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If you compered a show for him
the first time and you'd never met him before,
he was an absolute nightmare. My first time in a spotlight, big drum roll, 'Ladies and
gentlemen, Tommy Cooper.' But nobody would come on stage.
He just didn't, he wasn't there. Cooper would begin his act unseen
over a microphone
from his dressing room. Sometimes, not always, he wouldn't
come out, and then he'd start
talking from in the dressing room. Oh dear. What's going on now?
the first time and you'd never met him before,
he was an absolute nightmare. My first time in a spotlight, big drum roll, 'Ladies and
gentlemen, Tommy Cooper.' But nobody would come on stage.
He just didn't, he wasn't there. Cooper would begin his act unseen
over a microphone
from his dressing room. Sometimes, not always, he wouldn't
come out, and then he'd start
talking from in the dressing room. Oh dear. What's going on now?
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If you compered a show for him
the first time
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and you'd never met him before,
he was an absolute nightmare.
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My first time in a spotlight,
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big drum roll, 'Ladies and
gentlemen, Tommy Cooper.'
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But nobody would come on stage.
He just didn't, he wasn't there.
00:00:20.002 --> 00:00:24.036
Cooper would begin his act unseen
over a microphone
from his dressing room.
00:00:24.044 --> 00:00:31.024
Sometimes, not always, he wouldn't
come out, and then he'd start
talking from in the dressing room.
00:00:31.032 --> 00:00:35.012
Oh dear. What's going on now?
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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.
