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In the early 70s I was managing a bar in Hull that was part of a major city-centre hotel. The hotel used to host all the acts booked to play at Bailey's. One week the cast of The Comedians were staying and I've never had a more laughter-filled week than that.
Colin Crompton, Ken Goodwin, George Roper, Steve Faye, Duggie Brown and Frank Carson kept me in stitches all week. Especially Frank Carson. He was like an uncle to Duggie Brown, who used to follow him round like a puppy and he never stopped cracking jokes from the moment he booked in until the time he checked out. Never heard the same joke or phrase (apart from "It's the way I tell 'em"), more than once. They'd come back to the hotel after their act and then spend the next three hours or so playing poker and unwinding. They were incredibly lousy poker players, I probably made about 4 x times my weekly wage from them that week.
RIP Frank, a truly unique one-off and always a thorough gentleman.
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Sadly, comedians of his type are dying off now, which is a shame.
Frank Carson and the comedians Cod'ead mentions made a living off basically doing the same act (albeit in a different order, with a smattering of topicality at the beginning of each gig) for 50 years - and there's nothing wrong with that. They all had one vital element though - they were FUNNY.
One of my favourite Frank Carson jokes, which appeals to my warped sense of humour...
"What's green, got six legs and if it fell out of a tree, would kill you? A snooker table!"
"I've not come 'alfway round t'world fot watch us lose. And I've come halfway round t'world, an' av watched um lose"
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ROBINSON wrote:Sadly, comedians of his type are dying off now, which is a shame.
Frank Carson and the comedians Cod'ead mentions made a living off basically doing the same act (albeit in a different order, with a smattering of topicality at the beginning of each gig) for 50 years - and there's nothing wrong with that.
One of my favourite Frank Carson jokes, which appeals to my warped sense of humour...
"What's green, got six legs and if it fell out of a tree, would kill you? A snooker table!"
cod'ead wrote:In the early 70s I was managing a bar in Hull that was part of a major city-centre hotel. The hotel used to host all the acts booked to play at Bailey's. One week the cast of The Comedians were staying and I've never had a more laughter-filled week than that.
Colin Crompton, Ken Goodwin, George Roper, Steve Faye, Duggie Brown and Frank Carson kept me in stitches all week. Especially Frank Carson. He was like an uncle to Duggie Brown, who used to follow him round like a puppy and he never stopped cracking jokes from the moment he booked in until the time he checked out. Never heard the same joke or phrase (apart from "It's the way I tell 'em"), more than once. They'd come back to the hotel after their act and then spend the next three hours or so playing poker and unwinding. They were incredibly lousy poker players, I probably made about 4 x times my weekly wage from them that week.
RIP Frank, a truly unique one-off and always a thorough gentleman.
cod'ead wrote:In the early 70s I was managing a bar in Hull that was part of a major city-centre hotel. The hotel used to host all the acts booked to play at Bailey's. One week the cast of The Comedians were staying and I've never had a more laughter-filled week than that.
Colin Crompton, Ken Goodwin, George Roper, Steve Faye, Duggie Brown and Frank Carson kept me in stitches all week. Especially Frank Carson. He was like an uncle to Duggie Brown, who used to follow him round like a puppy and he never stopped cracking jokes from the moment he booked in until the time he checked out. Never heard the same joke or phrase (apart from "It's the way I tell 'em"), more than once. They'd come back to the hotel after their act and then spend the next three hours or so playing poker and unwinding. They were incredibly lousy poker players, I probably made about 4 x times my weekly wage from them that week.
RIP Frank, a truly unique one-off and always a thorough gentleman.
Joined: May 25 2002 Posts: 37704 Location: Zummerzet, where the zoider apples grow
Just discovered this photo of me, some friends and Frank Carson from the Bailey's days
The older I get, the better I was
Advice is what we seek when we already know the answer - but wish we didn't
I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full-frontal lobotomy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ kirkstaller wrote: "All DNA shows is that we have a common creator."
cod'ead wrote: "I have just snotted weissbier all over my keyboard & screen"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin." - Aneurin Bevan
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cod'ead wrote:Just discovered this photo of me, some friends and Frank Carson from the Bailey's days
Are you going to tell us which one is you? I suppose I have a 50/50 chance of getting it right Wow, whichever one is you, you had a full head of hair
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Joined: May 25 2002 Posts: 37704 Location: Zummerzet, where the zoider apples grow
I'm the one on the right with the recently busted nose
The older I get, the better I was
Advice is what we seek when we already know the answer - but wish we didn't
I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full-frontal lobotomy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ kirkstaller wrote: "All DNA shows is that we have a common creator."
cod'ead wrote: "I have just snotted weissbier all over my keyboard & screen"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin." - Aneurin Bevan
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Wow, whichever one is you, you had a full head of hair 
