And I introduced.He came on and he stood there. He just had a pieceof silk handkerchief...
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And I introduced.
He came on and he stood there. He just had a piece
of silk handkerchief and he kept passing it through
his other hand like this
and looking at the audience. What? What do you mean, come off?
I've just come on. Nothing much happened until he
vanished the handkerchief, you see. And you go whoop, place it
inside the hand like that. Here we go, like that. Say the magic word to myself
because it's a bad word. (ALL LAUGHING) In there like that... (EXCLAIMS)
Look at that. Thank you! Thank you very much. He then turned to me
in the wings and he said, "What shall I do now, Dennis?" I said,
"I don't know, get on with it!" With this performance,
Tommy Cooper's career in magic
and comedy had begun
He came on and he stood there. He just had a piece
of silk handkerchief and he kept passing it through
his other hand like this
and looking at the audience. What? What do you mean, come off?
I've just come on. Nothing much happened until he
vanished the handkerchief, you see. And you go whoop, place it
inside the hand like that. Here we go, like that. Say the magic word to myself
because it's a bad word. (ALL LAUGHING) In there like that... (EXCLAIMS)
Look at that. Thank you! Thank you very much. He then turned to me
in the wings and he said, "What shall I do now, Dennis?" I said,
"I don't know, get on with it!" With this performance,
Tommy Cooper's career in magic
and comedy had begun
Full Transcript
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And I introduced.
He came on and he stood there.
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He just had a piece
of silk handkerchief
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and he kept passing it through
his other hand like this
and looking at the audience.
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What? What do you mean, come off?
I've just come on.
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Nothing much happened until he
vanished the handkerchief, you see.
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And you go whoop, place it
inside the hand like that.
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Here we go, like that.
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Say the magic word to myself
because it's a bad word.
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(ALL LAUGHING)
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In there like that... (EXCLAIMS)
Look at that.
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Thank you! Thank you very much.
00:00:44.024 --> 00:00:47.028
He then turned to me
in the wings and he said,
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"What shall I do now, Dennis?"
00:00:50.072 --> 00:00:53.998
I said,
"I don't know, get on with it!"
00:00:53.016 --> 00:00:58.008
With this performance,
Tommy Cooper's career in magic
and comedy had begun.
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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.
