Tommy Cooper - The "Hats" Sketch

[Ultradalek7]

Tf2 in a nutshell

[Punkee1984]

Tommy cooper was a genius!

[jamsey700]

wtf is he saying don't even understand him all i hear is mumbling

[llynfach]

Stephen Fry says Peter Cook is the funniest man who ever lived. Close, but no cigar. It was Tommy Cooper.

[a0001521]

stop giving ideas to valve

[JonnytheAwesomeGuy]

TF2 in a nutshell

[830atnite]

Do my eyes deceive me? Where the hell is the fez?

[ephabouyed]

@830atnite It would be difficult to wear it while doing this sketch. lol

[J4K31]

Had to be in the mood for this sort of stuff, some of his stuff was hit 'n' miss

He just had that warm, father-like aura when he walked on stage

[27Bluebottle]

*pulls out chinese hat with tassle* "I dunno who that is(!)" Tommy Cooper always makes me laugh

[whitedust696]

genius

[dragonman100100]

this is my favorite Tommy Cooper Sketch =]

[ilovetdhlots]

sooo funny, i first watched this at me grandads and wet meself laughing ;D xx

[MrAggtee]

@larjanus .. thats the point about it. You remember the story, but with gaps. The way to tell this joke is that YOU fill in the gaps in order to keep it up to date. I'm quite sure that an "investment banker" or even "Sepp Blater" could work their way in there.

[Phantom95music]

"BY GOD SHE SCREAMED! *changes hat* 'ah'" XD

[sirjoot]

ah one of the best commidiens ever

[larjanus]

Funny as this is, he was getting on in years when it was performed and he missed out a few key lines.I have seen an older performance of 'Hats' where he got it word perfect, and it was side splitting.Does anyone have an earlier version of this classic Cooper routine?

[KiranTaker270]

2:37 "The Fireman Said Ooh" LMFAO

[KitKat74055]

Great man so funny. Brings back a lot of memories for me lol

[londongamer]

That's 30 idiots who have no soul or a funny-bone.

[Keijz74]

Funniest "scream" ever taped.

[draven26]

Simply amazing, funny without being obscene or offensive, something everybody could enjoy. It takes real skill to make being bad look this good

[MaskedMan66]

3:40 I don't know what that is. LOL

[MaskedMan66]

Russ Abbot really did an amazing impression of this man; did the two of them ever work together?

[MrsDanielRadcliffeN1]

same goes to the thirty other people who were sad enough to "dislike" this video.

[ZeeGanix565]

How is this funny again...? :o

[MrsDanielRadcliffeN1]

@ZeeGanix565 oh god, if you cant appreciate tommy cooper go and watch Friends or Family Guy or something.

[NickyLess]

haha! I did my own version of this as a kid. This man was/is my idol! :)

[MrQuinnLUFC]

Tommy Cooper was one of those legends, along with Freddie Starr, of course, who had multiple talents to earn him his 'legend' status, the way he could make people laugh and be amazed at the same time with his jokes and magic tricks was outstanding

[Tramper27]

@Teabhagdad The funny part is he actually is a great magician, he can actually do all these tricks and more and be great, but that was dull, so he spiced it up by pretending to be incompetant. @)

[11thephantom11]

i love this gag. it cracks me up every time :D

[MrGoostogringo]

 A L E G E N D .....

[dcoleman49]

29 people clearly don't understand what true comedy is

[danbroad9]

LOL did he mean to crack his head on the hat?

[GnarlyMarcK1990]

the greatest comedian ever no one can replace him thumbs up if you agree

[kane2345678]

lol and the fire man said *donk* oo clasic

[richeeeeeeeeee]

very funny man indeed love it mr cooper ha ha ha

[kenfig]

"i wont be a second" ; Lol

[HunterStudios2020]

Just finished his biography, fantastic guy and a complete charactor.

[mmmbeachlover]

a legend, a total nutter a beautiful guy.

what a tonic on a grey day to come and enjoy such a legacy.

a true national treasure.

[sweetappletits]

he seems like a nice man with a nice smile. bt i wasnt born around that time! born in 1989 :-( too late!

[xxMartian]

@sweetappletits So was I! I LOVED him as a kid, watching some of these back now I'm still crying with laughter. <3

[iainr222]

What a one-off comic genius. Remarkably, a few posters just dont GET him. His schtick was to appear to be a bumbling idiot whereas in reality he had a million bizarre comic ideas and was a brilliant magician,card sharp and sleight of hand performer. He was a valued member of the Magic Circle Club comprising only the very best British magicians.

[mossyoxox]

TOMMY WAS THE BEST BY FAR ,WHAT EVER HE DID IT MADE YOU LAUGH I LOVED HIM ,THE FUNNIEST MAN EVER ON TV.

