He Was So Silly! American Reacts to Tommy Cooper Jokes
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- He Was So Silly! American Reacts to Tommy Cooper Jokes
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Tommy Cooper was actually a member of the Magic Circle. He was in fact an accomplished magician.
ay, like Les Dawson on the piano, you need to be good to be that bad
He was in the inner magic circle I believe !!
He was one of the first (at least in Britain) to do magic and make it seem like things were going wrong before the big reveal. By all accounts he used to enjoy the laughs he got from it and in the end he decided to chase the laughs and have the magic side act.
All replies above are what I was going to say, thanks everyone 👏 He was a huge man also I believe, minus the fez of course!
Apparently, when he first went on stage, he was so paralyzed by stage fright, that he couldn't get out his prepared routine. Instead, he just stuttered & fumbled. And the audience laughed even more - because they thought that WAS his act. Same with his magic tricks. He was an accomplished magician, but the audience loved it more as the tricks 'went wrong'. So he built it into his act. And just when you thought that the trick had gone totally off the rails, he would pull out something totally astounding. You now see others copying the form.
It was often said that he could just walk onto stage, say nothing, but just stare out at the audience like a rabbit in the headlights [ that stage fright again ] - and the audience would howl with laughter.
Genius.
true fact I saw it first hand the guy was clever
Tommy, after getting out of a taxi, would pay the fare then slip something into the drivers shirt pocket saying ' here, have a drink on me'. Latet when the driver pulled it out, it turned out to be a tea bag.
I saw someone else telling that one on Tv, only it was about Ken Dod.
My dad met him in the bar at the London Palladium.
@@stephensmith4480 Doddy rarely took a taxi, his wife (well, partner at the time) tended to drive them most of the time.
@@madabbafan It was actually a Liverpool Taxi Driver that told the story. I think he was getting a Taxi from the Liverpool Empire back to his house.
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Twenty years after his death he was voted the funniest British comedian ever, that was how well loved he was. He was staying with Tom O'Connor in Liverpool one December and had gone into the city to do his Christmas shopping. He was going into shops and then taking his purchases back to his car. Merseyside Police rang Tom O'Connor to ask him to get Tommy out of the city because people were helpless with laughter just watching him walking about, everything he did was almost dangerously hilarious
I can confirm his being hilarious, off duty?
I am in Leeds, a few decades ago, I was walking in what then, were known as the dark arches, they run under the main railway, near City Station.
I saw Tommy on the other side of the road, he was directing a Railway porter, who had a pair of wheels for moving trunks and luggage.
Seriously, I stopped, and had two minutes of unadorned entertainment. There are several side tunnels run off the main tunnel that forms the road, Tommy kept badgering this poor bloke , and directing him as to how to do his job, and getting it all wrong.
Sadly I suspect the Porter will have had a tea bag slipped into his top pocket, thinking Tommy was giving him a large tip?
With the words, "Here have a drink on me"
I had two minutes + free entertainment, a true comedian.
At the time with Radio & TV Times the whole nation was well aware and ready days in advance. People would remind other people he was going to be on. Adored by all.
Tommy Cooper.. was one of the rare comedy who could walk on stage..cough, people would be crying with laughter 😂😂😂
I heard once that he had an audience rolling in the isles before he even appeared on stage as he was messing around behind the curtain.
@johnsmith-es7zk that was true,he was heard saying...I can't get out...when Tommy did..he shook his shoulders, went hmmm and laughed...that was it!! Audience in a fit of laughter/ tears
A friend of mine was Musical director at the London Palladium and Tommy came on stage. Didn't utter a word for 20 minutes and everyone (including the orchestra) were helpless. The man was a genius
@theeclecticBeard-ON-TE-LE-GRAM you could give Tommy Cooper the most crap jokes in the world...he have you( us) in fits of laughter
I grew up watching Tommy Cooper - what a treasure he was. I loved your genuine laughing at his silliness too, glad you found him.
