when he tragically died? Has this ever been shown on tele?
2007-03-18 10:34:21 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Yes, the show was live on the telly, Tommy fell down by the curtains and we just laughed thinking it was part of the act. Sadly it was not. He was a really funny guy and he was a great magician. getting it wrong was all part of the act as he would eventually get it right.
2007-03-19 05:16:26 · answer #1 · answered by Patsyanne 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have only ever seen it the once and that was on the Night that he died on the Live show, He keeled over rather slowly and the next thing we saw was an arm reaching through the Curtain and the Credits started to roll. I think a lot of people thought it was part of his act. I think he also attempted to communicate his distress to the assistant on stage but I think that she was totally unaware of Tommy reaching out to her briefly.
PS. If you Google Tommy Cooper you will find a link to the Biography channel and be able to view a clip of a tribute programme. It may not show the point at which he died but the full version may well show some of the footage of his last show!
A sad loss to Comedy!
2007-03-18 10:40:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I remember it well, it was on an ITV show called LIve From Her Majesty's hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck filmed at Her Majesty's Theatre (hence the name). Tommy had asked an assistant for a cape she put it on when suddenly he slumped then fell back and started making 'snoring' noises the audience laughed thinking it was part of his act, the show went to a commercial break after the show had finished an ITN newsflash came on to announce he had died. So sad he was a comedy genius
2007-03-19 09:26:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was a live performance and I was watching it on tv when he collapsed. At first everyone laughed because they thought it was part of his act. But then the curtains closed around him and he was pulled inside and it went straight into a commercial break. Then we realised something was really wrong. it would be in very poor taste to show it again.
2007-03-18 10:41:57 · answer #4 · answered by bri 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was shown live as it actually happened!
Everyone thought he was mucking about and it was all part of the act. It wasn't until the following day we found out he'd died backstage.
2007-03-18 11:16:57 · answer #5 · answered by ray d 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it was a live performance
royal variety show
so yes all that was watching that night saw the great man die everyone though it was part of the program and were not told until after the program had ended
2007-03-18 10:55:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If they did show it that would have to win first prize for the most tasteless show ever. It would take a sick mind to watch a man starting to have the heart attack that killed him and the audience laughing because they didn't realise.
It would be right up there with the movie of Saddam Hussein being hanged badly and the crocidile hunter swimming with manta rays.
2007-03-18 10:51:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I remember watching it happen.
His young lady assistant put a cloak around his shoulders and he simply collapsed. The curtains were closed and he was pulled through them. As many people have already mentioned, we all thought it was part of the act.
Straight after the program, the news announced his death.
2007-03-18 10:46:06 · answer #8 · answered by Boris 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ive certainly seen him falling backwards near the curtains i don`t know about the performance though.
2007-03-18 10:40:02 · answer #9 · answered by oobedoo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
confident - i'm fifty 5 became compelled to observe him and quite some others as there became no decision of television then and you observed what all of us else interior the homestead had on . Now i will relish that he might have been humorous?? - yet on the time no - did no longer get it in any respect - merely concept he became an previous foggy who became uninteresting and unfunny and in all possibility gay......it grew to become out he became gay so i became suitable!! i became on no account stricken that he became gay - i'm bi - what i did no longer like yet that he became no longer admitting to it!!! staring at him die on point traumatised me - confident i became staring at it too - rather terrible for him - damaging guy!!
2016-12-18 17:07:51 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