I watched this with my family over 30 years ago and we seriously thought that my Dad was going to die laughing. After each of the punchlines he laughed harder and longer. After the last one my Father was so laughing so hard that we all feared for his life (and I am being serious here). We all sat there in silence, looking straight ahead and waited maybe ten minutes for him to calm down, all thinking the same thing and frightened to look at him in case it made it worse. Eventually he did stop laughing but by this time he was gasping for air and completely purple. Thank you Tommy Cooper for such a nice memory of my Dad.

@daynasmum529

3 ай бұрын

He was easy pleased.

@ronniedoorzon1576

2 ай бұрын

I also get a laughing "attack" sometimes and that can last for minutes and it's exhausting alright because it takes alot of energy.

@drugreaves9281

25 күн бұрын

An episode of the goodies was partially responsible for a death by laughing

@stephentyrrell5951

24 күн бұрын

@@drugreaves9281 I remember hearing about that shortly after it happened. Apparently the guy's wife thanked them for making his last moments so enjoyable!

Tommy Cooper, Morecambe & Wise, The Two Ronnies and Benny Hill provided me with so many laughs as a kid 😀

@synthonaplinth5980

4 жыл бұрын

Dick Emery?

@markwhittaker6866

4 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@leebuco8877

4 жыл бұрын

Im 42 i remember all my family mum dad aunts n uncles all laughing my grandad and grandma , They're all dead now , that made me stop watching comedy . None of them smoked or took drugs nor alcohol , they just sat infront of the telly all week laughing , it was hard to watch , the 70's and 80's tv was a 'hella ov drug' i hate seeing people laughing at people that killed my entire family

@harpothehealer

4 жыл бұрын

I am the same we were all fed these things and they say we didn't have a lot back then.

@clareshaughnessy2745

3 жыл бұрын

Ah, we weren’t allowed to watch benny hill. He was too rude

There'll never be another one as unique as this. RIP and thanks for all the wonderful laughs you gave everyone.

Without doubt, the funniest comedy sketch I have ever seen. If ever I feel a bit down, I play it and it's an immediate tonic. Love the bits - 'I mean, you've got to give me a chance haven't you' and - 'Sneak up on me loudly' - Wonderful comic genius. Thank you for this video.

@James-sh8mu

Жыл бұрын

how u doing?

What I'm trying to say is that this is a master piece of comedy frozen in time from 70,s humor , representing what peoples ideas where of Karate at the time. Great

@PaulDavis-jb1bx

24 күн бұрын

Tommy Cooper was a comic genius, and what do we have today? Ant and Dec, and they think they're funny. Enough said

Everytime I watch this video I'am starving. Tommy, we miss you.

Such a shame he left the stage too early, but I am sure the show carried on upstairs. R.I.P. Tommy, a true legend.

even now, so many years after his death , it is still funny, i grew up in the 70ties watching Tommy Cooper, i had a good laugh now with this one !!

@harpothehealer

4 жыл бұрын

Me also

@-Tidgy

3 жыл бұрын

The ‘seventy-ties’? 😂

@emilywhitfield2780

2 жыл бұрын

I only recently discovered Tommy Cooper and instantly fell in love with his humor and antics!! My favorite TV show in the 70s was The Carol Burnett Show!! I'm American and I love British humor but I do like some 70s comedy from The US!! The stuff that passes for comedy now is total crap!!!

@frankthetank1369

2 жыл бұрын

Benny Hill.

Simply brilliant . The great Tommy Cooper. You know no matter how down you may feel sometimes, even just thinking about Tommy cooper can immediately make you feel better. For me a comic genious

@emilywhitfield2780

2 жыл бұрын

He is more funny than the trash that is on today!!!

Good old Tommy Cooper, he was a legend.

@harpothehealer

4 жыл бұрын

Spot on well said one of the greats

I Sat there Laughing my head off, It was only Later that I found out that Tommy Cooper had suffered an Heart Attack and had practically died on stage doing what he did so well,Fantastic Comic there will never be another one like him. R.I.P.

@jimmylove7760

4 жыл бұрын

Died ...live on stage.....fuckin hilarious end if u think about it. I even remember.

@edgarhelbling6525

4 жыл бұрын

No one has to be like him. The good ones were unique.

@clareshaughnessy2745

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was watching that night. I,and everyone else I think, thought it was part of the act

@richardbool4232

3 жыл бұрын

@@clareshaughnessy2745 that is what I meant I thought it was until I found out later he had died and it was horrible.

@clareshaughnessy2745

3 жыл бұрын

Richard Bool right. Same here

I love Tommy Cooper! He was a funny sweet man who loved to make people laugh! He brought joy to the world and we sure need more of that!!

Properly laughed out loud watching this. No-one compares to Tommy Cooper!

