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And here we have a skipping rope,
so we'll skip that part. Oh, the gates, oh my gosh, the gate!
The gate! He just goes through the gate
and back out and back around again, through the gate.
I remember the gate. The only one time I ever saw him
live, the gate was there. So funny. For no reason,
and that's what's so brilliant. For no reason. Well, what a thing. What a thing.
I love this. All those scribbles
that he probably thought no-one would ever, ever care about, and someone has now put them
carefully into a file. Well, thank you for that.
My pleasure. Aw, what else have we got?
(BOTH LAUGH) Honestly, I could be here all day. There was clearly method
in Tommy Cooper's madness
so we'll skip that part. Oh, the gates, oh my gosh, the gate!
The gate! He just goes through the gate
and back out and back around again, through the gate.
I remember the gate. The only one time I ever saw him
live, the gate was there. So funny. For no reason,
and that's what's so brilliant. For no reason. Well, what a thing. What a thing.
I love this. All those scribbles
that he probably thought no-one would ever, ever care about, and someone has now put them
carefully into a file. Well, thank you for that.
My pleasure. Aw, what else have we got?
(BOTH LAUGH) Honestly, I could be here all day. There was clearly method
in Tommy Cooper's madness
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And here we have a skipping rope,
so we'll skip that part.
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Oh, the gates, oh my gosh, the gate!
The gate!
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He just goes through the gate
and back out and back around again,
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through the gate.
I remember the gate.
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The only one time I ever saw him
live, the gate was there.
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So funny. For no reason,
and that's what's so brilliant.
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For no reason.
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Well, what a thing. What a thing.
I love this.
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All those scribbles
that he probably thought
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no-one would ever, ever care about,
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and someone has now put them
carefully into a file.
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Well, thank you for that.
My pleasure.
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Aw, what else have we got?
(BOTH LAUGH)
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Honestly, I could be here all day.
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There was clearly method
in Tommy Cooper's madness.
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Movie Summary
Two-part celebration of Tommy Cooper's life and work. Three decades have passed since Tommy Cooper died, but the nation's love of this unique magician has endured. With contributions from family, friends who worked with him and famous fans, the programme reveals how an act that started out in the desert during the Second World War went on to take the comedy world by storm.