Comic Genius Dies

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I thought for a second this might have explained Merlin's recent non-appearance.

Dave Allen was always a favourite of mine.
 
He went in his sleep, which must be a great way to go. But he's probably having to do a lot of explaining to St Peter at the moment...
 
Ohhh.... no. Mum will be so sad about this - many's the past evening we've both had hysterics over his monologues and hilarious observations. RIP, dear Dave, you brought us often much-needed merriment. Scenario:

St Pete: "Ah, it's yourself, Dave, I see. So, what brings you to the Pearly Gates, now?"

Allen: "You don't think I'd feckin' be here if I knew the answer to that, do you? Probably another feck-up with the Divine Timetable. He's been losin' it a bit lately, y'know. So, if I'm not expected, I'll be off back then."
 
Remember him saying "when you walk around one of those graveyards and read all the messages on the headstones, it makes you wonder where they bury all the bad people" :lol:.
 
I do indeed - and I remember him stating the words he wanted inscribed on his own tombstone:

"Don't mourn for me now
Don't mourn for me never
I'm going to do nothing
For ever and ever."
 
Some more quotes from the great man:

"We spend our lives on the run: we get up by the clock, eat and sleep by the clock, get up again, go to work - and then we retire. And what do they give us? A fucking clock."

"I still think of myself as I was 25 years ago. Then I look in a mirror and see an old bastard - and I realise it's me."

"A good storyteller never lets the facts get in the way."

On the Irish Troubles: "Which is the fastest game in the world? Well, it's played in Belfast pubs, and it's called pass the parcel."

On having half a finger missing: "Am I the Irish comedian with half a finger? No, I'm the Irish comedian with nine and a half fingers."

"I'm an atheist ... thank God."

"If it's sent by ship then it's a cargo, but if it's sent by road, then it's a shipment."

A man goes to heaven, and St Peter shows him around. They go past one room, and the man asks: "Who are all those people in there?" "They are the Methodists," says St Peter. They pass another room, and the man asks the same question. "They are the Anglicans," says St Peter. As they're approaching the next room, St Peter says: "Take your shoes off and tiptoe by as quietly as you can." "Why, who's in there?" asks the man. "The Catholics," says St Peter, "and they think that they're the only ones up here."

Goodnight Dave, thank you, and may your God go with you...
 
The fact we never really knew how he lost that finger still intriges me. A very private man but extremely funny. There will certainly never be another one quite like him. One of my favourites.
 
How do you know that's how it really happened Brian? I heard he probably never told the truth about it. Mind you, I read that in a big write up in The Daily Mail this weekend. :unsure:
 
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