I remember going to see Tommy and the lights were turned off before he came on. Next we heard his laugh in the pitch black; the audience just fell about laughing
That's exactly what my Dad said about seeing him. He didn't do anything for half an hour until the audience stopped laughing. My Grandparents said the same when they saw Laurel and Hardy live.
Being present at a theatre or sports ground is always special even today, but I think we've lost a bit of the magic with the ease of watching virtually anything at home in seconds.
@@jimb9063 well anywhere. You have these youngsters now watching it on the tube! It does diminish the "special" event it is. Plus the exclusivity of it. If I went to see a live event in the 70s, something may happen that no one else (except who was there) would see other than me. And to you, you could watch the same live act (or whatever) on a different night and have a total utter other expierence. Nowadays, camera's are immediately out and taped for all to see online with a click of a button.
I once saw Tommy at Night Club, he just walked on the stage never said a word and the audience where laughing their heads off. A naturally funny man 😂!
Even his death was funny. He died on live TV, everyone thought it was part of the act and wet themselves. He collapsed, the stage crew realised that there was a problem so pulled the curtains across. His legs were still sticking out and twitching, his mike was still on and he was making gurgling noises in a very Tommy way. Hilarious. Then it suddenly cut to commercials. He always said he wanted to die on stage, good for him !
Saw it too 😢
I remember as if only yesterday. He had just put a dressing gown on then collapsed. Jimmy Tarbuck did really well to hold the rest of the show together
Watched it happen with my dad. Everyone laughed, thinking it was his act.
Such a clear memory it seems like yesterday
It was quite tragic looking back, but also very, very him. I like to believe he was looking down on the event as St Paul said ' yes, just like that'. Then they shared that laugh and grin that was pure Tommy.
;.; he is missed along with Les Dawson, Ronny Barker, R Corbet, Spike Milligoon, H Segoon .. too too many
My Dad was renovating a theatre where Tommy was performing, they were trying to replace the seating before his gig and Tommy was on stage practicing his bits, they couldn't work for laughter. At one point my Dad was back stage and Tommy was just sitting on a chair, poking the closed curtains with a broom handle, when my Dad asked him what he was doing, he asked my Dad to look out the side and see if the others were laughing, my Dad told him they were in histerics as it looked like he was trying to get through the curtains and was trapped, Tommy's reply was just "That'll do then" And when my Dad went to see the show that night, he opened with him not being able to get through the curtains, everybody in histerics, and then Tommy comes bursting through the curtains looking like he'd just had the fight of his life. Everybody crying with laughter, and it was just non stop through the show. The man could bring the house down with just a broom handle.
England has a long tradition of
entertainer.
English actors and comedians are the best in the world.
Who can e.g. bring about a series like foulthy tower?😂😂😂😂
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Tommy Cooper was and still is a national treasure over here in the UK! Sad he had a heart attack and died on stage! Glad you liked his work EB! He is hilarious haha.. Like button smashed! :)
Mr. Tommy Cooper was such a hard worker & perfectionist. He had to make what he did look natural. Bless him. He died on live TV
You can still find that clip on TH-cam
Tommy was a legend ! and was actually a member of the " Magic Circle " !! Despite all his clowning around, he could carry off the magic tricks ! He didn't even have to open his mouth, he was just a naturally funny guy !
Yeah , I'm not sure if everyone caught it but he drank from the glass dropped it in the paper bag and screwed it up lol
There was this child like innocence in Tommy Coopers comedy.
He had a heart attack on stage and collapsed into a chair. Audience thought it was part of the show so Tommy went out to applause and laughter.
He was great just plain good fun
This got me thinking. t first saw Tommy Cooper on TV nearly 70 years ago. Boy am I getting old!
Thanks for a great reaction. They don't make legends like him any more. I remember reading a book of facts many years ago and one of the stories describes how a young aspiring magician went on stage in front of a large audience & all his tricks messed up. He did that thing where you put a bit of cardboard over a glass of milk, turn it upside down and the vaccuum is supposed to hold the cardboard in place. It didn't work & spilt all over him. Other tricks were just as disasterous. He walked off stage thinking his career was over before it began & heard cheering and cries for 'more' from the audience. The story finished with the sentence 'Tommy Coopers career had just begun'. That then kind of became his act. So sad that he died on stage making people laugh, but he went out doing what he loved. I guess not everyone goes out on such a high.
