do not have what Tommy had,,,,, A FUNNY BONE !!! And the timing,,, the sense of situation,,,and the swiftness,,,, and the material,,, and the looks,,,and,,,,etc etc.

[@emilywhitfield2780]

So true!!!

[@shotokansmudgemosmith2346]

Can't say any better than the comments below. Still watch the geezer many times, even though you know what's coming next. Always hilarious. Even other top comics would go out of their way to attend his gigs.

[@darrenburke9630]

Why aren't comedians like this now

[@scouse1967]

Blame the P.C lot and the easily offended "Snow Flakes"

[@Bullseye_Strength]

The tangent in the middle of the joke about whether the man would return the next day was hilarious. Funniest part of the joke.

[@Greebstreebling]

Tommy Cooper was my star comedian when I was a kid in the sixties.

[@emilywhitfield2780]

Tommy Cooper The best thing to come from Wales!!! Love it!!!

[@zmrxy6632]

Born in wales, made in Devon!

[@davidfelix2594]

Used to love him on Ground Force, he's sorely missed, RIP Tommy.

[@leemehdinur3766]

Tommy Cooper ladies and gentlemen!!

[@mikewinston8709]

Comedy….timing is everything.

[@johnmc3862]

And delivery.

[@simonleib1992]

The Greatest The Funniest and Much Missed.

[@petercripps2730]

Humour of the sublime

[@TEEMOOMEET]

he was England's best comedian

[@pete3953]

Wales

[@theoutspokenhumanist]

If you tell the joke without Tommy's style, it isn't funny. He only had to walk on stage and I started laughing. Totally unique and utterly wonderful.

[@suzannejones5992]

I was a kid when i watched Tommy Cooper. It made me laugh then and still makes me laugh now.

[@mousen]

Tommy was born funny.

[@JontheBerean]

My mum and her friend met him at Heathrow airport once. My mum's friend said : "Look , it's Tommy Cooper !" But my mum said : "Who ?" He came and tapped her on the shoulder and said : "Tommy Cooper love" , then took them both for a drink in the bar. My mum always said what a gentleman he was. Funniest man ever ❤️

[@vordman]

Getting a drink ot of Tommy was some achievment. Known as being tight with his money.

[@JontheBerean]

@@vordman My mum was an attractive woman , maybe that had something to do with it. I've heard Tommy would say to taxi drivers, "Have a drink on me" . . . and slip a teabag into their top pocket 😅

[@alanoneill3065]

The asides are brilliant

[@AmyWinehouse9and14.]

I never liked his sketch routines much but his stand up jokes and magic were brilliant

[@humbleopinion1499]

Laugh - I almost did.....

[@wakeupuk3860]

As every one else states on here, he was a comedy genius, who could take a very simple and not that funny punch line and turn it into a surreal and pretend argument with the audience. I have read that much of his routine was improv based on a few jokes he intended to use. Where as Frankie Howard who I liked as well, would go for walks in the country and practise his act, over and over again, some times a 100 times and every titter, look and 'ney missus' were set in concrete for that show. Both made me laugh but on being a funny person, ie a comedian as oppose doing comedy in all ways Tommy Trinder is up there with the greats.

[@shaunjenkinson5089]

Class

[@alexbowman7582]

He has the same hairdresser as Ken Dodd.

[@renaissance6745]

GROWN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@fredcoombs9870]

Can anyone tell me the punch line at the end I just can't catch it ? Thanks.

[@MARKETMAN6789]

A great family entertainer ,you cant watch these so called comedians of today they are not suitable for family viewing , they dont know how to make people laugh without ,swearing or using filth to substitute for humour

[@davidandrews8963]

FUNNIEST MAN EVER BLOODY AWFUL JOKE THOUGH LOL 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣♥️💙🎩

[@alanoneill3065]

listen to the audience...

[@rgcamgb1452]

It's not the joke that makes me laugh, it's him..

[@TheBerzerker666]

His last performance was his best ever😂

[@rafflesxyz4800]

It wasn't funny.

[@BACALL1965]

Why say that

[@daviddoherty3349]

oh dear ...

