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Article: One of funniest funnymen under a fez; Retrospective Wales - TOMMY COOPER: Caerphilly-born comedian's act based on failed magic tricks and trademark red fez.(Features)
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- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- March 26, 2002
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Byline: RHODRI OWEN
HE only had to walk onto the stage and it would be enough to raise a laugh.
Standing 6ft 4in under his trademark red fez, Tommy Cooper was one of Britain's funniest funnymen.
His humour was surreal, always clean, and the butt of his joke was rarely anyone other than himself.
"Cos it's strange, isn't it?" he would ask his audience with a puzzled expression on his long white face.
"You stand in the middle of a library and go 'Aaaaaaagghhhh!' and everyone just stares at you. But you do the same thing on an ...