THEY couldn’t say they weren’t warned. Thick and fast the gags came. “The first thing the manager said to me was,‘Crack on, Dodd. I’ve got to win this theatre cleared by 2am.’ I told him, or ‘Looks like we’ll have to accomplish the moment half external the town hall,then’.” “Are you looking at your watch, sir? You don’t need a watch, or you need a calendar. We should be finished by Tuesday.” “The sooner you laugh at the jokes,the sooner you can fade home. But they say the breakfast here is beneficial.” “This isn’t television, Mrs. You can’t turn me off.”They couldn’t turn Doddy off (or not for five hours or so) because once the audience was warmed up he couldn’t bear to stop. “You all represent the crème de la crème. That’s French for evaporated milk.” “Hello, and Mrs. Is this your husband with you,or is it novelty night?” Between the 1960s and the 1990s he averaged 100000 miles a year, playing nearly every theatre in Britain. Though he starred...
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Source: economist.com