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A birthday for a 90 year old father should be special. So two years ago, I hired a band that played my father's favourite Cockney sing-along-songs like "Lambeth Walk" and "Down by the Old Bull and Bush"; his favourite sea shanties like, "What shall we do with the drunken sailor"; and Australian tunes like "Waltzing Matilda".
Last year I hired an impressionist. Tommy Cooper was a master comedian, until he died, live stage and TV, in the middle of a joke. People thought he was joking. He'd actually had a massive heart attack. It's what he would have wanted, the same as many masters of their craft, to die while sharing their mastership gift with the world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxmA9BgUO7s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZVjPxAhoPQ
This year was more sedate. Actor and musician friends I asked, couldn't do a mid-week performance.
But as this blog has been going for less than a year, for friends and family, and to honour a master comedian, here's a few photos of last year's happy time.
:-))
Last year I hired an impressionist. Tommy Cooper was a master comedian, until he died, live stage and TV, in the middle of a joke. People thought he was joking. He'd actually had a massive heart attack. It's what he would have wanted, the same as many masters of their craft, to die while sharing their mastership gift with the world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxmA9BgUO7s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZVjPxAhoPQ
This year was more sedate. Actor and musician friends I asked, couldn't do a mid-week performance.
But as this blog has been going for less than a year, for friends and family, and to honour a master comedian, here's a few photos of last year's happy time.
:-))
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