Beloved Tommy Cooper...born to make a bad day better. In England my childhood this fella made medicine....laughter xx

Saw him live in Southend. Came on an Hour and 40 minutes late. I had to hold my face muscles because they hurt from laughter. He did nothing but my face hurt so much from face cramp. Amazing man to see.

Thank you, Mr. Cooper! You were a giant in every respect!

A complete an utter comic genius who still makes me fall about laughing to this day.

Good televisual summary, well-constructed, no flimmary or flammary. Flimmary. THANK You.

He was a genius and a legend, thankyou Tommy for all the laughs and no doubt in heaven and bringing the place down

I wish I had been born back in the days of Tommy Cooper, Morecambe and Wise, Les Dawson etc, he was a genius, comedian and magician, I've got dvds of him which I watch and just laugh and laugh you don't get comedy like his anymore, he was a one off Rest In Peace Tommy 🙏❤️🌹

My late father in law met him after a recording at LWT - afterwards he always had a drink so he was at their bar, naturally surrounded by the TV staff, doing tricks. Bumbling as he made himself appear on the stage, Tommy Cooper was actually a very, very good magician who had no problem doing magic tricks while multiple people tried to work out how he managed them. He was a true performer.

RIP Tommy cooper and Michael Parkinson both giants in entertainment and never forgotten

@KatMusic2009

Ай бұрын

Also R.I.P. Tom O'Connor, Barry Cryer, & Victor Spinetti.

Tommy Cooper makes me smile, he makes me laugh and he makes me get better. I guess, he makes my soul smile!

What a sweet, wonderful and beautiful man! He's in Heaven making Dove, Tommy Jr and his parents laugh!!!

Such a wonderful man. He was able to make the impossible combination of laughter and sadness work. Still miss him.

@emilywhitfield2780

2 жыл бұрын

He strikes me as having a sadness about him especially in the eyes! I think he felt people were laughing at him and Not with him! To me he was a sweet funny beautiful man!!!

U-tube is the greatest medium ever created, It contains so many memories, and so much history

@supergrahamg

4 жыл бұрын

I totally agree, a treasure trove of stimulating documentaries on every conceivable subject...

@MrAsBBB

3 жыл бұрын

You Tube will be one of the very few good things to come out of social media as it does curate history and memories!

@LindaBrown-ut6dj

3 жыл бұрын

@@supergrahamg qa

we lost such an awesome and funny man...he was the best, there will never be anyone that can do better than Tommy Cooper. I will never forget the day he died I knew as soon as he fell he was gone...so sad but he went out with everyone laughing, the best way to go....RIP Tommy you were the best, you made my childhood to my 20's very funny

There will never be anyone like him in another fifty years one of a kind genius.

He was SO funny. Blessed with the most perfect comic timing. Only had to walk on the stage and look to one side. That was enough. 😂

Tommy gave me much entertainment. Lots of chortles and laughter. Was that coincidental, no that's what Tommy was after. Tommy put a smile in my heart, a great big grin all over my face. We all know he was a treasure, a gem for the whole human race.

This man was so naturally funny he didn't even have to say anything funny. Haha. Legend.

THE GOAT...GREETINGS LOVE AND MUCH RESPECT FROM DUBLIN IRELAND...

@mpdalyful1

4 жыл бұрын

I agree Tommy cooper was the funniest person I ever saw on TV. 2nd was Les Dawson

Tommy, along with Franky Howard, two of the most unique comedy performers ever known.

The only comedian that could make you laugh just by walking on the stage and doing nothing. I watch his shows over and over again and still laugh till I cry.

@malahammer

4 жыл бұрын

And Eric Morecambe....the only two

He was the only comic who made my grandfather laugh.....I'm a different generation and he makes me laugh out loud.

Easily my favourite comedian of all time. If I watch him, I laugh. Simple as that. Wish I'd been able to see him live

Find tommy just a few days ago (strange, I'm 43 today). what I know is that he is the best comedians I've ever seen. I watch all the clips I can find, check not only the day's entertainment without search back in time, you never know what you may be missing out of. thanks Tommy

I loved him when I was a kid. He really was unique and I think his complicated troubled character was actually what made him so special. God bless him😉😉😁

I remember in the early eighties drinking in the Star Inn in Eastbourne, and Tommy and his wife would come in and sit quietly at a table. Tommy would drink Holsten Pils, and occasionally people would briefly greet him and he would respond, but generally people would just leave him alone to enjoy a quiet drink. He came across as a humble, gentleman...

Now that’s a great pub quiz question to honour a great man …….”which British performer appeared on the Ed Sullivan show twice before the Beatles did?

RIP THANK U 4 MAKING MY LIFE & THE WORLD A "BETTER PLACE". RESPECTS.

@markharrison2544

5 жыл бұрын

What about beating his wife?