It's hard to believe that he was once an officer in a Guards regiment.
I never knew he had been an officer in the guards, and I remember the night he died on stage 😢bless him.
Making people laugh is the hardest thing to do. But making people cry with laughter is even harder.😂 Pure genius. Remember when he passed away live at the London Palladium live on TV . everyone thought it was one of his gags.
Tommy Cooper was a legend even in Portugal, although the tv at the time only showed very few clips. You are right, Allan. Very few comedians, if any at all, do stuff like this. It's like watching the old Looney Toons cartoons, I just can't stop laughing because they were so silly. And that was the beauty of it.
Still remember when I was watching him on the tv when I was a kid and he passed away on the stage and everyone thought it was in the act...terrible!
I was ironing when he passed away on stage and the audience thought it was part of the act as I'm sure we all did. Sad day that was.
He had impeccable comic timing ,the jokes were silly, but it was all in his delivery.
Tommy Joke.... " I went to Buy some Camouflage Pants today.... I Couldn't Find Any "
Tommy always was hilarious, growing up watching him on TV I never missed when he was on. A definite comedy legend for sure.
Tommy Cooper was the funniest comedian I've ever seen live.
Its the most simple jokes and one liners that made him one of the most beloved English comedians ever. Long live Tommy Cooper ❤❤
The whole thing about Tommy was that all his tricks went wrong, all though they didn't, he usually ended with a great trick that you thought went wrong, but he would turn it around at the last minute. As others have said he was actually a great magician and very accomplished, but he tended to err on the side of comedy more. He was a comedy legend in the UK, and is still sadly missed. (He passed away many years ago). If you can watch his trick with duck who plucks cards, or the one where he keeps pulling bottles out a bag, they are hilarious. Cheers
It's like Les Dawson on the piano. You have to be really accomplished at what you're doing, in order to do it badly with such elegance.
Loved your reaction to this. For British silliness, you should watch Shooting Stars. Best British comedy ever
My favourite Tommy Cooper joke was;
"I went on the whiskey diet last year. I lost fourteen days" 😂🤡😂
Mine was ,piece. Of furniture ,stick of rock ,snap ! Snap ! Snap ,THREE PIECE SUITE(sweet)
@@mariaefelices6543 🤣
I was watching the live TV show when Tommy died. At first, when he fell down mid-routine, everyone thought it was just part of the act, despite him not being a 'slapstick' physical comic. After 30 seconds or so, when he was still lying there, the TV cut to a commercial break.
Nobody was sure of what had happened until much later that night.
RIP Tommy
Tommy cooper the legend. I watch him sadly pass away on stage and we all laughed. He said he wanted to die making people laugh. He did. What a fantastic bloke
He was one of the comic giants in the uk. You'd just look at him and start laughing 😂😂❤
You are correct in what you say about good, clean silliness, that is actually funny.
Tommy cooper the greatest comedian/magician and showman I've ever seen. I just wish he was still around nowadays. He'd was truly brilliant and one of a kind.
i was Tommy Cooper daft growing up, loved him and the now legendary Les Dawson who was a genius at playing piano badly
Alan try & find one of tommy coopers routines that he keeps on making wine bottles appear it's comedy gold & it's amazing how he does it,I bet he could of gone on for ages..
He could just walk on and that's it, the audience in his palm, and me.
Very few people could do that
Proper clean comedy, I miss it too
Even when he just said the word"seriously" BEFORE a joke I was in stitches😂😂😂😂😂😂 x 1,000
Tommy was so good….timeless.
I still remember the night he was on stage and collapsed, then not long after they announced on TV that he had died, so sad but at least he died doing what he loved.
This is the kind of reaction we want to see to our Tommy!
These old performers spent a lifetime perfecting their craft....something you don't see now. Their timing was spot on.
I miss comedians like Tommy Cooper. The whole family can laugh at his jokes, mom, dad, the kids and the grandparents.
