Barry Cryer RIP
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He seems to have been around forever, and probably has. He was the kind of guy that would appear on TV programmes without the younger view necessarily knowing who he was. He was just always there.
As a 49 year old, I have reached the stage where nearly everyone who was on TV when I was a kid is now dead.
As a 49 year old, I have reached the stage where nearly everyone who was on TV when I was a kid is now dead.
Edited by LeadFarmer on Thursday 27th January 13:26
Cryer, the master of the comedy sketch and the instant one-liner, was once asked by the Yorkshire Post for his favourite joke. He recalled one he had told in a student revue in 1955.
"A man drives down a country lane and runs over a cockerel. He knocks at a nearby farmhouse door and a woman answers.
"'I appear to have killed your cockerel,' he says. 'I'd like to replace it.' The woman replies: 'Please yourself - the hens are round the back.'"
"A man drives down a country lane and runs over a cockerel. He knocks at a nearby farmhouse door and a woman answers.
"'I appear to have killed your cockerel,' he says. 'I'd like to replace it.' The woman replies: 'Please yourself - the hens are round the back.'"
My fave joke of his (so much better when he told it).
Bloke with parrot… which kept saying ‘f
k Off, fk Off’
Thinks about selling the parrot, but his mate tells him ‘if you put the parrot in the fridge for a couple of minutes, he’ll learn his lesson and stop swearing’.
So the parrot is put in the fridge, and when he comes out the bloke says to the parrot ’No more swearing, okay’.
Parrot looks crest fallen, and is taken back to his cage.
But the parrot looks back to the fridge and says “What the fk did the chicken do?"
Bloke with parrot… which kept saying ‘f
k Off, fk Off’Thinks about selling the parrot, but his mate tells him ‘if you put the parrot in the fridge for a couple of minutes, he’ll learn his lesson and stop swearing’.
So the parrot is put in the fridge, and when he comes out the bloke says to the parrot ’No more swearing, okay’.
Parrot looks crest fallen, and is taken back to his cage.
But the parrot looks back to the fridge and says “What the f
k did the chicken do?"One of the best podcasts I've listened to lately is the My Time Capsule ones where Barry and Mike Fenton Stevens go to the pub for a chat:
https://play.acast.com/s/mytimecapsule/ep.104-barr...
https://play.acast.com/s/mytimecapsule/ep.104-barr...
https://play.acast.com/s/mytimecapsule/ep.104-barr...
https://play.acast.com/s/mytimecapsule/ep.104-barr...
Chocmonster said:
One of the best podcasts I've listened to lately is the My Time Capsule ones where Barry and Mike Fenton Stevens go to the pub for a chat:
https://play.acast.com/s/mytimecapsule/ep.104-barr...
https://play.acast.com/s/mytimecapsule/ep.104-barr...
+1https://play.acast.com/s/mytimecapsule/ep.104-barr...
https://play.acast.com/s/mytimecapsule/ep.104-barr...
Thank you Barry for how many years of laughs. I hope his family are well. Reading his obituary on the BBC he'd just started a podcast (Now, Where Were We?) with his son which I've downloaded to enjoy.
Of his lines on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue I can remember:
Hollywood blockbuster staring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan about the foot and mouth crisis.
Sheepless in Settle.
Of his lines on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue I can remember:
Hollywood blockbuster staring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan about the foot and mouth crisis.
Sheepless in Settle.
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