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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
I don't like Ben Elton anymore than I like Bob Monkhouse.
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Kroney, Wed 15 May 2013, 10:55,
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12 years ago)
Bob Monkhouse's standup was really good
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 15 May 2013, 10:58,
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I used to really dislike Bob Monkhouse
Until I saw him do "An Audience with"
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hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 15 May 2013, 10:59,
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same here, he did some dreadful shit
but in his later years when he'd packed in all the shit gameshows etc he was really good.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 15 May 2013, 11:01,
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Apparently very good as an after dinner speaker.
Not now obvs.
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Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 15 May 2013, 11:02,
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I have a signed Autograph of his from an after dinner thing back in the 60's
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hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 15 May 2013, 11:05,
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there's a fascinating 'secret life of bob monkhouse' documentary which is well worth tracking down
He was an obsessive archivist and had a treasure trove of otherwise-lost stuff apparently, thousands of hours of it
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 15 May 2013, 11:06,
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