I love everything you do EB but I'm especially loving your return to this older comedy. Your recent reaction to Jethro had me absolutely roaring with laughter.
I met Tommy Cooper at the airport when I worked there, I assisted him with his luggage, after with a straight face he handed me a tea bag and siad, "Here, get youeself a drink," Then he gave me £1 and laughed. He used to ne on TV a lot and my dad loved him, he was so corny he was funny, he did lots of magic tricks then shown how they were done by accident.
You've summed it up sir - "good clean fun".
Tommy Cooper was once an after dinner speaker at a Conservative party meeting. The leader of the tory party introduced him to the audience 'Ladies and gentlemen, Mr Tommy cooper!' and he stood up and the audience just pissed themselves. He hadn't spoken a word and the audience were in bits. He was a member of the inner magic circle. He once appeared on an american show doing his messed up magic and the producer said to him 'Mr Cooper, we think you should practice your magic tricks some more...' The humour went straight over the producers head. He just didn't get it. He was a national icon. Bloody genius.
many thanks for the vid TEB, please other ones too 🙏 I reckon anyone can enjoy a half hour with Tommy
Great video 👍 This guy was a great magician and he appealed to your aunty and uncles type of humour 😊
He was a natural funny man. His jokes were silly but good clean, fun. xx
For clean, silly comedy today, it's gotta be Tim Vine. Tommy was a legend.
Brilliant sentiment and words EB about his clean family fun , it’s rare nowadays and he was unique , he died on stage of a heart attack on live tv , very sad day 🙏
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I grew up in the 1960s and 1970s, and the whole family would sit together and watch Tommy and others like him, too many to mention. These comedians of that era always bring back many happy memories and remind me of simpler times.
Brilliant great reaction pal... Love Tommy cooper 👍 👍
Tommy was a genius, my Mum & Dad went to see him live and he did almost the entire in the dark 😂
*show
He was naturally funny, and it is said that people used to already be laughing while queuing up to go in to see him. Just the look of him makes people laugh. Sometimes before he went on stage, he would do one of his coughs and the audience would erupt. He was ill and died on stage the audience laughed because they thought it was a joke. That is probably how he would have wanted to go anyway.
As a youngster I watched Tommy on TV and thought he was barely funny. Then I saw him live and the way he could handle an audience was incredible. I was literally aching with laughter at the end of his performance..
Hi Big Man greetings from England 🇬🇧 Tommy Cooper was a naturally funny man and when Tommy passed away on live TV the audience were laughing thinking it was part of Tommys act!!! You should watch Tommy Cooper being interviewed on The Michael Parkison BBC Chat show as this is Comedy Gold to seem Parkinson trying to interview Tommy!!!
I loved Tommy Cooper had me in stitches 😊
Tommy was loved by the British public and was a massive star!Sadly missed!
watched him as a child. He was known as the comedian's comedian.
You should watch the documentary about his life. Although his act would look haphazard and mostly adlib, Tommy would rehearse each act meticulously until it was as near to perfection as it could be. He was also a member of the Magic Circle and a very accomplished magician! His act was and still is unique! 😆😂
Spoon jar is my favourite Tommy😂
Was heart breaking when he died during a live performance as so many of us thought it was part of his act and were laughing. I was watching with my parents and will never forget the moment of realisation that something was very wrong. Sad day for comedy lost a genius that day
As kids one only had to say Tommy Cooper is on the telly for us to stop playing out and leg it home to watch him.
He was just naturally funny, like Spike Milligan and Eric Morcambe. They didn't have to say anything they were just funny.
We watched him as a family. It was good clean fun for adults and children.
I was born in the 60s and brought up watching as family the very best comedians whom I still enjoy watching today.
Have you watched Russ Abbott?
I remember watching him as a kid, so funny. Nice to watch comedy you don't have to think to much about, just silliness!
