Wednesday, August 25, 2004

Tommy Cooper 'funniest Briton'........ I think not

1. Tommy Cooper
2. Peter Kay
3. Billy Connolly
4. Morecambe and Wise
5. Bob Monkhouse
6. Ken Dodd
7. Roy 'Chubby' Brown
8. (equal) Norman Wisdom
8. (equal) Les Dawson
10. Lee Evans
11. (equal) David Jason
11. (equal) Dawn French
13. (equal) Jim Davidson
13. (equal) Rowan Atkinson
15. Benny Hill
16. Jasper Carrott
17. Lenny Henry
18. Spike Milligan
19. John Cleese
20. (equal) Eddie Izzard
20. (equal) Freddie Starr

All this list tells us is who the 'older' generation finds funny, as no one under the age of 30 reads the Readers Digest where the survey is taken from.
Feel free to inform me if you think I am worng on this.

Les Dawson ahead of Mr Izzard I think not!

7 Comments:

At 8:59 PM, Blogger joe said...

hi/
i really need a gmail account. would u please send me an invitation please?
joe.
joe_hot66@yahoo.com

 
At 1:36 PM, Blogger James said...

Joe, your wish is my command.

 
At 1:09 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Eddie Izzard cannot hold a candle to to people like Tommy Cooper, Les Dawson, Bob Monkhouse etc.

He's just a tranvestite!!!

I think so!!

 
At 1:29 PM, Blogger James said...

Oh, mr anon,
I wish I could respect your views but as you must be 60 years + I feel that some kind of Senile Dementia must have set in.

 
At 4:37 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Actually I'm 36!! And not a tranny fan!!

 
At 4:40 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Plus look at number 2 - Peter Kay - No way would the over 60's have even heard of him!

 
At 9:40 AM, Blogger James said...

Anon, you make some sound and fair points.

 

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