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Topic History of: Bernard Manning Dies
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steveimp |
Godiver wrote:
He was no match for monkhouse, corbett, barker, cooper etc from the same era which tells you something about how funny he was, there is a reason he did not have the success of the above.
You can time a bad joke as well as you want but it remains a bad joke.
I don't think he ever wanted to be a match for the above. Certainly he was on TV a lot during the 1970s, but he simply wanted to continue doing the comedy he wanted to do, and by the 1980s, that comedy was totally unacceptable on TV. It's what did for Benny Hill too, to be fair. |
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Godiver |
He was no match for monkhouse, corbett, barker, cooper etc from the same era which tells you something about how funny he was, there is a reason he did not have the success of the above.
You can time a bad joke as well as you want but it remains a bad joke. |
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chrissy |
On the contrary Godiver Manning got loads of bookings, in fact he was probably the most hard working stand up in the business. He couldn't get work on television admittedly. And he was very funny. Ask any stand up about Manning's timing and delivery. It was the champagne socialist comedians who ended his television career. Manning refused to conform. Good for him!! |
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JK2006 |
Absolutely brilliant obituary written in advance by Manning in the Mail today. |
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Godiver |
He wasn't censored, he just could not get a booking because he wasn't funny.
He deserves no more respect than any other dead person. |
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