This week we lost another old-time entertainer. Sir Ken Dodd started his career in the 1950s and never seemed to stop. He had various TV shows and I used to watch some as a kid. His Diddy Men puppets were part of that and their supposed home of Knotty Ash became famous. It's where Ken lived in Liverpool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuMR4opxmQc
Ken also had a successful career as a singer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTpocBclDfE
In the 1980s he made the news when he was accused of tax evasion. He was aquitted, but it was revealed that he had a fortune in cash in his attic. He was knighted last year for his entertainment and charity work. He married his long-term partner two days before he died.
In this set he references his legendary live shows that could go on for four hours of non-stop jokes. I never got to see him live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXbM9qmJ6VM
Well played Ken.
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