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Ken Dodd

(1927–2018) Actor United Kingdom

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Ken Dodd was an actor from the United Kingdom, best known for The Very Best of Ken Dodd.

Quick Facts About Ken Dodd

Born: November 8, 1927
Died: March 11, 2018
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Actor
Notable works: The Very Best of Ken Dodd
Spouse: http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/1f61262b9a28fff0fc2a3769c8ec3609

About Ken Dodd

Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd was an English comedian, actor and singer. He was described as "the last great music hall entertainer" and was primarily known for his live stand-up performances. As a singer he sold more than 100 million records.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Knight Bachelor Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Quotes by Ken Dodd

My act is very educational. I heard a man leaving the other night saying, 'Well that taught me a lesson.'

Education

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If I get a hard audience they are not going to get away until they laugh. Those seven laughs a minute -…

Audience

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I haven't spoken to my mother-in-law for eighteen months-I don't like to interrupt her.

Eighteen

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I have kleptomania. But when it gets bad, I take something for it.

Amusing

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Honolulu, it's got everything. Sand for the children, sun for the wife, sharks for the wife's mother.

Children

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If I get a hard audience they are not going to get away until they laugh. Those seven laughs a minute --…

Audience

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Men's legs have a terribly lonely life - standing in the dark in your trousers all day.

Dark

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Television is like a great monster, eating your gags as fast as you say them.

Eating

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I had an idyllic childhood and when my parents bought me a Punch and Judy Show and a ventriloquist's dummy, I'd perform…

Childhood

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Did you know that a laugh is something that comes out of a hole in your face? Anywhere else and you're in…

Did you know

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I told the Inland Revenue I didn't owe them a penny because I lived near the seaside

Revenue

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My teeth are all my own. I've just finished paying for them.

Finished

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The trouble with Freud is that he never played the Glasgow Empire Saturday night.

Empires

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Freud's theory was that when a joke opens a window and all those bats and bogeymen fly out, you get a marvellous…

Bats

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Comedy should never be over-analysed. It's either funny or it isn't. There's a subtle difference between those who say funny things and…

Comedy

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Laughter is the greatest music in the world and audiences come to my shows to escape the cares of life. They don't…

Audience

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