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That night watching him here,
we were nervous, Dustin and I, because we knew that
we had to follow him. There was going to be a commercial
break but we were going to go on
after Tommy Cooper. Then Sandy, the dancer, came on with the cloak and Tommy said,
'Thanks, love.' Thank you, love. And as she walked off,
he started to fall, and I remember her turning around
looking and laughing, just as the whole audience did
and we did, cos we thought, 'Well, that must be a joke.' But, Tommy Junior said,
'No, no, it's not a joke because my dad has a bad back,
he wouldn't be able to get up
from that.' And the producer, he had just kind
of hit the show relay and said, 'Cue music, cue commercial break.'
we were nervous, Dustin and I, because we knew that
we had to follow him. There was going to be a commercial
break but we were going to go on
after Tommy Cooper. Then Sandy, the dancer, came on with the cloak and Tommy said,
'Thanks, love.' Thank you, love. And as she walked off,
he started to fall, and I remember her turning around
looking and laughing, just as the whole audience did
and we did, cos we thought, 'Well, that must be a joke.' But, Tommy Junior said,
'No, no, it's not a joke because my dad has a bad back,
he wouldn't be able to get up
from that.' And the producer, he had just kind
of hit the show relay and said, 'Cue music, cue commercial break.'
Full Transcript
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That night watching him here,
we were nervous,
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Dustin and I, because we knew that
we had to follow him.
00:00:06.068 --> 00:00:10.092
There was going to be a commercial
break but we were going to go on
after Tommy Cooper.
00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:13.088
Then Sandy, the dancer, came on
00:00:13.096 --> 00:00:18.052
with the cloak and Tommy said,
'Thanks, love.' Thank you, love.
00:00:21.012 --> 00:00:24.056
And as she walked off,
he started to fall,
00:00:24.064 --> 00:00:27.072
and I remember her turning around
looking and laughing,
00:00:27.008 --> 00:00:31.032
just as the whole audience did
and we did, cos we thought,
00:00:31.004 --> 00:00:34.048
'Well, that must be a joke.'
00:00:34.056 --> 00:00:37.052
But, Tommy Junior said,
'No, no, it's not a joke
00:00:37.006 --> 00:00:41.028
because my dad has a bad back,
he wouldn't be able to get up
from that.'
00:00:41.036 --> 00:00:46.044
And the producer, he had just kind
of hit the show relay and said,
00:00:46.052 --> 00:00:49.999
'Cue music, cue commercial break.'
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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.
