RIP Frank Carson

[smudge]

Old School comic, memories from the 70's watching "The Comedians" & trying to remember all the gags.

Reported on Sky News.

 

[Stat Brother]

Oh blimey that's a shame.
He and Les Dawson are my 2 favourite 'old skool' comedians.

 

[Pevenseagull]

it was the way he told them

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

And Ken Goodwin too.

 

[Lady Gull]

I once sat next to him on a plane to Macnchester x RIP

 

[brakespear]

RIP Frank

 

[seagullwedgee]

issa - waya - tellum

RIP Frank

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

TBH I thought he passed away a few years ago ?

 

[Garage_Doors]

TBH I thought he passed away a few years ago ?

I thought he had as well, but it was the way you told it RIP Frank.

 

[Box of Frogs]

Sad news - a one off.

RIP Frank - you were a cracker.

 

[Seagulls over Lewes]

With the death of Mr Carson, we can all rest now that Whitney will be able to 'Talk to Frank'

 

[The Large One]

I'm not a big fan of the old Northern comics' circuit, but...

I was at the first Brighton & Hove St George's Day do in about 2002, and Frank Carson (yeah, I know - from Northern Ireland) was the turn. It was my job to look after him for the day. He turned up on the dot, was pleased to be there, made himself available and from the moment he arrived he was entertaining people with his jokes. Even if it was one person coming up to shake his hand ('big fan, Mr Carson'), he'd crack a joke. He was booked to do 40 minutes, did an hour, and he stayed the entire afternoon (about 5 hours) and never stopped entertaining. It was a pleasure from the moment he arrived to the moment he left.

I remember Richard Reynolds was the compere, and he was introducing the afternoon, telling people the format, and saying they had Gareth Chilcott and Frank Carson at guest speakers. With that, Frank bowls up to the stage, unannounced and says 'right, let's see what this crowd's like...'

An Englishman, Scotsman, Welshman and Irishman are in a prison in Iraq, and are due to be executed, and they're all granted one wish each.

The Irishman says "I would like the last thing I hear to be a 'O Danny Boy' sung by 50 Irishmen just before I'm shot..."

"It will be done", says the guard.

The Welshman says "I would like the last thing I hear to be a rendition of 'Bread of Heaven' sung by a choir of 50 fellow Welshmen just before I'm shot..."

"It will be done".

The Scotsman says "I would like the last thing I hear to be a choir of 50 fellow countrymen singing 'O Flower of Scotland' just before I'm shot..."

"And so it will be done".

The Englishman says "I would like to be shot first..."



Roar of laughter. Blackout.

It's the way he tells them.

 

[User removed 4]

And Ken Goodwin too.

settle down now, settle down.

 

[Beach Hut]

I sat on the same table as him a few years at some Rugby corporate lunch and he was bloody funny, Will Carling was a po faced twat however.

As for Andy Ripley, sadly deceased, he sat next to me and was one of the most pleasant "star" persons I have ever met in my life - top bloke.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

I always remember him from Tiswas ( whatever happened to Sally James )

 

[smoke grenade]

Bet Claire Balding is gutted, they were close.

He stood on a box when presenting with her.

RIP

 

[honey boy zimba]

Heres one of my fav Frank Jokes Murphy and Gilligan are walkin in Scotland when they see a man hanging over a bridge. The man puts his hands in the water claps his hands and catches a salmon . Righrt said Murphy we,ll f***ing try that .so they carry on walking until they come to a bridge and murphy hangs gilligan over .All of a sudden Gilligan shouts "quick murphy pull me up " why have you caught a fish ? said murphy No said gilligan there,s a f***ing train coming !

 

[greengu11]

A great honest comic, who did not have to lower down to offensive gags. RIP FC

One of his many;

A fella said to the doctor: “What’s the good news?” “You’ve got 24 hours to live.” He says: “What’s the bad news?” And the doc says: “We should have told you yesterday.”