Crazy statistics and his memory, wow. From Wikipedia:
"Dodd was renowned for the length of his performances, and during the 1960s he earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records for the world's longest ever joke-telling session: 1,500 jokes in three and a half hours (7.14 jokes per minute), undertaken at a Liverpool theatre, where audiences entered the show in shifts."
Ken Dodd would regularly perform 5-6 hour shows even into his 80's. He often performed afternoon & evening shows on the same day and would often be told that the evening crowd was outside waiting to come in to which he would reply "Let them wait!!"
^^^ Nearly every single one of them! And a few of the men, too! :D
It's just so weird, that's how we used to meet and greet. Distant family and old friends would nearly be offended if they weren't met this way, back then. But it's a seemingly bygone era.
Hugs and kisses all around!
A humorous quote from the article, which I am sure he would have approved of, and agreed with:
"[...]His book A Brief History of Time became an unlikely best-seller although it is unclear how many people actually managed to get to the end of it.[...] It sold more than 10 million copies, although its author was aware that it was dubbed "the most popular book never read".[...]"
I suppose we all knew this day was coming, but it's been a bit of a shocker to start the day with.
I will be writing my thoughts extensively today; possibly as a dubious tribute I should attempt to translate those thoughts into a series of s$ variables and send them through a Currah Microspeech. That it would take me a long time to do so is a mere cursory inconvenience compared to what the Prof had to go through just to get a few words out of his 30-odd-year-old speech computer, although it was more advanced than the twangs and boings that the Microspeech made, so we could actually understand what he "said".
And he lived long enough in his terminally shattered body to witness his final contribution to the popular world outside hard science - his role as The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Mark II. Things like that and the kids' books and the appearances on The Simpsons were all in parallel to being the most brilliant scientist since Einstein.
"Genius" is not a word that should ever be used lightly.
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They have all the money and the tickets to Mars are not cheap you know !
Ken Dodd had a great time, entertained us all. Thanks for all those memories.
Happiness!
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The House Of Hubert.
Rolls so much better off that meatflapping thingie inside your oral cavity.
"Dodd was renowned for the length of his performances, and during the 1960s he earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records for the world's longest ever joke-telling session: 1,500 jokes in three and a half hours (7.14 jokes per minute), undertaken at a Liverpool theatre, where audiences entered the show in shifts."
Isn't it funny how in today's world, he basically committed a lot of sexual harassment right at the start walking down the between the seats.
It's just so weird, that's how we used to meet and greet. Distant family and old friends would nearly be offended if they weren't met this way, back then. But it's a seemingly bygone era.
Hugs and kisses all around!
I've been waiting years for that one...
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I'm not surprised. :)
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43384017
The Liverpool pundits are feckin shite. In fact, most of the pundits are...
Arse! Who's gonna kick the brand new flava in our ears now? :(
RIP Craig Mack!
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-15555565
A humorous quote from the article, which I am sure he would have approved of, and agreed with:
"[...]His book A Brief History of Time became an unlikely best-seller although it is unclear how many people actually managed to get to the end of it.[...] It sold more than 10 million copies, although its author was aware that it was dubbed "the most popular book never read".[...]"
I will be writing my thoughts extensively today; possibly as a dubious tribute I should attempt to translate those thoughts into a series of s$ variables and send them through a Currah Microspeech. That it would take me a long time to do so is a mere cursory inconvenience compared to what the Prof had to go through just to get a few words out of his 30-odd-year-old speech computer, although it was more advanced than the twangs and boings that the Microspeech made, so we could actually understand what he "said".
And he lived long enough in his terminally shattered body to witness his final contribution to the popular world outside hard science - his role as The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Mark II. Things like that and the kids' books and the appearances on The Simpsons were all in parallel to being the most brilliant scientist since Einstein.
"Genius" is not a word that should ever be used lightly.
great film