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That Tommy Cooper drama...
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Paul Barton, Special Agent | Report | 25 Apr 2014 23:41 |
I was Tom Junior's best friend from the ages of 9 to 19. I spent much of my time with the family at their home in Chiswick and their cottage in Eastbourne. I was treated as a member of the family and have a wealth of happy memories. |
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Silly Sausage | Report | 25 Apr 2014 23:49 |
Paul I enjoyed the program but am well aware that there are 2 sides to every story was never a fan of his I never got his humour at all, but if it was true that he never forgot his roots and still worked the clubs even when he could just do TV for that I admire him. I remember seeing his death on TV and saying to my mum see I don't think that is funny unbeknown to us he had died. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 26 Apr 2014 00:16 |
Perhaps you ought to write to the Producers, or one of the 'Feedback' programmes?? Unfortunately 'good news' doesn't sell a programme. :-0 |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 26 Apr 2014 00:54 |
His daughter didn't like it either: |
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Sharron | Report | 26 Apr 2014 02:59 |
I didn't find Tommy Cooper funny but felt that was no reason to dislike him. |
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Paul Barton, Special Agent | Report | 26 Apr 2014 08:21 |
Sharron, your interpretation is spot-on. Dove was the most warm-hearted, loyal woman. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 26 Apr 2014 09:25 |
I thought he was hysterical and I didn't watch the programme simply because I didn't want to see him denigrated - there's a statue of him erected in Caerphilly a few miles up the road from me - he was a genius |
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Magpie | Report | 26 Apr 2014 14:00 |
I didn't care for Tommy Cooper's humour, but I think it is just horrid to denigrate a person when they are no longer here to defend themselves over what is their personal and family life. I didn't see the programme as I didn't want to have to see what was frankly none of my business to make a judgement about. What he was or wasn't in private is nothing to do with anyone except his family. He gave a lot of people a lot of pleasure and I think it is shameful to 'burst that bubble' for no other reason than 'MONEY!!' |
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Paul Barton, Special Agent | Report | 26 Apr 2014 14:08 |
Maybe Bruce Forsyth should get started on his bio-pic now, so that he has a chance to see it and respond in his lifetime. |
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Magpie | Report | 26 Apr 2014 14:40 |
I think you are probably right Paul!!!!! |
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Guinevere | Report | 26 Apr 2014 16:35 |
I thought it was based on his mistress' book - if she didn't know him well then who would? |
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Paul Barton, Special Agent | Report | 26 Apr 2014 16:55 |
From what I have read about Mary Kay and her son, they have exploited the media for their own purposes. The son claims in the press to have been a close friend of the whole family, yet he refers to Tommy's daughter Vicky as Victoria, a name she never used and neither did the family. Bit of a giveaway I would say. |
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Guinevere | Report | 26 Apr 2014 17:08 |
He left her out of the will - she has to make money somehow. |
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Magpie | Report | 26 Apr 2014 20:49 |
So what, she was only a mistress NOT a wife. It was a particularly spiteful thing to do and not one I would have thought any decent person would approve of. |
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Guinevere | Report | 26 Apr 2014 21:12 |
I don't altogether approve of men who keep mistresses. Any decent man wouldn't have a long term mistress, surely? And if he did have one. any half way decent man would have provided for her after his death. |
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ann | Report | 26 Apr 2014 21:23 |
My daughters friend is a mistress and also has a daughter by him. She knows the score. He pays for her to live the good life. She has many lonely holidays in Dubai etc where he cant make it. She snatches her time with him. He keeps his daughter and I should imagine if anything happens to him his daughter will be provided for. She knows she will get nothing. I cant see her writing a book about him. |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 26 Apr 2014 21:25 |
To be honest this man was nothing more than a Cad |
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Guinevere | Report | 26 Apr 2014 21:26 |
Maybe he isn't famous ............ |
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ann | Report | 26 Apr 2014 21:37 |
He is a very rich man I can assure you ,where she could reduce his money. She knows what she is doing the same as what that Mary knew she was doing. At the end of the day you cant help who you fall in love with x |
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Magpie | Report | 27 Apr 2014 09:54 |
It takes two to tango, nobody MAKES anyone be someone's mistress, and if you are in that position, you must know the score, ie, at the end of the day a wife wins out every time because if a man is serious about his mistress he will leave his wife for her and make HER his wife. Sometimes this happens, but mostly it doesn't - endless promises are not the same. I'm afraid men will always be men for all their fine words, and it's a foolish woman who doesn't after a period of time realise this, and 'make hay etc', 'cos when that sun goes in she will be left in the cold, and having to resort to 'dirty tricks' and 'dirty washing in public' to get your hands on someone else's money, in ALL respects is not very edifying and certainly not very dignified! |