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It's a cuckoo clock upon the wall, whereas upon the hour a mechanical Les Dawson figure complete with jaw over upper lip pops its head through the doors accompanied by a random audible deadpan joke or malapropism.
"I came from a very poor family - up until the age of fifteen I thought knives and
forks were jewellery."
Et cetera .....
Les Dawson
http://www.ukgamesh...50px-Dawson_les.jpg
[skinflaps, Jan 03 2008]
Les Dawson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Dawson
Tribute links at bottom of page, yeah it's a UK thing. [skinflaps, Jan 03 2008]
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At midday he comes out with a miniature piano and plays some Debussy, exquisitely dropping bum notes. |
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If Les Dawson appeared out of any clock
near me, I'd throw a brick at it. Not my
style of comedy - give me Reeves and
Mortimer, Mighty Boosh, Eddie Izzard,
and for cartoons - the fabulous Family
Guy. Acceptable figures for clock: Ricky
Gervais or any of the characters from
League of Gentlemen. Brick throwing
material - (mostly from UK): Ken Dodds
(think of a cadaver accidentally coming
into contact with mains electricity),
Bernard Manning (racist, sexist, vile
crap, and now deceased), Peter Kay
(makes my flesh crawl), Seinfeld (over-
rated, predictable, weak, and obvious,
though in contrast Larry David is a
triumph)
Most perfect for any clock
- any character from the near perfect
Father Ted - esp Father Jack: "Drink,
Feck, Arse, Girls" - you need to see it to
be a fan. |
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//Ken Dodds // sp. "Dodd" |
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I don't know the commedien, but if I want deadpan, I'd go Steven Wright. |
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Family Guy can go back and rot in whatever stenchhole it was bred from. |
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Bares bloomers upon the quarter hour. |
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//but if I want deadpan, I'd go Steven Wright//
He's Krusty the Klown by comparison with the Divine Les. |
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//I don't know the commedien// |
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Try looking on boob tube or whatever that site's called, plenty of the man himself. |
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Are it's chimes discordant i.e. the #s b, and the b's #? |
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