Originally Posted by The Wizard:
“I saw a blue comedian called Jimmy Jones who asked a guy on the front row what he did for a living and he said he was an engineer and when he was asked what he engineered it turned out he fixed cars. The comedian laid into him saying he was trying to sound posh and all up himself and said, "What did you say engineer for? You're a facking car mechanic you pr*ck!"”
In the 70's he used to do a resident slot at the Montague Arms in Peckham and people from all over London flocked to see him. He never made it onto the mainstream circuit, I presume because he wouldn't change his material for a TV audience.
They used to say that if you wanted to see a very poor imitation of him, all you had to do was go and see Jim Davidson, as he had nicked half his act.