@deepee1988

4 жыл бұрын

Me too❤✌👌👌👌❤👌❤👌❤

@peterholland3746

3 жыл бұрын

@@markharrison2544 she gave as good as she got. A tough woman

I remember as a kid crying till I pee'd myself at the new ham old ham sketch, great man

He cheers me up every time i see him

What a great man. Yes I still remember Tommy. He always made me laugh. Even when I saw him slip down the curtain I thought it was part of the act. 19 April 1984, so very sad. See clips of him on u tube and he is still as funny now as he was then. There is a man called Paul who goes around cemeteries called Unusual Things. He visited Tommy’s gravesite, just a small grave stone, neglected. So sad I would have taken him some flowers, Paul always taps the graves and always says Thankyou mate, you made us laugh. Goodbye Tommy RIP dear soul you will never be forgotton so if you happen to know where Tommy is buried, please take some flowers and say thanks for the memories. ❤

'Deep Blue Day' (background music) at the start - a really unusual choice! Great video of a truly great talent, all the same.

The number one giant of comedy in his era. Never surpassed, or even equalled.

@louisreniers9887

5 жыл бұрын

Stewart Nicol as BILLY CONNOLLY your right about that never a better comedian

An amazing man and a great loss to all who knew him and watched him perform.

The best line in this video: "It was a shared joke with the audience; it was like a conspiracy." I never realized that... but it is true. You KNEW it was corny, you were WAITING for it to be corny, You went hoping to hear it be corny... I was indeed a conspiracy between Tommy and the audience. But then he would zing you with a real trick and THEN you knew inside that he was brilliant, and you were a part of it.

A man came up to me and said "Have you seen a Policeman about?" I said "No" And he said "Okay stick' em up"

loved him on tv ...i lived in bournemouth in the mid to late 60s and mother was a barmaid at the royal and she would come home and tell us who she had sered that day. michael bentine tommy cooper so many names . he still makes everyone laugh today . long live the king of comedy

@kushcloud420

3 жыл бұрын

Your mum is so lucky my nan told me he's my great great uncle or something like that he's related to my nans mum I wish I got to meet him I was also born in the same town same hospital the miners

@raybokor2

3 жыл бұрын

@@kushcloud420 these comedians and entertainers were trailblazers Tommy and many others are still legends because their comedy is timeless .people of all ages still quote them . hold that i your heart when you think about him as a relative that you never met .

@kushcloud420

3 жыл бұрын

@@raybokor2 I'd love to learn more about him like how I happen to be related to him and all sorts Ive always loved his jokes and failed magic attempts he's such a big romodel where I grew up there a big statu in the town and all sorts when my nan mentioned I was related to him my curiosity peeked

Just like that R.I.P Tommy Cooper hilarious 👏

"The man literally died to the sound of laughter".... and I would bet my bottom dollar that was exactly the way he wanted to go.

@Sheffield_Steve

4 жыл бұрын

I remember being a young lad, watching that moment at Her Majesty's when it happened. I, just like the audience at Her Majesty's, thought it was part of the act, I soon realized it wasn't. Such a sad night.

@nickpayne4711

4 жыл бұрын

Watched it as well with my dad. Both thought it was part of the act. Very sad

@janinefarnell8570

4 жыл бұрын

10 years old and the memory has never left me.

@emilywhitfield2780

2 жыл бұрын

It was sad the way he died but died doing what he loved!!

As I watch this video, I notice that 143,423 others also watched it before me and yet there is but 84 comments. Strange. Has there ever been a comedian that could gain such laugher from just standing there. In my youth.... everybody told jokes, it's who we were. Tommy's jokes were corny but never failed to make us laugh no matter how many times you had heard it. Why, because the joke made you picture Tommy and that was enough. Nothing has changed for those of us that grew up with that lovely man.

Great tribute. It means I have to watch him doing the hat routine now as it always makes me laugh out loud.

A total classic.

In those days comedians were actually funny. Imagine that!

My dad and his family were Welsh . Respect for Wales and the Welsh.

Loved tommy he was BRILLIANT thank you

Funny bones …… some people just have it. Tommy Cooper, Peter Kaye, Ken Dodd. Just funny.

alcohol kills all .. thats why its legal ..thank you tommy for being great !!

woo what a man, so bloody funny but without using the f& cwords .a great showman & entertainer- people like this don't come around that often so we need to remember his brilliance and have a few hundred drinks to keep up with the legend

I was watching the fateful TV show. After he collapsed, which the audience thought was all part of the act, there was a fade to commercials, after which the show continued. It was only when the news came on after the show, that it was announced that he had died. I could not believe it.

Simply the best! The one and only.

I was 11years old when he died and seen it live on TV when it happened..

I was a cab driver.. in DUNSTABLE.. in 1981.. was sent to the NORMAN KING.. to take him to the PINK ELEPHANT..CEASARS.. SKIMPOT LANE.. and when we were set to go.. the car battery..died.. while waiting for a back up cap.. I'M PANICKING.. he leaned over.. and jaded me a £20 note.. and said.. no worries..son..R.I.P..