[banditdave1200]

Comic Genius! Never to be equalled.

[klaasklont]

epic

[4evainter]

'and he's wearing make up too!' classic. xD

[HITTHESKINS]

ONE if not the greatest comedian that ever walked a stage .

when he died he didnt leave a gap he left an unfilable vacumn .

i bet TOMMYS got the angels in heaven laughing .

[georgercop]

@HITTHESKINS Hear, hear. Totally agree.

[ALBIONTYKE]

@HITTHESKINS Nice words. I remember when he died on stage & thinking no one will ever come near to emulating him & sadly it's true. A genius.

[loveleona123]

R.I.P TC <3

[charliemctruth]

I am in a minority.......I never found Tommy ...funny . Eric & Ernie ! now that was ffffunny.! Leonard Rossitter ,,,brilliant..

I hate that I have to tell people that i dont burst my innards watching Tommy.! But worse than that ...is the whole Freddy Starr,,thang..

[mrbeanaswell]

theres funnier

[dowling1981]

@mrbeanaswell What, like Mr Bean?

[mrbeanaswell]

@dowling1981 like pretty much everyone

[dowling1981]

@mrbeanaswell That is a broad statement. Do you enjoy yon Dylan Moran?

[Roelverheggen1]

class !

[DanchesterUnited1]

Not all of his material was "part of the act", don`t get me wrong I love Tommy Cooper,but he was notorious for coming on stage drunk,if you notice he slurs his words,and when he pauses to remember his lines, he had genuinley forgotten them! Brought on by Alcohol Dimensia, sad but true. Funny though non the less!

[parrylynn]

When Tommy went, comedy like that went with him.

[baddmanaz]

hats off to the man

[Edgtheow]

@baddmanaz ROFL

[TheKevyboy1]

tommy is still a legend as everyone says he only had to walk on and everybody erupted in laughter theres few if any who can do that today rip tommy ,plus i was so lucky to of met the man happy days

[berend1959]

A great comedian just one in a hundred years. rip tommy.

[valerious12]

i love it

[theneil100]

funny

[thecheesychicks]

such a legandary comedian!! wish i could have seen him live... such a terrible way he died... LMAO this skech has me weting myself EVERY time thanks for putting this on!!! x

[jonjononeone]

He's what me and friend call "Governor"...

There's a few of them and he's up there best. To be that 'bad' at something you have to be 'the best'

[rockchick80s]

@Keijz74 thanks for sharing. I remember my dad sitting with tears rolling down his face. A comic genius.

[Keijz74]

@rockchick80s You're welcome! ;o)#

[Barnstormer1969]

I remember Tommy Cooper back in the early 1980s when it was on Channel 32 in Chicago (now part of the Fox network). I believe it was part of the weekday 'After Benny' hour (as in Benny Hill). Other comic actors included Cribbins, and Frankie Howard.

[mastergx1]

brilliant - but certainly not the best - my vote is bottle glass!

[addz91]

What a comic!

[peake123]

ship ahoy mate have a beer

[johnnyarvik]

btw, does anyone have a scripted version of this sketch..thanks

[wobblybits6]

@johnnyarvik the tommy cooper joke book has the script, got it for xmas and cant stop laughin :)

[taylor0714]

@wobblybits6 i got it too, not read it all but i love it so far hahaha

[asbbazza]

Excellent comedy at it's best

[flyingspacepotatoes]

@asbbazza or good comedy at its excellentest.

[zathol1]

Comedy Gold :)

[Hasselnorris]

Watching tommy, or morcomb and wise, or listening to the goon show,.... It's just such innocent humour. You end up laughing like a child till your sides hurt.

[bobsaget987654321]

"MY GOD SHE SCREAMED....ah...." hahahahahahahahahaha!

[Mschristinalouise]

such a loss ---- comedy at its best xx

[fartman11]

1 of the best in teers here watching him 1 of the funniest men in the comedy buisness

[bluepheonex1989]

He just had entertainment and funniness running through him - a brilliant man.

and when you think around this time his brother had just chinned Mohammed Ali.. you have to say that was a phenomenal set of kids.

[nostromoau]

boom-boom! hahaha

[mr0buch]

And he's wearing make-up as well!

[mollydasiy7]

Tommy Cooper  so mist

[AinslieB51]

Differant Type Of Humour Mate. You Wouldnt Get It. Like Old Ronnie Corbett And The End Of The Two Ronnies. Just Sat there Telling A Story That Took For Ever And The Story Was Crap. But The Waay He Carried It Out Was Tremendous

[garethac81]

Thanks, but I don't think you know me well enough to tell me what humour I "get" and "don't get".