Biggest of them all,Tommy Cooper. JUST LOOK AT HIM AND YOU LAUGH ! 👏

@clareshaughnessy2745

3 жыл бұрын

So true

Tommy Cooper 😆 best I've ever seen. Lighthair man do a perfect job. ALLAN CUTHBERTSON 👍

His best skit ever! Wait a minute. ALL his skits are his best skit ever!

untouchable brilliance

The days when comedians were funny. Really miss those days.

this guy oozed comedy he just walked on stage and everyone fell about laughing before he said anything that is serious comedy .

The funniest man I have ever seen. Absolutely brilliant!

First time ive seen this. Brilliant. What a comedy legend. Just a funny man.

"This hand is a killer (right)" Wham! "What's the matter?" "It's the wrong hand, it is this one!"

@malbig2344

4 жыл бұрын

did you actually find that funny????

@JfK--OBJECTivE

4 жыл бұрын

@@malbig2344 It was extremely funny. If you didn't find it funny might be because you're a miserable b**tard.

@nomadenview

4 жыл бұрын

@@JfK--OBJECTivE 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@theoretickle2084

4 жыл бұрын

@@malbig2344 No, I didn't find it at all funny. When I was 8, maybe, because I laughed at anything, but that was then and it's just not funny, now.

SO funny. RIP Tommy - a genuine legend.

Although Tommy Cooper passed away shortly after I was born, he still one of the best ComicLegends ever

Tommy was the Mohamed Ali of comedy, he was the greatest.

@samooskhka

5 жыл бұрын

Muhammed you dickhead

@jpsholland

5 жыл бұрын

@ samooskhka: it is Muhammad Ali, you stinking piece of shit. Learn something before you call other people names absolute low life moron.

@davidnewbold1848

4 жыл бұрын

and tommy boxed when he was in the army

@christophebonhoefferofbelg9846

4 жыл бұрын

samooskhka ...Prick.

@itsnotrightyouknow

Жыл бұрын

And a member of the white circle of magicians, although he messed about, he was a top magician

Tommy was the definition of "Funny Bones".

LOVE the part when the wooden stick falls off before he hits it, sooo good xD May you rest in peace Tommy :)

@johnkennethwiseman682

2 жыл бұрын

True. A lot of his Gags consisted of things not working properly. Love him

Ah, the "interviewer" appears to be none other than the late Allan Cuthbertson. You may remember him playing Colonel Hall in the episode "Gourmet Night" on BBC's "Fawlty Towers".

@thestigsdutchcousin

4 жыл бұрын

You're right! He did more scenes/sketches with Tommy Cooper as well.

@farerse

4 жыл бұрын

YOU only serve DUCK?

@JongleurJ10

3 жыл бұрын

That's instantly what I thought. If you don't like duck, you're rather stuck! Too small and dry!

@tinajones5641

3 жыл бұрын

Colonel and Mrs Hall. I almost know FT by heart. One of my all time fave series!

Real comedy 😂🙌🏿

The geniality was in the simplicity of his commicity coupled to his persona !

@rickscott1926

5 жыл бұрын

Dude, what the fuck is commicity

HAVING VIEWED TOMMY MANY TIME, HE WAS ONE OF THE GREATES

@eayuwna

7 жыл бұрын

nintendo switch

@johnastrup1549

4 жыл бұрын

Not only ,He is the best ! Just look at him and you laugh !

a genius

Love Tommy he's quality

Died too soon! Still worlds number one he still makes me laugh!!

LEGEND. I watched this legend as a kid in the 80s, still making me laugh today. I will never forget the day he died on live TV, we watched it live and everyone was laughing thinking it was part of the act. I'm sure thats how he would have wanted to go.

@kevinmunday5782

6 жыл бұрын

SammyG Entertainment we thought the same. Never forget that night

@johnlittle5487

6 жыл бұрын

SammyG Entertainment

@farnabyurquhart6970

5 жыл бұрын

Same with our family, we were all laughing and I remember straight after the show News at 10 announced his death in the headlines. Complete shock. But what a fitting end to go for such a great comedian; making everyone laugh to the very end.

@markwhittaker6866

4 жыл бұрын

Me as well.

@stevenwade7466

2 жыл бұрын

Basically he got more laughs dead than the CRAP does today & their alive.

The antidote to all ills. A bit of Tommy Cooper.

@harpothehealer

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely very well said

@LameWolff

3 жыл бұрын

This gentleman was so funny.

@seanmacleod1724

2 жыл бұрын

True my friend 😊

Simply Brilliant 👏

Sheer Brilliance, It’s my understanding that Tommy Cooper rarely took time off from stunts and jokes, and proof of this follows :- My uncle was working at Manchester Airport in the 70s and he heard Tommy was coming in on a flight and really wanted his autograph. When Tommy was coming through the building my uncles workmate told Tommy my uncle really wanted his autograph and he agreed to go and see him e we here he was working high up on a ladder. Tommy stood at the bottom and shouted “Are you looking for me?” My uncle was amazed and replied “Wow, yes I’m coming down” when he got down to the floor Tommy had gone!! … He had hid round a corner 😂 My Uncle George got his Autograph book signed and was so happy.

