Tommy Cooper "Magic Cloak"

Just about the funniest comedian I had the pleasure to see live. This is a timeless classic.

Tommy Cooper - The "Hats" Sketch

Perhaps Tommy Coopers funniest sketch ever. An absolute gem from the comedy genius

Dawn French - Catherine Zeta Jones Parody

Clip from French and Saunders Back with a Vengeance

Stephen Fry on the Joys of Swearing

Stephen Fry on the Joys of Swearing
From celebrations of Fry's 50th birthday. Please see Slang blogs related to this here: www.myspace.com/gsmokeyjoe   more Stephen Fry on the Joys of Swearing
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1929 Wall Street Stock Market Crash

The most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States;
Its from my favorite documentary by PBS - New York.

This particular pa...   more The most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States;
Its from my favorite documentary by PBS - New York.

This particular part about Wall Street crash of 1929 is from episode 5 of the series with title: Cosmopolis
there are lots of archive photos, footages and drawings throughout the series and in my opinion it was great work done with finding them.

series website:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/serie...

"Archival shoots took place at various historical and cultural institutions, including the New-York Historical Society, the Museum of the City of New York, and the Library of Congress, and focused on the filming of particularly rare or large-scale archival prints, lithographs, maps, and photographs"   less