Michael Parkinson: The Tommy Cooper Interview 1/2

[Music] evening tonight we celebrate two men who made a living out of making us laugh it's a tough job but a few more difficult ways of earning a crust by comparison a lion-tamer as it cushy the two committees we remember tonight were great individualist more clowns than tell us of jokes they were Tommy Cooper and Frankie Howard [Music] [Applause] [Music] and fools you fool [Applause] [Applause] I was once in charge of the guest list for a dinner which Tommy Cooper was booked to speak that find out to Trevor Howard called me and begged for a ticket it's his timing he said every actor should sit and watch him perform and learn how to control an audience he is said Trevor a genius well he didn't look like one did he with that wonderfully gormless face and the fez he didn't like being interviewed I think this is probably only one he did on television he was nervous needed heavy persuasion and the presence of his beloved props now what you're about to see is me playing straight man to a great comic it might not be a model interview but it was great fun where I was sitting [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] go add a bucket a saucepan is it all wrong as I said in the introduction you the most impersonated man in Britain now must ask you when was the first time he went and not like that I never did it never did never say that at all I never well well the other thing that they do when they take you off they go by that no no what's it like they'll beam them no they don't do that they don't know what they do to go no they don't do that what do they do a lot of that haha I just was war ha now well we're in fact the feds come from well the phase yes the spell Foley of the phase came when I was in Egypt I was in the Army there you see and I'm so oh I was thinking so now I gotta let away a bit I'm sorry otherwise nothing to do the show read about it what's not it look well I packed a horse today is it that's 181 and it came in 20 verse 4 [Laughter] it's nothing to do with it really about what I will talk about it's just a person think you don't I mean but I mean he's like when people give you a tip they always want my side about it they could be a chip well I like that they don't want to hear it themselves you see as a day for the race I don't really careful no no but today this man gave me a tip and I lost 200 pounds Jonah Pasha but I messed nothing to do I shouldn't say anything about it because it's just nothing Sethi know that I'm sorry for that [Music] [Laughter] I know I must about the Fez let me start first start the fan out [Laughter] [Applause] oh good [Laughter] there's my voice and a big boss yes he just did because the day I'll have a lot of cause to this British day and then done I lost my boys a bit as I I wasn't saw a doctor and he said that so he said opening I won't like that and he looked down he's a little raw no way [Laughter] it was loud oh no when I got the fish our work I got it when I was in easy I was in I was in the Army there you see and we did a show at the YMCA eyes where pith helmet mattias however I see where this and then one day I forgot to bring with me so I these wastage to walk back with a pheasant along white jelly beer so I took we're off her head and her war ever since why are you wearing one today why what there's a long story Chester I'll tell you all about

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Views: 1,013,282

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Keywords: Michael, Parkinson, Tommy, Cooper

Id: PXQnAAEYw3M

Length: 6min 59sec (419 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 27 2009