I simply made an objective criticism of the piece based on the content and the performance - niether of which support the idea that this is Tommy's "best ever sketch".

[hankheavy]

Brilliant...Absolutley brilliant!

[penfloyd]

Tommy Cooper only had to walk on to stage and you were laughing.......

One of the best!

[Keijz74]

@penfloyd Just the look of him :o)#

[peck06]

@penfloyd he never even had to try m8, he was one in a million who people just loved what ever he did. propa classic =]

[No1grandma74]

@penfloyd O I do so agree - I am crying tears!!

[bluesugarmonkeys]

An absolute legend.

[baweee64]

never been anyone to touch this genus since

[dededetc]

hilarious

[sweetstuff64]

one of the best, ever!! x

[sirtinycreep]

A funny man!

[kidsarocker]

Tommy Cooper = Class

[jnmklo9]

Tommy Cooper was very funny, talented with a great sense of humour, it's not often in Britain that everyone likes a person with no dissenters or naysayers but in Tommy,s case it was.

[patricksaint1]

A Comedian can have the worlds best authors to write sketches, jokes, etc,but what really matters, is to have a "funny bone". Your appearences alone makes people smile, laugh and having a good time.

Mr Tommy Cooper WAS Mr Funny Bone.

God protect you, if you do not find this man FUNNY!!!!!

[TheRoxZine]

two flies!

[yuurepoer]

hehe the legendary

[Bikutolu]

I performed this sketch during a school festival, and the crowed loved it!

[agghtee]

Good on you!

[youngian67]

If you don't that funny you won't ever laugh at anything

[Suprahampton]

"In rushed a Frenchman, a little schoolboy.... I dont know who that is"....... pure genius, granted due to his accent parts of what he says are difficult to understand but you cant fault TC for sheer entertainment value

[proff180]

I'm an Agnostic but you know when I watch these great Tommy Cooper videos I can easily believe beyond all doubt there's a God, because where else could such raw talent come from unless it was God given??, so all I can say is thank God for blessing us with the legendary Tommy Cooper, the best entertainer there ever was.

RIP

[eltincolman]

so right

I was training with my team in Dublin on a thursday night when he was doing Pallidium, we showered and were in the bar waqtching him live.....................we were convinced it was an act when he went down clutching the curtain.............what a Legand

[JRIPx]

the "God" thing is a lot of BS

[proff180]

Only speaking figuratively really, as i say I'm an Agnostic, so the existence of God is something that I am neither convinced of or disbelieve in, I simply don't know but every so often in life characters come along that make me think there must be something and Tommy was one of them.

[LollieSmith]

Why? Tommy was just a bloke who happened to be funny. He was just a human. No call for any religious experience

[gronwisgay]

are you just taking the piss or actually being serious? :o

[LollieSmith]

Gronwisgay Some guy made a comment about watching Tommy made him believe in God and i tried to point out that Tommy was just a funny man and not 'sent from God'

[Demoknife]

Why do people always fucking involve god, i dont care if your beeing sarcastic , its just pathetic god is a subject, A THING THAT DOESNT EVEN EXCIST.

Btw i agree with you about tommy, he's a genius.

[RYCloud92]

I believe Tommy Cooper understood peoples reactions and knew what things to do would make people laugh the most. He's not "raw talent" he's artistic and comedic genius.

[BartConrad101]

pure unique..its not gonna be easy finding anything funnier than that.

[mellstia]

I forgot to say (sorry) i love the trick he does with the martini bottels i was just amazed at it, i mean i know they probably just came up through the table but even so very good.

[mellstia]

we live in canada and had never heard of tommy cooper, our english roomate introduced us to this style of comedy, and i have to say hes the best . hes hillarious his jokes and tricks are just incredible, this is humour at its best its so sad he died, there will never be another tommy cooper.

[ghawk2005]

absolutely timeless classic. even when he forgot his lines he made it funny

much missed genius's of comedy

[bfdhvcnvvbjdn]

@ghawk2005 The 'forgetting his lines' bit was no doubt scripted and rehearsed - that's how much of a genius TC was.

[Resholden]

@bfdhvcnvvbjdn Actually he was probably as drunk as a handcart!

[sugreev2001]

Hahaha...I just lost it when he took out the pilot's hat.

[Tunnellad]

Superb

[MachineGun28]

"In rushed a Frenchman, a little schoolboy... I don't know who that is"

[nickanorak]

this is not yr business

[asaverton1]

This sketch was amazing, you haven't a clue about comedy!!!

[Georgeous129]

You ain't got any taste mate.

[JoeTRichards]

morecambe and wis wre good old comedy

[senseit2007]

What is GOOD comedy for you? Seinfeld?