[@squiresquiffy3728]

I heard Bernard Manning tell this one but it wasn’t fools and idiots….

[@MrAronRobinson]

What was the punchline? Played it back quite a few times and can’t make out a single word.

[@no1raniuk854]

“Just a minute, I’m not a fool!” “Well join the idiots over there then.”

[@alexanderkohary1690]

Thanks, I did not make out, either.@@no1raniuk854

[@lindaj5492]

I use the cogwheel at top right to slow videos down when I can’t listen fast enough 😊

[@hurchgoer]

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[@mancityfan2004]

What does the guy say at the end I can't hear it?

[@tdb517]

same I don't understand the joke cause I can't hear the end

[@themoonster5682]

@@tdb517 Just a minute, I'm not a fool! Well join the idiots over there then! Good old Tommy Cooper! 😅

[@condocord7544]

what a ham

[@ernestscribbler-Inyenga]

I know that us folks of a certain age are not on the new,alternative observational wavelength, however what we did have was comedians that were funny , daft and funny . I watch the Apollo live “comedy” thing , the funniest I’ve seen , in my opinion is Jimoen. No sweary dick, tit and toilet gags or dare to shock and insult unlike what most of the others seem to resort too . They have to be different, they have to be in your face , they have to be cutting edge , they have to be vulgarly rude , the cameras pan around the audience, showing people in hysterics ; I watch and wonder ; I get it but just don’t find it laugh out loud funny. I saw Tommy Cooper on 3 consecutive nights , he did mostly the same routine every night , he was uproariously funny and daft every night , a lot of the time you knew what was coming , ….. I could barely cope with one performance by most of the present lot ………. Who is that shouty,gravel voiced Welsh man ? Imagine listening to him raving-on for 3 nights on the bounce ? Dear,dear me. Ok, I’m an auld git , but I’ve seen good and funny comedians performing live . Why on earth have I bothered writing all this ………

[@Pikestnt]

I’m sorry but it’s such a cliche to say “Modern comedians aren’t funny. Not like in my day” There are good and bad comedians in every era. The material changes and being older, you might not get or appreciate the references but that doesn’t make someone unfunny. Both Barry Cryer and Bob Monkhouse supported and appreciated young comedians. (I’m 60 btw) Oh and I’m not really sure why I felt the need to say all this either 😀

[@paulhayes8087]

Comedy genius!!! But a horrible human being........tyfs

[@TheSeafordian]

Nonsense. He lived near me and he seemed a really nice bloke.

[@bennoakes2477]

the telling of it was always the joke, his jokes alone were always terrible

[@erikab7040]

Can Not Get Saud ? On Haedfon

[@billybeetroot8595]

?

[@emilywhitfield2780]

What????

[@davidsmith5523]

Can not get sound on his headphones. So obvious.

[@-Tidgy]

​@@davidsmith5523 It's not obvious though... How the fuck can someone write a sentence so badly? Pissed or drugged

[@honestchris7472]

Sorry people but I never did find him to be at all funny, amusing yes but not laugh out loud funny.

[@alanoneill3065]

listen to the audience...

[@honestchris7472]

@@alanoneill3065 I don`t need to listen to the audience, I said that I never found him to be funny, just a bit amusing but when you have paid to see a performer of any kind, you are already open to be entertained and you are sort of more ready to enjoy what you have paid for, I think that is what happens, people laugh at things that are not really funny.

[@PhillRobinson]

Oh dear, was he a talent ?

[@BACALL1965]

Tommy cooper is amazing Shut it

[@paulgrieve7031]

Not one ever funny

[@BACALL1965]

Talk English He is funny

[@dye5915]

Tommy is a comedy great you just never knew wtf he was gonna say or do next there's not many people who can laugh at their own jokes and get away with it. The Legend Tommy Cooper still making millions laugh ❤👏😂

[@hughiecairns5997]

Boring prat

[@BACALL1965]

Don't watch then. Sorry for him beung fun? Shut up

[@davidhoins4588]

His final performance was the best

[@BACALL1965]

Shut up mate No one loves you You are rude and heartless He never done anything to you It wasn't the best,he died Not funny,just sad You pig