[TV] Bob Monkhouse

Dick Swiveller said:

You have logged in with the wrong account, Ian.

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arfer guinness said:

Just got round to catching up on recorded programmes over Christmas and last night watched An Audience With Bob Monkhouse from I believe 1994. In my mind he must be one of the greatest comedians this country has ever produced. Most probably wouldn't go down too well with the current easily offended generation, but to me a very funny and talented man. Comedians no longer tell jokes, unless it's about the Royal Family or Christianity, for fear of being labelled racist or homophobic. It's such a shame that all we are left with is unfunny PC rantings where every other word is now the acceptable f*** or c*** where the audience roll up laughing because the person next to them is.

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Monkhouse was wildly promiscuous throughout his first marriage and his autobiography is full of fantastical sexual adventures - orgies with 'showgirls' and two-way mirrors and handcuffs, often with a slightly masochistic slant. In his younger years, he was famous for his collection of pornography and his appetite for blue humour - one of his old colleagues told me he was known for having 'the dirtiest mouth in showbiz, and that's saying something'.

In his book, he claims to have slept with literally hundreds of girls, including one transsexual, and to have had an affair with Diana Dors, but he implies that this was only because his first wife was unfaithful - really he wanted to be monogamous.

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arfer guinness said:

Just got round to catching up on recorded programmes over Christmas and last night watched An Audience With Bob Monkhouse from I believe 1994. In my mind he must be one of the greatest comedians this country has ever produced. Most probably wouldn't go down too well with the current easily offended generation, but to me a very funny and talented man. Comedians no longer tell jokes, unless it's about the Royal Family or Christianity, for fear of being labelled racist or homophobic. It's such a shame that all we are left with is unfunny PC rantings where every other word is now the acceptable f*** or c*** where the audience roll up laughing because the person next to them is.

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Dick Swiveller said:

You have logged in with the wrong account, Ian.

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Easy 10 said:

How is he these days ?

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arfer guinness said:

Just got round to catching up on recorded programmes over Christmas and last night watched An Audience With Bob Monkhouse from I believe 1994. In my mind he must be one of the greatest comedians this country has ever produced. Most probably wouldn't go down too well with the current easily offended generation, but to me a very funny and talented man. Comedians no longer tell jokes, unless it's about the Royal Family or Christianity, for fear of being labelled racist or homophobic. It's such a shame that all we are left with is unfunny PC rantings where every other word is now the acceptable f*** or c*** where the audience roll up laughing because the person next to them is.

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Is it PotG? said:

One of the best ever Clips of the Week.

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Bakero said:

These days if you tell a joke, you got thrown in jail.

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Easy 10 said:

"I heard different things"

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Bakero said:

These days if you tell a joke, you got thrown in jail.

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pb21 said:

Really?

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Easy 10 said:

"I heard different things"

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MJsGhost said:

A reference to this, I'd imagine

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