Me & my late mate Mick used to laugh at this among other sketches RIP Tommy & my mate xxxx

he was the best. what more can one say.

Alan Cuthbertson. He appeared in countless films and British tv.

Today, 'comedy' all too relies on cruel bullying; we have the vile Frankie Boyle who mocks disabled children as an example. Back then, humour was based on wit, not cruelty. With the exception of some good documentaries, British TV today is a depressing circus of trash. We need more comedians like Tommy Cooper.

@screachog-reilige

7 жыл бұрын

Nathan Hazlett agreed

@stevemarshallveryfunny6907

6 жыл бұрын

Nathan Hazlett I was just saying that

@kevinmunday5782

6 жыл бұрын

Magic era of comedy never see the like again 😣

@malbig2344

6 жыл бұрын

70's 80' humor not not cruel... It was bigoted, homophobic, sexist and shite. The only people who thought it was harmless were working class racist.

@lesglover9353

4 жыл бұрын

@Malbig. Twat.

Really really funny and not a swear word to be heard take note modern comedians

@markwhittaker6866

4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree with you.

Gives me a big smile

The best actor ever ...

Absolutely class

haha. what a funny man tommy was , would be great if this was shown nowadays on tv .

he was just the best.

The guys too much! He is brilliant!

Ik kom niet meer bij, zo vreselijk goed!

Tommys absolut bästa sketch....underbar!!

I love how no effort was made to hide the saw marks on the wood!

@billybeetroot8595

4 жыл бұрын

You think its real wood? 😂

@deanmoncaster

4 жыл бұрын

@@billybeetroot8595 yeah solid lumps of oak!

He was one of the greats!!

Excellent .. Thanks

Mr. Cooper looks exactly like Anton Geesink, Dutch world champion judo in the 1960's

@macca63

4 жыл бұрын

Gab Chaim true!

That's what I've been doing wrong!! I have not been wearing a vest😂

those studio lights makde people sweat hard.

Timeless classic!

Absolutely delightful!

Top class! Thanks for posting!

"They murdered him" :D lol, typically Tommy xD xD

It's Mr Twitching from Fawlty Towers!

@MrOpelleke

7 жыл бұрын

The colonel with the nerv tic.

@rainbowsalads

7 жыл бұрын

What?

@-Tidgy

7 жыл бұрын

It is he was moderately famous back then

@celiawilson6306

6 жыл бұрын

The Vicious Chicken of Bristol b

@leoftmjourney127

6 жыл бұрын

The Vicious Chicken of Bristol I know faulty towers but what's that??

pure brilliance !

Love him!

I'm a real Black Belt and I do find this very funny :-D !

VERY AMAZING ! GREAT Thank for the sharing

absolutely still the best in the world

This bit is hilarious! And the straight man is good too...1:03 "No! Not yet..." Allan Cuthbertson, as other people have pointed out, also seen in Fawlty Towers and numerous other British greats like Ice Cold in Alex and Terry and June.

Pure Geneious

British humor. what you see is what you get

I'm just an inch from lauging myself to death.

@markwhittaker6866

4 жыл бұрын

I know the feeling. Tommy Cooper will always be hilarious.

lol tht bit never gets old!!!

04:11 - "I am beginning to enjoy this." I. can't...

fantastic

Frankie Boyle is visceral but essential comedy

He was trully great!!

HAAAAHAAAAHAAAAAAA so good..! I DO love that lounge chair n the background tho!!

The genius in action tommy the master

The only performer I've seen die on live TV.

@johnking9903

4 жыл бұрын

And he's still dead funny after all the years he's been dead.

he was classy.

"i want you to sneak up on me quietly" Brilliant.

Tommy Cooper was by far the funniest comedian I ever saw .

A total legend :)

A legend

perfect timing..

Genius! A unique talent - always made me laugh.

The very best of all comedians. I am so sorry that he died so early!!!!!!!!

Taken away form us too early. Still worlds number one and still makes me laugh!! RIP Tommy

realy timeless like Stan and Olli or Charly Chaplin

Those studio lights must be hot they are both sweating beads!

i just adore this man! :D

Wonderful ….unique TC was

great like all others

There's only one Tommy Cooper! Only one Tommy Cooper! He's walking along singing a song Walking in Fezzy wonderland!

pure comedy

Legend!!!! XD

That's Colonel Hall from Fawlty Towers

I saw him while on the way home from school.

legend

This hand is a killer....*poff* its the wrong hand.