@emilywhitfield2780

3 жыл бұрын

How sweet

Absolute legend, greets from The Netherlands. Also, congrats with Brexit! I hope we will follow you soon.

@roberttaylor2507

4 жыл бұрын

YES the " Guilder " will re-emerge once again ...and hopefully prosperity all around....But only time will tell, if we have done the right move.

was 16, when I seen him die 1984,!! on tv,!!

It was a strange scenario when he died. I was in a bar in Holland and they put a TV on a stool just to watch him. It seemed strange to me that the Dutch loved him so much. But they did.

@abezierkje6938

10 ай бұрын

Yes we did and I still do. I had all of him on video 😀The Dutch love all the British humor. And the comicseries.

Comedy Genius!

Tommy was a one and only.

GENIUS, THE BEST EVER !!

Great tribute lovely man flord but who isn't

My father looked like him and adored him ! A magical man

@deb8498

2 жыл бұрын

They say everyone has a double.. I was just thinking.. Could there possibly another man that looked like Tommy.. And I then saw your comment..🙂 We all love Tommy Its so easy to Love Tommy He makes you laugh Raises your spirits Just like that...🙂💚🌿🕊 Gob Bless Tommy...

One of a kind.

His brother had a magic and joke shop in Slough. Went there many times.

@errolkim1334

5 жыл бұрын

There's fuck all in Slough now mate I can assure you of that much. Nice old Railway Station, and a whole pile of scumbags.

legend...

The man was unique

REMEMBER THE NIGHT HE DIED it was part of my (our) life watching live, with my dad, it was my "what was you doing when JFK was assasinated" type thing, I was still wearing a towel after having a bath..like it was yesterday I was 20..im now almost 55 and my dad has gone too. Great memories.

Great upload thanks

The big man had a big funny funny bone. Just naturally funny. His timing wasn't impeccable, it was just right.

Sadly he was a drunk and never tried to fight it off, he was not a happy man even though he made a living of making us laugh. Sad man, sad story, sad life, RIP Tommy!

@gabrielsalvador334

4 жыл бұрын

Really!!. La Bella

Roam the stars Tommy, u was great sir!

Just the funniest man ever!

A wonderful and unique English comic. I’m surprised watching this he was successful in America I thought laughing at our failings was very English humour.

@99beatmonster

5 жыл бұрын

an English comic from...Wales, ha ha !!

@mrjules2008

5 жыл бұрын

O yeah my bad I should’ve said british 🤦‍♂️

@99beatmonster

5 жыл бұрын

@@mrjules2008 it's all good...just like that !!

thumbed up by 4 min 23 sec. such a talented man.brilliant.

Good clean entertainment, not like a lot of the foul mouth comics of today.

@peterholland3746

3 жыл бұрын

Your so right

@bernardbrady1926

3 жыл бұрын

They, will never be another genius like Tommy Cooper RIP my friend

Funny funny funny i am still laughing

He was - like a poet

He was a proper clown. He had big feet an all😂 best comedian in human history. And an.alcoholic like I am.

This was awesome to watch the beginning of stand up

Brilliant, thank you

I stand corrected...and check out Tony Hancock,the Blood Donor.

I can't help it but he's the best ever lived because he was in real life the same as in his shows and yeah i like to laugh and be funny :)

The music at 2:44 is not Brian Eno, it is Sigur Ros

I've searched high and low to see some footage of the mighty Tommy Cooper's bank manager, I can now rest easy. (Said no one ever!)

brilliant man 👨

the best on tv in all times

...and there he was....just like that, no more no less.

@jjff7507

4 жыл бұрын

Lovely man

A true one off.

I've been into magic for over 50 years and I've never heard of Tommy Cooper. What a great person to discover, all that comedy and magic to hear and watch. I've got to put myself in the right state of mind to fully appreciate this. I do have a trick Fez like his that I assume doubles as a magician's egg bag.

Brilliant

Nice doc, I loved him growing up. Anyone know the incidental music starting around 4:00 and at 14:34? There's nothing in the show credits.

@sunnysammut1332

4 жыл бұрын

Try to 'Shazam' it

I could listen to Rhod Gilbert read the phone book.

Clever Comic sad really a very mixed up personal life and an alcholic

He lived and then He died, Just like That 😃

@sunnysammut1332

4 жыл бұрын

Not like that, like that

"Just like that!"

he is the best I think so

Funniest comedian ever

definitely looked like his mum and dad

Date of this interview?

@23in1

3 жыл бұрын

The date of production of the movie seems to be 2007 (information confirmed by the last screen of the end credits).

Another genius!....what does that make Bach & Beethoven?

@HammerDownUnder

5 жыл бұрын

decomposing composers?

@peterkawe6451

5 жыл бұрын

Musicians!

@peterkawe6451

5 жыл бұрын

Musicians

Tommy' era El 4 chiflado. genius 🤡😉😀😄😂😜😮😐🤑😳😱🤡

did you say 13 feet ??!!