[budweiserbob]

Or maybe Sesame Street.

[ammorreztristar]

Hats off to tommy cooper :)

[starmario36]

the part where he forgets his lines and starts repeating at the begining again was hilarious! i remember watching tommy cooper on tv years ago and he was really funny! this is proboly my favorite sketch =)

[Jackamole]

When he laughs at 4 mins does anyone else think that Noel Fielding has stolen that laugh when he performs?

[towelette]

XD love it when he forgets!

[tony2113041987]

There is something about this man that is just so funny. You could'nt write this stuff because it wouldnt be the same. Tommy Copper had something about him that made people laugh.

R.I.P Tommy we all miss you. Comedy will never be the same without you

[oscarshapely]

0:00 to 4:17. LOL

[SWEAltarion]

the fireman :D lol

[kpappletech]

I was scared my ribs would crack from not laughing in a library.

kp

[shadey788]

People say anyone could do that but coul they rewlaly he has a way of doing things which is jsut so funny.

[bennyvx08]

Everybody deserves their own opinion and everybody see's things in a diffrent perspective. But there are indeed things that can be compared between the 2. But Im still a big fan off Bert Visscher, And he still delivers Great stuff. Perhaps as a tribute to mr. cooper.

[bennyvx08]

No wonder Bert Visscher is highly influenced by him. They have so much in common. But both briljant comediens each in there own time.

[PJHoutman]

I'm Dutch also, how can you possibly call Visscher "brilliant" if that puts him on the same standard as Cooper? Visscher is decent, he can make people laugh, but everything he does has been done before, is some shape, way, or form.

Tommy Cooper was 100% original.

[Eye2Eye33]

3:21 LOL

[ClubPenguinFan178]

rip tommy cooper

[Gasoline85]

Then up jumped a soldier and said "This ain't no time to fight"! The sailor said "You're right"! And the banker said "Well, all right".

XD Hilaroius sketch.

[HeidiLandRover]

An absolute gem!

[sidensvans54]

Best comedian ever..Love you Tommy.

[Noreply14]

3:28 - 3:32 and then he screamed: 'aa...' HAHAHAAA... GENIUS

[fleetinglance]

pure genius :)

[jonathanh95]

it so funny at 2:42

[MugenSniperGeek]

R.I.P tommy you are and shall foever be a legend.

[salvadormarley]

In my opinion, only a brit or an Irishman can understand the humour of tommy pretending to forget his lines and then repeating the WHOLE THING again to himself.

Yanks have a different sense of humour. It often revolves around groups of attractive actors in coffee shops. More often than not, an actor from yesteryear will crawl into the coffee shop such as Tom Selleck and everyone in the States will go WHOOOO.

[neckbeardthemovie]

Thanks for the comment. Please see--in no particular order--Being John Malkovich, Dr. Strangelove, R. Crumb, Richard Pryor, George Carlin, The Venture Brothers, old Eddie Murphy, Network, MST3K, old Cheech & Chong, Lenny Bruce, The Simpsons, Charlie Chaplin, Steve Martin, Andy Kaufman, Clerks, The Big Lebowski, Steven Wright and about a million other examples of Yank non-Friends humor.

[salvadormarley]

Yes George Carlin was a brilliant comedian.

Kaufman was amazing and Steven Wright is a good comedian.

[jentlee1]

Just to remind you that Charlie Chaplin was British. Any humour is good in this poor old world.

[neckbeardthemovie]

Busted. You're right, he didn't move to the states until age 24. I have to say it's also shameful how the US rejected him later on during a time when he could've been even more productive.

[buttsyrc8]

Simpsons is probably the greatest show ever made - God Bless America for that show!

Homer is a modern hero!

But see some Brit comedy is cool and funny as fuck.

See Phoenix Nights and Alan Partridge!

[neckbeardthemovie]

I will.

I also love Spaced and the first series of League of Gentlemen.

[buttsyrc8]

Hey Mate

League of Gentlemen is great but also quite disturbing to watch!

Have ago at Mighty Boosh!

Ta

Lee

[Evsta101]

No! Stand up comedy's where it's at! Check Frankie Boyle and Billy Connolly, from Scotland, Lee Evans and Micheal MacIntyre, from England, and Dara O'Brien, from Ireland.

[salvadormarley]

New Zealand humour is famous throughout the world.

[sidensvans54]

Tommy Still brings tears to my eyes what a funny man.

Just love him..

[macvoutie]

First saw him On PBS television here in New York in the 70's. I laughed like hell, my friends thought I was nuts. Some people dont get pure funny. RIP Tommy.

[partyboijapan]

He was a comic god. RIP

[couscoustv]

Brilliant. I love the way he stops for comic effect with the funniest hat on.