Earliest TV Comedies remembered

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Tommy barely had to say a word, his body actions, hat..hilarious!
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just had to for a wee look at both there!! :lol:
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John Donnelly wrote:When I worked in London, we had our company Christmas bash with Tommy Cooper as the cabaret.
If you think he was good on TV, you should have seen him at a private party.
The really great thing about him was that there was never any touch of 'blue' in his routine.
The funniest man ever.
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and his physical gestures as funny as hie routines, great memories indeed!
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Eric Morecambe of Morecambe and Wise was to me the best. John Cleese in Fawlty Towers was also one of my favourites, and yes Tommy Cooper too.
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Even before TV I remember 'Round the Horn' and the 'Goon Show'. I think the latter made it on to TV but was not as effective. On TV the were our own Francie & Josie and Chick Murray. I remember the One O'clock Gang but they suffered from being on every day - difficult to maintain a standard.
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I had already left Scotland when Francy and Josie came on the screen but my mother posted me all their videos. Just that no-one here could understand their language except me. I still view them occasionally. I know Jack Milroy passed away, what about Ricky Fulton?.
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Glenshena, Ricky fulton died 10 or 12 years ago.
Those wimin were in the nip.
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The Darling Buds of May. The Two Ronnies. Coronation St. and still watching it lol :mrgreen:

My latest is Schitts Creek. :mrgreen:
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I know this is aging me but the earliest I remember were Bill and Ben and Sooty. Not Quite a comedy by past standards but loved watching the original cliff-hanger, Flash Gordon..lol
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