Tommy Cooper
- Welsh
- Comedian and magician
Press clippings Page 5
Edinburgh Fringe interview: Spencer Jones
2015 has already been pretty gracious for Spencer Jones having become a runner-up at this years New Act of the year and now Herbert makes a return to Edinburgh with a brand new show stuffed full of physical, musical, prop-heavy insanity. This is what they say he's a sort of grubby Mr Bean with a hint of Tommy Cooper. This guy is such a dickhead.' Seriously they're words we think is ACE!
The New Current, 30th July 2015Blue plaques celebrating comic greats stolen
Plaques celebrating careers of Tommy Cooper, Sid James, Benny Hill and Irene Handl were snatched from outside Teddington TV Studios in London.
Mark Jefferies, The Mirror, 15th July 2015Tommy Cooper impersonator breaks magic world record
Clive Greenaway carried out 18 magic tricks in 60 seconds while blindfolded beating previous world record by one illusion.
The Mirror, 9th July 201526 gags a minute: Tommy Cooper impersonator sets record
A Tommy Cooper impersonator has scooped the Guinness World Record for the most jokes told in a minute.
Chortle, 9th March 2015Tommy Cooper - 'A comic's job is to play the fool'
The 2014 Edinburgh comedy award winner John Kearns considers the magical mannerisms of his idol Tommy Cooper.
John Kearns, The Guardian, 4th February 2015Review: Phoenix Nights Live at Manchester Arena
It's a parallel that will inevitably be drawn. As the comedy actor Ted Robbins fell to the floor on the opening night of Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights revival, laughter first filled the air, then doubt, then fear. Was he, like Tommy Cooper before him, genuinely in trouble, or was it part of the show?
Alex Hardy, The Sunday Times, 1st February 2015Review: The Tommy Cooper Show
The true impact of The Tommy Cooper Show is best gauged by the ovation of an audience who have spent the duration of the show utterly entranced by this portrayal and laughing along as if the great man was actually present in the room with us.
Dave Jennings, British Theatre Guide, 2nd January 2015Tim Vine interview: the king of the crackers
The act Tim Vine is most often compared to is Tommy Cooper: both big men with sharp wits, killer one-liners and a love of silly props. He works hard at his gags, fine-tuning them for weeks. Occasionally, they come to him naturally.
Nicole Lampert, Daily Mail, 12th December 2014Farewell Teddington, birthplace of comedy
When Granville locks up and Still Open All Hours finishes shooting at Teddington Studios later this month, Thames Television's former home will close for ever. The front of the building is covered with blue plaques commemorating the comedy legends who worked there, including comedians Morecambe and Wise, Benny Hill, Tommy Cooper and Only Fools And Horses writer John Sullivan.
Louis Barfe, The Daily Express, 9th November 2014Review: Just Like That! - The Museum of Comedy
I arrived a little late for Just Like That! but I soon worked out what was going on. I had originally assumed that this was a revival of the play by John Fisher about Tommy Cooper's life that ran in the West End a few years back. In fact it is a more straightforward trick-by-trick tribute to the comedian famous for his fumbling manner and his fez.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th October 2014