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Arise Sir Kenneth of Dodd
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grumpyscot
31-12-2016
He totally deserves it. Met him once at New Brighton Floral Pavilion and he was so friendly and charming and.... funny!
lemoncurd
31-12-2016
Originally Posted by Danny_Girl:
“Have I miss-remembered something here - apologies if I have, senior brain!

Didn't Ken Dodd get done for major tax evasion 20/30 years ago?

If so then how on earth can he be considered worthy of a title. People are up in arms about Victoria Beckhm but surely this is a country mile more of a travesty.”

Not quite. He had to pay back some extra tax based on estimates of his assets, but it was deemed he wasn't evading.
Dodd is, at least, well known in entertainment circles for living purely to make people laugh. My sister in law managed a theatre in Leamington Spa and had a childcare issue early one evening. Ken Dodd had turned up for his gig that evening and spotted her desperately trying to sort out my nephew and the theatre and offered to look after him until my brother got back from a meeting. By the time my brother arrived to pick him up, he didn't want to leave Mr Dodd behind -he was in fits of giggles.
Just as well, really, as whenever Ken Dodd is doing a gig, the theatre manager doesn't get to go home until the wee hours of the morning!
Lou Kelly
31-12-2016
Ken Dodd's Dad's dogs dead
blueblade
31-12-2016
They just mentioned one of his jokes on the Today Programme.

"I don't owe the Inland Revenue any money, because I live by the coast"

Made me chuckle.

Well done Sir Ken, long overdue recognition.
LostFool
31-12-2016
It's a pleasant surprise to find that he's still alive. There can't be many of his contemporaries left.
anne_666
31-12-2016
Originally Posted by SaturnV:
“At bloody last.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38472743”

And as usual just as bloody farcical as most of the others from the hall of "fame".
Caxton
31-12-2016
Originally Posted by Lou Kelly:
“Ken Dodd's Dad's dogs dead”

Oh dear, I suppose now we will get repeated announcements of the dogs demise and endless clips of his dog on TV news for the next three days. RIP Ken Dodd's Dad's dog.
muggins14
31-12-2016
Went to see him with my parents many years ago when I was a teenager - my brother, who was going through a stage of straight-faced teenage misery himself, laughed his head off!

Well done Mr Dodd!
St Dabeoc
31-12-2016
Originally Posted by NilSatisOptimum:
“A Tory and failed accountant, he is guilty as charged.”

as was said at he trial, "Some accountants are comedians, but comedians are never accountants."

,edit. about bloody time, also
Straker
31-12-2016
Originally Posted by St Dabeoc:
“as was said at he trial, "Some accountants are comedians, but comedians are never accountants."”

AKA the "Jimmy Carr defence".
SegaGamer
31-12-2016
Why are people congratulating him for getting something that means bugger all ?
eggchen
31-12-2016
Originally Posted by SegaGamer:
“Why are people congratulating him for getting something that means bugger all ?”

What you mean is "...means bugger all to me?"
lemoncurd
31-12-2016
Originally Posted by SegaGamer:
“Why are people congratulating him for getting something that means bugger all ?”

Surely the meaning of any award is personal? I don't appreciate the "10% off your next shop at the Coop" coupons but I'm sure many do...
Armi
31-12-2016
Never found him in the slightest bit funny.

Still, good luck to him.
Phoenix Lazarus
31-12-2016
Originally Posted by Lou Kelly:
“Ken Dodd's Dad's dogs dead”

Kind of like that one about (insert famous sex offender) getting you to milk a cow blindfold-repeated ad nauseam and so nothing witty about doing so again.
skp20040
31-12-2016
Originally Posted by anne_666:
“And as usual just as bloody farcical as most of the others from the hall of "fame".”

However we only get to hear about those who are famous we don't get to here of the other 75% as the media don't find them newsworthy
anne_666
31-12-2016
Originally Posted by skp20040:
“However we only get to hear about those who are famous we don't get to here of the other 75% as the media don't find them newsworthy”

That's why I specified from the hall of "fame".
skp20040
31-12-2016
Originally Posted by anne_666:
“That's why I specified from the hall of "fame". ”

I would like to hear about the rest though, the bloody media annoy people about honours as they only concentrate on the famous ( mind you some of them are very deserving for what they done with charities etc ) or ones the politicians have forced upon the honours committee , it would be interesting to see the stories of others.
Ovalteenie
31-12-2016
Originally Posted by SULLA:
“His tax scandal is overlooked, but not Lester Piggot's ”

He definitely deserves an honour. The Queen should issue a royal pardon and give him a knighthood... Unlike other Knights he actually knows how to ride a horse
Tellystar
31-12-2016
Originally Posted by Armi:
“Never found him in the slightest bit funny.

Still, good luck to him.”

I think anyone who doesn't find him even a little bit funny must have had their sense of humour surgically extracted!
St Dabeoc
31-12-2016
Originally Posted by Straker:
“AKA the "Jimmy Carr defence".”

only if he had a TARDIS
SaturnV
31-12-2016
Originally Posted by anne_666:
“And as usual just as bloody farcical as most of the others from the hall of "fame".”

Aw never mind.
Nakatomi
31-12-2016
He's funny but I don't think anyone who was clearly avoiding tax should be getting anything. Mind you, we can't be far off 'Sir' Gary Barlow and he's a tax-dodging little Tory tosspot. To have the audacity to ask poor people to donate to charity whilst he sits there on his millions in offshore accounts just really irritates me.
skp20040
31-12-2016
Originally Posted by SULLA:
“His tax scandal is overlooked, but not Lester Piggot's ”

Being found Not Guilty has a lot to do with that as it should.
anne_666
31-12-2016
Originally Posted by skp20040:
“I would like to hear about the rest though, the bloody media annoy people about honours as they only concentrate on the famous ( mind you some of them are very deserving for what they done with charities etc ) or ones the politicians have forced upon the honours committee , it would be interesting to see the stories of others.”

Have you seen this? The full list, but brief info.

https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...-full-list.pdf

Originally Posted by Nakatomi:
“He's funny but I don't think anyone who was clearly avoiding tax should be getting anything. Mind you, we can't be far off 'Sir' Gary Barlow and he's a tax-dodging little Tory tosspot. To have the audacity to ask poor people to donate to charity whilst he sits there on his millions in offshore accounts just really irritates me.”

Him and a few others while we have to subsidies the self righteous prigs.
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