Barry Cryer…….gone
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Happyhooker
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I've gone down a rabbit hole of old clips of his since I heard. Proper comedy legend.
Amongst the tributes I found out that he was the waiter in the 4 yorkshireman sketch.
Amongst the tributes I found out that he was the waiter in the 4 yorkshireman sketch.
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tabascoboy
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He'll have had his tea....
RIP
RIP
From the obit on The BBC site
Cryer, the master of the comedy sketch and the instant one-liner, was once asked by the Yorkshire Post for his favourite joke. He recalled one he had told in a student revue in 1955.
"A man drives down a country lane and runs over a cockerel. He knocks at a nearby farmhouse door and a woman answers.
"'I appear to have killed your cockerel,' he says. 'I'd like to replace it.' The woman replies: 'Please yourself - the hens are round the back.'"
Cryer, the master of the comedy sketch and the instant one-liner, was once asked by the Yorkshire Post for his favourite joke. He recalled one he had told in a student revue in 1955.
"A man drives down a country lane and runs over a cockerel. He knocks at a nearby farmhouse door and a woman answers.
"'I appear to have killed your cockerel,' he says. 'I'd like to replace it.' The woman replies: 'Please yourself - the hens are round the back.'"
Very sad news. I saw him in a live performance in my local town back in 2017, he was very sharp, did quite a lot of musical numbers which surprised me. One of the few comedians who straddled multiple eras, he wasn't politically correct or politically incorrect, he was just funny.
RIP
Hamish & Dougal play list
https://youtu.be/sEAlXejqWYg
RIP
Hamish & Dougal play list
https://youtu.be/sEAlXejqWYg