I have always been very grateful for the talents of Dave Allen. Not only did he make me laugh, but he was also as important as Monty Python in allowing me to laugh at my own beliefs before dismissing them.

Anyway, whenever I discussed him with friends I always recalled a particular sketch where he discovers a £10 note stuck under a car tyre. But it was never available online, probably due to the fact that it fails to make an appearance on any of the DVDs that have been released.

I was at my parent's house recently and discovered a Dave Allen VHS tape that I had bought for my dad 20 years ago, and to my delight this sketch was on it. Although the quality is not fantastic, I was determined to transfer this to digital format, and upload my first ever YouTube video. Here it is:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA-iF45pOlI[/youtube]

Feel free to add your appreciation of this great man.

One of the best comics of that era, who still stands up well.

"May your god go with you".

Brilliant stuff.

Absolutely.

Although my parents, nominally christian, did little in the indoctrination game to me, when I used to lie on the floor in front of the tv and laugh to Dave Allen with my family, it always struck a chord with me when he ended every show with "May your god go with you".

Even as a child I got that different people have different gods.

This was also during the 'Irish troubles' as I recall, no? A pacifying comment indeed.

Thanks for that, Quisquose! I loved Dave Allen. He was not only talented but very good to look at, and his manner of delivery always made me think that he would have been easy to get on with IRL. You've made me think that perhaps some dvds of his show should be in my collection. Ah yes, christmas is coming up!

But 'thank god I'm an atheist'.

Onyx8 wrote:"May your god go with you".

Even as a child I got that different people have different gods.

Yes, that was really powerful - so quietly, gently, subversive.

When I was a child I wasn't allowed watch him. Why to parents pique our childish interest so?

Well said rJD.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E21zQIv0U7Y[/youtube]

I don't think a British comic would ever have treated Stonehenge with such disregard.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IfoUM6a4bA[/youtube]

Say no more.

Animavore wrote::lol: I don't think a British comic would ever have treated Stonehenge with such disregard.

THINK AGAIN:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlf5ucFanpY[/youtube]

Without clicking it I know what it is. Hilarious.

Animavore wrote::lol: I don't think a British comic would ever have treated Stonehenge with such disregard.

He was abusing dwarfs for comedy purposes long before Ricky Gervais.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBL5vp2BwDg[/youtube]

Yes! I used to watch this brilliant man on Canadian television when I was young.

Having been raised in a Catholic household it was a good thing my Dad didn't know what I was watching...

ETA: I thought I knew how it was going to end - predicted at the 1:00 mark that the car belonged to the owner of the cafe who deliberately put the money there to improve business.

quisquose wrote:

Animavore wrote::lol: I don't think a British comic would ever have treated Stonehenge with such disregard.

He was abusing dwarfs for comedy purposes long before Ricky Gervais.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBL5vp2BwDg[/youtube]

Does The Two Ronnies count?

Ah quisquose (et al) I do love these.

ps I hope you haven't lost your old avatar, it was one of my faves.