RIP Barry Chuckle

koooowweeee · 5 Aug 2018 at 19:32

jsmoke said:
Lol the Chuckle Brothers, so 90's. rip.

Very 2018, they have a new show like you've been framed. Was crap if I'm honest.

dacads · 5 Aug 2018 at 19:41

opethdisciple · 5 Aug 2018 at 21:30

I remember the Chuckle Brothers. RIP Barry.

jimjamuk · 5 Aug 2018 at 23:08

Genius at what they did

Rip

robgmun · 6 Aug 2018 at 08:49

jimjamuk said:
Genius at what they did

Rip

Oh please no, don't do that. It's old fashioned vaudeville act that's been seen and done a billion times repackaged for very young kids. Hardly original or clever. I remember when Benny Hill died, everyone started saying be was a comedy genius but whilst he was alive he was branded outdated and sexist.

Reserve that statement for true Genius like Robin Williams (who was the Einstein of comedy) or Tommy Cooper

Siliconslave · 6 Aug 2018 at 09:32

Droolinggimp said:
I really hope they don't get this whole 'me too' thing. That would really destroy a lot of childhoods.

Not only have their not been any accusations, but apparently they stopped Dave Lee Travis: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uk...terrupted-by-Chuckle-Brothers-court-told.html

And as for not being Genius' they were one of the few kids tv performers that spanned generations, yes the humour was pretty simple but they carried it well and managed to be entertaining for decades.

Glanza · 6 Aug 2018 at 10:29

Old photo from Twitter.

RIP.

Ceryndrion · 6 Aug 2018 at 10:32

Sad to hear, RIP

jimjamuk · 6 Aug 2018 at 10:53

robgmun said:
Oh please no, don't do that. It's old fashioned vaudeville act that's been seen and done a billion times repackaged for very young kids. Hardly original or clever. I remember when Benny Hill died, everyone started saying be was a comedy genius but whilst he was alive he was branded outdated and sexist.

Reserve that statement for true Genius like Robin Williams (who was the Einstein of comedy) or Tommy Cooper

grow up and have some respect......

all of these people are top of their game in their own individual way. Did Robin Williams have the same target audience to the chuckle brothers - i dont think so

Zhuni · 6 Aug 2018 at 11:17

Glad I'm not helping carry the coffin. The temptation to say the line would be far too strong and I'm highly immature

G-MAN2004 · 6 Aug 2018 at 12:12

RIP.

Not seen their show for years, but I remember it well.

I admit I did laugh at this though.

Destination · 6 Aug 2018 at 18:18

That is more amusing than it should be

robfosters · 6 Aug 2018 at 19:01

Malevolence · 6 Aug 2018 at 19:28

robgmun said:
Tommy Cooper

Heard a great story about Tommy Cooper the other day. Back in the day, 1980 I think, Tommy Cooper supported The Police at a concert in London (Sting was a massive fan apparently) and as you can imagine, as epic as Tommy Cooper was, he went down like a lead balloon with the crowd. He was booed, heckled, pelted with all manner of **** by the crowd. As he walked off stage he went up to Sting who was watching in horror from the sidelines and simply said "Follow that".

robfosters · 6 Aug 2018 at 19:32

Tommy Cooper was hilarious. He didn’t have to even say anything to make me laugh.

He sadly had some serious character flaws though. Namely being a drunkard who frequently indulged in domestic abuse.

LoadsaMoney · 26 Jul 2019 at 19:58

Their older brother, Jimmy Patton, has just died now, RIP

and NO SLACKING!