Tommy could make you laugh by just walking on the stage.My mum went with her friends to the Batley variety club to see him in the early 70s. She said it was hilarious. Iain Leeds Yorkshire England.🏴🏴🇬🇧
He was a naturally funny man
Tommy was one of the best stage acts of comedy. Great act😂
A workmate went to see him on a club in Liverpool .. said Tommy was backstage and talking to someone and the conversation was accidentally on purpose picked up on his live microphone .. workmate said the audience was in tears before he had even come on stage ... and when he did .. for no reason whatsoever - there was a gate, just a gate, in the middle of the stage and he kept on opening it and walking back and forth through it and closing it too...
Tim Vine is the closest modern equivalent I can think of to Tommy Cooper. He too is very silly and does a lot of rapid-fire jokes and uses props brilliantly. But Tommy Cooper was just pure funny. Everything he did was comedy, he couldn't be unfunny if he tried. Even his onstage death got laughs 'cos the audience thought it was part of his act.
One of my Heroes Tommy Cooper ❤ thanks for this still makes me laugh 😅X
You should check out Tommy's joke about Who knocked down the wall of Jericho , absolute masterpiece !!
Tommy was in the horse guards, and known as trooper cooper!
Good, clean, innocent silliness is uplifting and all the family can enjoy it. Anyone can make people laugh by smutty jokes. A good professional comedian relies on the absurdity of a situation be it verbal or by action, like slapstick.
I remember watching Tommy on Tv with my Dad, he would be roaring his head off laughing on the sofa. I never got it then with only being a youngster. Tommy cooper was hilarious 🤣🤣👍
Tommy Cooper was my childhood comedy legend with the likes of Benny Hill , Frankie Howard, Les Dawson, Frank Carson and Ken Goodwin.
I Absolutely love this guy! so so funny!
For me the funniest man ever.
Your,laugh is just the best...😂😂😂
He was actually a great magician. 🤣
I watched Tommy Cooper for a whole week when I worked in a nightclub in Watford, I laughed at ever joke he was a genius
Saw Tommy Cooper in a nightclub about 40 years ago , very funny. He finished on stage and the compère came out to finish the night. Almost 15 minutes later he finally got his way, Tommy had been just telling jokes the whole time off stage.
The man just had funny bones. He only needed to walk out on stage or enter a room, without saying or doing anything, and the audience would be in total collapse. One of my favourite routines is his monologue with the hats. Has me in stitches 🤣!
You ought to check out some of his magic tricks. He was a great magician. Also he practiced and studied. Right down to asking his children what is funnier, a chicken or a duck.
tommy cooper was a legend!
Tommy the Great🙆♂️👏
A natural talent.
Artist, producers, and directors of his shows, also personal friends. All say the same thing, there was nothing haphazard, about his act. Everything, from the script, and the props on the table were meticulously prepared and set out.Tommy could come onto a stage and not say a word, and still have the audience in hysterics
Hey EB👍loved Tommy when I was a kid and he still cracks me up now,it's good to just watch silliness from time to time,cheers mate✌️
There was another comic British tv magician who was quite popular back in the 70's called Ali Bongo. He was usually on children's tv and did funny magic routines. Not to be confused with the recent president of Gabon who has the same name. There are clips of the former on you tube.
I feel like Tim Vine is a close modern example of this type of comedy, lots of silly prop usage and one-liners. Maybe not as effortlessly funny as Tommy cooper but I saw him live and loved it
He was brilliant and like you say need more of this these days
He always had me laughing, just by walking onto the stage and looking at the audience. Years after he died, someone told me why that is. Dude has no eyebrows! That was part of why he just looked hilarious!!
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the man could stand still for 5 minutes and crack a room up!
He ended WW2 as a Cpl of the Horse, ( look it up Al :P ) in the RHG, todays Blues and Royals in the Household Cavalry :D
Yes i Totally agree with that ,
He died as well when on stage, think he had a heart attack live on stage when he was doing stand up, people thought it was part of it thats why they laughed but yeah he'd passed away doing a live show. He could make me laugh could Tommy, is how actually Barry Chuckle (forgot his actual full name is gutting he's gone now as well, his hero was Tommy lol, grew up watching that show when I was a child lol).
You would like tim vine, very similar to Tommy as in quick one liners, silly prop jokes, clean and family friendly