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Ken Dodd Quotes (1927-2018)
Actor, Singer
About Ken Dodd
Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd OBE (8 November 1927 - 11 March 2018) was an English comedian and singer and actor, whose recordings have sold over 100 million copies, his buck teeth, frizzy hair, feather duster (or "tickling stick"), and his catchphrases, often playing on the 'tickled' motif, e.g. "How tickled I am!". He works mainly in the music hall tradition, although, in the past, has occasionally appeared in drama, including as Malvolio in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night on stage in Liverpool in 1971; on television in the cameo role of 'The Tollmaster' in the 1987 Doctor Who story Delta and the Bannermen; and as Yorick (in silent flashback) in Kenneth Branagh's film version of Shakespeare's Hamlet in 1996.
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“Television is like a great monster, eating your gags as fast as you say them.”
“I haven't spoken to my mother-in-law for 18 months. I don't like to interrupt her.”
“I had an idyllic childhood and when my parents bought me a Punch and Judy Show and a ventriloquist's dummy, I'd perform anywhere, anytime. My parents were wonderful when I told them I wanted to be an entertainer.”
“Laughter is the greatest music in the world and audiences come to my shows to escape the cares of life. They don't want to be embarrassed or insulted. They want to laugh and so do I - which is probably why it works.”
“My dad knew I was going to be a comedian. When I was a baby, he said, 'Is this a joke?(12 March 2018), Ken Dodd: 17 of his funniest one-liners, work: BBC News, retrieved: 12 March 2018”
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Ken Dodd on Politics
“Politicians are like nappies, they should be changed regularly and for the same reason.”
About Ken Dodd
Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd OBE (8 November 1927 - 11 March 2018) was an English comedian and singer and actor, whose recordings have sold over 100 million copies, his buck teeth, frizzy hair, feather duster (or "tickling stick"), and his catchphrases, often playing on the 'tickled' motif, e.g. "How tickled I am!". He works mainly in the music hall tradition, although, in the past, has occasionally appeared in drama, including as Malvolio in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night on stage in Liverpool in 1971; on television in the cameo role of 'The Tollmaster' in the 1987 Doctor Who story Delta and the Bannermen; and as Yorick (in silent flashback) in Kenneth Branagh's film version of Shakespeare's Hamlet in 1996.