"It's a Cracker" Farewell to "The Way He Told 'Em"

[TheGoodGuy]

Frank Carson - RIP

Another one gone to join:-
Eric Morecambe, Bernard Manning, Tommy Cooper, Spike Milligan, Norman Wisdom et al, along with fellow "Comedians" stars Charlie Williams & Mike Reid - part of a dying brand of British comedy that will NEVER be replicated.

[Win2Win]

I was just thinking that, not many of the 'old' breed of comedians left any more

I always found Frank irritatingly funny

[MarcusMel]

'Irritatingly funny' is a good way of putting it - I was thinking 'the jokes were pathetic the laughter infectious'

'The Goons' now a dose of one of their shows now and then is funny and lets not forget 'I'm sorry I'll read that again' the antidote to quiz shows.

[barneymather]

Frank was old enough to be my grandad, but give me his type of comic any day over the ever-so PC, wannabe smart@rses conning punters nowadays with their achingly unfunny 'observational humour' tripe. Monty Python were nice blokes but Jeez do they have a lot to answer for by inspiring - if that's the right word - a lot of pretentious bozos into thinking a career in comedy was for them.

[tomjjlcu]

'Irritatingly funny' is a good way of putting it - I was thinking 'the jokes were pathetic the laughter infectious'

'The Goons' now a dose of one of their shows now and then is funny and lets not forget 'I'm sorry I'll read that again' the antidote to quiz shows.

I had been just convinced that, not most of the 'old' variety of comics left anymore